Nutritional Education

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Is it ok to like food?

Submitted by xxxCirxxx on Mon, 16/08/2010 - 05:46

I tried one of maries chocolate seaweed cake thingy the other day , every work shop they sit there and i wonder and i think maybe today but i have always had that ''another time'' syndrome or ''thats not on your mealplan'' or ''you dont know the calorific content'' ..... but here is my problem, while i didnt and would not have done it alone i know nothing happened at all to the other person, so its completely illogical and neurotic to think i have doubled after a square of nuts chocolate and seaweed. is this something thats sorts itself out?

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Tasty snacks with seaweed

Submitted by marie on Thu, 12/08/2010 - 18:55

Just made some dark chocolate seaweed delights, so nice - try it – they are great snacks
http://www.eatingdisorderselfhelp.com/articles/2010/march/05/chocolate-s...

I hope you will enjoy them
M

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What helped me...

Submitted by Catriona on Thu, 12/08/2010 - 16:24

please read carefully this really helped me but may be triggering so publish at ur own discression
First of all, the bloating and severe gastrointestinal discomfort is happening because you have starved and largely killed off all the bacterial colonies in your gut that are actually responsible for digestion and turning food into energy.

You have to dependably eat substantion energy a day to put enough energy into your system that the bacteria can rebuild the colonies and start digesting properly.

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Eating when hungry v Eating every 2-3 hours ??

Submitted by Katy on Tue, 10/08/2010 - 15:13

Hi all, I am finally beginning my journey of Recovery having battled with an ED for many years. I am not financially in a place to pay for therapy so I am getting alot of tips from this website and reading books/articles. I am 100% sure that I am ready to leave my ED behind...........I just don't have another diet in me, emotionally I can't batttle anymore. I want to nourish my body, to look after it, to see food as fuel and feelings as just feelings that don't have to be stuffed down or starved!

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weight gain

Submitted by Catriona on Mon, 19/07/2010 - 16:47

hey all my beautiful earthangels
today i feel lik a failure
i have been workin so so unbelievably hard at recovery eating all of my required meals supplements and snacks
went to doctor today and lost
my parents in uproar doctor cross counsellor being contacted and i keep saying i didn't cut back honestly i stuck to my plan i didn't exercise but they are furious all saying i am bull shitting

WHAT IS NORMAL EATING? – Balance Eating

What is normal eating?blush

Freedom Food Thinking Suggestions

From working with people I can see a lot that so many of you, who are still in recovery and finding very difficult the nourishing part. I know that is the part that takes the longest time to look after, but it is a very important part which cannot be ignored and often it is big obstacle to your further progress.

Eggs – Did you know that eggs are the real supper foods?

The poor little eggs got bad publicity in the past – all that scare about cholesterol, and many other myths. Eggs are one of the most nutritional dense foods you can get. In my time we used to be on all this different diets of 25 eggs a day – yes we lost the weight, but as well most of our friends, it is important not to overdo it either, not many people like the eggs perfume when you opened the lunch box.

Eggs are wonderful source of protein, vitamins and many minerals.

Weight of our weight

Did you know that all this weight matters came from insurance companies?

So many people believe in these charts without knowing where it came from.

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