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In addition to blogging regularly at WeAretheRealDeal.com since July 2009, I’ve been featured on the following blogs, as well.
I would love to write more guest entries or even magazine articles about my journey/recovery/DE issues/body image issues. Any takers? 
June 25, 2009: Beautiful Without Consequence. I was interviewed about my recovery journey on Egg Beaten Angel’s recovery blog. I hope my thoughts can help others too!
April 26, 2009: College Lifestyles. My guest blog, “Keeping Disordered Eating at Bay on Summer Break,” offers tips to college students struggling with disordered eating issues. The tips are applicable well beyond summer break.
January 30, 3009: DietsinReview.com is a portal of information about healthy living. I was featured as a guest blogger where I talked about the pros and cons of keeping a food journal.
January 8, 2009: Run4Change, a blog devoted to healthy living, running and weight loss, featured me as a guest blogger where I tackle Bob Greene’s notion: Weight isn’t the problem; it’s a symptom of something else.
October 2, 2008: Glamour.com. Vitamin G, Glamour’s health and fitness blog, addresses my midnight eating issues and asks others for their stories.
September 25, 2008: Glamour.com.
Glamour’s Health and Fitness blogger linked to my “chewing spitting” post in her blog entry.
July 22, 2008: Back in Skinny Jeans This guest blog explains how/why I “came out” about my condition via blog.
July 10, 2008: Elastic Waist This guest blog details how dieting and losing weight led to my disordered eating behaviors.
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Hallie | September 6, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Hi Melissa! This is Hallie, Dana’s friend… I just wanted to tell you that I’m really enjoying reading your blog. You are an amazing writer and I relate to so many of your feelings, thoughts, emotions, etc. Like you, I don’t feel like I have a “full blown” eating disorder, but what I do know is that my thoughts are often consumed about food (what I’m eating, what I’m not, what I want to eat!!) and my body image to the point that I feel like it has intruded on my life and sense of well-being. I have now started weight watchers (I’ve lost 7lbs so far!!) and I feel like a whole new world has been opened to me – the point system is great but more than that it has really helped me with my eating disordered thinking and I have gained an immense amount of comfort and strength in knowing that other people are out there too struggling with the same kinds of things I am. So, I just wanted to say thank you and to keep writing!! Hope to see you soon!!
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lissa10279 | September 6, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Hi Hallie!! I’m so glad you are on here!! Dana told me she’d told you about my blog. Congrats on those 7 lbs!! That is AWESOME!!! Way to go!!
Hope to see you soon, and keep in touch! I told Dana once my inlaws leave (they are here for 5 weeks, though we have 2 to go) I’d LOVE to get back to Chi-town and do that Girls Night she and I had talked about!! I adore you girls!! 
XOXO, Melissa
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run4change | December 21, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Hi Melissa,
I would like for you to possibly do a guest post on my blog. I love your blog, your heart, and your info. I read your about blog post and I love it so much. I did a similar post and linked to you in it.
Hopefully that is ok. Here is my post if you want to check it out.
http://run4change.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/unveiling-the-fat-mind-inside-the-skinny-body/
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Michelle Cantrell | July 21, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Hi Melissa, I couldn’t find another way to get in touch with you, so I thought I’d just leave a comment. I love your mission and relate to your struggles. I created a web site to help women as well, and would love to feature you as a guest writer. Email me if you’re interested. (you can just click on my name in the comment, and it should take you to my site so you can have a look around.) Thanks!
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lissa10279 | July 22, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Hi Michelle, I just saw your email and thank you!! I’d love to share a guest post. I will email you.
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His_wife24 | October 23, 2009 at 8:13 am
You may feel more comfortable with a mental health professional who is a woman or with a support group for women. ,
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lissa10279 | October 23, 2009 at 8:29 am
My therapist was a woman!
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kristina summers | December 19, 2009 at 11:50 pm
I just came across this blog and I love it! As a recovering anorexic/binge/purge disordered eater I created my own blog as a forum for a few women I know who are actively going through some of the issues. We all work together and help each other come to terms with each of our unique reasons for our behaviors. After all, as any one who has ever dealt with food issues knows, the root is rarely about food. I really like the way you write and I would welcome a guest post if you were willing.
Take care,