Lick the Bowl: When Discipline Masks an Eating Disorder

Lick the Bowl: When Discipline Masks an Eating Disorder

Have you ever stopped and tasted something without guilt? Like licking the mixing spoon from the bowl when baking with your mom? Loading up your plate with spaghetti and fresh Italian bread? Or even enjoying ice cream right out of the carton, not because you earned it, but because you wanted it. For me these moments became a time to put on an act. I’d rehearse the lines ahead of time: “I’m still full from dinner.” “I’ll have some later.” “I don’…