Episode Details

Are you in eating disorder recovery and feeling extremely hungry? Are you terrified, exhilarated, scared, overwhelmed and feeling out of control? Do you want to understand your extreme hunger and work with it?

In this episode, I’m going to give you 20 recovery tips to support you in managing your extreme hunger, like a pro. You’ll be equipped with the knowledge, know how and information to guide you through this tricky period.

Time slots

1. The way out is through - 0.42

2. A biological response to famine - 1.16

3. Food, food and more food - 1.34

4. Weight is irrelevant - 2.05

5. Your body is healing - 2.34

6. Physical torment - 3.03

7. Supporting the process - 3.38

8. Feelings and mood - 4.24

9. Eating more than others - 4.39

10. The length of the extremely hungry period will vary - 5.06

11. You will experience physical hunger - 5.29

12. And mental hunger - 5.54

13. There is not one way to manage extreme hunger - 6.27

14. Body Mass Index (BMI) is unhelpful - 7.02

15. The terror of eating more - 7.32

16. Support yourself in the process - 7.55

17. Distraction can be helpful - 8.41

18. Work on rewiring the brain - 8.54

19. Extreme hunger and binge eating - 9.22

20. Extreme hunger will pass - 9.49

What has helped you in navigating extreme hunger in your own recovery?

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