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What Recovery looks like, right now....

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Interview with Derek Gaunt

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A simple but crucial reminder from @lifecoachkir. You’re lower brain is going to keep keep telling you that you need this nice. It’s going to give you a thousand reasons why and when you manage to ignore those reasons it’s going to come up with a thousand new ones. But you do have a choice! And every time you say no to bingeing, your brain starts to run out of excuses until, eventually, it will shut the fuck up! I promise. #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeating #bingeeatingrecovery #overeatersanonymous #compulsiveovereater #disorderedeating #brainoverbinge

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@breekwarren looking amazing on the cover of @womenshealthaus @womenshealthmag although it’s just a frustrating reminder that while #realbodies are all over non-US pubs, they only grace our magazines when it’s some kind of special #plussize edition...sigh.

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Scroll through to see this amazing display of #resilience and #solidarity from @geneseo_sasi #icantbreathe #socialjustice #injusticeanywhereisathreattojusticeeverywhere (at SUNY Geneseo)

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Communication Professor Pursues Unconventional Path Toward Success from @thelamron. Link to article in bio Honored to have been featured recently as the weekly “invasion for privacy” for The Lamron, our entirely student-run, hella talented, school newspaper @sunygeneseo. Thanks to @annalee_bainnson @juliachong and @troyhallahan for all of their investment and creativity. #communication #communicationprofessor #highered #appliedlearning #teacherstyle #professorlife (at SUNY Geneseo)

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https://www.emilyfonnesbeck.com/unconditional-permission-to-eat/

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What Recovery looks like, right now... Acne mask and castor oil hair conditioner My DIY secrets for clear skin (or as clear as my skin gets, anyway) and soft hair (which is also thinning). It doesn’t make me a supermodel but it does make me feel more comfortable in my skin. Mask: one egg, 1/4 cup cinnamon. Mix together and keep in the fridge, use every other day. Hair mask: half olive oil (or whatever is fine), half castor oil (it’s sticky, be careful). #diybeauty #facemask #acne #haircare #selfcare #plussizeblogger (at Avon, New York)

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You can NOT force your body to lose weight if you want a healthy, empowering experience. #onemoretimeforthepeopleintheback Weight loss CAN be one of many effects of taking better care of yourself and healing your relationship with food, eating, and your body. #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorder #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #edrecovery #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bingeeatingsupport #compulsiveovereater #compulsiveovereating #selfcare #selfworth #honoryourbody #bodyacceptance #bodyneutrality #bodypositive #bodypositivity #bodylove #selflove #healthyisthenewsexy #dietculture #dietculturedropout #allbodies #healthyisbeautiful (at Avon, New York)

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What Recovery looks like, right now... #selfiesforselflove #yesfilter I just wanted to put some more #plussizepositive vibes out into the world. Totally by accident I also picked up a some #photographytricks, NOT because I’m trying to pretend my body is something it isn’t but rather because a few tweaks can help me feel good when I go to look at the photo and that’s really important! These tricks are shown in this photo but the photo has not been altered otherwise because we gotta love ourselves as we are, you know? 1. Use natural light 2. Take a partial face shot (cutting off the top half of my face made it ALOT easier to just take the damn photo and move on) 3. Stand with your body halfway in front of a wall and halfway in front of a window. The light from the window will come through to frame one side of your boy, which can help accent and soften your shape naturally without making it fuzzy. #selfiefilter #filterselfie 4. Throw a soft filter on there. #nofilter is good for some things (like blurring cellulite in an attempt to pretend you don’t have cellulite, to pick a random example, but a basic Instagram filter in no way affects the presentation of my body shape or size so why not turn myself into a little piece of art if it helps me feel good? #bingeeatingrecovery #bingeeatingsupport #selfworth #honoryourbody #bodyacceptance #bodyneutrality #bodypositive #bodypositivity #bodylove #selflove #healthyisthenewsexy #allbodies #healthyisbeautiful #curvystyle #plussizefashion #curvyfashion #ootd #curvyblogger #plussizeblogger #dressyourbody #size16 (at Avon, New York)

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(via https://open.spotify.com/track/3G96IWeFNYXV9BLvrxL4yr)

Hello yes! The Breeders are back with a new single--the first one since their 2008 album as far as I know--and it kicks ass!

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(via https://open.spotify.com/track/0V6b22gHoseWePggSq0b7L)

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This is what’s going on in our house today... #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #catsagram #catsvideo #catslover #catsdaily (at Avon, New York)

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What Recovery looks like, right now... #igetbywithalittlehelpfrommyfriends I woke this morning to a heartwarming text message from my best friend. My day immediately got easier and better. Never underestimate the power of reaching out! It means the world to me to have this person in my life. #textposts #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorder #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #edrecovery #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bingeeatingsupport #compulsiveovereater #compulsiveovereating #selfcare #selfworth #honoryourbody #bodyacceptance #bodyneutrality #bodypositive #bodypositivity #bodylove #selflove #healthyisthenewsexy #dietculture #dietculturedropout #allbodies #healthyisbeautiful #socialsupport (at Avon, New York)

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My new #instagramcrush @midorilei who puts together apple shaped fashion ideas and posts them in awesome visuals, like these! Apple shaped aren’t exactly in vogue and they are harder to dress. I’m actually not an apple shape by nature. I’m an hour glass. But years of #disorderedeating and #bingeeating have left me with a very large belly that often causes me discomfort and pain so I need to dress in ways that don’t exacerbate that—hence my appreciation for #fashionbloggers who support #appleshaped and #appleshapedfashion! (at Geneseo , New York)

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Body Recovery OOTD: Jumper & Leggings When you’re in recovery it can be daunting to think about getting dressed every morning. Your body is uncomfortable, you want to look nice but not feel exposed, and you need something you can comfortably wear all day even if bloat, pain, or other symptoms set it. A pair of thick leggings and a fuzzy jumper are my favorite option. And the feminine top looks great with boots, adding to the potential cool-but-comfortable factor. The best part is that if you take off the tunic and boots, you’ve instantly got something you could wear to yoga or if you want to stretch out or just get in a little #selfcare or #joyfulmovement while you’re at work. If you are interested in shopping for a jumper, some additional keywords might help: #jumper #sleevelessdress #sleevelesstunic #tunicvest #sweatervestdress #sleevelesssweater This jumper is thrifted but was originally from #anthropologie and I love that i can wear it if I go up three sizes or if I go down. The leggings are just generic black leggings. The boots are #freebird also purchased from Anthropology. #leggings #curvystyle #plussizefashion #curvyfashion #ootd #curvyblogger #plussizeblogger #dressyourbody #recoveryfashion #thickwaists #appleshape #appleshapedoutfitideas #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorder #disorderedeating #disorderedeatingrecovery #edrecovery #bingeeating #bingeeatingdisorder #bingeeatingrecovery #bingeeatingsupport #compulsiveovereater #compulsiveovereating #selfcare #selfworth #honoryourbody #bodyacceptance #bodyneutrality #bodypositive #bodypositivity #bodylove #allbodies #healthyisbeautiful (at Geneseo, New York)

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What Recovery looks like, right now... #nothingiswrong I love this scene from #prettyinpink when Annie Potts describes a friend of hers who sometimes gets this terrible feeling that something is wrong but, after checking for her keys and wallet and counting her kids, realizes nothing is wrong; she then blames this random panic on never having gone to prom. I feel like this often and I think it’s a side effect of having deeply disordered eating. Sometimes I’ll feel overwhelmed or stressed or anxious but nothing is in fact wrong. The bills are paid. The cats are alive. I have all of my work stuff set for the morning. Life isn’t perfect, of course, but at the moment there is no crisis to manage. But most of the time before I have any space to realize this I just fly by it and go stuff food into my face...a conditioned modern #fightorflight but with no fight. So I guess it makes more sense to say that the disordered eating is an effect of being in permanent #crisismode (at Avon, New York)