Today I will talk about something I get asked a lot! If you are familiar with my videos or have read my book then you know I generally recommend following the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines for recovery. Not to obsess over calories but simply to make sure you are eating enough. Food is your medicine and…
“Restricting, dieting, overexercising and calorie compensating is a recipe for a metabolic slow-down. Your metabolism is not “broken” or “damaged” but what has happened is that your metabolism has adapted to the low-calorie consumption to protect you from losing too much weight. It’s what the “starvation mode” is all about. It doesn’t mean one…
If you are overweight before starting recovery do the same recovery guidelines still apply to you as well? Or should you eat less and exercise more? Calorie guidelines: https://www.edinstitute.org/blog/2011/9/14/i-need-how-many-calories
In my recovery I used both the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines and intuitive eating to achieve full recovery from my eating disorders (bulimia and orthorexia). I will say they both have their positive and negative aspects for recovery and different things work for different people. I have prevously talked about the MinnieMaud calorie guidelines for the…
This post is subjected mainly for people in eating disorder recovery. But anyone can benefit from this post no matter if you are a normal eater or if you have had ANY kinds of food problems. Also the calorie recommendations in this post apply to everybody – to people in recovery, post recovery or if…
