I loved this video so, so much. You should be so proud of how intelligent you are and it sounds super cliché (lol sorry), but how strong you are also to share all of this with us. I have read some of your comments below too and no doubt, your videos and your experience will help others. It is so, so incredibly hard to push yourself to eat more and get over those food fears and the sick/full feeling, but in time it absolutely will get better - I promise you. And it will be so worth all the hard work when you start smashing your PBs and can live your life feeling more free. When you started speaking about fast-forwarding/wishing your way through life this is SO true and you spoke so eloquently - completely hit the nail on the head and I hadn't thought about it like that before, although we all do it (me especially)! Love love LOVE the science in your videos too - totally unique and making me miss my undergrad degree in biomedical science (now working in research and doing a PhD!). Sending you so much love - you can do this!! Xxxxx
Girl I’ve been there I’ve been where you are now and I just can’t tell you that you should have to keep eating I get my period back after 7 years of not having it and 4 years of gaining weight process,ups and downs but the last time I proposed my self to really achieve it I gained 10 kg and never when down again , it was just amazing you know like I look healthier I am healthier I feel healthier, now I can it healthy and "not healthy"and it’s make me so happy that I have the freedom to go out with friends and eat whatever I want knowing that the next day I’m going to be OK and nothing is going to change you are strong you are beautiful and you are powerful no matter what. Trust yourself, and the only advice I can give you is to just keep eating it as much as you can I promise you your body is going to know when it’s time to stop, your nutritionist is going to say when it’s time to stop but you need to keep eating as much as you can whatever you want, your body needs it and your body it’s you it’s going to be with you all your life so you just have to feed him to make him strong so he can make you strong. Like I said before I was in your place and I know that is not easy I know that you can feel so full that you’re going to throw up, but you just have to keep eating. I followo you since a long time and now seeing that you really are doing good and you’re in the right way makes me soooooo happy, I wish you all the best and I send you all my love Flor , from Argentina♥️ Keep going beauty you got this!
I LOVE how you share scientific knowledge in your vids it makes them SO interesting and shows that you know what you are talking about and how smart you are!!!
i like how you mentioned that intuitive eating may not work for everyone depending on the stage of recovery they are in. if i did intuitive eating, i would not eat a single thing in a whole day since i don’t get any hunger cues at all
Imogen, you really changed my life. I mean it seriously. You push me on days, when I never thought someone could do. Not even my coach can do. Please never stop with youtube. I think you dont know what a great idol you are! 🦁 Im really sorry for what happened to you with the eating disorder but you can achieve and change everything you want...bcs you are soo strong gurl!! 🦁❤️💯
Hey, I don’t know what it’s like to have an eating disorder but I can tell that you’re trying really hard and making a huge effort to eat in a way that is healthier for you!! Keep being patient with yourself, you’re doing great !! P.S: the science part was so cool!!
Girl you will get through this and youre doing so so goood ! Go on your own tempo ! One of my tips is always image what you wanna achieve ! Get a period so you can get a family or look at food as fuel and energy ! If you feel bad after eating ,,too much" just think about how you can take that energy for your training :) Send you lots of love
Thank you so much girl, I appreciate it so much xxx I definitely do this whenever I have those thoughts and have that voice in my head especially after I feel like I've eaten to much; I've been reminding myself that that's the point and that I need this to get healthy, be strong, run well again and I can't get better if I don't! You are so right xxx
Wow 🤩🤩 I’m going to be honest, your first what I eat in a day earlier this year was a little triggering to me and I considered not watching your vids during my recovery. I hate to put that negativity out there BUT I mean it in the best way because your most recent videos have been SO positive and I’m really proud of your personal growth and optimism in recovery. I have loved watching you open up and am really really loving how you are incorporating science into your recent videos. It’s really inspiring and I’m learning a lot about nutrition. Thank you and great job with you progress mentally and physically!!
Aww Kara thank you so much and I am so sorry to have been triggering. To be honest I was just not in a recovery mindset and focusing enough on doing the right thing by my body and I really hope I can really show the mindset change and growth to hopefully encourage others to recover and I’m so glad you have seen it 💛💛💛💛 so much love to you and I hope your recovery is going well xxx
@@ImogenRussell There is no need at all to apologize!! I completely understand and have been there myself. There have been a lot of times where my friends and family knew something was wrong ages before I saw it myself (possibly a similar situation?) I just wanted to share this because I think it goes to show how much progress you're making and that your new content is really helping and going to help a lot of people💛💛your viewers are super proud of you and excited to watch you achieve everything you deserve xxxx sending so much love!
hey girl- great video! But just to say remember your message from your last video- that we cannot rely on intuitive eating and sometimes you’ll need to eat despite being full❤️ I know it’s so much easier said than done but I just noticed no snacks in this video and a less substantial breakfast to last time- obviously every day is different but just try to not let if you’re going out later or if you’re stressed about work mean you let yourself slip a bit- mechanical eating is a bitch but necessary for a period of time❤️ sending you so much love x
Thank you girl! And 100%, tbh I was super full halfway through the burrito but I finished it and still had a snack cause I need it despite my fullness que!! In saying that it’s gotten so much better since this vid even! Small steps add up :) yeah sundays are super busy and it’s hard to constantly snack as I already have my meals so close together because of how busy the day Is! But thank you xxxx
We don’t have to worry about you having to get your five a day in 🙈😂 So pleased to see you making some positive changes 😊💖 so proud of you for getting and enjoying that burrito 🌯
Hi, I am happy to know that you are doing better than before. Could you make a video on healthy snack ideas because the breakfast video was really good and I really liked it. And btw, do have certain days on which you upload during the week, if so pls let me know (this is because I am giving myself a specific time to watch youtube throughout the week and I will know which days to do so). Sending lots of love ❤ ❤ ❤ and you look gorgeous as always.
Hey Lucy, thank you so so much!!! I'm working on a snack inspired post to upload to my wholefoodgram instagram so keep an eye out there! xxx I upload every wednesday afternoon (between 4-5pm!) over the next few weeks I will be uploading a bit more often and on a few random days but definitely Wednesday is my set day xxx
Thank you so much ! I don't, stopping counting was one of the big steps for me in recovery from my eating disorder and breaking away from food obsession/ fears xxxx
Hey! I don't think it is looking back. Honestly I have progressed SO much mentally over the past few weeks since seeing my dietitian its crazy. (filmed this vid around 4 weeks ago) When I started to work at upping my cals, what seemed like so much back then, now doesn't. I have really worked to mentally change my thoughts and mindset and I've also gotten used to it slowly. The slow progress and chipping away at the though patterns takes time but slow progress is still progress. After a few sessions with my dietitian she's said she's really noticed progress in me mentally and weight wise we started by not going down anymore, to then maintaining weight and hopefully next time it will be gaining (I've gained a small amount but hopefully next time it will be more significant). But totally, looking back I think this was enough to possibly maintain my weight, but not gain with my high activity and metabolic needs. It isn't until I've gotten to a place where I can push to eat this much that I get use to it and then realise it really isn't that much and I need even more ... hope this made sense xxx
@@donatina1987 Hey, this comment really really hurt. I have struggled with an eating disorder over the past 3 years, its been a huge trauma and horrible thing to live with. I have been formally diagnosed with anorexia nervosa by multiple doctors on a few occasions over the past 3 years and it's really been challenging and a big struggle to deal with this mental illness. to be honest it has been horrible and the worst thing to happen to me and it has really impacted the last 3 years of my life significantly. I am a big believer that you can recover and get better, but getting better doesn't mean you have never been sick. I've been so lucky to have found some wonderful health professionals who have been helping me recover from my mental illness but I have had my fair share that haven't been helpful over the past few years. Dealing with an eating disorder is so so awful and recovering is so challenging. I am a very open and honest person and also very self aware so I can talk about it, but it doesn't mean it hasn't been extremely traumatic and damaging to my life… I try to share positive videos and be as positive as I can especially with what I share online but that doesn’t mean it has been easy to be in recovery or that I haven’t had to deal with a voice in my head for three years that has made eating enough extremely difficult. It doesn’t mean there hasn’t been hundreds of awful days just because I haven’t filmed every traumatic event or thought or day over the past 3 years. It doesn’t mean because I can eat foods now that I ate in this vid that I was literally unable to eat them or eat nearly enough without a panic attack in the past… I am a pretty intelligent person and I am very aware that I wasn’t just ‘focusing on the wrong things’, I was very self aware that I’ve dealt with a constant battle in my head and lots and lots of panic attacks around being able to eat and wow I’m really being very vulnerable and raw in this comment but I just feel so disrespected by you saying that… I’m sorry if you didn’t mean for this to be hurtful, you may have not experienced a mental health disorder or eating disorder so you might not understand, but to live with this for years and have it really damage a lot in terms of your physical health and mental health and then be working so hard to get better and have a better mindset around it for someone to then say that in their opinion you’ve never had an eating disorder is just awful and to be honest pretty sickening … sorry I don’t mean to blame you or be super defensive, I just want to explain how this is so beyond hurtful and how after living with something so damaging to have someone disregard it just because you’ve worked so hard to get better or because you are able to be positive and share it hurts so deeply. Something that has been so helpful that I have talked about with my dietitian (she’s been so so helpful especially whilst I am on the waitlist for the eating disorder psych) is that I didn’t choose this illness and it’s just reassuring in moments when I am angry at myself or blame myself for what my body has been through or for not ‘just eating’ when I just couldn’t because of how bad my disorder got at some points .. We talked about how it isn’t my fault (or anyone with a mental health illness for that matter) and that voice in your head is not you but it’s your illness. You wouldn’t blame a diabetic for not being able to produce insulin. With an eating disorder it’s also not your fault. You did not choose this!!! I’ve talked about this so much and I emphasise that it is never the persons fault but it is still up to us to take the steps and do the work to get better, even though we are not to blame. I’m sure if you had been sitting in our sessions or had witnessed the trauma over the past 3 years you would never have commented that and I’m sorry if this seemed very abrupt and defensive but I was hurt by what you said and I wanted to explain this…
@@donatina1987 Gurl... You just see 29min of her whole day & talk like you know her as you are her mother... Maybe you didn't want to be mean but you never know whats going on in other lifes. One friend of me was the happiest person on earth (we all thought) & she committed suicide. you never ever know whats going on inside a person. (sorry for my english, Im swiss :D)
@@ImogenRussell oh nooo , I’m so sorry... I think due to the fact I’m not English native I haven’t written the right wording... no no please it wasn’t mean in a bad way!
@@ImogenRussell I’m so sorry I hurted you... I feel so bad now I’m almost crying it was not what I mean at all. I also apologize to the other person here and everyone who read it. What is best to do to delete the comment? I don’t wanna upset anyone. Let me know what you prefer. I publicly apologize.
Put 3 raw eggs into your smoothies. Easiest protein, fat and all 9 essential amino acids, plus you cannot even taste it. I have 8 a day, in about 1 month and a week I have gotten almost twice as strong as I was before.
I loved this video so, so much. You should be so proud of how intelligent you are and it sounds super cliché (lol sorry), but how strong you are also to share all of this with us. I have read some of your comments below too and no doubt, your videos and your experience will help others. It is so, so incredibly hard to push yourself to eat more and get over those food fears and the sick/full feeling, but in time it absolutely will get better - I promise you. And it will be so worth all the hard work when you start smashing your PBs and can live your life feeling more free. When you started speaking about fast-forwarding/wishing your way through life this is SO true and you spoke so eloquently - completely hit the nail on the head and I hadn't thought about it like that before, although we all do it (me especially)! Love love LOVE the science in your videos too - totally unique and making me miss my undergrad degree in biomedical science (now working in research and doing a PhD!). Sending you so much love - you can do this!! Xxxxx
Hey Rosie, thank you so much for your beautiful comment! This honestly means so much I really appreciate it 💛💛💛💛💛
“It’s not overeating when you NEED to gain weight” - I needed to hear that so bad 💕💪🏼
Girl I’ve been there I’ve been where you are now and I just can’t tell you that you should have to keep eating I get my period back after 7 years of not having it and 4 years of gaining weight process,ups and downs but the last time I proposed my self to really achieve it I gained 10 kg and never when down again , it was just amazing you know like I look healthier I am healthier I feel healthier, now I can it healthy and "not healthy"and it’s make me so happy that I have the freedom to go out with friends and eat whatever I want knowing that the next day I’m going to be OK and nothing is going to change you are strong you are beautiful and you are powerful no matter what.
Trust yourself, and the only advice I can give you is to just keep eating it as much as you can I promise you your body is going to know when it’s time to stop, your nutritionist is going to say when it’s time to stop but you need to keep eating as much as you can whatever you want, your body needs it and your body it’s you it’s going to be with you all your life so you just have to feed him to make him strong so he can make you strong.
Like I said before I was in your place and I know that is not easy I know that you can feel so full that you’re going to throw up, but you just have to keep eating.
I followo you since a long time and now seeing that you really are doing good and you’re in the right way makes me soooooo happy, I wish you all the best and I send you all my love
Flor , from Argentina♥️
Keep going beauty you got this!
I LOVE how you share scientific knowledge in your vids it makes them SO interesting and shows that you know what you are talking about and how smart you are!!!
Thank you thank you!!!! I love sharing it so much and put a lot of work into it so I'm so glad you appreciate it! xxx
whoaaaa you writing out the science is so so cool!!! It would be cool if you included the science parts in future videos too!!
I study nutrition and dietetics and i am amazed of how simple and accurate are your explanations on food and nutrition.
i like how you mentioned that intuitive eating may not work for everyone depending on the stage of recovery they are in. if i did intuitive eating, i would not eat a single thing in a whole day since i don’t get any hunger cues at all
Imogen, you really changed my life. I mean it seriously. You push me on days, when I never thought someone could do. Not even my coach can do. Please never stop with youtube. I think you dont know what a great idol you are! 🦁 Im really sorry for what happened to you with the eating disorder but you can achieve and change everything you want...bcs you are soo strong gurl!! 🦁❤️💯
Melissa!! You are so beautiful thank you and I’m so glad to have been helpful xxx
Hey, I don’t know what it’s like to have an eating disorder but I can tell that you’re trying really hard and making a huge effort to eat in a way that is healthier for you!! Keep being patient with yourself, you’re doing great !!
P.S: the science part was so cool!!
Girl you will get through this and youre doing so so goood ! Go on your own tempo ! One of my tips is always image what you wanna achieve ! Get a period so you can get a family or look at food as fuel and energy ! If you feel bad after eating ,,too much" just think about how you can take that energy for your training :) Send you lots of love
Thank you so much girl, I appreciate it so much xxx I definitely do this whenever I have those thoughts and have that voice in my head especially after I feel like I've eaten to much; I've been reminding myself that that's the point and that I need this to get healthy, be strong, run well again and I can't get better if I don't! You are so right xxx
Wow 🤩🤩 I’m going to be honest, your first what I eat in a day earlier this year was a little triggering to me and I considered not watching your vids during my recovery. I hate to put that negativity out there BUT I mean it in the best way because your most recent videos have been SO positive and I’m really proud of your personal growth and optimism in recovery. I have loved watching you open up and am really really loving how you are incorporating science into your recent videos. It’s really inspiring and I’m learning a lot about nutrition. Thank you and great job with you progress mentally and physically!!
Aww Kara thank you so much and I am so sorry to have been triggering. To be honest I was just not in a recovery mindset and focusing enough on doing the right thing by my body and I really hope I can really show the mindset change and growth to hopefully encourage others to recover and I’m so glad you have seen it 💛💛💛💛 so much love to you and I hope your recovery is going well xxx
@@ImogenRussell There is no need at all to apologize!! I completely understand and have been there myself. There have been a lot of times where my friends and family knew something was wrong ages before I saw it myself (possibly a similar situation?) I just wanted to share this because I think it goes to show how much progress you're making and that your new content is really helping and going to help a lot of people💛💛your viewers are super proud of you and excited to watch you achieve everything you deserve xxxx sending so much love!
hey girl- great video! But just to say remember your message from your last video- that we cannot rely on intuitive eating and sometimes you’ll need to eat despite being full❤️ I know it’s so much easier said than done but I just noticed no snacks in this video and a less substantial breakfast to last time- obviously every day is different but just try to not let if you’re going out later or if you’re stressed about work mean you let yourself slip a bit- mechanical eating is a bitch but necessary for a period of time❤️ sending you so much love x
so proud of you for the night snack though!
Thank you girl! And 100%, tbh I was super full halfway through the burrito but I finished it and still had a snack cause I need it despite my fullness que!! In saying that it’s gotten so much better since this vid even! Small steps add up :) yeah sundays are super busy and it’s hard to constantly snack as I already have my meals so close together because of how busy the day Is! But thank you xxxx
I love the protein powder reviews! That burrito looks so good.
We don’t have to worry about you having to get your five a day in 🙈😂
So pleased to see you making some positive changes 😊💖 so proud of you for getting and enjoying that burrito 🌯
What is your height and weight?
Hi, I am happy to know that you are doing better than before. Could you make a video on healthy snack ideas because the breakfast video was really good and I really liked it. And btw, do have certain days on which you upload during the week, if so pls let me know (this is because I am giving myself a specific time to watch youtube throughout the week and I will know which days to do so). Sending lots of love ❤ ❤ ❤ and you look gorgeous as always.
Hey Lucy, thank you so so much!!! I'm working on a snack inspired post to upload to my wholefoodgram instagram so keep an eye out there! xxx I upload every wednesday afternoon (between 4-5pm!) over the next few weeks I will be uploading a bit more often and on a few random days but definitely Wednesday is my set day xxx
@@ImogenRussell Thanks for responding!! Will definitely check out your Instagram. And now Wednesday has become IMI DAY on my calendar xxx
i love ur videos keep inspiring us imi❤️
i learnt soo much from this video thanks soo much!!
Thank you soooo so so so so so much. You are so knowledgeable...
You should try roasting your walnuts! It makes them taste 10000x better (or any other nuts) ;)
What is your height and weight?
what do you train for? x
Do you count your calories and macros?
Also loved the video ♥️
Greetings from Croatia
Thank you so much ! I don't, stopping counting was one of the big steps for me in recovery from my eating disorder and breaking away from food obsession/ fears xxxx
Where is your necklace from?
By Charlotte xxx
Love your video gorgeous! Xx
Wow it all looks good but are you sure it’s enough to gain weight especially with your active lifestyle and build? Xx
Hey! I don't think it is looking back. Honestly I have progressed SO much mentally over the past few weeks since seeing my dietitian its crazy. (filmed this vid around 4 weeks ago) When I started to work at upping my cals, what seemed like so much back then, now doesn't. I have really worked to mentally change my thoughts and mindset and I've also gotten used to it slowly. The slow progress and chipping away at the though patterns takes time but slow progress is still progress. After a few sessions with my dietitian she's said she's really noticed progress in me mentally and weight wise we started by not going down anymore, to then maintaining weight and hopefully next time it will be gaining (I've gained a small amount but hopefully next time it will be more significant). But totally, looking back I think this was enough to possibly maintain my weight, but not gain with my high activity and metabolic needs. It isn't until I've gotten to a place where I can push to eat this much that I get use to it and then realise it really isn't that much and I need even more ... hope this made sense xxx
@@donatina1987 Hey, this comment really really hurt. I have struggled with an eating disorder over the past 3 years, its been a huge trauma and horrible thing to live with. I have been formally diagnosed with anorexia nervosa by multiple doctors on a few occasions over the past 3 years and it's really been challenging and a big struggle to deal with this mental illness. to be honest it has been horrible and the worst thing to happen to me and it has really impacted the last 3 years of my life significantly. I am a big believer that you can recover and get better, but getting better doesn't mean you have never been sick. I've been so lucky to have found some wonderful health professionals who have been helping me recover from my mental illness but I have had my fair share that haven't been helpful over the past few years. Dealing with an eating disorder is so so awful and recovering is so challenging. I am a very open and honest person and also very self aware so I can talk about it, but it doesn't mean it hasn't been extremely traumatic and damaging to my life… I try to share positive videos and be as positive as I can especially with what I share online but that doesn’t mean it has been easy to be in recovery or that I haven’t had to deal with a voice in my head for three years that has made eating enough extremely difficult. It doesn’t mean there hasn’t been hundreds of awful days just because I haven’t filmed every traumatic event or thought or day over the past 3 years. It doesn’t mean because I can eat foods now that I ate in this vid that I was literally unable to eat them or eat nearly enough without a panic attack in the past… I am a pretty intelligent person and I am very aware that I wasn’t just ‘focusing on the wrong things’, I was very self aware that I’ve dealt with a constant battle in my head and lots and lots of panic attacks around being able to eat and wow I’m really being very vulnerable and raw in this comment but I just feel so disrespected by you saying that… I’m sorry if you didn’t mean for this to be hurtful, you may have not experienced a mental health disorder or eating disorder so you might not understand, but to live with this for years and have it really damage a lot in terms of your physical health and mental health and then be working so hard to get better and have a better mindset around it for someone to then say that in their opinion you’ve never had an eating disorder is just awful and to be honest pretty sickening … sorry I don’t mean to blame you or be super defensive, I just want to explain how this is so beyond hurtful and how after living with something so damaging to have someone disregard it just because you’ve worked so hard to get better or because you are able to be positive and share it hurts so deeply.
Something that has been so helpful that I have talked about with my dietitian (she’s been so so helpful especially whilst I am on the waitlist for the eating disorder psych) is that I didn’t choose this illness and it’s just reassuring in moments when I am angry at myself or blame myself for what my body has been through or for not ‘just eating’ when I just couldn’t because of how bad my disorder got at some points .. We talked about how it isn’t my fault (or anyone with a mental health illness for that matter) and that voice in your head is not you but it’s your illness. You wouldn’t blame a diabetic for not being able to produce insulin. With an eating disorder it’s also not your fault. You did not choose this!!! I’ve talked about this so much and I emphasise that it is never the persons fault but it is still up to us to take the steps and do the work to get better, even though we are not to blame. I’m sure if you had been sitting in our sessions or had witnessed the trauma over the past 3 years you would never have commented that and I’m sorry if this seemed very abrupt and defensive but I was hurt by what you said and I wanted to explain this…
@@donatina1987 Gurl... You just see 29min of her whole day & talk like you know her as you are her mother... Maybe you didn't want to be mean but you never know whats going on in other lifes. One friend of me was the happiest person on earth (we all thought) & she committed suicide. you never ever know whats going on inside a person. (sorry for my english, Im swiss :D)
@@ImogenRussell oh nooo , I’m so sorry... I think due to the fact I’m not English native I haven’t written the right wording... no no please it wasn’t mean in a bad way!
@@ImogenRussell I’m so sorry I hurted you... I feel so bad now I’m almost crying it was not what I mean at all. I also apologize to the other person here and everyone who read it. What is best to do to delete the comment? I don’t wanna upset anyone. Let me know what you prefer. I publicly apologize.
Put 3 raw eggs into your smoothies. Easiest protein, fat and all 9 essential amino acids, plus you cannot even taste it. I have 8 a day, in about 1 month and a week I have gotten almost twice as strong as I was before.
8 eggs a day is not really healthy cuz of the yolk ofc
Burritos for life!!
sooo good, I can't believe I couldn't eat them for so long, they're so bomb, so glad to have them back in my lifeeee :P :)
@@ImogenRussell I want to try this one called “mucho” it’s the BIGGEST haha
I liked the scientific part!
Thank you!!!
have you gotten your hormones checked by getting a blood test? you can see if you are closer to getting your period back
Yeah I’ve had everything checked! X
Awesome video! Has anyone ever told that you look like Emily Ratajkowski?
What are you studying ?
Exercise and sports science and Sydney University :)