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

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?

Eating disorder recovery is long and hard, making it easy to lose motivation. This post provides a simple tool that can help you keep going.

It's time to get real about 'quasi-recovery' and eating disorders… it's a state of being 'highly functional' with an active eating disorder.

What specific issues might you face if you are overcoming an eating disorder as a parent? Part of a series on eating disorders in mid life.

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.

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'

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 post to make you aware of risks from refeeding syndrome and the physical effects to overcoming a restrictive eating disorder you may face.

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

Weight gain while still restricting or compensating as you attempt to overcome an eating disorder feels unjustified. Escape this scenario!