Exercise is healthy thing for our bodies. It can improve your mood, help you sleep, and boost energy.
However, when you have an eating disorder, exercise can be a dangerous addiction.
But what about when you're in recovery? Or recovering?
I've been home for three years and I'm embarrassed to admit that I've basically avoided working out.
In treatment we did a lot of work on our relationships with food. We had food challenges (like cookies or McDonald's). We had therapy and nutrition groups based around food.
However, we rarely talked about exercise.
It wasn't really a part of treatment. When your body is fighting to maintain breathing and regulating heartbeat and tempature, exercise isn't really an option.
Once we went to partial (rather than residential), we had an exercise group once a week. We did things like walk on the beach and stretches.
We didn't spend a lot of time talking about how to exercise in a healthy way. Obviously, the goal of exercise can never be to lose weight. But that is really all I know.
I have so many guidelines for my diet. I know what looks disordered, what looks healthy. I know that eating one meal a day isn't healthy. I know that eating twelve cookies isn't healthy. Those are both things I did in my disorder.
But what about exercise???
I would like to be a person who regularly exercises. It sounds so simple, but just like food- it can lead to a lot of complications and confusion.
I feel ready to open the door, but I want to prepare myself first.
In order to help myself later, here is a list of disordered habits to look out for:
1. Being a perfectionist (having to do it every day, or a for an exact amount of time)
2. Weighing myself
3. Never wanting to exercise with someone else
4. Keeping track of calories burned
5. Body checking
In conclusion, when I googled "exercise for people recovered from eating disorders" I found this:
"The goal of exercise is to improve physical fitness and stay healthy, and not to burn massive amounts of calories. It is important to see exercise as positive, fun and enjoyable. Group exercise programs, such as yoga and team sports, are recommended over solitary exercise programs, such as running or swimming. Exercise may also be used as a tool to reintroduce healthy eating habits in order to support strong bones and muscles."
The goal of exercise is to improve physical fitness and stay healthy, and not to burn massive amounts of calories. It is important to see exercise as positive, fun and enjoyable. Group exercise programs, such as yoga and team sports, are recommended over solitary exercise programs, such as running or swimming. Exercise may also be used as a tool to reintroduce healthy eating habits in order to support strong bones and muscles.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/487280-what-should-i-do-for-exercise-while-recovering-from-anorexia/#ixzz1hzx6dt5I
However, when you have an eating disorder, exercise can be a dangerous addiction.
But what about when you're in recovery? Or recovering?
I've been home for three years and I'm embarrassed to admit that I've basically avoided working out.
In treatment we did a lot of work on our relationships with food. We had food challenges (like cookies or McDonald's). We had therapy and nutrition groups based around food.
However, we rarely talked about exercise.
It wasn't really a part of treatment. When your body is fighting to maintain breathing and regulating heartbeat and tempature, exercise isn't really an option.
Once we went to partial (rather than residential), we had an exercise group once a week. We did things like walk on the beach and stretches.
We didn't spend a lot of time talking about how to exercise in a healthy way. Obviously, the goal of exercise can never be to lose weight. But that is really all I know.
I have so many guidelines for my diet. I know what looks disordered, what looks healthy. I know that eating one meal a day isn't healthy. I know that eating twelve cookies isn't healthy. Those are both things I did in my disorder.
But what about exercise???
I would like to be a person who regularly exercises. It sounds so simple, but just like food- it can lead to a lot of complications and confusion.
I feel ready to open the door, but I want to prepare myself first.
In order to help myself later, here is a list of disordered habits to look out for:
1. Being a perfectionist (having to do it every day, or a for an exact amount of time)
2. Weighing myself
3. Never wanting to exercise with someone else
4. Keeping track of calories burned
5. Body checking
In conclusion, when I googled "exercise for people recovered from eating disorders" I found this:
"The goal of exercise is to improve physical fitness and stay healthy, and not to burn massive amounts of calories. It is important to see exercise as positive, fun and enjoyable. Group exercise programs, such as yoga and team sports, are recommended over solitary exercise programs, such as running or swimming. Exercise may also be used as a tool to reintroduce healthy eating habits in order to support strong bones and muscles."
The goal of exercise is to improve physical fitness and stay healthy, and not to burn massive amounts of calories. It is important to see exercise as positive, fun and enjoyable. Group exercise programs, such as yoga and team sports, are recommended over solitary exercise programs, such as running or swimming. Exercise may also be used as a tool to reintroduce healthy eating habits in order to support strong bones and muscles.
Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/487280-what-should-i-do-for-exercise-while-recovering-from-anorexia/#ixzz1hzx6dt5I
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