Eating Disorders Counseling Center Did you know that more women than men have eating disorders? Learn more about eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating. An example of other specified feeding and eating disorders is “atypical anorexia nervosa”. This category includes individuals who may have lost a lot of weight and whose behaviors […]
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Binge Eating, Body Image, Body Shame, Dieting, Family, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food Is Not the Enemy is Partnering with Hello Life Eating Disorder Recovery Services
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May
May
Hello Life Eating Disorder Recovery Services received a $10,000 grant from the Health Care Foundation to offer its first professionally-led support group. The Longview nonprofit is partnering with Food is Not the Enemy of Vancouver to offer the free group to Cowlitz County adults for a year, according to a press release. Hello Life provides […]
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Apr
Correlating eating disorders with body size/weight decreases diagnosis and treatment There are so many myths about eating disorders thanks to media portrayals and those stereotypes are perpetuated due to a lack of understanding about eating disorders. This misinformation is dangerous because it often prevents people from getting the help they need. Eating disorder myths also […]
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Nov
Nov
Indoor Activities to Entertain Your Kids During Bad Weather This article is one of the many informative resources you can find on FoodIsNotTheEnemy.com. written by Carrie Spencer from http://thespencersadventures.net/ With the winter season fast approaching, parents are once again looking for ways to keep their little ones active and entertained during the dark, wet days ahead. […]
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Aug
Aug
Nothing has meaning except the meaning you give it! Therefore, if you give your body the meaning that it’s sexy and you put on something you love wearing… you can go out into the world feeling sexy, beautiful, confident…whatever complimentary word you give it! I challenge you to try it… put on something you feel […]
Binge Eating, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food for Thought – Clothes can make or break you
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Aug
Aug
It is so important to wear clothes that you love and that fit! First, shame is NOT a motivator! So wearing clothes that are too tight only helps you focus on self-criticism of your body and how bad you feel. That waistband poking into your belly will take you away from your life and into […]
Binge Eating, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food for Thought – Let’s ban the words “good” and “bad”
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Aug
Aug
Perhaps the lamest words in the English language are “good” and “bad.” What does it mean? You might have a general sense of what one of these words mean but they are not real descriptors of, well, anything. The problem with making food, or anything, either “good” or “bad” is that it’s just not that […]
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Nov
Nov
Do you struggle with your weight? A large percent of modern America suffer from issues regarding weight. Now, while a number of these individuals are literally overweight, many others are not. In fact, eating disorders have become a standard affliction amongst today’s society. The big question now is; how thin is too thin? This dilemma draws from […]
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Aug
Aug
What does disordered eating and body image protect you from? Do the constant thoughts distract you from thinking about or feeling about other parts of your life? Does it keep you in a safe world that you can control? Does it give you a good excuse to not go somewhere or be with someone in […]
Binge Eating, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food for Thought – You are not bad for wanting a cupcake!
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Aug
Aug
You are not “bad” for wanting a cupcake! The problem with labeling food as “good” or “bad” is that you start to make yourself “good” or “bad” based on what you eat or want to eat. One of the first steps to ending disordered eating is to let go of these labels and eat what […]
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Aug
Aug
I’m often asked, “Why do I need to feel my feelings… what good will it do?” My response is: How can you not. The only option if you don’t feel them is to push them down. This takes a ton of energy and leads to obsessive and addictive thinking and actions (like disordered eating). Feeling […]
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Aug
Aug
“Feeling your feelings makes you feel alive” – Food is not the enemy client Emotions are one of the most natural states of being we have. To stuff them down takes a lot of energy. Emotional eating is one way to stuff them down. After all, if you spend all your energy worrying about food […]
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Aug
Aug
If you could stop your negative self-talk right now and rarely ever do it (never is not possible), you wouldn’t have issues with food or your body. Map Directions to Food Is Not The Enemy [gmbv_business_map]
Binge Eating, Blog, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food for Thought – Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
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May
May
I often hear people tell me they wish they had a drug or alcohol addiction so they could just stop using or drinking. They believe it’s harder when it’s food. After all, we need to eat. But what if you can have your cake and eat it too? Addiction is about coping with feelings. When […]
Binge Eating, Body Image, Body Shame, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food for Thought – If Your Hunger Could Talk
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May
May
What if your hunger could talk? What would it say? What does it want you to know? Take a breath right now and ask your hunger what it wants. And then listen, really listen – without judgment if you can. Do this when you are hungry and when you aren’t. Is there a difference in […]
Binge Eating, Body Image, Food For Thought, Food Is Not The Enemy
Food for Thought – The Real Enemy is Shame
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May
May
Food is not the enemy, shame is. Shame is believing that you are rotten to your core. Dieting and eating perfect are only ways to try your best to improve on your rotten core – or at least to appear to others to be good enough. Map Directions to Food Is Not The Enemy [gmbv_business_map]