You appreciate that not eating enough can trigger your binges. Does that include your vegetarianism or veganism too? This week's letter writer has connected the desire to eat with friends and later binge eating. Have you? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast episode with special guest Jennifer Rollin where we discuss eating disorder recovery and veganism and vegetarianism.
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This episode's Dear Food letter:
Dear Food,
My complicated relationship with you began when I was 13. I had become obsessed with body image and thought all my problems would be solved if I could just be smaller. So I began strict dieting, and was eating less than XYZ calories a day. On this journey my brain became obsessed with food much more than body image. I became anorexic. I wanted to be able to stop restricting but I didn’t know how. I was scared and worried I would lose control.
My recovery began when i started seeing a dietitian, who gave me the book “intuitive eating”. If it weren’t for that book, I don’t know where I would be today. I began to eat more normally and gradually gained the weight back, although my mind was still very fixated on food for another year. Once I finally started caring about more things in life than food (about 3 years later) I developed binge eating disorder.
Now for a little more than two years I have been struggling to make peace with my body and have spent many nights crying wondering if I will ever be able to eat normally again. I know that binge eating happens when there is a restriction, which makes me afraid that my veganism is getting in the way of me being able to have a healthy relationship with food.
I went vegan a few months into my strict dieting phase at 13, after watching a documentary promoting it, but that was mainly for ethical reasons as well as health. Now I know that I’m not doing it for my health or anything body related, but my veganism is a very important part of my belief system, and I don’t feel like I could/want to give it up. It’s been five years since my initial eating disorder, parallel with the amount of time I’ve been Vegan. It doesn’t really feel like I’m restricting myself, since I’m so used to doing it and there are plenty of vegan alternatives that I enjoy. However every now and then I’ll be in a situation where everyone else is eating meat/cheese and part of me just wishes to indulge for that moment. I worry that when those feelings are left ignored it triggers a binge.
Love,
At a crossroads
Show Notes:
• Jennifer Rollin LCSW (www.jenniferrollin.com) today's guest
• The Eating Disorder Center (www.theeatingdisordercenter.com/) and their trainings (www.theeatingdisordercenter.c...)
• (aff) Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch (amzn.to/2D5oiVo)
• Julie Dillon RD blog (www.juliedillonrd.com/blog)
• Link to subscribe (juliedillonrd.com/) to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
• Eating Disorder Dietitians (www.eddietitians.com)
• Julie Dillon RD blog (www.JulieDillonRd.com/blog)
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23 июн 2024
