My dietician said … blah

[@loristarkey]

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced October 6th for the 2023 winner and my vote is for Tabitha Farrar for solving Self Induced World Hunger and speaking the truth on how to REALY RECOVER from the Hell that is all things Eating Disorder. Love YOU TABS!

[@sheeliekittie9298]

Agreed!!!

[@mariamkamal]

Watching this while remembering my GP's words on how "should" I snack. I was emaciated - I had no muscles - no period - and couldn't even walk properly. He advised me to snack on a teaspoon of honey and to have veggies for lunch before recommending fasting. Thank god I stopped seeing him and did recover on my own. Now and after three years, I remember his BS with a big laugh. Recovery is about lived experience not written books.

[@Sarah24871]

Fasting?! WTF???

[@TheCuriousKatie]

I have been unwell with AN for over 13 years, (although I am well into my recovery now). I have only ever worked with one dietitian, (our sessions started about 18 months ago), who actually advocated unrestricted eating with a meal plan (3 meals, 2 desserts and 3 snacks) as a minimum safety net. She told me to listen to my physical AND mental hunger, and to eat whatever and however much I needed to satisfy these cues. Sadly, though, I believe that she was/is the exception. I think your books and KZbin videos should be recommended resources for those training to be dieticians, doctors, nurses, etc. They have helped progress my recovery more than any HCP. Keep doing what you do Tabitha x

[@emilymaxwell2517]

this dietician sounds amazing !

[@timtreefrog9646]

My dietician saved my life. She was far better than the psychologists etc etc. I would be so sad if dieticians weren't available to people in future.

[@АнастасияГончарова-и8ь]

You're so fucking good😂 Thank you so much for your videos!

[@HanneArts]

Amen to that. Thank you for spreading the word, Tabitha, what a great freakin video!

[@jewelscjobs]

Dieticians are trained in food and nutrition but not necessarily psychology

[@idontknowagoodusername9552]

I’ve recently been in recovery for a little over a month and have been all in. I have been watching your videos and they’ve been a great help however I’ve been slipping a bit recently and thought it would be helpful to reach out. My names jazmine and I’m 15 years old, female. Recently, I’ve been all in and honoring all my hunger and it was going great, however just this week I would say I’ve been starting to hold back, I’ve noticed changes in my body and have been feeling uncomfortable in my skin. I’m still eating my 3 meals everyday but I’ve been finding it hard to allow myself snacks, dessert, just mental hunger yk. I had extreme hunger since I started all in and have felt like it’s definitely gone down, but then again I don’t know if it’s me telling and forcing myself to believe it’s gone down or not. I’ll get to the point by saying I’m definitely scared to allow myself to continue eating to my mental hunger, one, because I feel like I’ve already put on a visible amount of weight and I really don’t want to put on a lot more. 2, I’m terrified if I keep allowing myself to eat whatever I’ll go overshoot and I’m scared what my parents will think or people around me because every time I express this all they say is “no that won’t happen, you’re young” or “that’s not your genes” I’m scared of the possibility that it will happen and then they’ll judge me. 3, I’m scared I’m just tricking myself into thinking I have mental hunger and am just making it up or that I don’t actually know when I feel satisfied or not. What does it actually feel like to be satisfied and know you actually don’t want more? I feel like sometimes I can be like “ok yeah that’s good enough, or that was good I’m done now” but still feel like I should or want to eat more but what if then I’m just forcing it? I feel full after meals and throughout the day yet find myself thinking of food, and it’s usually always the same food (cereal, crackers, chips, bagels) so what if its actually just becoming a habit to think of those foods? I’m scared and don’t know what to do. I’m being blind weighed but I just look at myself and I feel like I know I’ve put on a lot of weight. To add, I haven’t restricted for long, a little under a year I would say. I had gotten to around 15 pounds underweight for my age/height but I just don’t think I’ve restricted long enough to continue being this hungry if it really is hunger. Please help, thank you so much.

[@trucsbeauty8626]

Hey jazmine I’m experiencing the same things, how much you’ve been in recovery?

[@bonpari3322]

I relate to this so much, for me i am in recovery for 1 month and the hunger lasts every day :( I gained weight too, its very hard

[@kristinamiretinska3132]

Thank you for saying it loud. I still do not have this courage. Anyway I see one situation when dietitian can be useful - when there is risk of refeeding syndrome

[@tylereggleton8466]

I needed this thankyou x

[@rebeccalindeberg6801]

Telling us straight up how it really is. Thankyou Tabitha 🫶

[@lilyp9983]

Hi Tabitha, Please can I ask what you mean by the acute stage of recovery (as opposed to any other stage of recovery) Thanks :)

[@oops9757]

I have a question and I’m not really sure where I can send it so I’ll comment it here: I’ve been in complete recovery (no bullshit) for about 2-ish years with a minor relapse about 5 months ago and have been doing great since. But there’s one hiccup that keeps happening that confuses me. I dream pretty often about eating, specifically about binging high amounts of foods, especially a lot of sweets and tend to get anxious in my dream before I inevitably wake up. I wake up almost with a sense of relief but I’m not sure why. I don’t actually have guilt over food or the type of food, and I have already muscled through extreme/mental hunger awhile ago and feel normal around food. I don’t think about food much ever anymore unless around the times where I usually eat and don’t experience much anxiety or intrusive thoughts about food. I feel pretty much fully recovered and happy, but I’m still having dreams about binging for some reason. What is your experience with ED/food dreams? Did they ever stop? Is it some indication that I’m more anxious than I would otherwise assume? or is it just the last bits of my ED lingering that will hopefully go away naturally? Anyway, thank you for reading. Your video uploads really helped me in early recovery when I was entrenched in my ED and needed to face the reality of recovering. Thank you!

[@saragill87]

Mine said that too and said the your amazing book was bad advice... im not with then now!

[@mauragallagher9001]

Love this!

[@elen474]

I’m afraid of doctors. I have EH very long ,I’m 10/11 months all in Still veeeery tired also My mother few weeks ago called her doctor to ask opinion because its lastining long and guess what she said That I’m tired because of food,that I have to cut all sugar,carbs,fruits?? And she told her I had ED I have to go to my doctor took blood to see if this fatigue is caused by something else now I am afraid when he see me (huge BMI) Its so hard because Professional support its very important in recovery and than you here this… And for me its not like few weeks and my hunger died Down?do I really have to worry?

[@Sarah24871]

"Huge BMI"? I highly doubt that...

[@elen474]

@@Sarah24871 you are doubting what? I am at high BMI

[@Mukti481]

I agree to some extent what she saying but there are a lot of anorexic/bulimic out there or binge/restrict. I have had an eating disorder for a long time and it started with anorexia but when I was made to put on weight rapidly I would binge and then shortly afterwards learned how to be bulimic. I think when you are underweight the body is crying out for food and naturally wants to binge but it can become a whole other problem. Also eating so much fat and sugar can be very addictive and then the body/mind no longer knows what in nourishment but is just going haywire on addictive substances.

[@missyme1995]

yes yes yes

[@NoraMüller-o7f]

what would you recommend if i have thought my body to intermittent fast ( not good) with a past of 12 years anorexia ? i ate anywhere to 3500 kcal daily but oftenly with highly ocd-movement patterns and got weight to a " normal weight".i have no legit hunger cues.

[@NoraMüller-o7f]

i have no fear of foods and like to eat. but the problem was that i tryed to earn food. i had no capacities to do sports ( i am not good in this)

[@NoraMüller-o7f]

mybodyfame is rather small and tall and bmi 22 seems to be the " upper end" . is there potential to have " energy debt"? i mean i could play theater very good and simply turn music over my feeling and simply do. i mean i am german, i can walk realy long and stupid streight forward without recognising anything.