
THE RECOVERY BEAN
ED Recovery and life blog
Documenting my recovery from Anorexia: how I'm dealing with all the challenges it brings, and celebrating the life it allows me to live.

How to exercise after recovery
Hey everyone, Today I wanted to hop on and talk a bit about exercise in Eating Disorder Recovery. Every person's relationship with...

Your body is not problem
Repeat after me: “My body is not the problem.” Your body isn’t the problem and it never has been. Diet culture may have convinced you...

Making peace with feeling full
Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk a bit about feeling full! Fullness is a sensation which your Eating Disorder may fear due to the...

How to recover in a household where disordered Eating and Exercise is the norm
Today I wanted to talk a bit about how to manage Eating Disorder Recovery when you’re living with people who engage in dieting or disordered

How Baking helped my Eating Disorder Recovery
Over the last few weeks I have really started to enjoy baking and as a result, I have been in the kitchen lots! My relationship with baking

Bad Body Image: What causes it and how to manage it
Hey everyone, In this post I want to discuss body image - the different variables that affect it, and how to manage on the days when it...

Reactive Hunger in eating Disorder Recovery
Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk a bit about Reactive Hunger in Eating Disorder recovery. Reactive hunger is when an individual...

Combating Comparison
Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk about comparison, both in Eating Disorder recovery and society in general. It is something that...

Why we're ditching diets in 2021
Hey everyone, I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog over the last few weeks as I took some time out to celebrate Christmas and the New Year...

Changes to routine - Why they're key to your ED recovery
Hey everyone, Today I wanted to hop on and talk about changes to routine during eating disorder recovery. This is something I have...

Supporting your partner through an Eating Disorder
Hey everyone, Today I wanted to share with you a slightly different post, this time aimed at anyone currently supporting an individual...

Dear 18 year old Mais
Dear 18 year old Mais, One day it will feel okay again. You’ll be sitting in another city with your best friend in the world and it will...

Am I worthy of help?
Today I wanted to hop on and talk about the lag between mental and physical recovery, but in trying to write this post I've found that my...

Hidden Fear Foods
Today I wanted to talk about ‘hidden fear foods’ in eating disorder recovery and how to identify and challenge them. First things first...

Living alone in Recovery
The other week I spent a few days living alone as my parents were on holiday and my girlfriend was at University. This meant that for the...

I am not Anorexic... and you're not your mental illness either.
I am not anorexic, and I never have been. I have suffered with anorexia but I am not defined by this, and you are not defined by your...

Unsolicited food comments - Dealing with Diet Culture at University
Today I’m sharing the third post in my mini series addressing diet culture at University. As everyone’s starting to settle into student...

No pressure nights out - Dealing with Diet Culture at University
I’m back with the second post in my mini series addressing diet culture at University. I’m sure lots of you will have moved into your...

The pressure to join the gym - Dealing with Diet Culture at University
With lots of people moving to University over the next week or so I wanted to talk about diet culture at University and the effect it can...




















