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Rachael Steil is an eating disorder in sports recovery advocate, and the author of Running in Silence. She is also the founder and speaker for the Running in Silence nonprofit to break misconceptions and raise awareness for eating disorders in sports, and serves on the board for the Michigan Eating Disorder Alliance (MiEDA). Rachael was 6th and 7th place NAIA All-American in cross country and track, and now coaches high school cross country.

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“I decided to say something.
It was through an email, an email to my mom confessing that I had a problem with food, that maybe it was an eating disorder, that I wasn't sure what to do or feel. That yes, I had gained weight, and I was scared, and I was constantly thinking about food.
That it was taking over my life.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“No one could see the thoughts when the body looked normal to them. The voice wanted it to just be the two of us. It wanted to hide. If no one saw it, then no one would believe me.
No one would ask.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“I knew, deep down, that running would not save me.
Rawchael would not save me.
Rachael would.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“And that freshman year, as I looked into the mirror, as I stepped onto that scale every morning, as I crawled into bed every night, stomach growling, mind racing, heart anxious, I laughed and I cried. I soothed the aching, empty belly, and I whispered, She is mine.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“I decided to say something.
It was through an email, an email to my mom confessing that I had a problem with food, that maybe it was an eating disorder, that I wasn't sure what to do or feel. That yes, I had gained weight, and I was scared, and I was constantly thinking about food.
That it was taking over my life.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“As I searched for food perfection, and as I gained weight, I began to realize that the race for perfection in anything was the path to destruction.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“All my mind and body wanted at this point was to be tucked away somewhere with the entire tray of brownies and to eat them as fast as possible. It was as if eating them faster would make the whole thing feel less real, that eating them faster wouldn't give me time to stop eating them. For this moment, they were the bits of euphoria that paradoxically, kept me rooted in this world.
I grabbed another brownie.
Coach Woj saw me grab my third.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

“No one could see the thoughts when the body looked normal to them. The voice wanted it to just be the two of us. It wanted to hide. If no one saw it, then no one would believe me.
No one would ask.”
Rachael Rose Steil, Running in Silence: My Drive for Perfection and the Eating Disorder That Fed It

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