It is SO confusing, emotionally draining, and time consuming to critically think about every single thing you read. Sometimes we have to turn it off. However, part of diet culture and eating disorder recovery is learning how to step back from the disordered food thoughts and analyze the information we consume. As you read websites,…
“I will not eat all my hurricane snacks at once. I will not eat all my hurricane snacks at once. I will not eat all my hurricane snacks at once. I will not eat all my hurricane snacks at once.” I saw this as a meme and laughed to myself. Been there. Back to the…
For a lot of folks in eating disorder recovery (or recovery from diet culture), facing your “fear foods” can be revolutionary! If you’ve kept yourself from eating “cheat foods” or “fear foods” that incite feelings of guilt, shame, unworthiness, and failure, then it’s no wonder you might feel liberation and freedom when those same foods…