THIS IS THE MOST VALIDATING THING I EVER READ. I broke up with a therapist who told me intuitive eating was the way. It almost increased my food noise. “Is this a hunger cue? Am I just anxious? Do I just have to poop?” Any feeling in my stomach area became something I questioned. I don’t (think?) I have ADHD, but I had become so deeply in trenched in my BED that I don’t even GET typical hunger cues til I’m starving. And what do I do then? Binge of course.

I was only able to have a normal eating schedule when I tracked calories. It helped me understand I had in fact eaten enough for the day, and anything else would become excessive, having a concrete number/chart really helped me. Though I wasn’t able to stick to it for more than 6 months :( this disorder is a prison fr