A physiological response to restriction (aka - dieting) is for your internal appetite cues to increase. You’re brain thinks you are in a state of famine and due to the reduced calorie intake it wants energy and it wants it fast!

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondOctober 4, 2024restriction, food restriction, food distress, binge eating, bulimia nervosa, blood glucose levels

5 Ways to Help Kids Build a Positive Relationship with Food

Many eating disorder clients I see have grown up in households where food and experiences around food have not been positive. Fostering a positive relationship with food in children, at a young age, is key when it comes to them being able to make food choices for themselves later down the line.

Practical Tools, ParentsIsabella OsmondSeptember 27, 2024positive relationship with food, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder prevention, parents, food positivity

BOX / WINDOW BREATHING TECHNIQUE

Box breathing can be an extremely useful tool if you are feeling stressed, anxious, panicked and you need to ground yourself.

Practical Tools, Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondSeptember 27, 2024eating disorder recovery, anxiety, self-care tool, grounding techniques, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, ED Recovery, eating distress

Living with Anorexia Nervosa in a Larger Body: Society's Ignorance

Anorexia nervosa is often associated with extreme thinness, but the reality is that this eating disorder can affect individuals of all body sizes, including those in larger bodies.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondAugust 26, 2024anorexia nervosa, anorexia, eating disorder, eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, restriction, larger body, food restriction, food distress

Mindful Senses: A Practice to Help Reduce Food Distress

Meditation and mindfulness can be really useful practices to help create some space between you and a distressing event or your eating disorder. This blog gives a really simple practice to help you if you need to calm food thoughts, eating distress or anxiety.

Practical ToolsIsabella OsmondJune 24, 2024Isabella Osmondeating disorder recovery, meditation, food distress, mental health

The Importance of Fats

Often the most feared and demonised macronutrient in those with eating disorders, fat. Let’s talk about why it is important and how can you tell if you are lacking in dietary fats.

Eating Disorder Support, MacronutrientsIsabella OsmondJune 24, 2024Nutritional Support, nutritional therapy, nutritionist, eati, eating disorder, disordered eating, macronutrient, fats, lipids, hormone health

Low Blood Glucose: Signs and Symptoms

Low blood glucose levels are a commonly experienced in those with eating disorders (of all types). Dizziness, weakness and being hangry doesn’t sound too bad but, ignored, can easily slip into something far more dangerous.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondJune 24, 2024Isabella Osmondeating disorder recovery, eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, binge eating, bulimia nervosa, Nutritional Support, blood glucose levels, low blood sugar

Diets: A Potential Gateway to An Eating Disorder?

Engaging in restrictive eating can create a slippery slope towards the development of disordered eating or, a full blown eating disorder. The constant focus on weight and what you are, or are not, allowed to eat along with rigid rules, and foods being labeled as “good” or “bad”, can set an individual on their path to developing an unhealthy relationship with food.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondNovember 19, 2023restriction, eating disorder, diet industry, mood health, mental health, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, disordered eating, eating disorder recovery

The Importance of Carbohydrates

Often demonised by the diet industry, carbohydrates are actually the unsung heroes of our daily diet, playing a crucial role in providing energy for our bodies. These macronutrients, found in foods like grains, fruits, and vegetables, are the primary fuel source for our muscles and brain.

Isabella OsmondNovember 19, 2023macronutrient, eating disorder, disordered eating, diet industry

8 Different Types of Hunger

xIn this blog we’re going to explore Susie Orbach’s 8 different types of hunger, why we might eat in the absence of hunger and how this might be confusing for clients on their eating disorder recovery journey.

Isabella OsmondDecember 1, 2021