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[nekomaniya]

felt cute+like an irl animal crossing character+weird poses are my thing

[staystrongandbeaunicorn]

😜🙌🏻✨💛 . . . . . . . . . #vegan #hclf #hclfvegan #wholestarch #starchsolution #vegansofig #wslf #healthy #realcovery #painting #maverick #eatclean #minniemaud #edrecovery #anarecovery #art #travel #earthing #yoga #vegansofig #books #shadowhunters #potato #book #quoteoftheday #smoothiebowl #smoothie #oats #oatmeal

[nekomaniya]

felt like 💩 (aka bad body image), then did some stretches, made some tea and put my sweater from my US vacation (6 years ago) on and now doing some self care which is accepting my feelings and thoughts & applying what I've learnt in therapy (in the past, almost 1 year without any therapy at all), loa and books.

everything is okay and I know I'm safe. I trust the universe and great things are happening. I'm grateful! 🍃

[followtheintuition]

Today I will talk about something I get asked a lot! If you are familiar with my videos or have read my book then you know I generally recommend following the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines for recovery. Not to obsess over calories but simply to make sure you are eating enough. Food is your medicine and without enough food and rest, you can't recover.

But what about the intuitive eating? When can you start listening to your body and following your hunger cues? When can you stop counting and go by intuitive eating in recovery?

[followtheintuition]

So in today's video, I talk about feeling triggered and being on a verge of relapsing. Maybe you have felt that throughout your recovery and want to stay on track but still find yourself falling in the same old cycle of feeling triggered and then relapsing again and again.

I understand you because I went through the same in my recovery! Triggers are everywhere - trying on old clothes that don't fit anymore, hearing a triggering comment, dieters talking about weight loss around us, feeling like you have gained weight and feeling panicky about it...it all happens to most everybody in recovery.

BUT in order to fully recover you have to stop this endless cycle and commit to recovery 100% in order to come out from the other side. And for this reason, you need to develop a mindset that is fully focused on recovery and helps you keep on going no matter what. And this is what I'm gonna talk about today!

[followtheintuition]

In this video, I want to give you 6 useful tips for intuitive eating. What is the mindset of someone who is eating intuitively, who honors and listens to their body and is free from food rules and restrictions?

What is intuitive eating?

Intuitive eating is based on listening and trusting your body as a whole. It’s free from rules restriction and control. It’s free from diet mentality, free from shame and guilt around eating. You eat by listening to your body’s signals, hunger/fullness, cravings/satiation, emotions/feelings, you eat what you enjoy and also honor your body’s nutritional needs. Intuitive eating is not centered around weight loss or weight control but rather restoring your relationship between food and your body regardless of your size or weight. Its purpose is not perfectionism but about achieving physical and mental wellbeing regards to food and eating.

1. Stop the “good and bad food” mindset!

Intuitive eating is free from guilt and shame around food and does not see food as either “good or bad”. All food is equal and it does not reflect your morality or personality. You don't eat based on food judgment but rather based on your body cues and needs.

2. Eat in the moment, do not think of the past or future.

Thinking what you ate the night before or what you will eat tomorrow or the next meal can be part of the diet mentality. We think about how “bad” we were yesterday by eating that extra slice of pie and now feel like we should eat less to compensate. Rather than fully enjoying the pizza we are eating right now we already think about how we should moderate our food tomorrow in order to “balance out” the pizza.

3. Eat what you really want!

Eating what you crave is part of honoring your body’s signals. Rather than trying to eat what you think you “should” try to ask yourself “if all food is available to me right now, then what do I really want to eat? What will make me full and satisfied the best in this moment?” and then go and eat whatever you want!

4. Enjoy your food!

If you eat what you really want then you also have a full permission to do it without shame and guilt and actually enjoy the food you eat! We are so used to gulping the delicious food down like it’s the last time we are ever gonna eat it. And in this process, we even forget to properly taste the food and enjoy its sensations - texture, aromas, all the different flavors and even the visual appearance. You are allowed to enjoy your food and feel good when eating.

5. Go through trial and error process, learn what works for you!

Becoming an intuitive eater is definitely a learning process. For every individual intuitive eating is a bit different - what they enjoy eating and what satisfies their hunger the best in the moment, what are their personal preferences around food and eating, how does the hunger and fullness signals feel in their body. Intuitive eating is not based on rules and restrictions, rather learning to listen to your body and then choosing what is best for you!

6. Let go of perfectionism in eating!

There is no such thing as “perfect eating”. Perfectionism in eating is part of the diet mentality. Intuitive eating is not the same every day. Sometimes you may overeat but this does not mean you have been “bad”. Or sometimes you undereat because of work stress but this does not mean you have gone back to restriction. Sometimes we need to be flexible with foods and this can mean we won’t get to eat the most satisfying meal but rather what is available. We do not live in perfectly organized lives or in the perfect world and therefore the eating also should not be expected to be perfect. Remember, it’s not another diet where you “fail” but it’s a way of eating that needs to be sustainable for the rest of your life. Perfectionism is not sustainable or even possible.

If you want to learn more about recovery you can take my FREE video course “6 Steps To Recover From An Eating Disorder” or read my step by step recovery book “BrainwashED: Diet-Induced Eating Disorders. How You Got Sucked In And How To Recover.”

Hope you found this video and information helpful!

[nekomaniya]

🍃 do you think people who are YEARS in recovery and far away from their lowest point don’t struggle anymore? 
it would be perfect, but it isn’t. cheers to all my warriors who are #yearsinrecovery - you are not alone! 🍃 yesterday I went shopping with my mom after a long time and I saw myself in different mirrors - I saw myself DIFFERENT every mirror I looked. #bodydysmorphia is a real thing. (and know I’m not the healthiest atm, but working on that & apply everything I’ve learned over the past years & therapy/books/tumblr (yes, tumblr made a huge POSITIVE impact in my recovery, as there was so much bullshit about eating disorders out there). 🍃 I created unhealthy thought patterns over a long time and still have (and sometimes react to them tbh) them here and then, but that’s perfectly normal! it won’t happen over night to turn around 180 degrees (?)
but I don’t view myself as sick or as someone with mental illness, I don’t focus on the negative & “being ill”, I try to live in the end result of being unconditional happy (no matter how successful, smart, attractive,… I am or having the “perfect” partner, “perfect” career, lots of followers I have, (could continue forever…)…). 
as focussing on the negative attracts more negativity. 🍃 it’s always about how you feel and in which direction you let your emotions go.
you decide ~
(hier: Thüringen, Germany)
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[realcoveryjewelry-blog]

Hey! I’m Shannon. I’ve been in recovery for 5 years and I make all of the jewelry for Realcovery. I’ve been making jewelry for over a decade, but got serious about recovery jewelry after swapping handmade bracelets with friends in treatment. I think there’s something so powerful about wearing a tangible reminder of your journey. To me, recovery is an honest, individualized, sometimes humorous process. I hope that Realcovery’s pieces convey that and help to defeat the stigma surrounding mental health.