… I wanted to stop eating, and start living already!  If only I could lose the weight, I thought, everything will fall into place.  Boy was I wrong. After nearly a decade of struggling, I surrendered the battle with myself.  I no longer wanted to hate me.  I no longer wanted to look in the mirror and cringe at the image staring back–upon admitting defeat, an extraordinary life came into focus.  All those years, my mind told me I was hungry, but alas it was my soul that was starving. You have made …