By Nina V
People who are suffering with an eating disorder generally have a preoccupation with weight loss, body image, attempts to lose weight and a preoccupation with weight loss tactics and strategies.
Quite often it is this preoccupation with weight loss and the focus on losing weight that fuels and triggers further eating disorder behavior, and most often the behavior is destructive, punishing and leads to an exacerbation of the eating disorder symptoms.
When entering into eating disorder recovery, it is often considered important to take the focus off weight loss and any attempts to control and manage your weight. This is so that your body is given an opportunity to recover without the added stress of diets, restrictive eating and grueling exercise.
It is also to give your mind a break from the mental obsession with weight loss and the preoccupation with losing weight, focusing on your body and not taking the positive actions that are necessary for recovery.
Tips to Avoid Thoughts and Actions related to Weight Loss:
- Focus on other activities that are positive and nurturing
- Use your support network to discuss the desire to lose weight
- Look at your diet history and attempts to lose weight and consider the negative impact that they have had on your life
- Take time to practice relaxation and meditation to calm the mind
- Spend time eating with other people to help take the focus off food
- If you do any exercise, keep it light and do not add extra stress to your body
The process of recovering from disordered eating takes time and a shift in thinking, behavior and improving your self esteem. A focus on diets and weight loss can be damaging and harmful to the process - as it keeps the focus on weight, body image and takes away from the positive mental and spiritual exercises that promote real recovery that is permanent and healthy.
Achieving full eating disorder recovery is possible, however it requires practice, patience and taking care of your body, with the focus on self care and nurturing your body, rather than weight loss and punishing behavior for not achieving the desired weight that you are striving for.
Real recovery from the disordered behaviors also seeks to eliminate the obsession and constant thoughts of weight loss and to bring you to a place of freedom from the mental agony about dieting and losing weight that inevitably lead to unhealthy tactics to lose weight quickly.
Getting help for your recovery is available and you can begin today. You can have a healthy, solution focused recovery that is permanent and does not rely on quick weight loss tricks and eliminates all obsession. Get started today with your eating disorder recovery!
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