a bit of #donthatetheshake for you 💕 someone messaged me about recovery and exercise and i just wanted to address that topic: my therapist told me when i was recovering not to do any exercise - and at first i was like “what?!” but then i realised that exercise can become so unhealthy when you have an eating disorder. it becomes something you HAVE to do, well, that’s from my own experience anyway. i exercised during my eating disorder to punish myself for the food i had eaten, and to get this “body” i wanted. so, not doing exercise helps you realise how unhealthy the exercise you are doing is - it’s obsessive and probably excessive, and it’s soaked in guilt. when you do start picking exercise back up, you have to listen to yourself and if you think “yeah i want to do this” that’s healthy. “i don’t want to do this but i just ate a cookie” - unhealthy. obviously, some of us lack motivation with exercise and in that case, i’d say do it for 5 minutes and if you still aren’t enjoying it... don’t do it. believe me or not, exercise is supposed to be enjoyable, it’s not supposed to be something you HAVE to do, when exercise is healthy you want to, and it makes you feel good. don’t forget that. by the way, exercise comes in all different forms: example A - my dancing in my room to little mix. cleaning is exercise, running after kiddies is exercise, walking is exercise, dancing in your room is exercise. don’t punish yourself or your body. (kind of embarrassed about this video, but kind of want to upload it because so sick of seeing really toned bodies everywhere and not just women with tums like me) #sorryhadtosayit
