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Actress Portia de Rossi shares her struggles with eating disorders and her sexuality in this riveting memoir.
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“i like the ladt 4 pages of this book,and it reminds me that how important being truthful to urself and accept yourself as you are. How important to face your fears and win those..i think as a 1st book, portia did a good job :)well done.”
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- Frau
- Meine Mutter
- Bruder
- Rolle
- Wein
- Blick
- Spiegel
- Mann
- Ende
- Weise
- L. A.
- Wasser
- Bett
- Suzanne: Portia's first nutritionist, whose messiness annoys her.
- Carolyn: Portia's assistant, who helps her shop and maintains her schedule.
- Sacha: A close childhood friend of Portia's
- Gott
- Tage
- Grund
- Ellen Degeneres: Portia's wife. According to Portia, Ellen helps "save her every day."
- Boden
- Gran
- Portia De Rossi
- Sie
- Geld
- Nelle Porter: Portia's character on the hit sitcom Alley McBeal. She earned the nickname "Sub Zero" for her cool, aloof exterior.
- Großmutter
- Dann
- Knie
- Stelle
- Lage
- Hals
- Erik
- Druck
- Mel
- Pfund
- Haar
- Ernährungsberaterin
- Stille
- Vera: The costume designer on Ally McBeal. She frequently has to take in clothing for Portia when her disease is at its worst.
- Traum
- Francesca: A former girlfriend
- Drehbuch
- Magen
- Maske
- Stunden
- David Kelley: Creator of Ally McBeal
- Amanda Rogers
- Porshe: A nick name Portia's loved ones call her.
- Bill
- Mama
- Jeff
- Michael: Portia's brother
- Kali: Portia's next door neighbor
- Bean: Portia's dog
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“My decision not to eat animals anymore was paramount to my growth as a spiritual person. It made me aware of greed and made me more sensitive to cruelty. It made me feel like I was contributing to making the world better and that I was connected to everything around me.”
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“I have noticed on my daily walk with my dogs that I rarely see an overweight person walking a dog, whereas I see many overweight people walking on treadmills in a gym.”
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“True nobility isn’t about being better than anyone else; it’s about being better than you used to be.”
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In other words, accept yourself. Love your body the way it is and feel grateful toward it. Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.
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After all, it’s in the way an insult is received that makes it an insult. You can’t really give offense unless someone takes it.
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“Ordered” eating is the practice of eating when you are hungry and ceasing to eat when your brain sends the signal that your stomach is full. “Ordered” eating is about eating for enjoyment, for health, and to sustain life. “Ordered” eating is not restricting certain kinds of foods because they are “bad.” Obsessing about what and when to eat is not normal, natural, and orderly. Thinking about food to the point of obsession and ignoring your body’s signals is a disorder.
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When ability is matched by expectations, then anything less that an exceptional result was laziness. And laziness in my opinion was shameful.
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Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.
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I’d never known a day where my weight wasn’t the determining factor for my self-esteem. My weight was my mood, and the more effort I put into starving myself to get it to an acceptable level, the more satisfaction I would feel as the restriction and the denial built into an incredible sense of accomplishment.
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Being sick allows you to check out of life. Getting well again means you have to check back in. It is absolutely crucial that you are ready to check back into life because you feel as though something has changed from the time before you were sick. Whatever it was that made you feel insecure, less than, or pressured to live in a way that was uncomfortable to you has to change before you want to go back there and start life over.
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But there’s a fine line between being private and being ashamed.
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Chicken, turkey, orange roughy, tuna, egg whites, oatmeal, blueberries, nonfat plain yogurt, steamed vegetables, brown rice, wheat bread, bran muffins, nuts—all weighed and documented—were my stable of foods I was allowed to eat. Most other things were not part of the program.
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First Sentence edit
He doesn't wait until I'm awake.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Portia de Rossi (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 2010
ISBN: 9781439177785
Page Count: 308
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: November 2010
ISBN: 9781439177785
Page Count: 308
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- Dewey: 791.45092
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