Facing fears in eating disorder recovery

The Body Love Binge - Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

In this episode of their podcast, Julia and Victoria answer listener questions on topics like weight loss medications, finding your identity outside of your eating disorder, weighing yourself during recovery, overcoming fear of weight gain, and more. They share personal stories and insights from their own recovery journeys as well as tips for supporting yourself and choosing recovery.

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Key Discussion Points: - Debunking the idea that weight loss medications are a long-term solution for finding happiness and food freedom (00:01:56 - 00:03:00) - Letting go of external validation and truly accepting yourself is key, even if you currently like how your body looks from disordered behaviors (00:03:37 - 00:04:12) - Facing fears and gaining the willingness to gain weight is necessary to be able to eat without restriction (00:29:45 - 00:32:34) - Learning to sit with discomfort and give yourself compassion is essential (00:13:59 - 00:14:06) - Our bodies naturally regulate and balance nutrition when we get out of our own way and stop restricting after allowing all food (00:53:00 - 00:54:12)

Key Quotes: "You cannot get that unless you go through the fear. You can't. It's impossible." (00:31:16) "Always just sit in the suck, always come out the other side." (00:56:02) "When you overcome that, everything becomes you can then eat unrestrictedly because you're no longer afraid of weight gain if it happens or if it doesn't happen." (00:35:40)

Finding my new identity episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxZc-Zf9_g&t=2958s

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