Today I will talk about something I get asked a lot! If you are familiar with my videos or have read my book then you know I generally recommend following the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines for recovery. Not to obsess over calories but simply to make sure you are eating enough. Food is your medicine and …
When Can I Stop Counting Calories And Eat Intuitively? // Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
“Restricting, dieting, overexercising and calorie compensating is a recipe for a metabolic slow-down. Your metabolism is not “broken” or “damaged” but what has happened is that your metabolism has adapted to the low-calorie consumption to protect you from losing too much weight. It’s what the “starvation mode” is all about. It doesn’t mean one …
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If you are overweight before starting recovery do the same recovery guidelines still apply to you as well? Or should you eat less and exercise more? Calorie guidelines: https://www.edinstitute.org/blog/2011/9/14/i-need-how-many-calories
In my recovery I used both the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines and intuitive eating to achieve full recovery from my eating disorders (bulimia and orthorexia). I will say they both have their positive and negative aspects for recovery and different things work for different people. I have prevously talked about the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines for the …
Intuitive Eating Instead of MinnieMaud For Eating Disorder Recovery Read More »
This post is subjected mainly for people in eating disorder recovery. But anyone can benefit from this post no matter if you are a normal eater or if you have had ANY kinds of food problems. Also the calorie recommendations in this post apply to everybody – to people in recovery, post recovery or if you are a normal eater.