Eating Disorder Recovery In Quarantine Q&A - Fear Of Weight Gain & No Exercise

Right now the current situation while we stay in quarantine, being pushed out of our normal routine and comfort zone, brings up so many fears and anxieties we have whether about fear of weight gain or not being able to exercise. So in this video, I am answering some of your questions and concerns regards to being in quarantine while recovering from an eating disorder.

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[katatara]

"The problem is not that we lack motivation, but the problem is that we judge ourselves for feeling this way. "
hell yes

[chloerayn]

Came back to this video because of 8:32! I was walking 17, 000 steps a day when on vacation and I was so stressed! I lost 10 pounds in a short amount of time and now that I’m back home I’m dealing with difficult feelings about being more sedentary and fearful about weight gain. Still working through this, thank you for being my rock in hard times !

[lotteberendsen]

Thank you so much for this video. I have started recovery a year ago, but halfway I relapsed. Didn't realize how bad it was until this lockdown, especially my relationship with exercise. This video was so helpful and insightful

[EmThrives]

Love that you made this right now! I've really relaxed into the current situation. And YES. Even if the thoughts are there, it doesn't mean they're the truth!

[wiktoriaf]

thank you so much Elisa for this video!! Recovery has been really hard because of the quarantine but your videos are helping me through it <3

[chillychill]

Thank you elisa..weight gain is somethinh that concerns me lately.. thank you!

[kimberley]

Thank you Elisa, I found this video helpful. I love the language you use, "to give our yourself unconditional permission to eat a food, without judgement, guilt and shame". The study results on intuitive eating, does makes sense :) You are someone I look up to, thank you x

[kaylaevans]

You are amazing. Every word you say is golden. Thank you for helping us in this unique time! ☺️💜

[rebecamarinho]

Such an informative and helpful video! Thank you so much ❤️

[shaunar]

Thank you
much needed! I try to eat “ one meal” a day now( I know it’s not healthy )because I can’t get out to walk much, and work is cut down, this is frustrating, and like you said not being able to be in control

[Lorelmo]

You have such a bright mind Elisa. Thank you so much for your advice <3

[battiebumpkin]

8:40 Leaving this timestamp for me because I really need that talk, thank you ❤️

[natsu]

Elisa, thanks for such a supportive video. I have a question regarding the restrictive mental mindset with food. I’ve noticed that I keep relapsing because I have a tendency to not eat the “more expensive food.” This may be because of the typical hauding mindset in eating disorders, or also because I don’t feel worthy of eating it...?

It would be lovely and very very helpful if you could tell me your views xx ❤️

[maritvoogd]

Thanks so much for this very helpful video. Hope that you will make more videos especially now we are all more at home. Good reminder that we are not alone in this and that we are in this together.

[nadinemanfredi]

Thank you Elisa - wonderful video and You are are wonderful!!!

[jennichristian]

I don't know what to do tbh. I want to recover from bulimia, and I eat all the things I want, but so far I gained 15 kgs in this past 2 months. I feel like I constantly binge and eating too much. Like I have no control, but then again, to restrict is fairly contradictive to what eating "intuitively" should be. I'm still practicing the intuitive eating idea. But now I'm just very in two sides. Because weight gain is very scary especially since I am overweight

[soniczforever]

Food helps fight illness i gained 5 for a time and got rid of 1 health problem. The health problem would have been quite serious. Celebrate that. Im healthy most of the last 4 years. I had anemia due to training too much for protein but can empathise with the eating. Also believing you need less than you do thats particularly risky. Cant really get around the math. Happened me. Lost 2 lbs a week despite expecting to gain. Im light to start with so got diet incorrect. That would be a quite a problem in 6 weeks. Im still OK but its a bit weird to me. Asking neighbour to pick up a donut when they're out. Pick foods you enjoy or play piano instead of training a lot. I love running but have to make sure that I hit a safe intake. Hope someone feels better.

[mitchrc]

A little comfort food tummie never hurt anyone. Weight can be lost after the crisis.

[zfox]

Hi, can you please help?? I'm really worried since I've been weight restored for a year and I eat already way more than every one else but I'm still starving and want to eat tons of food. More than what I do already. And I am worried that since I am normal weight I will only gain more if I eat truly what I want. So it's like I'm still worried about gaining but I can't recover because I am already weight restored and will just gain forever if I try.

[simplyv]

Briefly, I am beside myself, because it seems I was over exercising on 2, 000.
The only way my body has of telling me I'm not eating enough is gastroparesis the next day. This makes it impossible to eat enough and I'd been struggling to 1, 600 or less. Anyway, my body is freaking the F out now and gaining fat like crazy. Do I simply keep smashing in 2, 000 and hope my body goes back to the way it was before the gastroparesis? So scared I've blown this. It was only a few days of under eating/over exercising and things went crazy.