Night Baker finds strength, healing in blog readers


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OREM — For a Utah woman battling anorexia, sharing her story with the world ultimately helped save her life.

It's been five months since KSL met Camilla Kuhns — known in the blogosphere as the Night Baker. Camilla bakes and blogs in hopes of raising enough money to overcome her anorexia for good.

Camilla checked into the Center for Change in Orem, not knowing how long she'd be able to afford to stay. Treatment costs $900 a day.

But Camilla said the generosity of family, friends and strangers who follow her blog kept the money and support coming, giving her the funds and the strength to fight for her life.


I'm so much more fun and I enjoy things more. I am excited about my life and that is so much better than being skinny.

–Camilla Kuhns, Night Baker


Five months ago, doctors told Camilla she could have a heart attack at any moment. Her eating disorder has controlled her life for 18 long years.

"This has been a crutch for me for so long," she said. "I just feel like I'm losing my crutch."

Camilla entered treatment terrified to let go of the habits that were killing her. But now, five months later, she has a new take on life.

"I feel so much better," she said. "I'm so much more fun and I enjoy things more. I am excited about my life and that is so much better than being skinny."

Her family is grateful to have this Camilla back.

"I have my daughter back," said David Kuhns, Camilla's father. "She is fun. She's energetic. She's all the things that I knew she was."

Camilla said treatment wasn't easy. She wanted to quit many times, but she knew people all over the world were praying for her.


My dream as a child was to grow up and not be an anorexic woman. I'm getting back to that person who has other dreams, better dreams, and it is just a really good feeling.

–Camilla


"They really saved my life by following the blog and reminding me that I had an audience and that it wasn't just about me," she said.

Camilla didn't realize the full impact she'd had on others until she met a woman who went into treatment because of Camilla's story.

"It's so humbling because this woman is so incredible and she has a family and she is so successful," she said. "I though that if this is the only person who saw my story and got anything out of it then it was so worth any ridicule I've gotten from sharing my blog."

Camilla hasn't completely conquered her eating disorder.

"It's still there and it yells at me sometimes, but I feel like my voice is louder now," she said.

For the first time in almost twenty years, Camilla said she finally feels in control of her future.

"My dream as a child was to grow up and not be an anorexic woman," she said. "I'm getting back to that person who has other dreams, better dreams, and it is just a really good feeling."

Camilla will receive a few more weeks of outpatient treatment at a center in Arizona as she makes the transition back into the real world.

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