The energy received by participants of the Minnesota STARVATION experiment, resulting in dramatic physiological and psychological effects = 1,570 calories a day. Vs. The energy requirements endorsed by diet culture: 1200 calories per day. No wonder we’re all losing our minds.

The energy received by participants of the Minnesota STARVATION experiment, resulting in dramatic physiological and psychological effects = 1,570 calories a day. Vs. The energy requirements endorsed by diet culture: 1200 calories per day. No wonder we’re all losing our minds.

Medieval torture device vs. 2021 weight loss device. What. The. Fuck.

Reminder: You were not born to be the best at being sick, to be the smallest or the one who got closest to death. You are not destined to spend your life striving to be the lightest, most fragile or emotionally dishevelled. There’s no prize for “the sickest of the sick”.

Me: “I’m recovering from an eating disorder.” Them: “Oh, what did you weigh at your lowest!?” Me: “You mean right after slipping out of my mother’s womb? 6lbs 9oz.” Them: “That’s not what I meant.” Me: “I know….” *silence*

It doesn’t matter what the size of your following is, whether your account is private or not, if you’re venting or if your recovery account is your so called “diary”. Exposure to explicit disordered detail isn’t healing. Not for the person sharing or the one viewing. For no one.

“I feel really motivated to recover since viewing your revealing body checks”. - Said no one ever.

“I feel really inspired to fuel my body adequately after hearing you “rant” about how much (*cough, little*) you’ve eaten today.” - Said no one ever

“I feel really inspired to fuel my body adequately after hearing you “rant” about how much (*cough, little*) you’ve eaten today.” - Said no one ever

“I feel really motivated to recover since viewing your revealing body checks”. - Said no one ever.

Case in point: The human body’s energy requirements are not sourced solely from conscious movement/exercise. You need food to simply exist. Period.

Your organ systems need energy irrespective of whether you went to the gym this morning. You don’t need “permission” to eat. You need to eat, end of story.

Hospital photos gain traction in the online ED setting, but that isn’t a reason to post the. Before and after shots attract engagement, but that doesn’t mean they’re valued from a recovery standpoint.

Eating disorder-induced gratification comes instantly after using behaviours. The gratification owed to recovery is delayed. HOWEVER, eating disorder influenced gratification is fleeting whereas recovery gratification is enduring. Choose your source gratification wisely….

The pain that exists secondary to sustaining a disordered relationship carries with it permanence. Yes, recovery hurts in the short term, but at least it’s comparatively short lived and lends itself to freedom.

If you have an eating disorder, regardless of whether you act in service of recovery or continued sickness, you’re going to feel a bit miserable. You might as well be miserable on the journey to enduring gratification rather than perpetual confinement.

Me: *wonders why I developed a disordered relationship with food and my body* Meanwhile the magazines I grew up with be like…

Me: *Wonders why I developed a disordered relationship with food and my body* Meanwhile the magazines I grew up with be like…

The energy received by participants of the Minnesota STARVATION experiment, resulting in dramatic physiological and psychological effects = 1,570 calories a day. The energy requirements endorsed by diet culture: 1200 calories per day. No wonder we’re all losing our minds.