1. You are not your weight - Get rid of the scale.

2. Gentle Eating - Begin your meal by closing your eyes and breathing slowly, noticing how you are feeling, Sad, Mad or glad? Locate your hunger on a scale of 1-10. One being starved and ten being stuffed. Spend 15 minutes in silence and put your fork down after each bite. When 15 minutes is completed, take time to stretch and breathe, locate your hunger again and then finish your meal.

3. Take the feelings off the food -Food is Fuel -Talk about your feelings-do not eat over them.

4. No food or body talk - Do not talk about food or anything dealing with anyone's body during meals.

5. Stay with your food plan-it works for you -Get to know a registered dietitian and get a food plan.

6. You don't have to do anything with feelings just feel them -We have lots of feelings in one day. Remember to breathe and another feeling will come along. Get a certified professional who specializes in eating disorders.

7. It's a choice - Living life on life's terms

8. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional -- M. Kathleen Casey

9. Happiness is an inside job-William Arthur Ward

10. You have no control over other people, places or things.

11. Your brain is not your friend-don't go there alone

12. You have enough-You do enough-You are enough!

13. Learn to set boundaries - If you don't put yourself and your recovery first who will?

14. Tears- They are important to cleanse your body and to share your true self with others.

15. Your recovery comes first -Why? Relapse is not an option

16. Find support, Journal, Write Daily Goals, Learn to Laugh, Learn to connect with your feelings, Connect with others who understand.

17. Practice makes permanence There is no such thing as true perfection because we ALL make mistakes. That is what makes us human.

18. Listen ,Love and Learn about this cunning, baffling and powerful disease.

19. Recovery is Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual.

20. Trust the Process