But I'm NOT Hungry?! // Navigating Low Appetite in Recovery
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- In this video I discuss the topic of navigating low hunger in recovery and share some the things that I found personally helpful with this in my recovery journey. If you have any other helpful tips to add to my list then please feel free to share them in the comments below!
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I would add some more tips which I've found very helpful! 🥰
- be aware of 'intuitive eating' and 'gentle nutrition' (which very often leads to restricting and focusing too much on your belly!)
- If you are worried and sad that 'you are not physically hungry' IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE HUNGRY! (really, it works!)
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dear emily
thank you so much for making these videos! your content has helped me so much already.
do you have any tips for recovery in summer in particular?
im bloated and my stomach hurts, but only the thought of getting a heating pad when its 30°C is giving me a heatstroke
and the heat is also killing my appetite. its not like im craving nothing in particular, everything just sounds nauseating and i cannot survive off forcefeeding myself icecream alone for 3 month.
i think soups and stews would be easy on my stomach but it really isnt the season.
right now its more of a salad-kind of vibe? (not just leafy greens, im also talking about pasta-,potato- and couscous-salad)
fruit and vegetables are in season and finally affordable, and i wanna eat all of the watermelon and peaches i can before i can only buy apples.
im also struggling with resting. cuddling up on the couch with hot chocolate and watching a movie feels more natural for me when its autumn/winter
right now i wanna be outside, spend time with my friends at the lake
i don't wanna miss out on that
comfy clothes are easy enough, i basically life in baggy old shirts - though i think id be more comfortable if i could hide behind sweatshirts and winter clothes and my weight gain wouldnt be as noticeable
and (very important): whats your favourite flavour of ice cream?
Try gazpacho! It’s a cold soup, great with crusty bread and it’s light fresh and summery, also other cold soups like summer ramens could be fun, just an idea :)
Thank you for your video. I do struggle to eat when I should as feel I have overeaten already so don’t want to make the bloat any worse as I do find it hard to deal with it
Yes to wanting nothing but also everything!! How do I listen to that if I can't eve figure out what I want?
Hey Isabelle, good question and you are definitely not alone in feeling this way! Three things that I found helpful when navigating this in my own recovery were 1) recognising what things sounded good to me and working my way through those, 2) making a list of what things were most challenging and working through those, and 3) remembering that the me who was committed to eating without restriction had permission to eat all the things and this meant applying 'and not or' to the 'everything'. Hope this helps :) x
@@emilyspence2961 that makes sense, thank you! Also I really want to go all in, but I already know that once I start the floodgates are open!! Im scared that I will go the other way and become b**** as I have heard of this happening to some people. Do you have any experience with this?
@@isabelleeder6968 No problem Isabelle, happy to help. And I encourage you to read up on the topic of extreme hunger (also known as reactive hunger/reactive hyperphagia) in recovery from a restrictive eating disorder. This blog post from Tabitha may be a good place to start for example... tabithafarrar.com/2017/02/recovery-binges-not-end-world/
@@emilyspence2961 thank you Emily - your support means the world to me! Sadly I already know everything about everything when it come to ED, its just the doing...