I’ve been seeing *Emily in therapy for four years. She has written her recovery story and agreed to have it posted. I actually remember the first time I binged and purged. I was in eighth grade and we were at Thanksgiving dinner at my grandparents’ house. My grandma used to make these huge elaborate meals, […]
I have this client. This smart, beautiful, funny, compassionate, wonderful client who has been suffering with food issues for a very, very long time. Once every few months, she has a plan. She’s going to cut out sugar, she’s going to do yoga 3 times a week, she’s going to meditate daily, she’s going to
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The very best way to lose five pounds in two days is to make a decision to take two whole days to stop dieting and chose to eat very slowly, very mindfully, and very intuitively, giving your body exactly what it needs to thrive. I know that quitting dieting to get to a healthy weight
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How To Recover From a Binge “How do I recover from a binge? How long will it take me to recover from three days of binge eating? How long will it take me to recover from a week of binge eating? How do I start over after a binge? Can you tell me how to
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I grew up in New York City and still live in a big city, so I start this post with a disclaimer that this is not something that I have personal experience with. However, I have heard many of my clients discuss how much they enjoy gardening and how meditative and wonderful it is. Today
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The Huffington Post recently had an interesting article by Kathy Freston author of The Lean about how eating apples can help people lose weight. I wrote a post similar to this a few years ago adding something rather than subtracting foods. According to Ms. Freston, because apples have a fiber called pectin, which is used to
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This question comes to us from Aubrey in Missouri. Question: On July 19th this last year (two years after my brother’s car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury) I decided that I was going to change my life. I was 206 pounds, a *tight* size 15, and completely unhappy with my body.
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“Help! I can’t Stop Eating Carbs!!!!!!!!!” Because you shouldn’t. “But carbohydrates make me fat!” I’ve had several clients over the years come in believing this very thing, that eating carbohydrates would make them fat. So, what they would do was go on these all high-protein and high-fat diets, eating only eggs, bacon, butter, steak, water,
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From around the web, different wonderful resources to help you with eating and body image issues. 1.) Recovery Warriors – Wonderful Pro recovery site with podcasts, resources, and online directory of Eating Disorder professionals. 2.) ED Referral – Not all therapists know how to treat eating disorders, and not all know how to recognize binge eating disorder.
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Chocolate binge on Valentine’s Day? You’re not the only one. This day can be challenging for a lot of people, and not just the relationship aspect, but the copious amounts of chocolate candy everywhere!!!!!!!! In the spirit of loving yourself, take a breath, put the chocolate down, step away from the binge food and
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