Joyce Lee is an aspiring social worker on her way to graduate school in Berkeley, CA. Previously, she worked at a nonprofit serving families exiting homelessness in Los Angeles, CA.

Trading Disorder For Order
Leaving Calorie Counting Behind to Experience the Joy of Food
by Joyce Lee

ONE APPLE equals 72 calories. That fact, along with my growling stomach and uncomfortably bony body, was enough to cause insomnia. It’s been almost an hour since I crawled into my college dorm bed for the night. My heart is racing; I cannot stop thinking about what I ate.