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All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit

Helly Barnes

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'

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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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