![Sharon Maxwell shopping while fat in recovery in Los Angeles, California [Image description: photo of a happy fat woman holding clothing at the Plus Bus in Los Angeles, CA]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image1-768x1024.jpg)
Shopping While Fat–And Recovering by Sharon Maxwell, Practice Manager Growing up, I loved the concept of shopping. But as a fat person, I rarely actually enjoyed it. It wasn’t that I didn’t like shopping or finding new things. However, an invitation to go shopping with friends meant that the message that my body was intrinsically …
![Recovering into a Bigger Body in Eating Disorder Recovery in Los Angeles, California [Image description: a larger woman with a head covering depicting a potential fat person in recovery from an eating disorder]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dancer8V2-1024x1024.jpeg)
Recovering into a Bigger Body Is Not Wrong Recovering from an eating disorder in a society focused on thinness can be hard to do on its own. It is even more difficult when you recover into a body that does not conform to the thin ideal. If you are in a bigger body and have …
![Curate Your Feed With Diverse Body Positive Accounts on Instagram to Support Eating Disorder Recovery in California [Image description: screenshot of instagram post from resilientfatgoddess; a trans non-binary person smiling with the title, "Curate Your Feed With Diverse Body Positive Accounts on Instagram"]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/InstagramBlog21-1024x1024.jpg)
Diverse Instagram Accounts Can Support Recovery by SJ Thompson Belmonte, Resilient Fat Goddex and Lauren Muhlheim, Eating Disorder Therapy LA It’s time to curate your feed to have a more diverse social media feed. “Body positivity can’t be just about thin, straight, cisgendered, white women who became comfortable with an additional ten pounds on their …
![Helping Others in Your Life Understand Your ARFID [Image description: 4 friends of diverse sizes and skin colors sitting at a picnic table] Represents supportive friends of a potential client seeking help for ARFID in Los Angeles, CA](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/allgo-an-app-for-plus-size-people-1qS6wnebTsM-unsplash1-3111-21-1024x683.jpg)
If you (or your child) have Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), you may have struggled with how to help others in your life understand this little-known disorder and how profoundly it affects you. ARFID can make eating uncomfortable in social situations if you or a child have ARFID. You may experience people trying to …
![Medical Clearance for Outpatient Eating Disorder Therapy in Los Angeles, CA [image description: the arm of a patient having her blood pressure taken by a health professional representing a potential person in California receiving treatment for an eating disorder]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cdc-oi6jf34bQrU-unsplash.jpg)
Learn about medical stability and why we are concerned about it. When you contact us to schedule an appointment for yourself or your loved one, our program manager will gather some information that helps determine whether you (or they) need an immediate medical screening and whether the therapy we provide is likely to be effective. …
![Meal Support for Eating Disorder Recovery [Image description: the back of a female eating in front of a computer screen] Represents a possible person seeking online meal support for eating disorder recovery in Los Angeles, California](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DALL·E-2023-02-20-16.30.36-a-photo-of-the-back-of-a-person-wearing-violet-clothing-who-is-seated-and-looking-at-their-computer-with-other-people-eating-on-zoom-while-eating-with-2-1024x1024.png)
Eating disorders are complex and challenging conditions that usually require a multidisciplinary approach to treatment. Regardless of the therapeutic approach and level of care, meal support can be an essential component of eating disorder recovery. Meal support can be beneficial for people of all ages with any eating disorder, including anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia, bulimia …
![Regular Eating in Eating Disorder Recovery in Los Angeles [photo description: a black couple smiling as they wash and cut vegetables] Represents a possible person in recovery from an eating disorder engaging in regular eating in Los Angeles, CA.](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/allgo-an-app-for-plus-size-people-lAXOrQqrEjM-unsplash1.jpg)
If you have been struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, step one of recovery requires the establishment of daily regular eating. This is important for people with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and ARFID in all body sizes. Regular eating is one of the earliest goals of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Eating …
![Horseback riding when fat [Image description: back of a fat person with long flowing blonde hair and a purple shirt, riding a horse]](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/DALL·E-2023-01-25-21.27.36-a-fat-person-with-long-flowing-hair-wearing-a-purple-t-shirt-riding-a-horse-viewed-from-the-back-at-a-distance-in-style-of-oil-painting1-1024x1024.png)
By Carolyn Comas, LCSW, CEDS-S, Clinical Supervisor Can you horseback ride if you are fat? Navigating the world in a fat body can be frustrating and may feel disheartening. There are, unfortunately, some activities and spaces that do not accommodate people in large bodies. When someone in a big body encounters spaces that do …
![Accepting your body's setpoint [Image description: red hammer on a bathroom scale] represents the rejection of diet culture by a person in eating disorder recovery in Los Angeles, California](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bodyliberationstock-94080-2-1024x683.jpeg)
What is Setpoint? Setpoint refers to the weight at which your body functions optimally. Think of it like the weight at which your body wants to be—and if your body falls below this weight, your body gets messages to return you to a higher weight. This weight range is primarily genetically determined and will be …
![Is Restriction Driving Your Obsessive Food Thoughts [image description: business woman at computer looking distracted because she is hungry] Represents a potential patient seeking help for disordered eating in Los Angeles, California](https://www.eatingdisordertherapyla.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/magnet-me-LDcC7aCWVlo-unsplash.jpg)
Restriction May Cause Obsessive Food Thoughts If you find that you are thinking about food all day, having trouble concentrating or even having trouble sleeping, the reason might be simpler than you think: You might not be eating enough. People I see are often surprised to learn that what they think is healthy discipline is …