Blog posts in March, 2020

Liz Marino, RD, LD, CSSD, Regional Nutrition Manager for The Renfrew Center Reassessing Your Values During Lent March 30, 2020

In grade school, the answer to "What are you giving up for Lent?" was nearly always "chocolate," "candy" or "desserts." For a child, the practice of giving up something for Lent is helpful to teach many spiritu...

Jenna W., Renfrew Alumna Voice of Recovery: Jenna W. March 23, 2020

When I was fIrst asked to wrIte thIs artIcle, I immedIately thought, "Why me?" I began to reminisce on my time at Renfrew, and even before. I started to see a trend of "Why me?" Why do I have to struggle with a...

Jillian Mergruen, RD, CDN, Registered Dietitian at The Renfrew Center of New York Weight Fluctuations: Do They Mean I'm Doing Something Wrong? March 16, 2020

Your weight fluctuates down two pounds one day, and then for some reason you see your weight a little later that week and it went up three pounds, and the world stops. "Is this because of the cookie I ate? Or t...

Caroline K., Renfrew Alumna A Commitment to Myself March 09, 2020

I admitted myself into treatment at The Renfrew Center of Radnor in July, and at the time I am writing this, it is the end of December. I began treatment voluntarily, but ambivalently. I lived more of my life w...

Megan O., Renfrew Alumna Reasons Why March 02, 2020

Reasons why I DON'T want to change: My eating disorder has become a feeling of security for me, it's where I feel comfortable. It makes me feel like I have control over something and it's predictable. My eati...