The dude with the broken stomach: Food, fitness and recovery from an eating disorder | JOE.ie

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'I wish I hadn't been so scared to talk about it for so many years.' JOE's alice_kiernan spoke to Shane Kennedy about anorexia, bulimia and his eating disorder recovery.

Alice KiernanShane Kennedy was 17 years old when he first started to develop signs of an eating disorder. His fixation on weight, body shape and portion size manifested into what Shane would soon learn to be early signs of bulimia and anorexia nervosa, two of the most common eating disorders and serious mental health conditions.

"There was a day in fifth year when I was coming out of school with a fifth year bag on your back so probably it weighed more than me and got into the car, utterly drained."The consequences of Shane's new found eating habits did not go unnoticed by those closest to him. As he continued to restrict his meal size in an attempt to keep his body weight as low as possible, his mother grew more concerned about the health and wellbeing of her son.

"I think it was only as time went on I was kind of subconsciously going, 'Oh I'll have a bit of this and that will be eating a little bit more...' For Shane, his recovery process started to make headway when he discovered a new found love for the gym.

 

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