TGA warns advertising Rx-only obesity meds prohibited – The Pharma Letter
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Why eating disorder treatment fails people by making eating more complicated [Podcast]
In this podcast, Tabitha talks to a person in recovery who shares some information about how treatment has made her even more confused about how to eat. It is important that people in recovery are encouraged to listen to their bodies and eat what they want to eat. Like this: Like Loading… Source link
How Do You Start Your Day? 7 Things To Start Your Day Off Right!
Do you wake up feeling anxious? Is it hard to get out of bed? What are you telling yourself when you awake? Are you holding tension somewhere in your body? 7 things you can do to start your day in a more positive way! Breathe into the tension in your body Stretch Eat something nutritious […]
New Video: The Keys to Perfect Health, from the 21 Convention – Perfect Health Diet
New Video: The Keys to Perfect Health, from the 21 Convention I spoke at The 21 Convention in 2014 on the topic, “The Keys to Perfect Health: How to Optimize Body, Mind, and Lifespan.” They’ve now released a professionally produced video. If you are a PHD fan, this is one you shouldn’t miss. It is […]
Winter Issue of Weight Matters Magazine
One of the perks of Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) Premium Access Membership is receiving hard copies of the Weight Matters Magazine mailed to your home. It’s an awesome publication always jam-packed with great articles about health, weight, nutrition, emotional wellness, stories about real people and OAC community members making a difference. I love it when I […]
What Are “Recovery Bangs” in an Eating Disorder?
Fragile, dry hair, weakened, brittle fingernails, and dull, dry skin are signs of general malnutrition, particularly when calories, protein, and zinc are low. No surprise, then, that hair loss (and bad fingernails and skin) is common in anorexia nervosa. I reassure patients that they are not going to lose all their hair because this is […]
Learning to Deal with “Stop and Go” Signals around Food
Hunger and fullness signals are an often-discussed topic in the eating disorder space, but today, I’m going to go beyond that to discuss what I’m calling stop and go signals and to explain how these signals come into play in binge eating recovery. Stop and go signals aren’t the same as our physical cues of […]
What I eat in a day
I thought it would be a good idea to share with you all what I eat on a typical day now that I am recovered. I don’t eat exactly the same amount of calories every day but I know about what I eat and I never eat any less then 2200 calories. I eat relatively […]
CBT, iCBT, and Virtual Reality in the Battle Against Eating Addiction
There’s been a lot of talk of using the GLP-1 agonists for weight loss, both adults and children. However, there’s a solid case that they won’t replace interventions like 12 steps, displacement theory-based interventions, good old exercise, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Let’s discuss CBT — the internet-based CBT (iCBT) in particular. Studies show promising […]
PTSD and Eating Disorders | ANAD
Trauma is healable. The goal is to feel proud of who you are and to recognize how you survived difficulties to be able to make an impact in the world today. Managing trauma work and eating disorder treatment concurrently can be very emotional but they are often intertwined. Taking steps to recover from one aspect […]
How Cultivating Self-Love Supports Social Justice
The practice of turning towards our critical voice with curiosity and kindness is the foundation of social justice work. Why? If we can become aware of how our aggression towards ourselves comes from allowing our fears to motivate our actions, we can choose to kindly nourish the parts of ourselves that are afraid. This allows […]
Change is uncomfortable (personal) – IntuitiveBody
Change is so uncomfortable. Not changing, is so uncomfortable. Two days ago I was in my weekly session for physical therapy for voice/throat…He is honestly the best, a gift, a true healer of which I have only met a few,he is one of them.He gets it in every possible way…He gets the physical, the postural, […]