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Check List for Staying in Eating Disorder Recovery

Blog - Self-Help

Written by Joanna Poppink

Sunday, 24 January 2010 12:33

Once you start your path to eating disorder recovery, how can you keep going? What happens when your good intentions begin to slip away? How can you bring them back?

Eating disorder recovery, or recovery from disordered eating whatever form that takes, is not about finding and sticking to a diet. But the pattern of failure can be familiar as you lose momentum in your recovery work. To stay on your healing path you need

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Comments (5)

1Sunday, 24 January 2010 18:42

PTC

It's nice to have someone that can hold you accountable for your actions. For example, last Monday night I decided I wasn't going to weigh myself until Friday. (I usually weigh myself at least once a day, it used to be 50x/day). I emailed my therapist on Tuesday to tell her my plan that way I'd have someone to check in with. I knew I'd feel guilty if I weighed myself before I had planned.

(Sidenote, I failed and weighed myself Thursday evening, with my clothes on b/c that "doesn't count." I did manage to make it through my big freak out though)

2Sunday, 24 January 2010 22:02

Joanna Poppink

Dear PTC,

Celebrate your progress! You made it to Thursday. Your therapist helps to hold you as you develop your own inner strength and trust to contain your feelings without acting out.

You are doing that! You got through your big freak out. Hooray!

Thank you for letting me know. I'm smiling. This is good news.

warm regards,

Joanna

3Monday, 25 January 2010 05:16

PTC

Thanks. It doesn't feel like such a big accomplishment.

4Monday, 01 February 2010 12:07

Mary

Hi, I'm 17 years old and over the past two years my BMI has gone from 25.8 to 19.5 and still dropping (but i'm still to fat to be taken seriously). There are very few things I still eat, basically fresh fruit and steamed vegetables, and one or two other things. I just don't know if i need help or not.

Here's my blog: www.xanga.com/hopelessdisasterpiece

I'm considering getting help, but do you think I need help? and what kind of help could I get?