I’ve gained a healthy amount of weight but I didn’t fully rewire yet. I buy the same things everyday: apples, rice cakes and protein bars , vegetables, Joghurt with the lowest amount of fat etc This leads to my body wanting more food with high calories which leads to me coping with unhealthy mechanisms again. It’s so frustrating because I put in a lot of work , I’ve gained weight and it is not bothering me a lot anymore but at the same time I feel like I’m never coming out of this cycle and I’m not able to get rid of the orthorexic stuff … it’s so exhausting … I just want to be normal..
Completely get what you saying, but what the fear of going from orthorexia (currently) to going to binging? (I’ve never purged) but really it’s just my body saying, we want more food, I get that 💞
I’m kinda in the same situation with Orthorexia. It’s so so hard to rewire and reprogram my brain to not be looking at food as nutritious or not… 😑 And get the fasting being healthy thing out of my head!! I just keep telling myself NONE of it is healthy when it’s FORCED!
But these "safe" foods ( fruits and veggies yoghurt nuts - healthy food) are what makes my body feel good. I used to be so bulimic and was addicted to junk food especially sugar. I eat so healthy now I have no desire for unhealthy junk. What I want is pad Thai and curry but I won't let go of fruits and veggies to feel like crap and unhealthy. Why does recovery have to be unhealthy? How about just nourishing the body with good food?
I don't have any "hard data" for it, but I remember hearing once that if you fear a food, your body will have a stress response when you eat it
I’ve gained a healthy amount of weight but I didn’t fully rewire yet. I buy the same things everyday: apples, rice cakes and protein bars , vegetables, Joghurt with the lowest amount of fat etc
This leads to my body wanting more food with high calories which leads to me coping with unhealthy mechanisms again. It’s so frustrating because I put in a lot of work , I’ve gained weight and it is not bothering me a lot anymore but at the same time I feel like I’m never coming out of this cycle and I’m not able to get rid of the orthorexic stuff … it’s so exhausting … I just want to be normal..
Thank you so much for all your videos, Becky!! They’re so helpful!!
What about if its not filler foods like fruit and veg, what if its the same cereal, same bread, same sandwich fillers, same desserts??
Completely get what you saying, but what the fear of going from orthorexia (currently) to going to binging? (I’ve never purged) but really it’s just my body saying, we want more food, I get that 💞
I’m kinda in the same situation with Orthorexia. It’s so so hard to rewire and reprogram my brain to not be looking at food as nutritious or not… 😑 And get the fasting being healthy thing out of my head!! I just keep telling myself NONE of it is healthy when it’s FORCED!
@@AddieV1984 thank you for sharing your thoughts 💞and yesssss , it’s extremely hard to re-wire your brain!
But what genually dont like sweets cake and ice cream etc?
But these "safe" foods ( fruits and veggies yoghurt nuts - healthy food) are what makes my body feel good. I used to be so bulimic and was addicted to junk food especially sugar. I eat so healthy now I have no desire for unhealthy junk. What I want is pad Thai and curry but I won't let go of fruits and veggies to feel like crap and unhealthy. Why does recovery have to be unhealthy? How about just nourishing the body with good food?