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Why I created my own personal commandments
Hey, guys! Kimmy is back with a post today. Enjoy! — When I was trapped in the deepest pit of my struggles, I was obeying a set of rules that functioned as the proverbial salt stinging my wounds. They...
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Mindful Eating (…don’t water it down to “just eat slow without distractions”)
This post was born because I left my prenatal chiropractor appointment last week and was overly hungry. I immediately headed to pick up lunch, but I had to get my food to-go because I had client...
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5 things I don’t miss about my disordered eating and exercise.
Alternatively titled, “30570493985 things I don’t miss about my disordered eating and exercise”, but that post would’ve been too long. So here we are with 5 things… 1. Having to move my body every...
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The phrase, “you have self control / discipline / willpower around food.”
During my dietetic internship I was placed at a rotation under 2 dietitians at a long term care facility who liked to say that the people we were meeting with, “had no self-control with food.” I spent...
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5 thoughts
1. 2-minutes of nothing website. Have you heard of this website? You go to it and then do nothing for 2 minutes. It’s been helpful for me when I feel like my mind is going to a million places and I...
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You don’t need your eating disorder.
In the recovery process I came across the term “alexithymia,” aka the inability to identify and describe emotions in the self. Many with eating disorders can have a bit of alexithymia, which makes it...
View ArticleMy takeaway from eating disorder recovery.
At the moment, my biggest takeaway from eating disorder/disordered eating recovery is knowing now that I can handle hard things. Knowing I can tolerate discomfort without having to change anything or...
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