Recovery: Learning to love myself, food, & eating treats!

    I felt it only fitting to add a birthday post, after all this is how it all started. My 29th Birthday came with some food struggles but also food victories! I was given the special opportunity to pick any restaurant in Lexington with an exception to eat my birthday dinner. Yet, I couldn’t. Why? Because it’s still overwhelming to eat out. Why? Because honestly, I wasn’t sure if I truly had it in me to eat my birthday dinner and dessert. I’m extremely thankful that someone near to my heart stepped in and took over the where! Because honestly I was getting nowhere. Eating that day, as much as I wanted to treat myself I knew I’d also be eating dessert and eating throughout the day leading up to dinner wasn’t the easiest. I ate. But it wasn’t the carefree food day I had hoped for.          Dinner ended up being at the perfect place. And I’m forever thankful for special people that constantly support me! See, I was encouraged to get dessert but in such a loving and supportive way. It w