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I don't know who needs to hear this, but the restriction of carbohydrates does not = an eating disorder (1/6) #realtalk #therapist #mentalhealthcounselor
It is an evidence-based and strategic nutritional intervention to rescue mood, cognitive functioning, and basically all-around metabolic function. (2/6)
Some people will need to restrict carbohydrates to treat chronic illnesses of the brain and the body. And they don't need misinformed mental health counselors scaring them and telling them they are going to develop an eating disorder. (3/6)
Aldolphe Quetelet, a Danish astronomer, developed the BMI in the 1830's using a cohort of French and Scottish men.
Typical of the time, these participants were lean, active, white males with unstable food supply.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
Typical of the time, these participants were lean, active, white males with unstable food supply.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
Quetelet's goal was defining the characteristics of ‘normal man’ and fitting the distribution around the mean.
By measuring a large cohort with their physical deviances, one would come closest to the ideal of what a human being should look like.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
By measuring a large cohort with their physical deviances, one would come closest to the ideal of what a human being should look like.
academic.oup.com/ndt/article/23…
Leaving my primary care practice:
a thread 🧵
a thread 🧵
In March 2020, my practice of 13 years closed to protect our patients and staff. Thanks to the #telemedicine platforms I put in place a year prior, we overnight converted our 70+ provider practice to telemedicine for the next 2.5 months.
After years of hustling in clinic, full-time #telemedicine provided time to skillfully coordinate care and provide thorough counseling. Working from home without the frenetic churn of the clinic, I was living my best life and delivering the best medical care of my career.
I never counted calories until I was told that people with anorexia are fixated on calories
When I was last in #eatingdisorders treatment it was suggested to me to count calories even though I'd been a healthy weight & not calorie-counted for over 5 years
This is a problem 🧵->
When I was last in #eatingdisorders treatment it was suggested to me to count calories even though I'd been a healthy weight & not calorie-counted for over 5 years
This is a problem 🧵->
At what stage to we stop and think about how treatment might actually introduce people to harmful behaviour/thoughts/beliefs by imposing pretty fixed understandings of what it is to have a particular condition? I think this happens in #eatingdisorders
When those in authority, with the power to define constructs, say "#anorexia is this" (for example) - to what extent do *some* patients then feel that this construct is something they have to fulfil, embody, talk the language of?
To what extent do patients get *given* identities?
To what extent do patients get *given* identities?
I would like to ask people to talk about “identities” instead of “labels” when talking about descriptions of yourself or others that are self-chosen and proudly-carried. I am thoroughly sick of saying people talking about “why label yourself”; “I don’t want to label my child” etc
when talking about important diagnoses such as #autism and #ADHD that are utterly essential to self-understanding and often become proud, self-chosen identities as a child grows up, and it’s even worse when people talk about #gender and #sexualities as “labels”.
Ultimately, “labels” have no function for the self; they exist purely for interactions with others. That doesn’t mean they can’t be useful and empowering, but to my mind it’s a huge misapprehension to describe #gender and #sexualities in this way and plays right into the idea
Post partum bodies! Please read full thread
Can we normalise REAL post partum bodies please. I'm sick of being asked how I am going to loose my baby weight? How am I going to get back into shape? What creams I am using to get rid of stretch marks?
Piss off.
Can we normalise REAL post partum bodies please. I'm sick of being asked how I am going to loose my baby weight? How am I going to get back into shape? What creams I am using to get rid of stretch marks?
Piss off.
I was told it would not be possible to carry a child due to the damage my eating disorder had done to my reproductive system. We are overwhelmed with what we have managed to produce.
The last thing my body needs is to be manipulated, punished and starved.
The last thing my body needs is to be manipulated, punished and starved.
My body has done an incredible job over 9 months, it needs to be cared for, nourished & loved.
I have seen so many # insta perfect post partum bodies. I am also being targeted by adverts to join weight loss programmes enticing me to hate what my body has becone.
I have seen so many # insta perfect post partum bodies. I am also being targeted by adverts to join weight loss programmes enticing me to hate what my body has becone.
A thread....
Recovery truth
I'm not going to lie. It is hard. The most difficult & most painful thing I have ever done. To constantly fight against that voice, the voice which controlled every element of my life for far too long. The tears, confusion and pure exhaustion.
Recovery truth
I'm not going to lie. It is hard. The most difficult & most painful thing I have ever done. To constantly fight against that voice, the voice which controlled every element of my life for far too long. The tears, confusion and pure exhaustion.
The voice still appears from time to time, in times when I am feeling a little vunerable or anxious. The voice will try to lure me back in, using different ways and weak spots to get to me.
The latest way it's trying to lure me in is attacking my postpartum body. Nothing fits my body is still healing, it needs time. The temptation to loose weight quickly, resort to old behaviours & the voice whispering, you have done it before, you can do it again, it's easy really.
❤️ I am giving it my all. Diet culture has reared its ugly head, I am being targeted by alll the 'post baby body' dieting ads.😮❤️My body has been through so much over the last nine months. It has changed a lot, in order to create the most beautiful gift I could ever wish for.1/3
The last thing I am going to do is put it under more stress by trying to manipulate it. ❌
👍Instead I am going to allow my body to heal, nourish my body with food and thank it for the amazing job it has done. ❤️
Our bodies really are bloody amazing 💕💕 2/3
👍Instead I am going to allow my body to heal, nourish my body with food and thank it for the amazing job it has done. ❤️
Our bodies really are bloody amazing 💕💕 2/3
Can I have a card for gaining weight which saved my life please?
Why is this even a thing! We never know what someone is going through when they loose weight.
Eating disorders, cancer, depression, greif. Weight loss is not always 'good' how about, are you ok? Instead.
Why is this even a thing! We never know what someone is going through when they loose weight.
Eating disorders, cancer, depression, greif. Weight loss is not always 'good' how about, are you ok? Instead.
I was praised constantly for my weight loss, I was raging a war in my own head. Consumed by my eating disorder suicidal thoughts insted of anyone saying, are you ok? It was, oh well done! You look amazing. You look slim and healthy. Slim does not mean healthy.
I was shrinking but not healthy. My eating disorder had caused Heart failure. I was actually dying & being praised for it.
Weight loss does not need praising with a card.
Please review and change the way we see weight loss
#eatingdisorder #mentalhealth for help contact @beatED
Weight loss does not need praising with a card.
Please review and change the way we see weight loss
#eatingdisorder #mentalhealth for help contact @beatED
So I have just learnt this is a thing! The dip in your hips is now apparently the worst thing in the world & we must do all these things to get rid of them. But it's part of your anatomy. They are completely natural and normal! You can not change your bones! (1)
Hip dips were not an issue until the diet industry got their dirty claws into it & made them into one. They're part of your natural anatomy, if you want to spend all hours fighting your natural anatomy I urge you to think. Hip dips do not make you a "good" or "bad" person,(2)
hip dips are associated with the shape of your bones, nothing more. I beg you, do not fall into this latest trap, you are not the problem, your body is not the problem, the problem is diet culture. (3/3) #bodypositivity #dietculture #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #bodypositive
A year ago I was undergoing tests, years of living with an #eatingdisorder had damaged my reproductive system. I was told it wouldn't be possible to have children naturally, a massive blow. I was given the option of IVF but I had to be in solid recovery. 1/3
I worked hard, tears, anger and a lot of involvement from professionals, I reached my set point maintained and was well. I started the medication to regulate my hormones and my cycle, 5 months of different pills, just before we started IVF we found out we were pregnant.
My eating disorder nearly took away my chance of starting a family. Last night I sat and cried on my husband, overwhelmed that in 7 weeks we are going to be parents.words can not describe how greatful I am for my treatment team @LPFTNHS for helping me reach my long term goal 3/3
ED can absolutely do one. Made this rolo cheesecake today, is ED present Yes hello, I can hear you. Am I going to listen to that voice and not enjoy a slice...... Am I boll***s took me ages to make! well excited to try it 😂
two years ago I would not have even tried to challenge it. Convinced I had to earn it or restrict heavily to compensate. I refuse to listen to that voice anymore.
Every time I do the opposite it looses power.
Recovery is a long process, but oh my cheesecake it is worth it!
Every time I do the opposite it looses power.
Recovery is a long process, but oh my cheesecake it is worth it!
I fight to be fully recoverED.
I might share it with hubby 😉
#edrecovery #eatingdisorder #recovery #atypicalanorexia #anorexiarecovery #osfedrecovery #mentalhealth
I might share it with hubby 😉
#edrecovery #eatingdisorder #recovery #atypicalanorexia #anorexiarecovery #osfedrecovery #mentalhealth
RECOVERY TIP: distraction box/emotional first aid box. I made this a few years ago & filled it with items that would help ground me (list of items in thread). when I was in emotional distress I would sit with my box and try to calm #anxiety #eatingdisorder #recovery #mentalhealth
my box contains
photographs, flash cards, my fav book, craft items my niece's have made, puzzle book, notepad and pens to journal, tea bags, scented candle, hand cream, room spray, elastic bands, stress balls, cards and notes from friends,
photographs, flash cards, my fav book, craft items my niece's have made, puzzle book, notepad and pens to journal, tea bags, scented candle, hand cream, room spray, elastic bands, stress balls, cards and notes from friends,
hospital bracelets as a reminder where ED will take me, some mindfulness flash cards, meditation disc, happy memory notes & pictures, also a postcard from a friend saying what they love most about me to remind myself I am not the terrible person my brain will have me believe❤️
