A woman in her mid forties wrote to me asking how she can motivate herself to do the eating disorder recovery exercises in my workbook.  She's suffered with her eating disorder for 30 years. Today she has a good life that she can't fully enjoy because she suffers from bouts of despair as well as physical symptoms from her eating disorder like hair loss and yo yo weight gain and loss.

You may identify with her situation.  You may also be asking, "How do I motivate myself to do my recovery work?"

Can you move through an entire day eating quality food in reasonable portions for breakfast, lunch and dinner, only to wind up bingeing at night?

If you have an eating disorder and you are out of work or your job has been downsized so much that you need an additional or better source of income, you may be frightened and taking on more personal blame than is yours.  Your eating disorder symptoms, especially the distorted thinking and logic that accompanies any eating disorder, can impede your progress financially and in the job market itself.

Eating Disorder Symptoms That Hold You Back

I'm back, and I've been breaking patterns in my life.  The past year I've spent in writing my eating disorder self help recovery book.

Writing the book taught me more about the healing and recovery journey.  One aspect that continually came up for me is the importance of breaking patterns.