SO helpful - especially affirmations that actually resonate! I have a really black and white thinking, but also can't get my head around jumping from restriction to all in. I don't understand how one can do that, even though I want nothing more. Small steps are also stupid and don't bring much... How did you go about this?
Definitely need this Vid, to say this past week has been an overwhelming stressful emotional storm of ED freak outs, from free pouring milk now instead of measuring it, and eating the sweet treat fear foods daily, to say my Demon Blip of an ED is rather angry this week is understatement, a lot of mentally freaking out but just impulsively having the ED non approved foods daily as much as it likes to tell no, I want them so it can politely go away because I’m done with being hungry or avoiding the good stuff 🧁🍪🍩 It’s nice to be in a place where I feel I have the energy to exist, live and enjoy my self, and stop the ED from making me feel like I have to punish myself for something so stupid as eating like everyone else’s, Food is just fuel and it’s not going to kill me to eat the Cookies or whatever else I really want As much as I struggled lately with Ed stressing me out, and felt like just quitting and letting the Ed carry on ruling my life, I just over it and it’s stupid rules of when and what I eat
Thank u for the video but I struggle a lot with comparison with others especially my mom concerning quantities and portions , I always need to make sure she eats more than me in order to honour my hunger
Thanks so much Emily! I am wondering if you could answer my question. I got an autoimmune disease a few months ago and it caused some inflammation on my spine. It is advised to eat a sugar-free, unprocessed diet to reduce inflammation. This all happened right when I was finally deciding to fully commit to recovery and honouring my hunger. I feel so stuck because I know that I can't restrict if I want to fully recover from the ED but now people are saying I need to eat super healthy to heal my inflammation. I get so scared to eat sugary or processed foods now because I feel like I am damaging my body, my spine, and my heart. I want to be able to be practical about all of it and do what is best for my body. I obviously don’t want to have extreme inflammation but at the same time this extreme mental and physical hunger is driving me crazy and making me miserable. I can't sleep at night because I am just thinking about all of the sugary, processed foods. I know maybe not having sugar would be better for my spine but I can’t stop thinking about all my cravings which are mainly sweet foods right now. I've been eating a healthy diet but I just kind of feel sick because it’s not what I’m craving. Ugh and I’m just so embarrassed even talking about this like why can I only think about food. I feel like there’s something so wrong with me. I can’t focus on anything or think about anything else. My Dr never said to cut out sugar but she also doesn’t know I’m dealing with extreme hunger and the amount of sugar I want to eat is way more than what a normal person would.
Hey Emma, I would strongly encourage you to speak with your doctor about this as it's incredibly important to look holistically at the management of chronic conditions which for you is going to include the fact that you are currently in recovery from a restrictive eating disorder. I also do want to add though that I hear in your words here a lot judgement around the hunger you're experiencing, and particularly judgement about the kinds of foods your body is asking for, and I want you to know that extreme hunger is a very normal part of the ED recovery process and that having intense cravings for hyper palatable, energy dense foods (especially sweet things) within the reseeding process is very, very normal. Sending you lots of love and thank you for your support of my sharing xx
I've been baking blondies today which will later be eaten with some hot chocolate 🥰 I tried to restock my tin of noms but my brother emptied it as he found it 😂😭 so gonna have to do it again😂😂
SO helpful - especially affirmations that actually resonate! I have a really black and white thinking, but also can't get my head around jumping from restriction to all in. I don't understand how one can do that, even though I want nothing more. Small steps are also stupid and don't bring much... How did you go about this?
Definitely need this Vid, to say this past week has been an overwhelming stressful emotional storm of ED freak outs, from free pouring milk now instead of measuring it, and eating the sweet treat fear foods daily, to say my Demon Blip of an ED is rather angry this week is understatement, a lot of mentally freaking out but just impulsively having the ED non approved foods daily as much as it likes to tell no, I want them so it can politely go away because I’m done with being hungry or avoiding the good stuff 🧁🍪🍩
It’s nice to be in a place where I feel I have the energy to exist, live and enjoy my self, and stop the ED from making me feel like I have to punish myself for something so stupid as eating like everyone else’s,
Food is just fuel and it’s not going to kill me to eat the Cookies or whatever else I really want
As much as I struggled lately with Ed stressing me out, and felt like just quitting and letting the Ed carry on ruling my life, I just over it and it’s stupid rules of when and what I eat
Thank you so much for the video, this has helped me so much today❤️😊
I'm really glad you've found it helpful ^^ x
Thank u for the video but I struggle a lot with comparison with others especially my mom concerning quantities and portions , I always need to make sure she eats more than me in order to honour my hunger
These are great, thank you.
Glad you liked them! Thank you for your support :) x
Thanks so much Emily! I am wondering if you could answer my question. I got an autoimmune disease a few months ago and it caused some inflammation on my spine. It is advised to eat a sugar-free, unprocessed diet to reduce inflammation. This all happened right when I was finally deciding to fully commit to recovery and honouring my hunger. I feel so stuck because I know that I can't restrict if I want to fully recover from the ED but now people are saying I need to eat super healthy to heal my inflammation. I get so scared to eat sugary or processed foods now because I feel like I am damaging my body, my spine, and my heart. I want to be able to be practical about all of it and do what is best for my body. I obviously don’t want to have extreme inflammation but at the same time this extreme mental and physical hunger is driving me crazy and making me miserable. I can't sleep at night because I am just thinking about all of the sugary, processed foods. I know maybe not having sugar would be better for my spine but I can’t stop thinking about all my cravings which are mainly sweet foods right now. I've been eating a healthy diet but I just kind of feel sick because it’s not what I’m craving. Ugh and I’m just so embarrassed even talking about this like why can I only think about food. I feel like there’s something so wrong with me. I can’t focus on anything or think about anything else. My Dr never said to cut out sugar but she also doesn’t know I’m dealing with extreme hunger and the amount of sugar I want to eat is way more than what a normal person would.
Hey Emma, I would strongly encourage you to speak with your doctor about this as it's incredibly important to look holistically at the management of chronic conditions which for you is going to include the fact that you are currently in recovery from a restrictive eating disorder. I also do want to add though that I hear in your words here a lot judgement around the hunger you're experiencing, and particularly judgement about the kinds of foods your body is asking for, and I want you to know that extreme hunger is a very normal part of the ED recovery process and that having intense cravings for hyper palatable, energy dense foods (especially sweet things) within the reseeding process is very, very normal. Sending you lots of love and thank you for your support of my sharing xx
I've been baking blondies today which will later be eaten with some hot chocolate 🥰 I tried to restock my tin of noms but my brother emptied it as he found it 😂😭 so gonna have to do it again😂😂
Blondies and hot chocolate is a perfect combo- delicious! And indeed you will do, ah the joys of siblings ey! xD xx