#Ed recovery

[real-a-anorexia-recovery-journal]

Body positivity is a step in the right direction for some people's recovery but the absolute number one thing that helped me was immersing myself in fat liberation. Starving was so much less appealing when I started to understand and believe that food and weight and being fat is morally neutral. It is possible and perfectly ok to be happy and fat. I'm thriving and I'm the heaviest I've been in years. I promise it's ok.

[s1rawb3rry]

tw: eating disorder recovery

whenever i find old photos of myself when i was drowning in my ed, it just breaks my heart...

i deserved better.

and so do you.

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

Just a semi-regular reminder that you do not have to wait until it is "that bad" in order to start pursuing recovery. You don't have to let it get worse in order to count. If it's happening to you, it counts. You matter and you don't have to put yourself through more suffering and a longer, more arduous recovery process (and more lasting damage!) in order to prove that it was bad enough. If you want to get better now, you do not have to get anybody's permission to do it. Healing can start anytime, anywhere, and you do not have to endure any worse in order to deserve better.

[zimswife]

Inspurriation 😸🐾⭐

We won’t be stuck forever- slowly and gradually we always find a way out!

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[birdieapplee]

petition for menus to STOP HAVING THE FUCKING CALORIES IN THE MENU. sighhh I hate this world I just want to eat in peace without needed to condition myself not to read them. it's so difficult for people in recovery to eat out anywhere these days without everything being 'healthy' or 'low cal' or with the calories plastered bigger than the ingredients....

oh that note, what happened to influencers online putting tws on videos about calories?? this world is so bothered about weight loss and don't think about those in recovery.

🩰

[qu1et-and-unknown]

getting my period back is so bittersweet, because on the one hand, it means my body is recovering, but the dysphoria. at least I know why I've been craving a lot of chocolate the past week

[recoveryrambles]

I've seen a few posts on here (in the pro recovery tag...) about how to better hide an eating disorder and how to keep up behaviors safely.

Y'all, there is no safe way to have an eating disorder.

I understand harm reduction, especially when it comes to decreasing longstanding behaviors. Sometimes tapering is necessary, or making slower increases in intake. Bodies need to adjust after deprivation and punishment and not having their needs consistently met.

That's not what these posts get at though. They're more along the lines of "if you keep up your electrolytes, or fast only at these intervals, you'll be okay!"

Nope. Using ed behaviors "in moderation" is still using ed behaviors. Those behaviors will continue to negatively impact both physical and mental health.

Prolonging an eating disorder is never safe.

[nodietedrecovery]

Don't do exercise unless you enjoy it!

You don't have to schedule time for exercise every day. Chances are, you already exercise every day. Cleaning, playing with your pets/kids, gardening, running errands: our everyday chores are exercise and you don't have to feel obligated to add more on top of that.

If you're recovering from an eating disorder, it's important not to exercise too much (I actually believe this is important for everybody, but it's especially true in ED recovery). If you exercise to the point that it's painful, that you're injuring yourself, that you feel sick or lightheaded, or you're so exhausted you can barely move: then you need to take a break from exercise. You may need to rest for an extended period of time to break your dependence on over-exercising.

If you're not recovering from an ED, then even just walking 10-15 minutes a day is plenty of exercise for most people. Combine it with listening to podcasts or music, or talking on the phone with a friend, or looking for plants you can forage. Make it interesting!

And everybody throw your devices that count steps away! (unless you use them to ensure you're not overexerting yourself)

more people would exercise if this culture didn't make it absolute hell

[desultory-suggestions]

If you are feeling good about yourself or situation and then your mood suddenly shifts leaving you feeling insecure, unsure, etc. try to remind yourself that nothing has truly changed but your perception. Your cute outfit did not suddenly become horrid. Your delicious meal did not tranform into a terrible one. Your peers perception of you has not radically transformed over a social misstep. Everything we experience is put through it through our mental filter, and that can convince us that everyone else sees us with the judgement we have for ourselves. Be kind to yourself.

[lyssie524]

I know real recovery will be better but I'm so scared and my old ways are so familiar :((

[ed-recoverry]

Reminder that caregivers of children are, by definition, supposed to provide shelter, food, and clothing. They did not do you a huge favor by providing this. It was the bare minimum of the job description that they voluntarily signed up for. You are not indebted to your caregivers for giving you the very basics.

[s1rawb3rry]

tw: eating disorder recovery

you still deserve to recover even if you didnt get to see a therapist, if you didnt get hospitalised, if others didnt notice, if others only congratulated you, if you didnt lose your period, if you didnt "hit your goal weight", if recovery seems "too easy", if you dont have fear foods, if you arent experiencing extreme hunger....

the list is endless. but what is also endless is what kind of internal (nerves, cells, organs, tissue, etc), emotional and cognitive damage your eating disorder caused. that deserves recovery as well.

[angel-dustspo]

⋆ Small achievable goals to change your entire life in 2025 🌸⋆.ೃ࿔.⊹𝄞⨾𓍢ִ໋

ׂ╰��➤ Start cooking more of your meals at home. Incorporate more healthy ingredients in your meals and/or disguise them in delicious recipes!

ׂ╰┈➤ Start working out regularly, at the gym, in the park or just in your bedroom. Any form of activity counts!!

ׂ╰┈➤ Start drinking more water!!!

ׂ╰┈➤ Establish an easy morning and evening routine that you can do everyday

ׂ╰┈➤ Never skip skincare or basic hygiene like showering or brushing your teeth

ׂ╰┈➤ Fix your sleep schedule and sleep 7-9 hours a night

ׂ╰┈➤ Choose to spend less time on your phone and more time outside/with family and friends.

ׂ╰┈➤ Uninstall harmful social media apps

ׂ╰┈➤ Start being productive everyday – read, journal or practice your hobbies more often!

ׂ╰┈➤ Take yourself on solo dates! Everybody underestimates this so much, but I promise it makes such a difference in your mood. Go to the spa or salon, take sunset walks, read at the corner cafe while enjoying a warm pastry!!

ׂ╰┈➤ Start romanticising your life! Candle lit dinners with your family, spa and rest days, buying flowers or that cute dress or doing face masks while reading at night could make such a great difference!!

ׂ╰┈➤ Start complimenting people more often and saying kind things to strangers!

ׂ╰┈➤ Clear out your wardrobe! Find your desired style and get some cute key pieces that go well with anything. Donate old clothes that you aren't wearing anymore!

ׂ╰┈➤ Of course, looks ARE NOT everything in life, but you should try to look as put together as possible in every situation. Use clothes and hairstyles that fit you well, wear perfume, jewelery and accessories, try to have well maintained nails and skin

ׂ╰┈➤ Become well organised by always preparing for a situation ahead of time

ׂ╰┈➤ Always experiment with cooking or baking, with your make up/hairstyle, and try out new places or hobbies too!

ׂ╰┈➤ Stop worrying about other people and their opinions. Cut out all the negativity in your life, they might be ruining your progress!

ׂ╰┈➤ Try to become more confident each day, being confident makes the biggest difference in your life of them all!

ׂ╰┈➤ Stop being so hard on yourself! Life is not a race so please remember to enjoy every moment and take it easy and slowly. Results will not be visible immediately but change is on the way and you know it too. Good luck!! <33

[mush-dooms]

hey so I actually don't think you should be breathing that much, like don't you already breathe enough? it isn't a good look to be inhaling and exhaling that much. idkk I'm just worried about your health, you know how many toxic chemicals are in the air :/ if you want I can surgically take out one of your lungs so that you won't breathe as much! you'll feel much better :) omg do you see that guy over there trying to catch his breath that's so funny haha he's breathing so much hold on I'm gonna film him real quick so my friends and I can all laugh at him later! hey so I heard about this new thing called "suffocation" and it's supposed to help you not breathe as much isn't that great? I mean yeah people die from that but at least we found a cure for the breathing epidemic! btw all of this is so normal

[intuitive-eating]

You are so right with what you said about recovery! It's a very delicate process and everyone is at a different stage and will have different needs. If you are refeeding, please listen to your doctor and come back to intuitive eating when your hunger signals and natural hormone balance etc is restored!

I was lucky enough to follow intuitive eating principles so early in my journey so if anyone is reading this please use the tools that will serve you best whenever you need it 🩷