The Healthy Voice

Trying to navigate my way through recovery 

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Ahhhh, a 3 day weekend. Finally time to catch up on all the depression I’ve been avoiding during the busy work week.

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Sooo I’m convinced the holidays are really an elaborate experiment for how many stressors one event can have for people with eating disorders

Food ✅

Uncle who loves trend dieting ✅

Cousin who laments how thin you are ✅

Aunt who comments on weight gain ✅

Mom who asks why you aren’t eating this ✅

Dad who asks why you ate so much that ✅

Food ✅

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When you follow a recovery blog but they end up relapsing and posting thinspo shit

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perfection is boring

meaningful connections are made when you’re authentic, vulnerable, and flawed

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*slaps my soft belly like a seal*            it’s body positivity,                                           bitch

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If you’re fighting a war and using your body as the battleground you WILL lose

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Want to know the best appetite suppressant??? Eating a satisfying food that you’re craving. Your appetite will disappear like that

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I wish there was a clothing store with no sizes or mirrors just a bunch of supportive friends helping you find clothes that actually fit and telling you how cute you look in everything!

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recovery is about celebrating the victories, no matter how small! our lil perfectionist asses love to be black and white about everything but it’s important to step back and appreciate the PROGRESS even if you’re not totally where you want to be and even if you slip up

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You can’t live with an eating disorder.

You can survive. You can breathe and fake a smile and function, but you can’t live.

You can’t have fun, you can’t relax, you can’t enjoy food, you can’t succeed, you can’t dance, you can’t go to parties, you can’t do the things everyone else is doing, you can’t do the things you love, YOU CAN NOT LIVE.

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Hey! Sounds like Minnie Maud might be helpful for you? There’s a video by ladle by ladle on YouTube that talks about how you basically (loosely) track calories to make sure you’re eating ENOUGH not less. It’s all about eating as much as you want, and not restricting :)

Thank you! I’ll check it out :) 

I’ve deleted my calorie counting apps and used the Recovery Road app to kind of scratch that itch to track everything I eat without obsessing over calories. It worked for a while but I’ve found myself starting to track my calories in other sneaky ways (which I won’t say explicitly so none of you get any ideas) which is so frustrating because I am sick of thinking about calories!!!! 

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I spent four years hiding my eating disorder in plain sight because I never looked like I had an eating disorder. The people closest to me had no idea what I was really doing to myself and they even praised me for being so dedicated and healthy (LOL!!!!)

My heart aches for everyone suffering an eating disorder than doesn’t look like the shocking “before” pics we see in so many recovery posts. You are so worthy of seeking help, recovery, and a full life, regardless of what you look like or think you look like! You don’t need to be “sick enough” because even telling yourself you should be sicker is fucking SICK!!!!!

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Things they didn’t tell me about recovery

All the free time!!!!!

Having sexy feelings again

Focusing and completing tasks both physical and mental

CLEAR SKIN

The ability to cry at the sight of anything remotely sad or happy or cute

Not being so fucking serious all the time

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The recovery community is so great but I wish people wouldn’t post “before and after“ photos from their ED... like these photos only reinforce that eating disorders visibly look a certain way and people (like me) are just going to feel FREAKED THE HECK OUT when it seems like your “after“ body is still super small and socially acceptable and maybe even smaller than someone currently in their ED

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Friendly reminder that fitness apps & trackers are inaccurate and only YOUR body knows what YOU need.

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