Why am I MORE obsessed with food since starting recovery // ED Recovery
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- As unsettling as it can feel it is actually totally normal to feel more obsessed with food since starting recovery than you were beforehand. A hungry body that realises food is available goes YIPEEE and turns ALL of its attention to getting the food and eating the food. Now although it can feel like this will go on forever; if you commit to full recovery then I can assure you, it won't. If you get seriously intentional about honouring your hunger, embracing food abundance and prioritising rest then your body will heal, restore, repair and as you move out of the energy deprived state that you are currently in, you will naturally start noticing a reduction in your food obsession and an increase in your free brain space.
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It's like when you are in quasi recovery, you still distract yourself from food because you're really scared to eat more but once you let yourself actually eat you become obsessed with actually eating the food that you would't eat in quasi so it's like a new level of obsessing!
I thought the same thing. I would go into recovery and suddenly have all this energy for finding my passions and interests. I was even annoyed because I was more motivated and passionate during my ED. It's crazy how that all works. Remembering to be kind to myself as I continue to go through this. Thanks for your words!
Exactly: compassion is key! Thank you for sharing xxx
Loved this talk Emily!!! And I really relate to this. Once I let myself go all in and eat whatever I wanted, I could hardly even sleep because I was so excited to wake up and eat whatever I wanted! The excitement has died down now that I'm further on into recovery but there are times where I still obsess over food, but now I actually go get whatever it is I'm thinking of. And I've even started documenting it on my own channel, which has been fun 🤗Yay for your new car!!! That sounds so lovely! Love from LA! xoxo 🥰❤💕💕💕💕
Thank you for sharing this much needed message! I get so frustrated with myself when all I seem to think, or talk about, is food. I've even stopped talking mid-sentence because the same old topic just gets on my nerves. It makes me feel like I have no other interests and I truly WANT to think/do other things, explore new hobbies. I appreciate you so much, Emily! Thank you for normalizing this behavior.
you're so sweet. i was just asking myself WHY DO I THINK ABOUT FOOD MORE THAN EVER HAHA. food is on my mind 24/7. the only thing I wanna talk about is food. and I get mad when someone isn't talking about food with me. anyway well.... I'm in recovery and I'm having an EH for 5 days straight now. and I'm starting to feel very uncomfortable because.. I only eat junk food=( I wanted to gain weight but with the healthy fats like almonds, or dark chocolate or avocados but.. I end up with eating cookies, sweets, milk chocolate etc.. it's so frustrating !!! i don't know what to do. should I keep eating? i really want to eat. every second of my day I want to eat. if I could I would just sit right into my bed and eat, like all day eat, never stop. god, it sounds so horrible but it's true !! it's normal to have EH for 5 days already? it feels wrong. i can't wait for tomorrow to eat, my mind is full of foods. i should be doing school but the food ... goddamn, feels so obsessed 😭😭 so do you think I still should be eating? recovery is so confident I don't know what's right anymore. PLEASE HELP ☹️💕
I'm the same! And I just keep eating what my body and brain asks for. It's scary but also on some level I know its the exact right thing to do!
I can't believe only recently I am finding your videos. You, Tabitha Farar are the best for the Ed recovery co.munity. Emily you make me so happy and I am so grateful for you!
Ah gosh thank you so much: this really means so much to me and I am super grateful for your support :) xx
Emily this is perfect explanation of this phenomena. Thank you!
Thank you Kristina xx
This makes so much sense, thank you
Just what I needed to hear today - where actually beginning to think I was going completely 🌰 🥜
Thanks 😃
Thank you
Was just trying to finish an assignment just before the deadline- when restricting my focus would probably be on not eating, but now I was just annoyed I didn’t have time to eat more after literally just eating 😂
also thanks so much for sharing because this can truly trigger the ‘am i letting myself go too much?’ ed thought
This cat is a movie star.
She really is xD haha!
Could you talk about dealing with weight gain that ISN'T the result of eating? I've put on weight since going on the Pill and feel like I can't even look at myself in the mirror any more, and any thoughts about starting unrestricted eating are out of the window now. I've been in quasi for about a year. (As soon as I reached a healthy BMI in recovery, I stopped there.) I feel like there must be other people who are affected by weight gain from medicines; I know some antidepressants make you gain weight as well. It feels so unfair - I never got to eat unrestrictedly, and now I've gained the extra weight anyway! It's like a constant battle to keep the Pill weight under control.
Do you have coaching spots available?
I too love cats. I think most of us with Ed recovery we loooove Animals! What is that orangeyellow kittens name :)
Cats (and animals) are THE best!
It would be interesting if you‘d talk about „rules“ around eating… I‘m finally at a state where I eat whatever I want BUT only after I had my vegetables and protein lol
The thing ist that I actually like these things too but it scares me to leave them away when it comes to lunch and dinner (not breakfast though).
Another random struggle i‘ve got is that I‘m scared of being to full to for example eat dinner if I have a pastry at around 5pm… i know I could just delay it if I wasn’t hungry but I want to eat dinner with my family and therefore sometimes don’t have anything before even if I fancy it… or another example would be my lunch break at uni because I’m scared of not being hungry when it comes to that time and therefore try not to eat to much before because I know I can’t just eat later…how did you deal with mealtimes in recovery?
Omg I have these EXACT issues at the moment!
@@SabrinaBenaa so good to hear that I'm not the only one!
Only way is to go against these rules. Start eating foods without protein and veggies.
@@katieb5707 But in the hospital they prioritized protein. And I feel guilty if I don't have veggies or green in my day.