25 Signs Healthy Eating’s Sabotaging Your Recovery
Recovery is hard enough without having to navigate all the pseudoscience and false solutions being peddled by wellness culture advocates today.
I talked about my biggest issues with veganism and vegetarianism in recovery before, but if I’m being honest… this is really only scratching the surface.
Thing is, there’s an endless amount of “healthy” diets being pushed on us today.
And when eating very little food is no longer an option in recovery, sometimes, eating the “right” food can offer us a (false) sense of control and safety in recovery. But the truth is:
Just because you’re eating more, doesn’t mean you’re recovered.
Recovery is a tricky road to navigate, but it’s important to keep your focus on one main goal:
Uprooting sneaky safety behaviors.
And whether that safety behavior is pure, unadulterated restriction, or eating only keto, vegetarian, or avoiding seed oils…
Let’s call a spade a spade:
Food avoidance is the lifeblood of your eating disorder.
I swear to you:
Diets and wellness trends are definitely not any way to be “recovered.” In reality, these protocols and methods are really just a socially passable way to remain just disordered enough. And so long as you’re avoiding food - in any capacity - you’re holding onto your eating disorder.
Don’t believe me?
Here’s 25 signs your “healthy eating” isn’t so healthy after all:
You have food sensitivities.
Sometimes you can’t stop eating - you’re so hungry!!
You think certain foods are what cause people to be fat or sick.
You believe you naturally don’t crave or even like foods that are “bad” for you.
Trying to figure out what to eat when you’re not home is stressful.
You’re worried about healing your body.
Your body is a point of fixation for you. Meaning: you usually either feel really good about your body… or absolutely hate the way you look.
You’re worried about maintaining or ruining the “progress” you’ve made.
You have a hard time digesting certain foods. 💩
You think about food a lot: you watch cooking shows, follow food-related social accounts or influencers, read food blogs, or cover your Pinterest board in recipes.
You’re more athletic than your peers.
You’ve considered a career in health or fitness.
You have hormonal issues, like acne, PMS, or wonky or missing periods.
You hate going out to eat, or choose restaurants based on how safe their menu options are (AKA not on what you’re actually craving.)
Some foods make you anxious.
You tend to buy the healthier versions of the foods you’re craving. 🍫
You’re tired most of the time.
You choose what to eat based on what’s good for you.
It’s tiring to plan or decide on what you’re going to eat.
You did research to learn what the “best” things to eat are.
You’re intolerant to the cold, or have cold hands or feet. ☃️
You’ve lied about what you’ve eaten
You get upset when things get in the way of your healthy routine.
If you’re feeling unwell, your first thought is that it’s something you ate.
You balance out “bad” foods with “good” foods or behaviors.
Sound familiar?
If any of this sounds like you, trust me:
Your relationship with wellness and healthy eating is keeping you stuck in semi-recovery!! Let’s get you out! You deserve more than this.
You deserve more than the constant mental gymnastics of eating “right” or making up for “wrongs.” You deserve more than thinking about food. And the world deserves more YOU! Set yourself free from semi-recovered purgatory!
I promise you:
Remission is totally within reach, and it’s my mission to help you get there.
Life is so much better when you’re fully recovered. I did it, and now you can, too. I wrote an entire, 200+ page ebook to give you the exact details on:
What’s keeping you stuck in recovery, and;
How to cross the finish line into full remission.
Check out my ebook for the three steps I took to reach full and lasting remission:
You can do this.
💜
Maria
