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WHY Recover From Eating Disorders/Yo-Yo Dieting? (Some Motivation) | Melanie Murphy
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- Опубліковано 12 сер 2024
- Eating disorder recovery motivation! What's the ultimate end goal? Let's talk about intuitive eating, diets, making peace with food, my food diary Friday series, positive self talk! Advice & tips on ed recovery!
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Melanie Murphy I'm an obese girl, and your video really hit a nerve for me. The other day my sister was telling me in order for me to lose weight I just have to lessen the amount of junk that I eat, that I don't have to cut it out completely. But I was like noo I'm either on a diet or not, I either eat junk or I don't, and that kind of thinking that makes me go and eat alllll the unhealthy food I can find, because you know I'm not a diet!! I really have no CLUE how to start changing that kind of thinking and how to not view food as an enemy and how to not beat up myself when "I fall off the wagon", because I'm soo mean to myself when that happens. I just don't know what to do anymore!
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Ahhh love this one so much, thanks for sharing your wisdom you beautiful human!
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to anyone who suffers from the "but I'm not as bad as" or "am I really struggling?" Please don't feel bad if you aren't as "bad as". All i've been told is. "You don't have anorexia, because you eat." and "you don't throw up." Please please please don't wait for others blessing to admit you're suffering. And please surround yourself with a recovery positive community online.
Amber Beam yessss also people need to remember that you don't have to be underweight to have an eating disorder
thanks for this, i‘ve been diagnosed with atypical anorexia and it was terrible for me not to be diagnosed with „normal“ anorexia. i mean, how sick is that
ltsmadness x I am diagnosed with that too and it’s just so sick.
💚 The content you're making at the moment is so important and necessary. We love seeing creators using their platform to help others and you are so brilliant for doing just that.
LOVED THIS SIS!🙌🏼❤️ xxx
Your support on each others videos is literally goals
collab again!!!
I just celebrated my first year of eating disorder recovery yesterday! And I got my first tattoo (a personalised semi colon on my wrist) yesterday too to mark it! ♥
Morgana CONGRATULATIONS ❤️
Ellie thank you, bab ♥
BIG JOCK KNEW HE KNEW I'm in anorexia recovery
BIG JOCK KNEW HE KNEW Body dysmorphia and eating disorders tend to go hand in hand. 9 times out of ten, we don't see how our bodies look like to everyone else.
Aww, congrats! I've got a semicolon on my wrist as well, albeit for different reasons and it's been there for 4-5 years now
You are hands down the best "influencer" (more like educator/big sister) on UA-cam because not only do lots of the important things you talk about have SO MUCH STIGMA surrounding them that needs to be broken, the fact you talk about things important to your core demographic also shows just how much you care about us and how much passion goes into your work. We love you 💚💚💚💚💚💚
- Sincerely, your internet family
I've always had a really bad relationship with food and with how I feel about my body/weight. I still struggle with it (and although I don't believe I have any sort of eating disorder), I am working on improving my relationship with it. I still try to count and cut calories when I remember too, but I also make sure to have the foods I want and crave. I'll fit in a slice of pizza because I LOVE pizza or even some Halo Top Ice cream because I know I deserve to treat myself and have the things that make me happy. I'm just in a bit of a weird place... but I am working on improving myself and I guess that's what matters most. Loved this video, Mel! I think its wonderful that you use your voice and platform to speak about issues that matter and to also spread so much positivity.
I spent about 4 years being vegan, most of which carried into the height of my eating disorder. (My eating disorder wasn't caused by veganism, but I do believe that it's what pushed me over the edge.) I would say I was vegan for the animals but in reality I was vegan because I thought it would make me skinny and I had become obsessed with healthy eating. I was TERRIFIED of dairy or meat or anything that guaranteed a high caloric intake, so I used veganism as an excuse to eat salad and soup all day. I was obsessed with macros, checking them a dozen times a day to the point where it gave me panic attacks if I couldn't, and I started avoiding family dinners and parties for fear that I would be expected to eat something unhealthy. It wasn't until I decided to recover that I realized I had to let go of the vegan diet for a bit in order to get better, and honestly, I'm a bit traumatized by all the horrible treatment I received from fellow vegans. The thing you said about people policing your recovery? That was my life - I couldn't believe how cold and heartless these "friends" were being, all because I was trying to get better. I was SUICIDAL, and they didn't even care because I was eating animal products again.
I personally haven't looked back since giving veganism up and two years later, I now eat intuitively. I now know what to feed my body in order to be both physically AND mentally healthy. I eat every single food group, and I'm happier now than I ever was. I still eat salads and soups, but now with oats and yogurt and chicken and fish and all the goodness that I used to be terrified of. Veganism is a beautiful thing, but at the end of the day, it's dangerous for some people trying to recover and move past food fears. Thank you so much for these videos, Mel. You truly have no idea what it means to us fellow recoverees. It means everything.
Being able to eat intuitively has been one of my proudest accomplishments!! Along with being able to keep food down. Two years ago I could never imagine a life for myself where I didn't throw up my dinner every night, but now I go to bed with a full tummy and a (mostly) happy heart! So for those of you who also think you'll never be able to stop purging - it is very possible and within your means, you can do this!
Thank you so much for this video Melanie, you do so much good here xxx
💚 I’ve been a binge eater for a long time. I was anxious at 8 and depressed by 11, and food just became my go to whenever I was feeling awful. It is horrifying how addictive food can become. All my non-binge eater friends always think I find food so addictive because of the taste, but that is not why it is addictive. It is addictive because of the way it makes me feel, the way it makes me feel comforted and safe. For around two to three years I had episodes of binge eating whatever I could get my hands on and then fasting for as long as I could to erase the guilt and then binging again because I was so hungry. For a while I had it somewhat under control. I was overweight but I was maintaining for two years at ten to fifteen pounds over the healthy weight for my height, but then it spiraled when I started college and suddenly I shot up to almost thirty pounds above my ideal weight, and I decided I needed to get it under control. For the last month I’ve been counting calories and trying to do some light exercise daily. It’s been hard though not in the way I expected. The urge to fast out of guilt and shame keeps coming back every time my weight goes up. Also, I have remind myself that a healthy diet isn’t eating as little calories as possible. Calories aren’t the enemy and I need them to stay alive. But, I’m working on it, and hopefully I’ll be able to return to intuitive eating eventually. Wonderful video Melanie 💚
i struggle with binge eating too. it's really refreshing to see someone who understands that food can be an addiction, and breaking that is so much harder than it looks.
I needed this. Lost some weight. Gaining some back. Struggling with bingeing. Just all around a negative relationship with food and my self image. Thank you for talking about this and your support
While I'm pro recovery as everyone should be and I'm so thankful for the online recources that are helping my struggles. I cringe at the words "intuitive eating". Eating when you're hungry and stopping when you're full is just eating. I don't see the need to slap a label on it and market it.
💚💚💚 I’ve had an eating disorder since the age of 11 (I’m 17 now) and it’s slowly developed into full blown bulimia and I just can’t seem to get a handle on it. I can’t stop and I don’t know how to control it and yet I’m still getting no medical help because I’m not underweight. This video has come at the right time and feels like a bit of a sign. I’m going to recover, I know I am I just need to get there. Thank you so much Melanie your food diary fridays have literally helped me so freaking much so just thank you! ☺️💕
Second therapy session seen to yesterday as I suffer atypical anorexia, you’re always such an inspiration Mel, it’s your videos that made me what to seek help! 💚 💚
After five years of suffering from various levels of disordered eating I finally sought professional help and am due to start therapy in the upcoming weeks. Your discussions on eating disorders were what made me realise that I did have a problem and needed to change. Thank you so much for being brave enough to share everything that you do, much love Mel x
Intuitive eating has been my holy grail since working through my Orthorexia. Stopped counting every calorie, fixating on macros and perceived “purity” and focused on what made me feel good. I cried when I put on weight, not going to lie. I cried over every pound. But over time, I’ve accepted that 85/15 is the balance I have to keep between delicious healthy food and a little treat. That’s what my body wants and it’s what I’m going to do. It’s fuelling weight lifting (and I’m finally lifting HEAVY), keeping my IBS in check, and making me feel so much better. My weight has stabilized at a higher place than before, but I can pick up really heavy shit and that’s cool as hell.
Basically, ra ra ra intuitive eating 😁
💚💚💚💚💚 since finding you on UA-cam I have gone through recovery myself and watching your eating videos has been incredibly inspiring to me. Intuitive eating is the BEST- and so are you Melanie! So glad people like you exist on this platform
Kayla Joyce 😭😭😭🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💚💚💚
💚 when I was 18 (22 now) lost 17kg in 3 months due to restriction and cardio. Crazy what your mind can do. Now 60kg very happy and strong from weight lifting!
Perfect timing... this morning I told my mum that I definitely have a unhealthy relation with my food💚💚It’s super hard for me to stop, like I know very well that I’m full and still I continue eating just for my own pleasure. I eat for what feels like three persons at once. I am totally aware of the shit I am consuming and while eating it I’m happy and content but right after I’m regretting it and wishing I never would have eaten all that stuff. It comes totally in waves, then I do have phases where I am super strict with myself and love eating healthy and doing lot of workouts. And when I have accomplished my goal or get nearer to my preferred weight I fall back to my old pattern of binge eating.. I hate myself for that and I’m so ashamed of the fact that I can’t control myself and immediately destroy my success of losing weight... I’m not overweight but still... it’s so tiring and i hate it
It's so great you talked about this with your mum. You're not alone in this and there is infinite ressources to help if you struggle. Please never hesitate to ask for some help. Take care Mag
What you just described right there is the exact same thing that I have been going through over the last couple of months, I was diagnosed with anorexia back in 2015 and still struggle with it today but suddenly I keep eating and then binging even though I am full but I can’t stop myself and then after i can’t eat anymore I feel awful and it triggers off my depression because I feel helpless and I start to question my self why I am like this but then I realise it’s getting way out of hand and physically and mentally draining that I eat ‘healthily’ again, and then after a few days I can’t hold it any longer and binge again for the next few days/weeks until I can’t handle it anymore and then it goes into a cycle, however recently I spoke to my ed nurse/psychiatrist about it and they think that it’s to do with my diet and that I’m not eating enough in the first place/getting all the right foods that I need in my diet to feel satisfied considering that i follow a vegan diet, after making a few adjustments to my diet I’ve not been craving more food to binge. I suggest that you consider whether your diet triggers this behaviour however there are multiple reasons why people over eat💚
Mia Ravera thank you very much for sharing this💚💚
You motivate and encourage me so much when it comes to my diet and way of life. My mental health is a rollercoaster, and I either love my body or refuse to dress in front of a mirror. But your videos always help to get my mind back to where it should be, and I cannot thank you enough♥️
Hi melanie.i deal with emotional eating.i eat a lot of junk food when i'm stressed/tired/hungry etc.must have choclate when i'm on my pms.it's a struggle.but i eat healthier for a year now, i eat home coocked meals and i'm on my way to recovery.i love you and your videos and this topic is so important.thank you for sharing your story❤💚❤💚❤💚❤
💚💚 Melanie I’ve watched you since the beginning and remember one of the first videos I watched of yours was your eating disorder recovery story video, four years later I still watch and love your videos and seeing you grow. I’ve had an eating disorder since 2013 and this year I’m still struggling to stay in recovery. I haven’t even got past three minutes in because I’m having a bloody shit day and I can’t even concentrate enough to watch this but this is going in my watch later list for a better day 💚💚 to anyone reading this. You are worth recovery, you bloody deserve happiness.. xxxxx
💚 I've been struggling with ED tendencies for now just over 4 years of my life. Your videos and channel are one of the reasons why I haven't given up with myself yet. Everyday seems to be an uphill battle, but I'm eating cake and coffee for breakfast rn, and at least for now, the day seems to be a bit brighter. Love you so much; thank you for everything you say.
i love you - thank you so much for talking about this during an extremely hard time - you are a comfort and let us know we are not alone!
Melanie Murphy, you are a superhero! You are helping so many people with the content you are making and the topics you talk about and share! I love that you encourage people to be kind to themselves - everyone needs to hear that from time to time. I just adore what you are doing with your channel! Love from Austria 💚
a video I really needed today. ive been going through a relapse with my anorexia recently and sometimes all you need is a little glimpse of positivity. thank you melanie for all you do for all of us xxxxxx
I found that once I started thinking positively about other people, it became a lot easier to think positively about myself! I think I’m finally going to be able to get my shit together this year- I’ve had a lot of up and downs this summer but I’ve found I’m getting better at not giving into my cravings. Planning on using a lot of fresh fruit and lemon water to get me through the year! I really found your book helped me get in the right mindset to start working on that. It’s gonna be slow but I’m going to try and get there!
💚💚💚 I’ve been really struggling with food lately and just you making this video has helped me feel motivated to make a change. Thankyou.
💚 I'm in recovery from orthorexia borderline anorexia and intuitive eating has had a MASSIVE positive effect on me in the last year. Your videos have always been inspiring to me in recovery and also during my ED to try and at least think about recovery. I'm now a year down the line and able to eat fear foods I used to have and actually have a slice of toast before bed if I'm hungry and not go starving. Thank you for all that you do and talk about for us suffering and in recovery. Its always hard to get someone who fully understands. Keep up the good work xo
Good on you Mel 💚 I read your book a month or two ago, and had heard you talk about body dysmorphia in your videos. But it wasn't until reading about it in your book, that I realised that it described some of what I had been through in the past 5 years for me - some of it a really difficult time, but I found myself a year or two ago really clawing back at life and learning to stand on my feet again. And your videos helped me fight those internal battles SO much. I have so much appreciation, love and respect for you and what you do. And these things that you live out and share are so important. Your thought processes really inspired me and of course still do!! Especially for knowing how to love yourself, which is something I struggled with for a long time (and still do, it's a journey!). But just really grateful for what you give, it really means a lot. And am sooo excited to read what you've been writing 😄 And glad you're doing something you love 😍 xx
Thank you for being honest about your journey, it is so helpful not just for me, but for so many others. I've struggled with anorexia for four years now and I've been recovering for two of those years. I do still get urges to relapse but ya just gotta remind yourself of all the horrendous times your ED made life a living hell. About to start my second year of university studying English Literature and honestly two years ago I never thought in a million years I'd be where I am now. Recovery is ALWAYS worth it, even if your ED tells you otherwise. Life is for living. 💚
I'm thankful for you. You're one of those people who help me through this nightmare. I feel like this fighting myself went too far and even if I feel like I'm half cured (I stopped dieting or eat wrong), I know my brain still not okay. I do struggle with accepting my body state or eating with anxiety, but I feel like I'm almost there. Love❤
Your videos are always such a positive breath of fresh air! Thanks for helping me to get into a better headspace 💚
Really love your opinion and outlook on the subject matter. You can tell you've sat with these issues and spent time in deep thought on how to essentially rewire your brain. Huge huge respect for accomplishing that. I'm in the process of freeing myself from nonsense the diet industry told us. You're a very bright woman and a credit to the community. You're changing a lot of peoples lives. Keep flying the flag of freedom. Blessings to you and yours.
My personal tips to recovering (coming from someone who has had restrictive eating disorders as a form of control, gone back and forth and is still got a long way to go, but I've come so far)
Step 1: All sources of "triggers" gotta go. It's gotta go. Any tracking apps, any trips to the gym, any calculators, any scales, smash it, kill it, get rid of it. You wouldn't leave an alcoholic or drug addict with substances or bottles of wine in the house.
Step 2: Understand nutrition and calories. Calories are not points. You aren't meant to think 'right I've gone so much over, I'll just take that away tomorrow and I'll be fine.' That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works. Calories are energy, that it. Do you know why a banana is described as an 'energy rich-food', because it has more calories. CALORIES = ENERGY)
Step 3: When you slip back to old habits, and you will, we all have, it's N O R M A L. Don't stress or punish yourself. Doesn't matter how big or small. For example, choosing something to eat off a menu but you know you chose that because it was a lower calorie option, or beginning to track again or binging or pushing yourself at the gym or denying yourself freedom in your choices, it's okay. These aren't behaviors to encourage but beating yourself up for eating behaviors is what got you here. Take a breath walk it off and say to yourself "I have an illness, an addiction, it's understandable, it's okay, I'm still here, so I'll keep going. :)"
Step 4: Enjoy yourself. Choosing recovery means you have something that an ED took away from you. While in ED mindset we often feel as if we need a license to eat or to not work-out. Please make up for lost time. While you may think you feel better, more in control. If you can't eat a sandwich or take a day to lounge about then your not in control here. That isn't living. PS. Joggers, sweatpants and pyjama bottoms will be your best friend if struggling with bloating and other things. Also and I hope this is heard loud and clear Weight loss isn't always part of an ED, so not everyone has a weight restoration phase.
Step 5: Bad body image days. Once you begin eating a similar amount each day you'll probably find your body not fluctuating as much, this is a while after recovering so keep that in mind. Now these days are usually triggered by something. So a thing that helps me is to say "Of course you don't feel good today of all days, your bloated/ dealing with stress / anxiety/ or you think you could've eaten less or whatever. If your body is staying relatively consistent then it's not that your body is changing and it's like that your happy with one body and not with another, it's still the same you just feel different about itday to day. Sometimes theres a reason, sometimes there isn't.
Step 6: Fear foods.
* my M.E is kicking in bad so I really need to stop and take a rest but I desperately want to finish this so I'll be back
stay safe x
Amber Beam thank you so much, this is so helpful ❤️ sending you so much love, you're so strong, especially for sharing this
If you'd like to talk more I'd be happy to. I've even been thinking of starting making videos on this topic but I don't know if people would want that.
Thank you for these tips ❤ i know that throwing away my scale would help me but I just cant bring myself to do it yet
if it helps that number on the scale doesn't really mean anything. When we have a healthy relationship with our bodies and food, we usually eat a similar amount each day and so our weight will balance with that. Don't forget how important food is too make our organs function (It can be really sucky going through recovery because it's tough and sometimes painful) but we can't continue living if we can't let go of our ED
This was a lovely post... I suffered from bulimia (still in the recovery stage but don't act upon it much anymore) but the reason I commented is that I had M.E. for years too. I think it was the cause of my eating disorder as it was an element of my life I could control. I feel 95% recovered from M.E. now. I used to be totally bed bound but now I'm happily going to university to study my masters. Still tired a lot but it's not painful tiredness anymore. I hope you're OK and that the M.E. gets better. It is definitely possible! xx
I love your ability to combine reality of difficult things with positivity it's amazing 💚 please keep it coming 💚💚
I think this is the right time to say, thank you Melanie from the bottom of my heart. You are one of the most important reasons why I decided to seek for help with my ed. You helped me understand what was going on in my mind, you gave a name to the beast I was facing, you helped me realize that the beast could in fact be tamed. Thank you. 💚
Honestly needed this more than ever today! I constantly feel like I’m not worthy of recovery, but in reality will the ED voice in my head ever feel satisfied? Your book has also helped me so much, I’m so glad you are so honest and open online. You show that there is light at the end of the tunnel, thank you from me and so many others 💚
💚 I’ve been waiting for a video like this for so long. You’ve been such an important and helpful part of my recovery and I’m so grateful for you and everything you do on this channel and share with the internet. Thank you for everything, Melanie 💚💚💚
Intuitive eating is what I’m trying so hard for at the moment and it’s definitely a journey but I feel so much happier and healthier already and I’ve only been trying for 5 months. A year ago I’d have said I had no problem with my eating but looking back I had such a disordered relationship with my body and with food. I was yo-yo-ing by a stone every few months which is SO unhealthy. This video is awesome and so important!
💚 I'm stuck in the mindset of "it's not as bad as it could be" and "do I really have a problem?". But your video and the idea of intuitive eating and the people who can do that almost made me cry. It sounds so amazing, like a paradise.
i really needed this💚💚been relapsing a bit lately with old habits because of anxiety and i’ve forgot the reasons i recovered in the first place, thank you so much💚
YES THANK YOU. I'm so proud of you not only for making this video but for recovering. It's so fucking hard. I used to struggle with anorexia and also overeating. Sometimes around the same periods in my life, but usually they'd switch off. I'm 23 and just now learning how to eat for myself. Just now learning how to satisfy my cravings without inhaling a whole bag of chips that I honestly don't even want, or ignoring my hunger until my stomach is aching. And the recovery process was so hard watching myself gain so much weight, and developing stretch marks. I don't think I'll ever be able to wear my old high school clothes again, but I also don't necessarily think that's a loss, because the only reason I was that small was because I was starving myself and hating my body. I also deal with body dysmorphia because of that, but I'm glad to say that I no longer starve myself, and am working on curving the overeating.
Sorry for the novel, but I was inspired to share after watching this.
Glad you're making content like this, and glad you got better.
I have always struggled with my body image, and suffered from an eating disorder for a long time. For the first time in a long time I'm at a place where I feel much happier in life and therefore in myself. There are many days I do struggle, but I have learnt to live with how I am and can work with myself. I could not agree more with you about listening to your body and what it wants, and don't resist cravings. I adore all of your videos and you as an individual, what your message is and your outlook on things. You have one of the purest souls on the internet and there needs to be more people like you in the world. 💚💚💚
💚 11 years , have been trying to find a way to have a good relationship with food, still fighting , thank you Melanie x
💚 I've dealt with disordered eating since a teen & now 50 years. Mine has taken different forms over my life: anorexia as teen & young adult, orthorexia in my 20's through 40's, now yo-yo-ing & mild b/p in my 40s and beyond. All have been a struggle on my own w/o medical assistance-had no idea the statistics were so high for those who never seek medical help like me! I have never thought I was "bad enough" to warrant help. I do have a counselor now that I discuss things with & that is a positive force. It's been such a sneaky thing changing forms-often long stretches of time go by without me recognizing what is happening! I found an app that helps very much called Recovery Road. I love all your videos so much, just ordered your book on audible. I find your voice as much relatable & a comfort as your content. I come from Irish ancestors on both sides of my family, but in the U.S. now for generations. Health & happiness to you & yours! Slainte!
💚 while i haven’t had an eating disorder on the diagnosis perspective, i have had a very unhealthy relationship with food. and i still do. while i work out frequently and encourage the people close to me to eat healthily and love themselves and to eat sensibly, i struggle so so much because of my own low self worth and my underlying depression that has affected my relationship with food. it has affected my life in so many ways, my relationships with other people, the amount of casual sex i have because i just want to feel wanted, my jealousy, body dysmorphia. thank you for this video. it came at a really crucial time for me 💚
I have been struggling with eating disorders and BDD for a while and am in the process of recovering. It is a long road, but your videos have really helped me Melanie! 💚💚💚
Thank you so much for this. I love listening to your advice, it makes me feel more liberated in myself. You are so important!!!
This was really well timed for me, I go back to therapy tomorrow for the first time in 3 years and I still have wobble moments where I really don't want it but mostly I'm just determined this time to make it count. As always, thank you for making such important content!💚💚💚
Thank you. Thank you for this - I have been in a very bad place mentally when it comes to food and I recognize myself being on the road to an eating disorder. Food scares me and I want to enjoy it again. So - thank you for being a voice of reason when I feel like I really needed it. 💚
I never had an eating disorder but I did lack knowledge about what is healthy to eat and it took me ages to learn about healthy eating. The last year has been interesting because I had a baby! I didn't have many cravings and had almost no appetite during the pregnancy but now I'm hungry so often from breastfeeding. It's amazing what hormones will do to your eating habits!
💚 I’ve listened to your audio book twice now, it’s so helpful to me and has been my bedside go to for the past 6 months whilst navigating my recovery! I’m still at the beginning and have a long way to go but you really are an inspiration to me! Thank you For sharing so honestly and making us weirdos feel less alone during dark times! So many of my friends (I’m a dancer) have disordered eating and anxiety troubles and I probably do their head in shoving your videos into their inbox 24/7 but every one of them that has watched your videos is only ever inspired and comforted by them! Thank you thank you thank you xxxxx
...AND now I'm crying!
This is honestly exactly the video I needed right now. Lately I've been struggling with food quite a lot and it's scaring me (and my friends as well). Thank you for this. I feel like it really helped. ♥
💚 this is such a powerful video for me. as someone who has struggled with my relationship with food for a number of years now, i am really trying to get to a better place and you are a serious inspiration for me. thank you so much for sharing
I found you in 2014 and your food diary helped me a lot. Of course I am still dealing with some shitty stuff but I can say I am doing good nowadays. Thanks so much for not giving up and your journey is just wonderful😘
This is so important! Recovering from an eating disorders is so difficult and takes a long time, I’m so glad that you’re talking about this 💚💚
Your content has honestly been so helpful to me, with bisexuality and disordered eating/mental health. I have found myself emotional and validated at both and I am so thankful, you are quickly becoming my favourite content creator!! 💚
I dont have eating disorder anymore but when I did i didn't even recognise it . I think this is a really important topic to talk about, cheers Melanie 💚👍
MEL IM A LONG TIME STAN AND YOU LOOK HEALTHIER THAN EVER AND YOUVE CHANGED MY LIFE ❤️
💚 I‘m still on my recovery journey and all your advice on intuitive eating really helps me. Just read your book this month. Loved it 😘
Thank you for this. Actually had a little cry watching this because I’ve never heard somebody who used to think about food in the exact way I do. Feel like I can actually change it now when I’ve always felt like this will just be how I am forever.
💚💚💚💚 I can’t thank you enough for this, Melanie. You have no idea how badly I needed it. Love and hugs and all my gratitude. 💚💚💚💚
That positive outlook is what I strive for! I struggle with loving certain parts of my body and try to let go of longing to have a different body type than that which I have sooo... could really use some of those positive thoughts xoxo Thanks Mel 💚
💚💚 I’m so grateful for the videos you make and the positivity you share with the world
Amazing! Thank you for this HUGE support, for this mood you deliver😊
Thanks so much for speaking out and so many people don't speak out thank you for giving those people courage i love you so much keep doing what your doing xxx
this came at the perfect time for me, thank you thank you thank you 💚💚
This is such awesome truth! Thank you for being you!!! You are made for this!! 😊😊😊
i just had a full blown melt down over my dinner and came upstairs to see you had uploaded this. thank you. you are an angel Xx
Such a great video Melanie :)
I think it's great to highlight /talk about all the different types of anorexia there are. 5 years ago I was suffering from severe mental health issues and as a result I stopped eating. I couldn't eat! The thought of food made me feel sick. The weird thing was i made every meal each day and I wanted to eat....but I couldn't. It got so bad I ended up in hospital on a feeding tube for 6 weeks (believe me no one wants to be there!). I have put my body through so much harm it will never be the same again. I still suffer to this day. I have pretty bad anxiety that can make eating hard. It's a constant battle but one I am willing to fight. I should say that this can happen at any age. I'm 34 :)
I always thought anorexia was about wanting to be skinny and look great but that's not always the case. Anorexia/eating disorders are something we absolutely need to be talking about more.
I'm 5 years into recovery and still learning every single day. I wish this video existed for me 10 years ago.
We only had mainstream media to contend with as teens. Social media and the impact of doctoring images scares me. While the body positive movement gets louder, the ultra fitness and health obsessed movement does too.
Anyway I could write/talk about this forever...
Thank you for your content 💚
I don't have an eating disorder, but I have lots of issues with my body. I related to this video so much! Thank you for the advice regarding positive self talk. It means lot. Thank you Melanie!! ❤❤❤
this video was so so helpful. im just starting my journey with therapy for my binge eating disorder, and am very nervous about it all but im also excited to kick this thing in the butt and get my thinking back on track. thank you so much mel!
Can't wait to get your book! You're one of my favourite UA-camrs, love you so much ❤️
Love the bed chats and love you! This was great Mel it’s going to help so many people💚
💚 I really needed this. I'm in recovery and it has been turbulent for the past several months. I have a new job where one of my coworkers is obsessed with counting calories and labelling foods as "good" and "bad." It's majorly triggering but I'm not comfortable telling coworkers about my ED.
Firstly, I wish I could like this video like a hundred times and share it everywhere, so that anyone could see it and listen to those important things.
Secondly, I love the way you're gesturing all the time, it's mesmerizing.
I identify with you so much. I just want to say a huge thank you for talking about all of this stuff. It helps probably more than you know.💚
I love these bed chats!! it feels like we're just friends, having a chat
This really has given me a kick up the arse to get sorted. Thank you so much 🙏💚
This is just the video I need right now-I went to my first appointment with a nutritionist today and got a healthy meal plan. That plan terrifies me because it's so much more food, and so many food groups that I haven't eaten for ages. So amazing to see this video and see what I'm working towards, and to remind me that I won't always be terrified of food. So much love 💚💚💚
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At the end of my recovery and I've learnt to recognise the bad voice. Now it seems it's just time for me to recognise the good one!
Thank you so much, Melanie, I really needed to hear this 😊
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Mel I've been struggling with this stuff again more recently, I needed this video so much today tysm💚
Thank you so much for doing this video💖 Almost a year ago I wasn't aware that I was actually depressed, so with that I couldn't control anything. Without being aware I controlled my food and dropped a lot thinking it was just stress. Luckily, I'm seeking for professional help and with time and progress I will improve.
I know I'm not alone💚
Thanks for posting this. Here's my ED experience in Canada. I'm 35 years old, I've had an ED for 17 years, half of my life. In my early 20s I was really out of control and tried to seek help but was brushed off by my doctors who didn't take it seriously. Also there were no ED programs in my area at the time. By 33, my mental health was bad so I was sent for a psychological assessment. After the assessment, I was referred to my local hospital to be assessed for the ED program. It took over a year on a wait list to get in. I had my assessment and then I was told that they could not help me there, that I was too sick for their ED program! So I was sent to a dietitian who didn't even specialize in eating disorders, who had no idea about them. After a few appointments, she discontinued seeing me, she said there wasn't anything she could do for me, except she told me to write a letter to my local politicians to demand more funding for ED programs. Meanwhile I had already been on a 2 year wait list for DBT therapy. I'm finally in DBT therapy and it's a huge disappointment to me. I am not allowed to talk about my ED in DBT. I am not allowed to talk about my main mental health concerns there. Sigh. I feel like DBT is such a waste of my time but I'm still going. So that's where I am at now. In the last few years I also tried individual therapy. I tried 3 different counselors but unfortunately, they were not trained in EDs. One counselor didn't believe me when I told her I had an ED because my teeth were too nice. WTF. So now I'm just trying to treat myself on my own. It's hard. . Mental health help is such a let down in Canada, at least that's been my experience. I am glad you are doing better. I hope that I can get to where you are some day.
This is a beautiful video Melanie I have had struggles with food in the past videos like this helped me most of the time I never feel hungry anymore most of the time I eat just for the sake of eating love you Melanie your gorgeous the way you are I might buy your book sweetheart
💚 I have thought for a while now that I am pretty much recovered from bulimia as I no longer binge or purge. But you're totally right... I still think a out everything I'm eating. I'm eating enough and it doesn't make me nervous any more but I do still mentally track it. Thanks for this xx
Thank you for this. I’ve been needing a video like this
Nikki , love to you 💓
This video is brilliant!! I am now proud to be an intuitive eater, I listen to my body & eat what I want, when I want. More awareness needs to be made regarding eating disorders & recovery. As a teenager I used to be obsessed with calories, restricting what I was eating, struggled with emotional eating as well. 100% agree with stopping diets, they do not work!! I think social media plays a part as well, but that's probably another topic all together. Great work Melanie 😘 x
💚 I'm not sure if I ever had an eating disorder, but I had a lot of false belives about food and my body. It was always so black and white for me, I only ate what I considered "good foods" and alowed "bad foods" only in some specific moments (usually weekends). And I was so afraid of any weigth gain. Your videos helped me so much to improve that! Now I think I'm walking to a intuitive eating path. I'm not quite there yet, but it is a lot better! And I'm reading your book and loving it!
Melanie you’ve helped me so much! Can’t thank you enough xxxxxxxxx
💚💚💚💚 being 17, I naturally tend to search for role models or people to whom I should look up to and honestly, you’re the only UA-camr that I would ever want to fit in that category of mine. I’m trying to recover from binge eating after recovering from orthorexia and your channel has helped me a lot, like any other ever has!
Thank you, Melanie! Your videos and your book have been very very helpful!!! 💚💚💚
Um on the verge of tears, THANK YOU. these are things I know hypothetically but sort of get lost along the way, thank you for reminding me.
PSA: there is also a workbook on intuitive eating by the same authors that goes hand in hand with the original book, I found it really helpful!
Excellent video! Your point of view is so important to hear. Thank you for sharing.
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I can't get help but this video will help. It's very hard to recover alone and no one ever talks about that point where your done killing yourself but aren't fully healed by yourself, except this, this helped. Thank you.
💚 I’ve been trying to find similar words for years. You explained this all so eloquently.
I cannot thank you enough for this video. It's exactly what I needed to hear.