The Ultimate Guide To Good Body Image During The Holidays
For most people, holidays are tough. They’re even tougher if you struggle with an eating disorder, body image issues, anxiety and perfectionism. To get you through this stressful period, we’ve curated the best advice from doctors and experts to help you feel your best and navigate sticky situations so you can enjoy the holidays and get through them with ease. TIP 1: Handle disrespectful, body shaming comments from relatives like a boss Here are some common scenarios and comments that our loved ones often make regarding our bodies, and sometimes they are completely…
It’s A Wrap! The Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Week Campaign has Concluded
If you’re familiar with Beutiful, BingeBehavior.com, Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) or Kari Adams with Killer Confidence with The Kari Adams Show, you may have seen a lot of activity last week about an event called “Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Week”. The five-day event, from May 27-31, has just ended – but not to worry if you missed it! We’ve put together a collection of everything the Binge Eating Disorder Week team and supporters produced over the week! Moving Forward Even though the social network campaign has ended, our responsibilities…
Kari Adams: My journey through eating disorder recovery and how I “killed it”
We’ve been honored to work with Kari Adams, founder of “Killer Confidence” and host of the television show ‘Killer Confidence with Kari Adams’ during Binge Eating Disorder Week! Kari Adams has dedicated her show to putting men and women who have overcome great obstacles in the spotlight, and she speaks from the honest place of experience. In this article, Kari shares her first-hand account of what it was like to develop and live with an eating disorder (and binge behavior) and how she was able to recover and regain her…
Golda Poretsky: Why Portion Control Doesn’t Work (And What To Do Instead)
We hope you’re enjoying Binge Eating Disorder Week so far! A big part of what we want to accomplish with BED Week is to share related info from several qualified and knowledgeable resources. If you’re not familiar with Body Love Wellness and Golda Poretsky, HHC, consider this your introduction! Golda Poretsky is an intuitive eating and body image coach who started Body Love Wellness in 2008 for women (like herself) who were fed up with stressing out about food and weight and wanted to live great lives no matter what…
Avoiding triggers, building a support system and moving on from Binge Eating Disorder
The inclusion of Binge Eating Disorder into the DSM-5 this month will allow many BED sufferers to reach out, have better access to information and resources and seek treatment. With more research and evidence backing this eating disorder, Binge Eating Disorder will become more understood and lasting solutions for recovery will become readily available. With any eating disorder, recovery is an ongoing process. In this article, we’ll provide some info on how to avoid staying in the Binge Eating Disorder cycle. Avoiding triggers and moving on with new behaviors As…
