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02/27/2026

Food, eating, and recovery do not exist outside of culture or community.

Religious and cultural traditions can bring meaning, connection, and identity. At the same time, seasons such as Ramadan, Lent, and Passover can create complex feelings for people navigating recovery, especially when fasting, food rituals, or shared expectations are involved.

Recovery does not look the same in every culture, family, or faith practice. Support works best when it honours both personal wellbeing and cultural context.

Every culture belongs in recovery.

💬 What helps you feel understood and supported within your community?

02/26/2026

Eating disorders are often misunderstood as affecting only certain people.

In reality, struggles with food, body image, and eating can affect people across a wide range of identities and lived experiences. Many individuals go unseen because their experiences don’t match common stereotypes about who is “supposed” to struggle.

Social expectations about bodies, strength, appearance, and identity can make it harder to recognise when support is needed or to feel safe asking for help.

Eating disorders are not limited by gender or identity. Care, understanding, and compassion should never depend on how someone identifies or is perceived.

Every person belongs in recovery.

💬 What stereotypes about eating disorders do you think need to change?

02/25/2026

Eating disorders are often portrayed as something that only affects teenagers.

But struggles with food and body image can begin at any age and can continue or reappear across a lifetime. Many adults carry these experiences quietly, believing they are “too old” to still be struggling or that they should have figured it out by now. That silence can make recovery feel even more isolating.

You are not too young.
You are not too old.
Every age belongs in recovery.

💬 When did you first realise that eating struggles can affect anyone?

02/24/2026

Eating disorders do not have a size requirement.

When someone doesn’t match the stereotype, their pain is often minimized, overlooked, or misunderstood.

Recovery is not size-dependent. Support is not size-dependent. Care should never be size-dependent.
Every body belongs in recovery.

💬 Have you ever felt like your experience was dismissed or not taken seriously?

02/23/2026

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week runs from February 23rd to March 1st, 2026, and this year’s theme is Every Body Belongs.

This week is about challenging stigma, creating connection, and reminding people that eating disorders affect far more people than most of us realize.

Eating disorders don’t only affect one kind of person.

Not one body size.
Not one age.
Not one gender.
Not one story.

Many people struggle quietly because they believe they don’t “fit” the picture of an eating disorder.
If you’ve ever wondered if your experience counts, you belong in this conversation.

Throughout this week, we’ll be sharing conversations, reflections, and support to help more people feel seen and understood.

💬 What do you wish more people understood about eating disorders?

02/20/2026

Your relationship with food didn’t begin with nutrition facts.

It began with how food felt in your home.

For many of us, early mealtime patterns shaped how we learned to notice hunger, fullness, comfort, and rules around eating. Not on purpose. Just through everyday experiences.

Some people grew up with strict food rules.
Some with very little structure.
Some with inconsistency.
Some with guidance and respect for cues.

Those early environments can show up later as guilt around eating, ignoring hunger, eating past fullness, or anxiety around meals.

Nothing here is about blame. It’s about understanding where patterns may have started.

Which one feels familiar to you?

02/16/2026

Family Day often comes with food.

Shared meals. Traditions. Expectations. Comments that land harder than intended.

For some people, eating with family feels comforting. For others, it brings tension, pressure, or a lot of mixed feelings.

If meals feel complicated around family, that makes sense. You are responding to real experiences, not doing anything wrong.

You are allowed to eat in ways that feel safest for you today.

If you feel up to sharing, what do family meals usually feel like for you on days like this?

02/06/2026

If you’ve been offered GLP-1 medications, this matters.

Many people are prescribed them without screening for eating disorders or disordered eating.

When appetite is suppressed without support, it can reinforce food fears, body distress, and harmful patterns.

These changes don’t happen in isolation. They can affect family meals, friendships, and how safe eating feels for people around you.

Care should include screening, informed consent, nutrition guidance, and mental health support. Weight loss is never just physical.

Did your provider ask about your eating patterns before offering these meds?

We go deeper on this in our latest blog. Link in bio.

02/02/2026

Protein doesn’t have to be complicated. It can look like the foods you already eat, just spaced out across the day.

When protein shows up at meals (and snacks), it can support steadier energy, better focus, and feeling satisfied longer instead of ending up overly hungry later.

Easy ways this can look
• Eggs, avocado toast, veggie bacon, and a latte
• Salmon with grains and vegetables
• Chicken stir fry or pancit with extra protein added
• Soup plus a protein side
• Salmon, sweet potato, and greens
• Bibimbap with egg or tofu

Aiming for around 15 to 25 g at meals is a helpful guide, but it does not have to be exact. Mixing protein foods you enjoy with carbs and fats can make meals more balanced and filling.
Aim for meals that help you feel full, grounded, and cared for.

01/27/2026

Appetite suppression is often framed as a “win”. Less hunger. Less desire. Less pull toward food. But appetite is not just about eating.

GLP-1 medications can dampen reward pathways in the brain. For some people, that doesn’t only reduce hunger. It can also flatten mood, lower libido, and dull pleasure and enjoyment more broadly. Food loses its appeal, but so can other parts of life.

“No appetite” is not always a sign of improved health. It can also signal under-fueling, emotional blunting, and disconnection from the body’s cues. When desire disappears entirely, something meaningful may be lost along with it.

Medication can be helpful for some people. It deserves honest conversations about trade-offs, screening for eating disorder risk, and support that looks beyond the scale.

We unpack this more in our blog:
https://connectedeating.com/glp-1-medications-weight-loss-and-eating-disorders-what-you-need-to-know/

01/23/2026

With ARFID, or very selective eating, the goal isn’t to force new foods. It’s to build safety.

One approach we often use is called food chaining. We start with a food that already feels comfortable and predictable, then gently connect it to something new. That might look like pairing a familiar food with a very small amount of an unfamiliar one, so the experience stays manageable. Over time, as familiarity grows, the proportions can slowly shift.

In session, we also focus on comfort and regulation. Cozy blankets, fidgets, and a calm environment can help lower anxiety and make it easier to engage. Progress often happens in small, quiet moments, trying a dip, taking something home to explore later, or practicing mixing foods at a pace that feels doable.

This work is gradual, collaborative, and rooted in trust. For many people with ARFID, building flexibility with food starts with feeling safe first.

01/20/2026

GLP-1 medications are often framed as a way to reduce weight stigma. In reality, they can quietly deepen it.

When an “easy solution” is promoted, larger bodies are judged more harshly for not using it. Weight becomes seen as a choice or a moral failure, rather than the result of biology, access to care, stress, genetics, and lived experience. Instead of reducing blame, this narrative can increase shame, pressure, and bias, both socially and in healthcare settings.

Medication can be helpful for some people. It should never be used as a yardstick for worth, effort, or health. Care needs context, consent, screening, and respect, not assumptions about what bodies should look like.

We explore this tension more deeply in our latest blog:
https://connectedeating.com/glp-1-medications-weight-loss-and-eating-disorders-what-you-need-to-know/

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