Addie Part 2: The Eating Disorder. This Conversation is NOT What You Think!

Welcome back to Part 2 of my interview with Addie Levinsky, Professional Cyclist and her experience with amenorrhea and overtraining. In this video, you will see that although we started off talking about her eating disorder...things went in a totally different direction in the end. Watch all the way through! You won't be sorry!
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[@joycooper4023]

Love the honesty. That's where I'm at too. I acknowledge I still have behaviors. Baby Steps. I struggle with not exercising / movement in excess as well as eating carbs and eating often vs specific meal times.

[@joycooper4023]

Also, I hope you find the courage to trust-letting go of the exercise and eating what you know you need to eat. I'm in it with you. I work the EDA steps online and do the writing exercises and that is helpful. Yep totally on the veggies don't equal carbs thing. I ate more vegetables than probably anyone in the world and I WILL NOT get a period until I eat grains. Potatoes don't even do it for me.

[@Mary-gr3mr]

I'm currently recovering from over training. Body was acting up for about 9 months, then I shut down like never before in March. Since then, I have been doing ZERO physical activity, and eating everything that I was depriving myself of. It's been over 3 months, and I'm slowly recovering. Now, I can lift heavy boxes, and walk around pretty comfortably. I should be able to jog again by the end of the year. I'm really happy :)

[@thynchyca]

peanut butter saved me :D

[@jillcolangelopsych]

I think that should go on a t-shirt!!

[@MelanieSakowski]

IM ON IT

[@wilson8979]

She looks like a very healthy weight though. Just proves all bodies are come in different shapes and sizes.

[@jillcolangelopsych]

Absolutely true Jessica! We can never judge from outward appearance. We never know what is truly happening inside...

[@MelanieSakowski]

So much head nodding I got a head cramp: "crippling, exhausting, consuming"- re: eating disorders: YUP Also I agree with the idea of comfortable steps in recovery, and also leaps- I think intuition leads to both. GOD BLESS THANK YOU

[@AbigailBoswellLdn]

Oh my goodness - I am in awe. This video is so honest and candid of you both. I totally remember (and still sometimes struggle with) those dilemmas. Wishing you the best of luck Addie, there's so much support out there when you're brave enough to accept it. Sending my love x

[@jillcolangelopsych]

LOVE right back to you Abby! XO

[@aaliyahmussa4324]

Just discovered your channel today and have binged watched all your videos. I absolutely love your personality and your transparency! I just wanted to say thank you so much for the time and effort you put into these videos. They're incredibly helpful and appreciated more than you know :)

[@jillcolangelopsych]

You are so very welcome and THANK YOU THANK YOU for the compliments and kind words! Always here if you need me :) XO

[@kerra5546]

You two ladies rock! A complete breath of fresh air. Your honesty and transparency are inspiring. Keep persevering, Addie. We are behind you 100%. And Jill, the knowledge you are sharing with other women is worth its weight in gold 😉

[@jillcolangelopsych]

Kerra Gazerro Hanson Thank you so much!! You have no idea how much that means to me! And Addie thanks you too!

[@kerra5546]

Vi mando un forte abbraccio 😘

[@makeskanotwar]

Hey Kerra! Thank you SO much for the kind words, it means so much, I can't even tell you. Jill truly is a saint. And it's support from everyone here that is keeping me invested in this journey. Thanks again!

[@kerra5546]

Keep at it, Addie!

[@christinabrimo4007]

So glad I came across your videos Jill! I have always been active, but it went pretty overboard as a means of coping with the pandemic. What I thought was actually making me physically and mentally healthy, was making me 'sick'. I haven't had my period since March, and I know that exercise and the stress of the lockdown is the cause. I watched most of your videos yesterday, and it honestly made me hungry and finally give in to eating without judgement. I am so grateful for you. I also watched your video about the positive side of gaining weight, so excited to grow my boobs back, as well as my non existent libido haha! God bless you Jill

[@jillcolangelopsych]

Thanks for this comment Christina! I am sending healing vibes and if you have questions, go ahead and email me anytime [e-mail] :)

[@angelJ2023]

I just commented on the 1st video of this story, and it is so crazy I have had the exact same experience. The night eating, the loss of period 7 to 8 years now at least, and the destruction of a 7 year engagement! Crazy. Pls pass my info on to her I would love to have a conversation with her. Thanks for all you do for us!

[@jillcolangelopsych]

It's my pleasure! You can actually email her via the address in the description box, but it is [e-mail].

[@eimearrosenicholl3734]

Oh wow, Addie and Jill this was amazing! You have given me such hope and made me feel like I'm not alone!! My journey is very similar, like most people watching too...I have struggled with giving up activity to get healthy (movement is just my default mode, I just love to move and still struggle so much with rest days), and I've been lucky enough to get my period back for just over 6 months now despite continuing to train when I should have cut much further back. I have come a long way with eating and sometimes frighten myself with what I'm eating these days- did I really just eat all those potatoes?!?!? And drink two milkshakes in one days?!?!?! It's just like building a habit, I just have to keep picking up the fork and ignore the old eating disorder 'reasoning'. I still have days when I'm extra anxious and I have to basically force myself to eat enough to support just life, never mind training, but I get better at this with each passing month, and actually the anxiety gets soothed by feeding myself instead of remaining in my little knot of tension and hunger. I thought I was doing really well and was ready to take up training for my sport again, but my situation is still so delicate, I need to keep building on it- I'm just far earlier on in recovery than I was prepared to admit. Interested to hear where you see things headed for you next.

[@jillcolangelopsych]

You are so right about building habits. I like to say that in climbing a rope you just have to focus on pulling "hand over hand"...one at a time. In recovery we are living a new reality and it requires checking in with ourselves frequently. Just because something feels weird or uncomfortable does not mean that it isn't exactly what we should be doing. Don't be afraid of NEW. Take your time with coming back to training...we are usually "ready" much AFTER we think we are. XO

[@MelanieSakowski]

Ps am eating a burger atmAlso also love jack johnson