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title: "2 Bulimia Quotes By Portia de Rossi"
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> [I finally understood that by being on a perpetual diet, I had practiced a "disordered" form of eating my whole life. I restricted when I was hungry and in need of nutrition and binged when I was so grotesquely full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-finally-understood-that-by-being-on-a-perpetual-diet-i-had/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/portia-de-rossi-7193_anorexia_i-finally-understood-that-by-being-on-a_1547672.png)

> [And dieting, I discovered, was another form of disordered eating, just as anorexia and bulimia similarly disrupt the natural order of eating. "Ordered" eating is the practice of eating when you are hungry and ceasing to eat when your brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/and-dieting-i-discovered-was-another-form-of-disordered-eating-just/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/portia-de-rossi-7193_accepting_and-dieting-i-discovered-was-another-for_3127997.jpg)

## Other authors on Bulimia

- [Sheila M. Reindl 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bulimia/sheila-m-reindl/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-marya-hornbacher-65227.jpg) Marya Hornbacher 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bulimia/marya-hornbacher/)
- [Leanne Waters 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bulimia/leanne-waters/)

## More by Portia de Rossi

> [In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/in-high-school-i-had-sex-with-girls-quite-a-few-times-they-were/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/supermodels-are-over-and-the-new-picture-girl-has-become-the/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-knew-that-i-was-gay-i-knew-it-i-just-couldn-t-see-myself-as-a-gay/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/you-don-t-have-to-be-emaciated-or-vomiting-to-be-suffering-all-people/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I began to see myself as someone who can help others understand diversity rather than feeling like a social outcast. Ellen taught me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-began-to-see-myself-as-someone-who-can-help-others-understand/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [The most important thing for me was to never, ever, ever deny it. But I didn't really have the courage to talk about it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/the-most-important-thing-for-me-was-to-never-ever-ever-deny-it-but-i/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I would eat 300 calories a day - a lot of Jell-O and no-sugar everything, of course. I was doing Pilates, weight-training, circuit training;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-would-eat-300-calories-a-day-a-lot-of-jell-o-and-no-sugar/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [The diet industry is making a lot of money selling us fad diets, nonfat foods full of chemicals, gym memberships, and pills while we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/the-diet-industry-is-making-a-lot-of-money-selling-us-fad-diets/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I really never stopped thinking about Ellen, because I just haven't felt that kind of energy with anyone in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-really-never-stopped-thinking-about-ellen-because-i-just-haven-t/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [Even if I'm hormonal and I feel like I've got a couple pounds of water weight, I will never starve myself, I will never,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/even-if-i-m-hormonal-and-i-feel-like-i-ve-got-a-couple-pounds-of/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/restriction-generates-yearning-you-want-what-you-cannot-have/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I didn't choose the fact that I was gay, but I did choose whether to live my life as a gay woman-that was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-didn-t-choose-the-fact-that-i-was-gay-but-i-did-choose-whether-to/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [You live with the fear people might find out. Then you actually have the courage to tell people and they go, I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/you-live-with-the-fear-people-might-find-out-then-you-actually-have/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I'm living by example by continuing on with my career and having a full, rich life, and I am incidentally gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-m-living-by-example-by-continuing-on-with-my-career-and-having-a/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

> [I stumbled into acting and just loved it. I deferred law school-and I'm still deferred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/portia-de-rossi/i-stumbled-into-acting-and-just-loved-it-i-deferred-law-school-and-i/)

[Portia de Rossi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/portia-de-rossi/)

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