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"Hi guys--Sunny, our former Shape-Up blogger, is guest-blogging for me today...Welcome her back! Have a happy/healthy/apple-filled weekend! :- ) --Margarita Well hello, lovelies! I HAD to pop in real quick during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and drop this shocking statistic on you:35% of &amp;amp;quot;normal dieters&amp;amp;quot; progress to compulsive or unhealthy dieting. Of those, 20% to 25% turn into partial or full-syndrome eating disorders. (Source) It&amp;#x27;s scary how many diets turn crazy--but perhaps it&amp;#x27;s not really that surprising. Once you start to feel the thrill of success, start getting compliments and start feeling in control of your body, it&amp;#x27;s kind of easy for some of us to get hooked. After all, before Body by Glamour, and before getting help for my own pre-existing binge-eating problem, I was stuck in a stubborn cycle of losing and gaining--of &amp;amp;quot;dieting&amp;amp;quot; and going hog wild. But not anymore. Do you know that I got on the scale the other day and I weighed 163 pounds? That&amp;#x27;s just two pounds off from where I was back in June, when I met my Body by Glamour goal! Seriously amazing progress for me. Anyhow, during this important week, I just wanted to give a nod to the fact that sometimes &amp;amp;quot;eating healthy&amp;amp;quot; can get out of control, and ask: Have you ever felt like your eating (or lack thereof) was out of control? (If it&amp;#x27;s that way for you, help&amp;#x27;s out there.) --Sunny P.S. Oh, and in case any of you are wondering how my half marathon training is going...it&amp;#x27;s going TERRIBLY! It&amp;#x27;s true. I haven&amp;#x27;t made it a priority and am two weeks behind in my training plan. I&amp;#x27;m trying not to feel guilty, though--and just put my #$%@ running shoes on. :) [Jupiter Images]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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