Don't Think - Just Eat to Overcome a Restrictive Eating Disorder
When you are struggling to make food decisions in order to overcome an eating disorder, try applying the 'Don't Think - Just Eat' approach.
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Helly Barnes
- Nov 26, 2023
- 5 min
"I Just Can't Decide What to Eat!" Food Decisions & Eating Disorders
When overcoming an eating disorder, food decisions can feel overwhelming. But what if you don’t actually have to decide?
Helly Barnes
- Nov 12, 2023
- 5 min
What The Minnesota Starvation Experiment Teaches Us About Starvation Syndrome
The final post about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment covers its teachings about starvation syndrome, applying it to eating disorders.
Helly Barnes
- Nov 5, 2023
- 7 min
Relating the Minnesota Starvation Experiment to Restrictive Eating Disorders
Relating the Minnesota Starvation Experiment results to what it is to have a restrictive eating disorder and the process to overcome one.
Helly Barnes
- Oct 29, 2023
- 12 min
You Need to Know About The Minnesota Starvation Experiment Part One
If you have a restrictive eating disorder then you need to know about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment and its findings. Part one of two.
Helly Barnes
- Sep 28, 2023
- 9 min
Overcome Restrictive Eating by Deliberately Eating To Gain
Eat to gain weight and eat to gain your life back when you overcome a restrictive eating disorder. This post explains why and how!
Helly Barnes
- Sep 3, 2023
- 8 min
The Pendulum-Swing Effect in Eating Disorder Recovery
Eating disorder recovery can feel like being on a pendulum where the eating disorder pulled you one way and you swing to the other 'extreme'
Helly Barnes
- Aug 26, 2023
- 6 min
Let's Talk About Poop & Restrictive Eating Disorders
Having a restrictive eating disorder and overcoming one will affect your poop and digestion. Tips to cope with these symptoms are provided.
Helly Barnes
- Feb 3, 2023
- 6 min
Make the Weight Gain Justified!
Weight gain while still restricting or compensating as you attempt to overcome an eating disorder feels unjustified. Escape this scenario!
Helly Barnes
- Dec 27, 2022
- 9 min
Eat to Extreme Hunger to Overcome an Eating Disorder
Extreme hunger when overcoming an eating disorder can be frightening and extreme! These are some first hand experiences of how it can look.
Helly Barnes
- Dec 20, 2022
- 9 min
Eating Disorder Recovery Need Not Be a Tug of War (Part 2)
What does a tug of war between a person in recovery and an eating disorder look like and what does it look like to walk away from the games?
Helly Barnes
- Dec 7, 2022
- 8 min
The Neuro-Biology of Hunger. What Happens with Eating Disorders?
Hunger is controlled by the brain and body in a range of different processes. What happens differently in eating disorders to this?
Helly Barnes
- Nov 29, 2022
- 13 min
Physical, Mental, Behavioural & Emotional Signs of HUNGER!
Hunger can manifest in physical ways but also mentally, emotionally and in behaviour. This post discusses all the ways hunger can appear.
Helly Barnes
- Nov 17, 2022
- 7 min
11 Tips to Keep Eating in Eating Disorder Recovery Despite No Appetite (Part 2 of 2)
This post provides 11 tips to help you keep eating in eating disorder recovery even if you have a low (perceived!) appetite.
Helly Barnes
- Nov 14, 2022
- 9 min
No Appetite - Do I Have To Eat? Eating Disorder Recovery (Part 1 of 2)
It is hard to keep eating in eating disorder recovery when you feel physically full. This post explains why you need to keep eating anyway.
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