Just the Good Stuff

My Own Journey with Food, Body Image + Disordered Eating

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#48: In this episode I share more on my own personal journey with food. Starting from my teenage years until now. 

Some of what we dive into in this episode..

My food story:

  1. Have you ever struggled with an eating disorder?
  • Biggest turning point in your relationship with food and you arrived there?
  • Did you ever struggle with binge eating?
  • What were some disordered thoughts/rules that you cant believe went through your mind?
  • What was the last straw before your realized there's more than dieting and restricting?
  • How was jordan as a partner during this time?
  • Did pregnancy effect your relationship with food and body image?

    • My advice around food:

    1. When did you know you were “recovered”?
  • How to reveal your ED secret? What do you say?
  • How did you get past food fear/trauma?
  • How to overcome restrictive eating?
  • Did you count calories before and how did you break away from it?
  • How do you get over counting calories?
  • How did you come to terms with eating enough to fuel your body and not comparing it to others?
  • How did you overcome fear of gaining weight?
  • Did you experience any weight gain when you were working towards healing your relationship with food?
  • Ways to shut down diet talk by your friends? Especially in college
  • Any advice you have for girls in their 20s just to live life and love all it has to offer?

    • Food + I today:

    1. How is your current relationship with food? Is there more to change?
  • Does food ever make you anxious?
  • Do you have guilt/embarrassment about foods?
  • How do you stay so thin?
  • Do you feel like you ‘go lucky’ with your thin body and ability to still eat lots of yummy sweet?
  • Do you fight feelings of food guilt?
  • How many desserts do you eat daily realistically?
  • How has your relationship with food changed since having children?
  • Do you ever have disordered eating thoughts resurface?

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    For more from me, I'm over @rachLmansfield and rachLmansfield.com

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