Life without Anorexia

My motto is 'Dont let the sadness of your past & the fear of your future ruin the happiness of your present'

My life at the moment is completely different to how it once was. I spent 5 years sick with anorexia nervosia and depression as well as struggling with self harm and overexercising. I spent 2 years in different treatment centres.
And since 2012 i have been declared healthy from my eating disorder.

I have been blogging for 7 years, and my whole journey is written in my posts. I now represent healthy and happiness. I want to show anyone struggling that it is possible to recover, no matter how hard it may seem.

I now blog about recovery, my life, veganism and positivity!

If you have any questions leave them in the comment section as i am much quicker at answering there, otherwise you can always send an email: lifewithoutanorexia@hotmail.com

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Monday, December 12, 2016

ED recovery problems

When the inpatient rules say not to make friends

Overhearing incorrect conversations about eating disorders
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Good body image days

Leaving a successful meeting
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Early wake up calls for weigh-ins
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Dragging my emotional baggage around like

Trying to find a light in the dark when you’re struggling


“Having an eating disorder isn’t good for you!”



Finding out my meal plan is getting increased


Rereading things you wrote when you were sick
 
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6 comments:

  1. I`m just starting out on recovery and trying to formulate a mealplan to follow. My problem is that I don`t know how many calories to start with? Or should I just ignore the calorie count and formulate amealplan with three main meals to start with? This in itself would be a huge step for me as I don`t eat regular meals at the moment so have no pattern.
    If you can help that would be great. I need to regain at least 21kg to take me back to where I was at before all this started.

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    1. I'm not Izzy, but hopefully I can help :)
      I've recently started seeing a dietician as I lost 20 lbs due to restrictive eating. I've been struggling to gain any weight whatsoever.
      She has me create meals plans with 3 main meals and 3 snacks. Instead of focusing on calories, we focus on food groups:
      At least 5 grain servings (I'm still struggling in this area...
      7 fruits/veggies (these shouldn't be prioritized as they aren't as energy dense and they fill you up too fast)
      2-3 dairy and alternative servings
      At least 4 protein and alternative servings
      My meals are pretty small at the moment, but hopefully I'll be able to increase portion sizes soon!!

      Each week I set new goals to try and tackle fear foods and improve body positivity. Right now I'm trying to eat more nuts/but based products and distract myself while I'm eating so I don't feel the guilt afterwards.
      And treats are encouraged :) At least one a week!!

      I hope this helps a little bit :) best of luck!!

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  2. How do you deal with comments about eating? I was eating dinner and my boyfriend commented that I was eating the most hes seen me eat for a long time. That made me feel really bad, like that I was overeating. How should I deal with this sort of thing - I take comments like this so personally

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  3. I loved these!
    Are you going to do "recovery successes" this week?

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  4. That last one is so true! There was some really heartbreaking stuff.
    I find it so helpful to be able to relate to and laugh about certain things in recovery, it makes it so much more bearable :)

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    1. I know right, rereading my diary from those times always makes me tear up. But in a way it motivates me to recover.

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