WOMAN’S EATING DISORDER MADE HER YO-YO BETWEEN 56 AND 221 POUNDS

Eating disorders are never simple, and the scary story of Brittany Burgunder proves that.

The California native, who wrote Safety In Numbers: From 56 to 221 Pounds, My Battle With Eating Disorders, almost lost her life after struggling with anorexia for seven years.

She survived, only to weigh in at 221 pounds a little over a year later when her eating disorder morphed into binge eating disorder.

Trying to drop the excess weight, Brittany turned to bulimia. Only therapy, tennis, and horseback riding brought her back from the brink of death.

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