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Emotional Support Animals for Eating Disorders
Although still a relatively new method, ESAs can be part of a successful path to recovery from ED. If you are considering an ESA, talk to a state-licensed mental health professional, such as a licensed therapist. Your mental health professional will work with you to figure out an ESA is appropriate for your ED treatment plan.
Conquering Social Gatherings in College: RSVP to Your Next Social Event Without the Worry of the Food That Follows
Do you feel yourself getting anxious anticipating your sorority pancake fundraiser? The club meeting filled to the brim with pizza boxes and soda? The birthday dinners at restaurants you have never been to before? Or even the career fair where you find yourself surrounded with endless tables of free cookies, muffins, and doughnuts? How in the world will you navigate through!? Well first of all, I want to assure you that this feeling is okay and it is normal. Maneuvering through the food aspect of social gatherings can be overwhelming, and even deter you from attending an event that you really want to go to. Sometimes the ED voice might tell you, “you are going to be too tempted by all that food, it’s probably best if you don’t go so you don’t risk eating anything you ‘shouldn’t’.”
The food that accompanies social events can be very triggering for someone with an eating disorder. The variety and amount of different foods can be a lot to handle. The food may even become the focus of the event and it can be hard to even pay attention to the person you are talking to! But, this does not have to be your fate. There are tools and ideas that you can lean on to ensure that you seamlessly glide through any social event, while keeping those ED thoughts at bay.
NEDA Week 2022
The week of February 21 – February 27, 2022, marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, also known as ‘NEDA week’. Here at Not Your Average Nutritionist, we celebrate NEDA week as a significant time to acknowledge eating disorders and their impact on individuals. This campaign aims to educate the public about the reality of eating disorders and foster conversations about how it impacts individuals on a daily basis.
Falling in Love With Yourself
It’s time to end the negative self talk. When others are around you and hear you talk negatively about your body, others will hear it and start to question their own bodies. What if we decided to talk positively about our bodies? Your body deserves so much love. Maybe the goal of falling in love with yourself seems far stretched and impossible, but what if we took this month to work towards the goal of loving yourself. If you want to love your body, maybe we start with body neutrality.
Disordered Eating in the Outdoor Industry: The Mountain Dietitian Lauren MacLeod
Many athletes are often obsessed with being “the best” or being “the healthiest” they’ve ever been, or being insecure about being “too muscular,” “too skinny,” or “not lean enough.” Seeing how athletes are typically represented in the outdoors, we can see how they might feel like they need to match that body ideal. These tendencies can lead to orthorexia, which isn’t talked about enough and is often overlooked as a form of ED.
Is Your New Year Exercise Resolution Working For You Or Against You?
The New Year can be an exciting way to motivate people to have a fresh start and implement new changes into their lives. How can you use that motivation for actual health behaviors, and not something that is making you feel worse about yourself (or actually physically hurt you)?
