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By Lindsie Meek
01/02/2025

If your mind feels stuck in a loop—tracking every bite, criticizing your body, or obsessing over control—you’re not alone. Many people feel trapped in constant mental chatter about food, weight, and comparison. It’s not just exhausting—it can feel like your entire life revolves around managing your body.
That critical voice in your head might even push you to judge others or measure your worth by how "in control" you seem. These aren’t your true thoughts. They’re symptoms of the eating disorder, convincing you that winning at food restriction means winning at life.
For many, shame hits hardest after eating, especially when it feels like food rules weren’t followed perfectly. Perfectionism can turn every meal into a test and every imperfection into a failure. It promises control, but only fuels self-doubt and anxiety.
You might find yourself constantly trying to be smaller—physically, emotionally, and socially. Trying to shrink your presence in the hope that the shame will shrink too. We’ve seen this pattern time and time again. And we want you to know: healing doesn’t come from tighter control. It comes from compassion, curiosity, and understanding what your eating behaviors are trying to protect or soothe. There’s another way to live. You don’t have to do this alone.

healing doesn’t come from tighter control. It comes from compassion, curiosity, and understanding what your eating behaviors are trying to protect or soothe.

If your mind feels stuck in a loop—tracking every bite, criticizing your body, or obsessing over control—you’re not alone. Many people feel trapped in constant mental chatter about food, weight, and comparison. It’s not just exhausting—it can feel like your entire life revolves around managing your body.
That critical voice in your head might even push you to judge others or measure your worth by how "in control" you seem. These aren’t your true thoughts. They’re symptoms of the eating disorder, convincing you that winning at food restriction means winning at life.
For many, shame hits hardest after eating, especially when it feels like food rules weren’t followed perfectly. Perfectionism can turn every meal into a test and every imperfection into a failure. It promises control, but only fuels self-doubt and anxiety.
You might find yourself constantly trying to be smaller—physically, emotionally, and socially. Trying to shrink your presence in the hope that the shame will shrink too. We’ve seen this pattern time and time again. And we want you to know: healing doesn’t come from tighter control. It comes from compassion, curiosity, and understanding what your eating behaviors are trying to protect or soothe. There’s another way to live. You don’t have to do this alone.
If your mind feels stuck in a loop—tracking every bite, criticizing your body, or obsessing over control—you’re not alone. Many people feel trapped in constant mental chatter about food, weight, and comparison. It’s not just exhausting—it can feel like your entire life revolves around managing your body.
That critical voice in your head might even push you to judge others or measure your worth by how "in control" you seem. These aren’t your true thoughts. They’re symptoms of the eating disorder, convincing you that winning at food restriction means winning at life.
For many, shame hits hardest after eating, especially when it feels like food rules weren’t followed perfectly. Perfectionism can turn every meal into a test and every imperfection into a failure. It promises control, but only fuels self-doubt and anxiety.
You might find yourself constantly trying to be smaller—physically, emotionally, and socially. Trying to shrink your presence in the hope that the shame will shrink too. We’ve seen this pattern time and time again. And we want you to know: healing doesn’t come from tighter control. It comes from compassion, curiosity, and understanding what your eating behaviors are trying to protect or soothe. There’s another way to live. You don’t have to do this alone.

Perfectionism can turn every meal into a test and every imperfection into a failure.

If your mind feels stuck in a loop—tracking every bite, criticizing your body, or obsessing over control—you’re not alone. Many people feel trapped in constant mental chatter about food, weight, and comparison. It’s not just exhausting—it can feel like your entire life revolves around managing your body.
That critical voice in your head might even push you to judge others or measure your worth by how "in control" you seem. These aren’t your true thoughts. They’re symptoms of the eating disorder, convincing you that winning at food restriction means winning at life.
For many, shame hits hardest after eating, especially when it feels like food rules weren’t followed perfectly. Perfectionism can turn every meal into a test and every imperfection into a failure. It promises control, but only fuels self-doubt and anxiety.
You might find yourself constantly trying to be smaller—physically, emotionally, and socially. Trying to shrink your presence in the hope that the shame will shrink too. We’ve seen this pattern time and time again. And we want you to know: healing doesn’t come from tighter control. It comes from compassion, curiosity, and understanding what your eating behaviors are trying to protect or soothe. There’s another way to live. You don’t have to do this alone.

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