I keep on reading and hearing about intermittent fasting and it’s “health” benefits. Gazillion things it promises to cure and fix. But I want to share my story and the dark side of intermittent fasting in order to open peoples eyes to the dangers of it. No, it’s not so great as the media and …
Intermittent Fasting Started My Path To Eating Disorder Read More »
Firstly, I think everybody in recovery experiences a relapse at some point. You may feel you have totally failed recovery and will never get over it. It’s really hard to get yourself back on track after a relapse. It’s exhausting physically and emotionally. But…NOT recovering is not an option either, right? So deep down you …
3 Steps After A Relapse To Keep Going // Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
“Am I developing Binge Eating Disorder?” This is something many people wonder when they start their recovery from a restrictive eating disorder and begin to experience extreme hunger. Why binge eating disorder and extreme hunger seem to have the exact same symptoms? But actually, they DON’T have the exact same symptoms! There is one KEY factor …
“I’m not sick enough to recover” is something I hear people say when I talk about recovery and what it takes. Maybe they feel that a person needs to be diagnosed with an eating disorder or to be suffering for years. But that’s not the case. You don’t need to have a diagnosed eating disorder to …
“I’m not sick enough to recover” // Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
Today I want to talk about fluctuating normal hunger cues since I see that many of my clients face this concern in their recovery. They often ask me – “Why do I feel sometimes so hungry and then less hungry? Is something still wrong with my hunger?” I also had this dilemma once I was …
Fluctuating Normal Hunger Cues? // Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
One thing I hear all the time is people talking about how “I wish they would just accept me as I am” or “I wish they would stop judging me and my recovery, my weight gain, I feel everybody is just focused on my biggest insecurities. If people would accept me as I am and …
SELF-ACCEPTANCE & Self-Empowerment // Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
Many people go through a lot of stress in recovery as it’s quite an anxiety-provoking task to face your biggest fears. And in a stressful situation, they can really struggle with finding alternative coping skills as all the eating disorder behaviors are what they have known and are too familiar with. When they feel triggered it’s …
10 Things That Help Me COPE, RELAX & DE-STRESS (coping skills) Read More »
This weeks post is something new, something different, but hopefully very helpful to many of you who deal with anxiety, stress, and overthinking in your recovery. Instead of just talking about it I thought why not actually make something practical that can start to help decrease your anxiety and overthinking if you put it into …
Guided Meditation For Anxiety & Overthinking // Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
Many people have an unrealistic idea of what the recovery is like and what to expect. When they start to experience symptoms like extreme hunger or craving only their former “binge foods” they may panic as surely this is not “normal eating”, right? But at the same time, they do not take into account that …
Recovery eating is NOT the same as normal eating! Read More »
We all make mistakes and have our setbacks in eating disorder recovery. It can help us learn and grow stronger. But making mistakes becomes a real big issue when they turn into endless relapses and result staying is quasi-recovery. Sometimes for months or even years and there seems to be no end to this. So this …
5 BIGGEST MISTAKES That Delayed My Full Recovery Read More »
