Anonymous #2 2w

1. Set timers on your phone to eat. Even if you’re not hungry, go and eat at this time. In the beginning of my recovery I had multiple timers one after the other to remind me to eat lunch, and even then sometimes my partner had to remind me to eat. 2. Take it one step at a time. I got very discouraged when I first started because I felt like if I wasn’t eating full meals/“real food,” I shouldn’t eat anything at all. But a snack is better than nothing. You can work your way up to full meals.

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Anonymous OP 2w

Also, don’t be afraid to lean on your safe foods. I basically lived on granola bars for years. Now I’ve worked my way to full meals, but for a while I didn’t want to eat granola bars anymore because I felt like it was losing progress, so I just starved myself. But again: Something is better than nothing.

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Anonymous OP 2w

Overall it’s very hard, it takes time and patience and a lot of will power, but you can get there. Over time it gets easier to listen to your body and just eat when you’re hungry, but at first you really have to sit down and force yourself to eat 3 meals a day. It was so stressful some days and I had a few relapses but I promise it’s worth it. It feels so much better to feed yourself. Good luck on your recovery, and remember you deserve to not be starving. You deserve to feel good and have energ

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Anonymous #2 2w

Also in the beginning of my recovery I used an app to remind me to remind me to eat, it’s called RR: Eating Disorder Management if you want to check it out.

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