Category: food addiction recovery
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Why Can’t I Stop Eating?
What if the question isn’t “why can’t I stop eating?”, but instead, “what am I trying to soothe, escape, or survive when I turn to food?”
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Why A Food Plan Matters
If you’re new to food addiction recovery, the idea of having a food plan may sound restrictive, especially if you’ve spent years trying one diet after another. But what if structure around food isn’t another set of rules designed to control you? What if it’s more like guardrails on a steep road, giving you something…
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Food Addiction Recovery Is Not A Diet
A Diet Is Temporary, Recovery Is A Lifestyle If you have spent years dieting, you probably know what it feels like to believe that the next plan is finally going to be “the one” that changes everything. Maybe you have started out on a Monday morning or the first of the month, with a brand…
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Pumpkin Spice Season
Recovery gives us an opportunity to separate the season from the behavior. We can keep the cozy blanket, the candles, the changing leaves, the crisp mornings, the sweaters, and the ridiculous amount of pumpkin-themed merch that somehow appears everywhere we look. We can enjoy time with friends and family, make our homes feel cozy, and…
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Food Addiction Recovery: How to Handle Seasonal Food Triggers
Instead of immediately asking ourselves, “How can I make this old food abstinent?” we can instead, pause, and ask, “What is it about this season that I want to experience again, and how can I experience it in recovery?”
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September Is Where Summer and Autumn Meet
Why “The Last Summer Cookout” Can Be A Trigger. Food addiction does not take a holiday weekend off, and seasonal celebrations do not suddenly make compulsive eating safe. In fact, the combination of abundant food, relaxed schedules, social expectations, nostalgia, and the feeling that summer is ending can create a perfect storm for someone who…
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The Slippery Slope of Artificial Sweeteners
Recovery didn’t just remove sugar from my plate. It removed the obsession from my mind.
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Sandwiches Are On The Menu
One of my favorite recovery meals is what I call an abstinent sandwich wrap. It has everything I loved about sandwiches before recovery: layers of flavor, the satisfying bite, the portability, but it’s built on ingredients that support my abstinence instead of triggering cravings, stoking food noise, or reviving that old food obsession.
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Recovery Is About Freedom, Not About Weight Loss
What Freedom Really Looks Like As we head into the Fourth of July Holiday, I’ve been thinking a lot about freedom. Everywhere you look, people are talking about it. There are flags lining the streets, patriotic songs on the radio, fireworks stands popping up on neighborhood corners, and reminders everywhere about how fortunate we are…
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Why We Celebrate Recovery Milestones
One of the greatest physical gifts has been quieting the food noise. For most of my life, my mind seemed consumed with thoughts of food: what I would eat, what I shouldn’t eat, what I had already eaten, and what I promised I’d do differently tomorrow. Living with that constant mental chatter is exhausting. Experiencing…
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Spring Clean Your Kitchen, Refresh Your Recovery
the kitchen is considered the heart of the home because it represents nourishment, abundance, vitality, and the way we care for ourselves. For someone in food addiction recovery, the symbolism can feel even deeper. The energy of the kitchen can either support peace and clarity, or can reinforce chaos, depletion, or emotional overwhelm.
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Summer BBQs In Food Addiction Recovery
Memorial day can mark the beginning of the filled with food-centered events, which is why its such an important time to strengthen recovery routines instead of drifting away from them. Going into summer with intention, structure, and support can make all the difference. Recovery does not have to disappear just because the season changes.
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Committing To Your Food Plan In Food Addiction Recovery
Commitment means we treat the plan as a promise to ourselves. It means we don’t negotiate with “terrorists”: every craving, mood, inconvenience, or passing urge. It means we understand that feelings change, but commitments can remain steady.
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Abstinent Fast Food
Think of your kitchen as your recovery support hub. When it’s stocked intentionally, you remove decision fatigue and create safety in moments of vulnerability.
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Girl Breakfast – Abstinent Edition
What Does Girl Breakfast Actually Look Like? It’s simple, but it’s intentional. Think “assembled”, not “prepared”… Because, some days, you just don’t feel like cooking… but you still want to stay strong in recovery and maintain abstinence. This breakfast is the ticket!
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Step Three in Food Addiction Recovery
Step Three is the step where recovery stops being about managing food perfectly and starts being about living spiritually.