The Blog
All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit

In this third post on lapses and relapses in eating disorder recovery, the important topic of how to prevent a relapse is covered in depth.

Lapses, relapses & pre-lapses are part of the cycle of eating disorder recovery. But what do the terms mean & what's happening in the brain?

The powerful return of emotions when overcoming an eating disorder is one factor that makes the process so hard. This post explores more...

Eating disorders can eradicate fun in life. This post considers why fun really does matter in building your life beyond an eating disorder.

When you are struggling to make food decisions in order to overcome an eating disorder, try applying the 'Don't Think - Just Eat' approach.

When overcoming an eating disorder, food decisions can feel overwhelming. But what if you don’t actually have to decide?

This post challenges the view that restrictive eating disorders are primarily a fear of weight gain & provides an alternative explanation.

The final post about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment covers its teachings about starvation syndrome, applying it to eating disorders.

Relating the Minnesota Starvation Experiment results to what it is to have a restrictive eating disorder and the process to overcome one.

If you have a restrictive eating disorder then you need to know about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment and its findings. Part one of two.

A lot is written about overcoming eating disorders for young people but what if you are in mid or later life with 'adult' responsibilities?

Eat to gain weight and eat to gain your life back when you overcome a restrictive eating disorder. This post explains why and how!

Anger is a forceful and valid emotion and can be powerful if directed in the right direction when you are overcoming an eating disorder.

Eating disorder recovery can feel like being on a pendulum where the eating disorder pulled you one way and you swing to the other 'extreme'

Having a restrictive eating disorder and overcoming one will affect your poop and digestion. Tips to cope with these symptoms are provided.

Restrictive eating disorders don't have a size. They are in fact more common in people who are not 'underweight' by BMI than those who are..

A dive into what a moderation approach to overcoming a restrictive eating disorder and addiction to energy deficit can look like.

The withdrawal symptoms you can expect as you overcome a restrictive eating disorder and addiction to energy deficit.

Why is energy deficit so rewarding to someone with the susceptibility to develop a restrictive eating disorder?

A pre mortem is a tool to use in eating disorder recovery to predict how a recovery situation might go wrong to help ensure it goes right!