Diary of an Exercise Addict

Peach Friedman

Nov 2008 · Rowman & Littlefield

About this ebook

In 2000, Peach Friedman, a college senior freshly broken up from her boyfriend, set out to beat the blues by beating herself into shape. Running ten miles a day and taking in as little as 800 calories, she fell from 146 pounds to 100 in three months and was at serious risk of cardiac arrest. What Friedman suffered from was exercise bulimia—a newly diagnosed and rapidly spreading eating disorder that affects some 400,000 American women, and which gyms and colleges across America are beginning to take seriously.

In Diary of an Exercise Addict Friedman recounts her descent into a life-threatening illness, her remarkable recovery, and the setbacks along the way. With refreshing candor she lays bare her relationships with family, friends, and lovers and the repressed desire that finally surfaced as she found her own way back to health.

Ratings and reviews

May be triggering if you suffer from an ED, however it is one of the best autobiographies I have read dealing with over exercising and eating disorders. Peach is honest, fresh, and funny. She has a lovely, blunt way of "putting it to the man" I would highly recommend this book to get an insight into the mind of someone suffering from an ED, whether that be of a loved one or yourself.

About the author

Peach Friedman, a spokesperson for the National Eating Disorders Association, is a personal fitness trainer who works with people recovering from eating disorders. She has been featured in People Magazine, has interviewed with Barbara Walters on ABC's The View, and has appeared on 20/20 and E! True Hollywood Story. She lives in Sacramento, California.