Can you lose weight while recovering from binge eating? In this article, I explain why active weight loss and binge eating recovery cannot coexist, and why breaking free from restriction has to come first.

Your menstrual cycle can have a significant impact on hunger, cravings, mood, and binge eating urges. Learn how understanding your luteal phase and supporting your body throughout your cycle can help you navigate these changes and reduce binge eating.

IBS and eating disorders can be closely connected, with each having the potential to influence and intensify the other. Digestive symptoms can create fear and restriction around food, while eating disorder behaviours can also contribute to significant digestive distress. Understanding this relationship is an important part of supporting both gut health and eating disorder recovery.

Fear foods are a normal part of eating disorder recovery, but avoiding them allows the eating disorder to maintain its grip. Learn why normalizing fear foods is such an important step toward food freedom, what the process looks like, and how it is approached safely and gradually in recovery.

Exercise bulimia can be difficult to recognize because compulsive and excessive exercise is often praised as dedication, discipline, and health. In this article, I share my own experience with exercise bulimia, the warning signs to look for, and how exercise can shift from something supportive into part of an eating disorder.

PMS and PMDD can intensify eating disorder symptoms, from body image distress and food cravings to urges to restrict, binge, or purge. Learn why this can happen and how understanding your menstrual cycle can support eating disorder recovery.

Mechanical eating provides structure and consistency around meals and snacks when hunger and fullness cues aren’t yet reliable. Learn what mechanical eating is, why it is important, and how it supports eating disorder recovery.

What you do after a binge can either interrupt the binge eating cycle or keep it going. Learn five common behaviours to avoid after binge eating and what can help you move towards recovery instead.

Social media can have a powerful impact on body image, food choices, and eating disorder recovery. Learn about the connection between social media and eating disorders, and ways to create a healthier online environment.

Are your food preferences really yours, or are they coming from the eating disorder? Learn why expanding food variety and flexibility is an important part of building a healthy relationship with food.

Binge eating urges don’t always come out of nowhere. Learn how to identify your triggers and use practical tools to create space between the urge to binge and acting on it.

Fitness trackers and smartwatches can quickly become another tool for tracking, measuring, and control. Learn how these devices can fuel compulsive exercise and eating disorder behaviours, and the signs that tracking may be doing more harm than good.

Dieting and binge eating can become a difficult cycle to break. Learn how restriction can increase vulnerability to binge eating, why dieting can keep the cycle going, and what needs to shift in recovery.

Body checking can quickly become a compulsive cycle that makes body image feel even harder. Learn what body checking can look like, why it keeps you stuck, and practical tools to begin stepping away from it.

Missing periods can be an important sign that your body needs more support. Learn about the connection between amenorrhea, eating disorders, exercise, stress, and nutrition—and what can help restore a regular menstrual cycle.

Binge eating and overeating are not the same thing. Learn the key differences between the two, what binge eating disorder can look like, and when it may be time to seek support.

Sodium is an essential nutrient that is often unnecessarily feared or restricted. Learn why your body needs sodium and the important role it plays in fluid balance, nerve function, muscle contraction, and overall health.

Summer can bring unique challenges during eating disorder recovery. Learn how to navigate changes in routine, body image, social eating, travel, and other common summer triggers while protecting your recovery.

You don’t have to love your body to care for it. Learn how body neutrality can offer a more tangible and accessible approach to body image in eating disorder recovery.

Eating disorder recovery isn’t linear. Learn how to recognize the signs of a relapse, understand what may have triggered it, and take practical steps to get back on track.