This sounds pretty similar to intuitive eating. If you’re looking to become underweight it’s likely not going to have the desired effect, but I did intuitive eating in recovery (after the weight restoration phase) and maintained a BMI of like 18-19 for years until I went on prednisone, gained a ton and relapsed lol. I can see how it would work really well for some people.

 

I don't know much about it but Stephanie buttermore did an all in diet and it made a world of difference. Honestly have never seen anybody with a better relationship with food. If you find yourself constantly hungry then it would be a really good thing to try

 

Check out Tabitha Farrar's and channel, she speaks about this a lot and I think her theory/approach to ED recovery sounds logical. I also kind of like her style

 

Check out Tabitha Farrar's and channel, she speaks about this a lot and I think her theory/approach to ED recovery sounds logical. I also kind of like her style

Thank you! Gonna look her up now

 

I think it's amazing when people do that. The mental strain of gaining weight publicly like that. Not everyone can.

I think if you can bare to gain weight like that it's a way to recover

 

I don't know much about it but Stephanie buttermore did an all in diet and it made a world of difference. Honestly have never seen anybody with a better relationship with food. If you find yourself constantly hungry then it would be a really good thing to try

Don't know how much of what she says that's lies and fakeness. Most influencers just make up a ton of shit and create a persona that sells so there's no way I would trust her. Would rather ask someone that's not an influencer about their experiences with all in or intuitive eating. More likely to get an honest answer then.

 

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Don't know how much of what she says that's lies and fakeness. Most influencers just make up a ton of shit and create a persona that sells so there's no way I would trust her. Would rather ask someone that's not an influencer about their experiences with all in or intuitive eating. More likely to get an honest answer then.

I agree. Ik it's her job & all but I feel like if your content is based solely around food & body image then you're still definitely disordered to some extent.

 

I think it's a complicated thing. It may work, it may not. The logic behind it has some truth, but I won't deny a lot of it is twisted around to make all-in seem like a one size fits all kind of thing.

It's true. Someone that's been restricting for very long will have screwed up their hunger cues. All in happens when you say 'kay, fuck this'. Going all in means giving yourself unconditional permission to eat in hopes your body find a comfortable settling point, and rewire hunger cues. Eventually, you reach a point where you don't eat that much because your body will be properly fed and it recognizes you can have the damn ice cream cone if you feel like it.

Extreme hunger isn't just an ED thing, it's a real physical and psychological phenomenon that affects starving people. If you look up the Minnesota starvation experiment, a lot of the men kindaaa went 'all-in' because they were so deprived after reaching severely underweight BMIs. Okay now I'm going to geek out because I recently watched a history documentary and it mentioned that WW2 POWs had to be kept in the camps to be re-fed because they'd just uncontrollably stuff their faces and die from re-feeding syndrome. They didn't know how to eat normally again.

Point is, people that have starved for so long -- intentionally or not, don't know how to eat again. Hunger cues are messed up, and there's extreme physical and psychological hunger. This can create lots of problems for us ED folk. If we go all-in without proper counselling, we could develop BED or bulimia. We need some degree of self awareness, nutrition knowledge, and guidance if we decide to go all in. I think it can be done, but it has to be done properly. Stephanie Buttermore wasn't as screwed in the head as we are. She still had support and I believe she mentioned she was seeing a dietician. All in becomes a problem when it transitions into BED. If you do attempt all-in, I recommend doing it with guidance because our reality of what is 'normal' and 'not' is very distorted.

 

I think that it is all about balance. If you are going all in because you value your body and want to treat it properly by giving it what it asks for be it chocolate or carrots, all the power to you. If you use all in as another excuse to punish your body and treat it as a trash receptacle, all in probably isn’t a good idea. I believe that an effective way to tell which camp you fall into is whether you’ve had a history of depression, self harm, or self destructive behavior in general pre Ed as well as your general thought patterns if you are self-aware.