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Restrictive routines are pleasure traps
The Pleasure Trap is a concept coined by Dr. Doug Lisle and Dr. Alan Goldhamer. I wrote this to a client, familiar with the pleasure trap...
Exercise doesn't burn calories AND hurts those who under-eat
We burn about the same number of calories daily no matter our activity level. This is why diets fail and exercise doesn't help one lose...
Exercise (even restless movement) while underweight only decreases bone density
Even strength training won't increase that bone density! And doing things like restlessly moving, like pacing around a room, will break...
Identify what motivates you to recover: Your dream life
I like to do motivational interviewing with my clients and help them identify their values, then see how their eating disorder is taking...
You don't have to care about your appearance to have an eating disorder
I know a lot of people after getting anorexia start attributing their weight loss to wanting to look thin. Personally, I never...
Fitness influencer bodies may not be healthy
About fitness influencers and media I know people who do want bodies like that of Kayla Itsines, a fitness influencer. It often turns out...
How to stop compulsive exercise and movement
Most important: Gain weight. My movement urge subsided slowly as I gained weight. There was no point when that urge disappeared as if a...
You can't build muscle while undereating
A lot of people want to recover from anorexia without putting on fat. They just want muscle and to regain weight in pure muscle. The...
12 things I did to recover after learning about the evolutionary theory for eating disorders
I cover some of this in my Eating Disorder Recovery Story interview with therapist Kiki Attonito: https://youtu.be/J0HNmUcsesM Dr. Shan...
My 5 greatest recovery epiphanies
In essence, I learned through the Adapted to Famine hypothesis that my anorexic urges were biologically normal adaptations. I'd spent...