111: How To Eat When You Don’t Feel Like It

Understanding Disordered Eating: Eating Disorder Recovery and Body Image Healing

Happy New Year!

Can I be honest? I’m not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. I get that there’s this idea of a “new year, new me”. There’s almost like a fantasy of having a clean slate, when in reality, it’s just another day, in a new year. However, it could be a great time to reflect on the past year and embrace what was. So, here's the deal. If you're into New Year's resolutions, go ahead and set realistic, measurable, and slightly challenging goals for yourself. If you’re not, then no big deal!

Tweetable Quotes

"What you're doing is hurting yourself, hurting them, and it's not even getting the intended outcome." - Rachelle Heinemann

“One week cannot possibly change your weight in a significant way." - Rachelle Heinemann

"I think one of the major things that [I] hear is, ‘I don't want to eat because I don't want to gain weight.’ and I know that I say this all the time, but you can't possibly gain weight from this one thing." - Rachelle Heinemann

"I don't want to feel obsessive. I don't want to have obsessions. I don't want to be sick. I don't want to be socially isolated. I just don't want those things." - Rachelle Heinemann

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