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Welcome to Free2Be________. at Ramey Nutrition!
Recovering from an eating disorder requires a lot of hard work, but you don’t have to feel like you’re alone!
If you feel ready to make the choice and commitment to your recovery and take back your life from your eating disorder, we would like to invite you to join Free2Be________. Free2Be________. is a 15-week program that offers a safe, supportive, and inviting environment for you to receive the love and care that you need to reclaim your life.
Who is welcome?

Individuals who are seeking more support in an outpatient “real-world” setting, and who are ready to make a 15-week commitment to their recovery.
What Does the Program Entail?

Mandatory part of Eating Disorder Program:
Eating Disorder Support Group with Shena Washburn, RD, CD on Tuesdays 5:00pm-7:00pm
Gentle Yoga with Sarah Ahktar on Thursdays 6:30pm-7:30pm
Optional part of Eating Disorder Program
Dinner, meal support Thursdays 5:00pm-6:30pm
Meal not provided. Please bring your meal with you.
Please note that in an effort to provide support to all who attend; this program requires a 15-week commitment. To assure maximum support given to both you and others, we ask that you please arrive no more than 10 minutes late. We take our program very seriously so we can provide the most reliable sense of support possible, which is why if you miss more than two support groups or yoga (or meal support if registered for), and/or repeatedly arrive 10 minutes or more late to group, you will be asked to rejoin when you have more availability
If you have any questions or concerns regarding Free2Be________. or any other service we offer, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
Phone: (206) 909-8022
Email: Shena@rameynutrition.com
Web: www.rameynutrition.com
Date:
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Fitness Trainer Position Available

FitnessTrainer Position Available

AboutRamey Nutrition: 

Locatedin Seattle’s University District, Ramey Nutrition is a nutrition clinicoffering individual and group nutrition counseling, support groups, yoga, andfitness. We take a patient-centered approach by listening to patient needs,providing nutritional and emotional support and individualizing treatment forour patients.

Whileour current patient services primarily consist of Eating Disorders treatmentand recovery, as well as Diabetes management and weight-management, it is ourdesire and goal to build a strong enough team to assist any patient with any movement-relatedissue.   The Movement Specialist at RameyNutrition will play a vital role in our growth, by providing compassionate,genuine, honest, and unwavering support to promote a full and life-long healthand strength.

JobDescription

•        Workpositively and compassionately with those that are unable to move or have nopast experience with movement
•        Workwith our patients on site, training in Seattle, then moving up to Shoreline,when appropriate.
•        Performindividual movement sessions appropriate to a person’s fitness level but alsowork together with a nutritionist to create a team to help our clients reachtheir unique goals.  It is possible we wouldalso have you teach group classes.
Applicantsmust have a college degree and experience in teaching or participating indifferent fitness styles.  Examplesinclude cross fit, yoga, traditional personal training, boxing, dance or otherclasses.  Our patients range from adecent fitness level to very low levels of movement with little to no priorexperience with fitness. Because of this we are requiring a trainer who ispersonable, accountable and patient.
Tobegin with you would work out of the University District in Seattle buteventually be mainly working in the Shoreline area?

MinimumQualifications

•Bachelors Degree

•Experience working in movement, and a strong desire to work with those needinggentle movement

•Ability to work well independently with little to no supervision

•Excellent listening and communication skills

•Strong therapeutic, movement, teaching, and leadership skills

DesiredQualifications

•Familiar with different levels of fitness and movement

•Practical experience in motivational movement

•Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks

•Experience in and comfortable with leading groups

*Ifinterested in position, please send resume, cover letter Bonnie Atkisson at bonnie@rameynutrition.com

Starship Recovery!

Starship Recovery
DAILY INTENTIONS

a big part of this is being aware that this is happening. intentions should be as big as possible. the point of the intention is that you make the intention.

AM of SUNDAY 10-28-2012

Thankful For
Having to think about what I’m really thankful for when initially nothing comes to mind, Bender resting his head on me this morning and behaving because he just knows I cried a lot last night, Tomorrow being Monday- so I can be in a safer place where I can say right now I feel “unloveable or unworthy or not good enough” and people understand instead of fighting with me about it (not saying anyone agrees just that they don’t say I’m the problem, they just say the truth), feeling my feelings a bit this morning

Intention
Eat and be gentle with myself. its there in love. to protect me like a mom making a kid put on a jacket before letting the kid leave the house. Reach out for support and remember when things seem like they are all crashing down and you want to be at Ramey... time will pass and tomorrow will come before you know it.

To Do
Talk to Sam now that I’m sober and figure out where we stand, Eat

Be Brave
Talk to Sam

Vision
Can I get better or am I just going to replace 1 issue with another?

Small Step
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies... so too is the Soul’s Journey” Aaryaa

AM of SATURDAY 10-27-2012

Thankful For
Intentions starting my day, mis chicas at ramey, Greta for being amazing and always super nice, Offering to not drink and not drinking even after Greta decided not to, 10 months sober for my mommy (whatwhat!), enjoying the panic of getting ready even if I had an the night.

To Do
Intentions, Walk with Sam and Bender to Starbucks in the rain, Nap, Clean up “hurricane Ashley + Sam,” Ask Sam to Watch a good rainy day movie, Eat, Veg, Get more sleep tonight, Maybe go out

Be Brave
10 minute free right- got to start journaling to get my thoughts straight. Spinning wheels go round and round.

Vision
Ed has a purpose in my recovery- he is my guide to show me what I am missing in my life. As I find each one, our relationship changes. Since Ed is a part of me, its hard to think of getting a “divorce” like Schaffer. I wonder if instead of breaking up, we’ll both grow into our appropriate roles in my being. Ed may be more like a play critic who is a friend. When I’m caught up in my vision of how the play is doing, he notices the holes that I overlooked directing so many different aspects of the performance.
Right now though, we aren’t friends. He’s just a critic who sends me over generalized messages that “im a shitty director” and I react to them since he’s the only critic I’m trying to please/basing my worth on.

Intention
Are things really as bad as they feel or is that a lie I am just used to believing? Question myself and find truth. (remember to honor it, “people aren’t walking around panicking” a lot of times when we feel like the sky is falling is a good thing- might it be get the fuck out of the way. what hurt is coming? Say “thanks for the warning, i know you did this out of love and I don’t need it today and I appreciate the protection. I’ll keep an eye out.”)
Small Step:
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs

Additional Notable Quotes:
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing the monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward” ~CS Lewis
“Unless your heart, your soul, and your whole being are behind every decision yo umake, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningles. Truth an confidence are the roots of happiness.”
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum LP
“I don't know you. The only thing I know about you is, you're reading this. I don't know if your happy or not; I don't know whether you're young or not. I sort of hope you're young and sad. If you're old and happy, I can imagine that you'll smile to yourself when you hear me going, he broke my heart. You'll remember someone who broke your heart, and you'll think to yourself, Oh yes, i remember how that feels. But you can't, you smug old git. Oh you'll remember feeling sort of plesantly sad. You might remember listening to music and eating chocolates in your room, or walking along the embankment on your own, wrapped up in a winter coat and feeling lonely and brave. But can you remember how with every mouthful of food it felt like you were biting into your own stomach? Can you remember the taste of red wine as it came back up and into the toilet bowl? Can you remember dreaming every night that you were still together, that he was talking to you gently and touching you, so that every morning when you woke up you had to go through it all over again?”
― Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
“Was it hard?" I ask.
“Letting go?"
“Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”
― Lisa Schroeder

PM FRIDAY 10-26-2012

Thankful For
Shopping, Alyssa, Alyssa, Michelle, Hannah, Rachel, Shena, Scarlett, Recovery!

Intention
Do my best to reduce my expectations (ask why I have them) and be truthful with myself and others

To Do
Hair, Makeup, Car Tags, Dinner with Sam, Help Sam with Costume, Have fun tonight & Relax

Vision
If recovery is an iceberg (eating disorder stuff is above the water, the water represents the anxiety, worry and fear inhibiting recovery and the ice below the water is the real foundation of things to address) then I am swimming around in the water, sticking my face in and trying to open my eyes to see what I need to do. The water stings and distracts me from tackling everything below and also keeps me focused on the tip.


Be Brave
Journal or do self talk about “what if I had no expectations for tonight? What would it feel like (good and bad), and what thoughts might come up?

Small Step
Listen to my body and focus on what I know is true. Respect my being- body and mind

Need
More time? Jk. Space so I can get ready or help with it. Acknowledgement that I have a lot to do and am not in a good mood (irritable/feel rushed and stressed).

Can Give
My presence if someone wants to sit near by for support. I can listen and would be multitasking so I don’t think I can offer to much feedback in the moment. Just let me know what you need from me before we talk so we can be on the same page.


AM FRIDAY 10.26.2012

Thankful For
A,A,M, H, Ramey staff, playing dress up, hanging out with fun ppl I feel safe with.

Intention
Call myself out on my own bullshit, reach out for support and EAT so I can have FUN tonight

To Do
Appointment, Get Bender, Sephora with AG, Sew Ears onto Headband, Make Up, Fun Time

Vision
Recovery is a “goal” that is eluding me. A challenge I am trying to get control of (according to my dream interpretation using Dream Bible)

Be Brave
Actively question myself about my expectations for the evening and challenge myself to have an open mind.

Small Step
As a physician would use a scaple to open an infected wound, we use the truth to open mental and emotional wounds. To heal the physical body, we need to open the wound, clean them and use medicine to keep them clean until healed. Our emotional wounds are covered by denial and systems we’ve created. It is painful to open these wounds and find lies and still “you will know the truth and it will set you free.” You begin healing by practicing the truth with yourself. You begin to see everything as it is, not as you want it to be.Step 1: Find the hurts/injustice that happened to you is no longer true RIGHT NOW, IN THIS MOMENT. “The truth is always changing.”

Can Give
My presence and distractions with crafts and makeup.

I Need
Accountability for my “be brave” and eating because parties/events are challenging for me.

PM THURSDAY 10.25.2012

Intention
Rest and Relax with Sam aka be normal :).

Thankful For
Pumpkins!!, AD, AG, H, M, FUN, Scarlett (for being an amazing support to all of us and doing 2 jobs), Yoga, Disney Movies.

To Do
Pumpkin, Costume, Makeup Time, Yoga, Sleep and Eat.

Vision
I don’t want my Ed and am in a happy mood especially being at Ramey with all these lovely ladies. Recovery is possible, and I just need to do the work. I imagine there will be more ups and downs before I am recovered. I’m worried because good days are often followed by lows that seem so much lower.
Be Brave
Put away my laundry. I just really don’t want to do it.

Small Step
Enjoy the good day and don’t let worry ruin it. Worry means to torment... I don’t want to torment myself for being in a good mood.

Can Give
Someone to hang out with or if you need someone to talk at or do creative things with. I’m not very focused, and probably not be a great conversationalist.

I Need
People to spend time with and am open to hearing about your path to recovery.

AM THURSDAY 10.26.2012




Thankful For
Alyssa, Alyssa, Michelle, Hannah, Ramey Staff, A Place to be authentic

Intention
Stay present

To Do
-    Eat
-    Go to Katies
-    Bender
-    Stay until 5pm
-    Work on costume  

Vision
Why is it so hard?! Recovery feels like Mary Go Round by Kacy Musgraves

Mary Mary quite contrary,
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust we settle in this town.
On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go,
Where it stops nobody knows...
And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round...

Be Brave
Think about the things I want to think about the least- if my adversion is so strong, they are probabably what I need to work on.

Small Step
Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you

What do I need?
Honesty- transparency. I don’t want to guess what ppl want or need to worry if I am doing the right thing for others. Acceptance that I’m focusing on me and that might rub someone the wrong way. I hate conflict.

What can I give?
My presence here, someone to eat with if I’m already eating. Quotes and advice J

Destination Recover(ed): Day 670

October 26, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. In fact, my most favorite day every year is the very first time you can smell it in the air. It's the changing of the season, the crisp air swirled with smell of people warming their homes with a burning fire, the earthy smell of rain and Autumn leaves ... you can actually smell the change in the air! I absolutely love it, for that day marks the beginning of all the upcoming holidays, which is another all time favorite time for me! All the shopping, Christmas carols, decorations, baking, family time ...

I don't miss when I couldn't partake in all the festivities, wouldn't allow myself a hit steaming cup of cider. When it was too much to help decorate because I couldn't find the energy or strength to even walk around. I so look forward to enjoying this year and having the strength to really be present!

EATING DISORDER DIET TECH, PART-TIME

Located in Seattle’s University District, Ramey Nutrition is a nutrition clinic offering individual and group nutrition counseling, support groups, yoga, and fitness. We take a patient-centered approach by listening to patient needs, providing nutritional and emotional support and individualizing treatment for our patients. Our methodology is unique in that we focus less on the food and more on the issues that become barriers to creating positive and healthy food and body image changes in our patient’s life.

While our current patient services primarily consist of Eating Disorders Recovery, Diabetes Management, and Weight-Management, it is our desire and goal to build a strong enough team to assist patients with any nutrition-related issue. The Eating Disorder Diet Tech (EDDT) at Ramey Nutrition will play a vital role in working with individuals recovering from an eating disorder by providing compassionate, genuine, honest, and unwavering support to promote a full and life-long recovery.

Job Description
• EDDT will work with patients on an individual and group basis up to 20-hours per week (with a strong potential for an increase in hours in the future)
• The EDDT will assist in keeping patients on task according to their individual schedules and goals (schedules/goals will include: field trips, meal support, groups, appointments, activities, etc.), for the Day Program at Ramey Nutrition
•The EDDT will coordinate and communicate with the Eating Disorder Specialist Dietitian regarding patient struggles and successes
• The EDDT may be asked to lead and facilitate Day Program Core Group check-ins and activities if necessary, according to Ramey Nutrition standard of care
• The EDDT will help Day Program patient’s with what struggles or conflict they may require support/guidance in; promoting a normal and safe environment for Day Program patients
• The EDDT will document according to Ramey Nutrition standard of care
• The EDDT will facilitate patient/group outings and field trips (e.g. to restaurants, fast food, grocery shopping, etc.), if necessary


Please answer and include the following questions with your resume:
Questions
1. Ramey Nutrition is often referred to as the “black sheep of nutrition,” why? How are you a black sheep?
2. What do you consider a “normal” meal versus an abnormal or disordered meal? Please give at least two examples.
3. The eating disorder population is often challenging, why? How might you handle such challenges? Please give an example.
4. When a conflict arises between patients, how would you respond?
5. What counseling (not nutrition education) experience do you have?
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelors in nutrition or psychology
• Experience working with and a strong desire to work within the field of eating disorder recovery
• Strong therapeutic counseling teaching and leadership skills
• Ability to work well independently with little supervision
• Excellent listening and communication skills
Desired Qualifications
• Diet Tech Registered (DTR)
• Familiar with and interested in the emotional impact of nutrition-related issues
• Practical experience in counseling
• Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks
• Experience in and comfortable with leading groups
Contact
Bonnie Atkisson
(206) 909-8022
bonnie@rameynutrition.com
www.rameynutrition.com

Destination Recover(ed): Day 669

October 25, 2012

What I am not going to miss about my eating: Having little old ladies coming up to me while I'm at Trader Joes and ask if everyone in my family has the same beautiful tiny legs as me, while everyone within earshot pauses to hear my reply and I think to myself, "Seriously?! Is this really happening right now?" All I wanted was to end my quest for the elusive Kiwi Berry, which hasn't happened yet, but now I'm center stage breaking news in the produce section at Trader Joes. Over over again praising me for my beautiful beautiful legs. I will not miss this feeling of embarrassment and humility.

Exercise May Delay Early Aging of People With Diabetes

Fitness training improves their cardiovascular health, preliminary study finds


FRIDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Regular exercise may slow the premature aging of the cardiovascular system that occurs in people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

A healthy adult loses about 10 percent of fitness with each decade of life after age 40 or 50, but research shows that fitness levels in people with type 2 diabetes are about 20 percent lower than in healthy adults.

This accelerated loss of fitness increases the risk of early disability and death, said Amy Huebschmann, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and colleagues.

"Not only do these patients have more trouble with exercise ... but also with activities of daily living, such as a simple stroll to the corner store," the researchers said in an American Physiological Society news release.

The investigators confirmed other research, however, that has found that regular exercise can slow premature cardiovascular aging in diabetes patients. The findings suggest that their fitness levels can improve by as much as 40 percent after 12 to 20 weeks of exercise training.

"In other words, these defects are not necessarily permanent," Huebschmann said. "They can be improved, which is great news."

Regular exercise, however, does not restore diabetes patients' fitness levels to those of healthy adults, according to the findings. The research was presented last week at an exercise conference in Colorado sponsored by the American Physiological Society, the American College of Sports Medicine and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. Data and conclusions presented at medical meetings should be considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed medical journal

Although exercise can benefit diabetes patients, it may be difficult for them to achieve the recommended 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise. Huebschmann and her colleagues are working on ways to help diabetes patients reach their exercise goals.

"Type 2 diabetes has a significant negative impact on health, but that impact can be improved with as simple an intervention as regular brisk walking or other physical activity that most people with diabetes can do," Huebschmann said.

More than 8 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes, mostly type 2, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With type 2 diabetes, the body can't properly process glucose, the main type of sugar in the blood.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains how to stay healthy with diabetes.

Destination Recover(ed): Day 668

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Having to spend my days in bed because I'm too tired to do anything else. I would so much rather be out and about, having fun, enjoying the rainy Fall weather. I would rather feel good and not sick today. Luckily I have a stack of good movies to watch and meds that are making me feel better. I'm not going to miss getting back on track because I'll just be on track all the time. Fighting an eating disorder seems so much harder than having an eating disorder, but then I just have to remember that it took me 20 years to get this sick and I'm not going to be recovered overnight. I'm much stronger than I was 2 years ago, in my body and especially my mind.

Destination Recover(ed): Day 667

October 20, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: Today I'm not missing spending Mother's Day 2009 at inpatient treatment. Making the cards for my moms out of foam letters with unsharp kids scissors, glitter glue, pipe cleaners and tissue paper ... like a kindergartener ... Not really sure where that came from, lol, but I don't miss it.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Today I'm not going to miss racing pounding heartbeats because I'm dehydrated from too much Ensure and not enough water.

Destination Recover(ed): Day 666

OK, sorry I went MIA with the blogging ... but I'm back to it.

September 19, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: I know I said this before, but I can not say it enough: The secrecy revolved around having an eating disorder and the etaing disorder behaviors seem to be the source of power behind the eating disorder. This was just reinforced and proven true, again, in my own journey. The last couple of weeks of my recovery journey I was on a detoured route. When it came time to talk about it this week in my appointment I pulled my beanie down over my face and started crying because I didn't want to talk about it. I felt ashamed and embarrassed to admit what I had been up to and what I had gone through. I didn't want to speak the words, I just wanted to hide from it and move on, forgetting it ever happened, remembering always the way it made me feel: Sick. Incapable. Out of Control. Embarrassed. Ashamed. Sad. Scared. Angry. I just wanted to bury it deep down and not speak of it, forget. It may work that way in therapy, saying "I don't want to talk about it" is respected in therapy. It's a trust boundary a therapist can not cross. But I wasn't seeing Sandy for therapy at the time ... When it came time to talk about it, I was at my appointment with Scarlett ... Scarlett is NOT a "therapist". She doesn't have to follow those rules or boundaries about not goading or going somewhere that is "off limits" ... If it needs to be addressed, it's going to get talked about before you leave, she won't let you leave with it. And thank God for that. In all honesty, you could say anything, admit to anything and it's never going to be shocking, there is never going to be judgement. I felt so much compassion and understanding for what I was going through and what I had gone through. But the best revelation was that by pulling it out from the deepest corners of my life, all of a sudden I wasn't ashamed of it anymore. I wasn't embarrassed about it anymore. Now that it wasn't a secret, all of a sudden I had a power over it instead of it controlling me. I had this strength to bash it down and kick it the fuck out of my life instead of hide from it. I feel so much better now. I feel so much stronger in my recovery now, remembering how bad keeping secrets feels. Secrecy is a one way ticket leading to relapse. Compassion, Honesty and LOVE is how you battle back, and I feel like I'm back.

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Destination Recover(ed): Day 665

October 15, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: Having everyone else figure my life out for me. I don't miss when I didn't know what was best for me, and couldn't comprehend that I didn't know.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Right now I'm on home/outpatient potassium replacement. This involves lots of blood draws and I'm basically married to my feeding tube 24/7. It makes my tummy feel a little ickly nauseous yucky, so at this moment, I'm not going to miss this. But I'd rather do it this way than having to be admitted to the hospital and hooked to IV's! Yay for having an awesome doctor who will work with me and my team who knows what is going to work best for me!

What's Wrong with This?!

I wish I could say the below images were designed by me to make a point about fat-phobia and how poorly kids are treated when they don’t fit society’s ideal of size. Maybe I threw them together because I thought the SHOCK of seeing kids would help people understand how fat-shaming in adults can feel.

Alas, a group in Georgia actually produced these billboards in an attempt to end childhood obesity. Apparently they thought that shame was a good way to motivate kids to eat healthier and exercise. Clearly, they also are working under the delusion that size can somehow magically tell you about a person’s health.

In a time where anti-bullying campaigns are making headway, some kids, skinny or fat, had to see this hateful and erroneous message in their towns. There are plenty of other bloggers that have written about how wrong these ads are (I love this one: What’s Wrong with Fat Shaming?).

These billboards didn’t just do a fabulous job of making fat kids the target of hate but they also put “being fat” in the minds of kids as being the absolute worst thing that could happen. Where do we think eating disorders come from? A self-hatred and fear so strong that young people starve, vomit, over-exercise, take dangerous pills, and otherwise slowly kill themselves is one factor that strongly influences the genesis of eating disorders.

When we say “fat is bad” we instill that fear. And it works. Remember the study that showed 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat? How do you think this billboard effected those numbers?

We have a powerful influence in how children grow up, feel about their bodies, and their relationship to food.
Hopefully the following guidelines will help:

Never use the word fat in a derogatory way. Avoid media that does.
Never imply that you can’t do something or wear something because of your size (“oh, not with these thighs!”)
Never compliment others based on size (how many times is “you look so thin!” the ultimate compliment?)
Point out the beauty of diversity in people and nature – nurture the idea that beauty is diversity. I love to say “what would the word be if all the flowers looked the same?”
Avoid making physical activity about size or based on what you ate (“I have to jog off that cake”). Physical activity should be joyful.
Do not label foods as “good” and “bad”
Offer a variety of foods and model moderate indulgence and a wide consumption of foods. Eating should be joyful.
Don’t make your kids eat if they say they aren’t hungry1. The refrain “finish your dinner!” should be stricken from the mommy lexicon. Better to let them trust their bodies than feel guilt about wasting food.
Don’t deny your kids food if they say they are hungry. Another area where we often ignore our kids opinions and feelings. Try to make your pantry a “yes” pantry with a variety of healthy options that your kids can eat when they want.
Never comment on the amount (too little or too much) that your kids eat.
NEVER use food as a reward, incentive, or punishment! (this is SO abused among parents!!)
Guard your children against negative body-image media – stop your subscriptions to women’s mags, don’t watch Biggest Loser, Toddler and Tiaras (focusing on appearance), and any variety of shows promoting appearance as a route to happiness.
Avoid talking about a nutrionalist approach to food – disassembling “food” into fat, carbs, calories, and other things that need to be obsessed about and counted (difficult since it is explicitly taught in many schools).
Encourage alternative means of self-esteem besides appearance – spirituality, values, empathy, effort, etc.
Volunteer! It is much harder to think of something so superficial as size in the face of true plight.

First Rule of Fight Club....

Welcome to Fight Club – with Ramey Nutrition!
Fight Club is an 8-week program for men designed to tackle the toughest obstacles on the road to wellness. Facilitating a community of support, Fight Club directs members to honestly identify what they are fighting for (or against) and confront their current strategies and tactics for achieving victory.
Kaitlin Todd, RD, CD will lead group talk time on Mondays from 5:00 to 6:30PM followed by Boxing to release issues and regain power physically and emotionally, which will be led by Jason Steele from 6:45 to 7:30PM.
What’s been holding you back from the passions in your life?
Maybe you’ve had a heart attack, stroke, knee replacement or back surgery and have been challenged by unexpected physical limitations?
Maybe your daughter has been restricting her food intake for years and struggling to recover from Anorexia?
Maybe you consider yourself incredibly disciplined with your food and exercise plan Monday through Friday, only to find yourself binging on “forbidden” foods on the weekend?
Perhaps you go out of the way to avoid the mirror because you are disgusted by what you see in the reflection?
Maybe you openly joke about your shape or size only to beat others to the punch line?
Kaitlin Todd, RD, CD will lead group talk time on Mondays from 5:00 to 6:30PM followed by Boxing to release issues and regain power physically and emotionally, which will be led by Jason Steele from 6:45 to 7:30PM.

Best Foods for Omega 3 Fatty Acids

http://www.webmd.com/diet/omega-3-dha-11/default.htm

Destination Recover(ed): Day 664

October 12, 2012

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Not being able to come up with things I don't miss about my eating disorder. And vacation make ups. And I just realized that in order to correct my last blood draw, the prescriptions and doses require my feeding tube to be in all day. That sucks.

Destination Recover(ed): Day 663

October 8, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: I don't miss giving up playing the piano. Aside from having privileges taken away, there were things I loved to do that my eating disorder caused me to lose interest in. One of those things was the piano. Throughout my life I have been good at many things. Good in school, good in track and sports, good at cooking, good with electronics and computers, but there have only been two things in my life that I have been great at. One of those things was the piano. The other is my eating disorder. I don't miss when I decided to quit playing. Apparently my eating disorder decided there was only room enough for one great talent and crowned itself King by killing my desires to play. :::tsk::: What a dick.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Not being recovery minded 24/7 ... I haven't learned yet how to stray from my daily routines and take my recovery with me. When I go on vacation I tend to let my recovery go on vacation as well ... I'm not going to miss these early phases when I'm still figuring it out because it's fucking hard. At times I feel more out of control than when I wasn't on my recovery journey.

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Destination Recover(ed): Day 662

October 5, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: When I couldn't admit when I was wrong. I have learned that secrecy is deadly. It gives undeniable strength to my eating disorder as it tears away at the safety and trust of those who support and love me. I don't miss when I couldn't admit when I was wrong, admit when I fucked up, admit when I was in the midst of a relapse because my eating disorder made me feel too ashamed, too embarrassed, too guilty to speak the truth. Like an abuser, convincing me that I would be letting everyone down and they were going to be angry, get tired of loving me and give up on me. I don't miss believing that anymore. Admitting when you've fucked up, taking away the eating disorder's power of secrecy, it's not easy, but the response is not that of anger or resentment, it's of encouragement and support. Here's a secret, which really isn't a secret at all ... love. Eating disorders hate love. It fucks 'em up.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Being over confident in my recovery. It's almost like ignoring the problem until it grows strong enough in your blindspot to knock you back on your ass from left fucking field leaving you wondering what the fuck just happened. Yep, getting back sucks, not as bad as getting knocked down, and I won't miss that but I really won't miss the part where I'm left with a relapse concussion.

Destination Recover(ed): Day 661

October 4, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: I have this one memory of standing in the bathroom facing the toilet getting ready to purge the dinner I had eaten and I just remember standing there, full of ambivalence, thinking "I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this." I crouched down and pulled my knees to chest, wrapped my arms around my knees and fought with myself. "I don't want to do this!" The eating disorder rebutted, "You have to." Back and forth until I gave in. I don't miss that. I don't miss why I never ever thought WHY? Why do I have to?

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: OK, this is going to sound ridiculous and trivial but I'm not going to miss getting into the passenger seat in the car and watching the "passenger airbag" sign switch from ON to OFF because it thinks either a child is sitting there or the seat is empty. That no one is there. It's like the car is subliminally messaging me, "Empty. You're not really there. You, my dear, have lost your presence."

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Destination Recover(ed): Day 660

October 3, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: Waking up in the middle of the night because I was so incredibly hungry and the hunger pains were so intense and painful and all I would allow myself was one swallow of water. Then I would go back to bed and tell myself over and over to be strong, that that sip was all I needed, just ignore it, just ignore the pain, ignore the hunger, it will go away, you're stronger than the wants and needs of your body. Fuck! I really don't miss that. I can look back at those memories and hear that voice, clear as day, and I want to scream at it, as if MY voice now could somehow go back and save myself from ever falling for the tricks and the traps of the eating disorder that would eventually silence my own voice.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: When my eating disorder still gets in there to my brain and fucks with my thoughts and tries to convince me that reality isn't true and I can't trust what I see or think or feel. Get the FUCK out of my head ASSHOLE!

Destination Recover(ed): Day 659

October 2, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: When I was in treatment out of state and I decided I didn't want to complete the program. After being in the program for a bit, I spent 3 days talking about leaving with my therapist there, and over the phone with Sandy and my Dad. I remember saying to my dad that for the first time in my life I felt like I had a presence, and it felt good. I felt like I was ready to come home and start my living my life and that the restrictions of being in treatment were holding me back. I will never forget what my Dad said. He said, "Jess, you are an adult and I can't force you to stay but I will not be the one to tell I think it's okay to leave. It's ultimately your choice and I will always support whatever you decide to do but because I believe with all my heart that you need to stay there and further gain strength and clarity, I will not help you come home. You feel as if they are holdingyou back but I feel as if they are giving me my daughter back." I eventually chose to walk out of treatment and I figured out, on my own, how to get home. But I didn't go home to my family, I went home to my dysfunctional life and marriage in Texas. I was too ashamed to face my family, especially my Dad. It was almost a year before I could gather the courage to face my dad after that. I don't miss that lost year and I don't miss letting everyone down after everything that was sacrificed for me to go to that particular treatment facility. I don't miss what it felt like to know I broke my dad's heart.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: Today I'm not going to miss feeling the funk of recovery. Feeling like this is bigger than me and doubting whether or not I can actually do this. It does fuel the desire to keep trying and not give up and to continue challenging myself to not give up but I'm not going to miss these feelings. It makes me scared. Of how I feel, of what's to come and what I still have to go through. I'm not going to miss the fear and the sadness that comes with it.

Destination Recover(ed): Day 658

October 1, 2012

What I don't miss about my eating disorder: When I would get called out on things in my treatment and I wouldn't be able to see passed my anger. When I wouldn't ever stop and think that what I was hearing was true and whomever loved me enough to say it, when instead of listening, I would stand up and grab my things and walk out, following my anger right through the door. I don't miss when I couldn't sit there with my anger boiling my blood and realize that the reason I'm so angry is because what I'm hearing is true and I'm only enraged because I know it and it sucks to admit it. It would be so much easier to just walk away.

What I'm not going to miss about my eating disorder: The times when I fight for the wrong things because my eating disorder has my mind and reality so fucking twisted and warped that I'm digging my heels in ready to fight to the death, believing I'm fighting for myself all the while playing for the wrong team ... and I don't get it. I don't see it or realize it. And then when I do, when the epiphany hits, that's when the anger comes, and the confusion and frustration. I can't wait for the reality to become clearer.