What it's like to be recovered from an eating disorder

Signs that you have recovered from your eating disorder

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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