When I struggled with my ED I had no clue what it’s like to be recovered so here is a list for everyone who wonders too:
- you don’t weigh yourself everyday
- you don’t write down your daily weight
- seeing skinny girls on tumblr doesn’t affect you
- you forget how many calories a specific food contains
- you don’t count calories
- you don’t constantly grab your fat
- you accept the fact that every body holds and needs a certain amount of fat
- you don’t need minutes/hours/days to decide if you’re going to eat that cookie or not
- you can go out for dinner and not freak out about it
- you enjoy eating food
- you don’t immediately have the urge to work out / throw up after eating “too much”
- you don’t care if you ate too much that day
- you cannot tell what you ate 3 days ago
- you do exercise for fun and to keep your body healthy and fit, not in order to destroy it or make up for sth you ate
- you don’t go to bed hungry
- you don’t think about the food you ate while you’re trying to fall asleep
- and when you do think about the food you ate it’s because the food was super awesome and delicious and you want to eat it again
- you are ok with having an average BMI
- you look into the mirror and see things you like
- you don’t even think about skipping meals
- your thoughts don’t constantly circle around food, calories and weight
- you can eat a piece of chocolate without eating 2358723 bars of chocolate
- you eat when you’re hungry and you stop when you’re full
- you don’t care if you ate more or less than anyone else at the table
- there’s no voice telling you you’re ugly or unworthy
- you don’t want to be sick
- you don’t think you’re too fat for an eating disorder
- you know you’re great and deserve to be happy and healthy
- gaining weight doesn’t seem to be the worst thing that could ever happen to you
- you don’t compare yourself with everyone else in the room
- you can go to the beach without freaking out
- you regularly get your period (if you are a girl of course)
- you know that starving won’t make you special / better than those who eat
- you can say: “I’m hungry” and not feel guilty/ ashamed about it
- being happy makes you happy
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you can say: “I’m hungry” and not feel guilty/ ashamed about it
ReplyDeleteTHIS!! Even when I'm decleared healthy and don't have any eating disordered thoughts, this appeals to me! I hope you could maybe write a post about it soon? :)
I don't mean that I feel guilty for being hungry or anything, but saying that I'm hungry.. I eat when I'm hungry, so that's not it - It's just that I "can't" admit the words "I am hungry". Okay, maybe this will be a bit hard for you to write about when I can't even explain it for you to understand, hahaha!
Like, when my friends and I are going out for dinner, they're all like "OMG, I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" and "I am really hungry now" etc. I just can't say that. I am hungry like them, I eat enough, I have no obsessing thoughts, I just can't -say- aloud that I am feeling hungry. Strange thing. It just feels too wierd. It's not bothering me that much, but I find it so odd...
Ive answered this in a post coming tomorrow :)
DeleteThank you! I can't wait! :)
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