Body Love Binge Interview - 30 Years of Eating Disorders to Complete Freedom
In this powerful interview, I sit down with Karen, one of my Body Love Binge group coaching Queens, who recovered from 30 years of eating disorders - moving through anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. She shares her raw, honest journey from restriction and purging multiple times daily to complete food freedom.
Key Quotes from the Episode:
💬 "I spent 30 years with an eating disorder. I thought, you know what? It's time to try something different. Even if I gain weight, I want to be free."
💬 "Why did none of the professionals tell me that my body was just trying to make up for all the time I'd been starving it?"
💬 "The binges stopped really quickly once I realised I wasn't giving my body enough food and I just let myself eat what I wanted."
💬 "It's my own thoughts making me unhappy. There are so many things in life that make you sad that you can't help - why let your own thoughts do it to you?"
💬 "Recovery gets easier. It's not anything big and major - it's all the little things in life that are better because of changing this."
What I Cover in This Episode:
✨ Karen's 30-year journey through anorexia, bulimia, and BED - How restriction led to bingeing, and why traditional treatment didn't address the root cause
✨ The pivotal moment of "enough is enough" - Why Karen decided to try recovery differently after three decades of struggling
✨ Why professionals don't talk about intuitive eating - The anger and sadness of realising what she needed to know all along
✨ Understanding you're not eating enough - How Karen discovered she was still restricting even when she thought she was eating normally
✨ Facing the fear of weight gain in your 50s - What motivated her to choose freedom over staying small
✨ The automatic purging response - Karen's practical breathing technique to retrain her body and stop involuntary purging
✨ How walking helped with physical discomfort - Using movement (not as compensation) to manage fullness whilst digestion improved
✨ The power of self-talk in recovery - Reassuring yourself through the 20% physical/80% emotional panic of feeling full
✨ Body dysmorphia and weight gain navigation - How Karen dealt with gaining weight, not fitting clothes, and fear of others' judgements
✨ Reframing thoughts about your body - The transformative realisation that your own thoughts are making you unhappy, not your body
✨ Foods coming back into the house - How recovery shows up in the small things, like having "trigger foods" around without bingeing
✨ The "P plates" phase of recovery - Why confidence continues to grow even after you're technically recovered
✨ Group coaching vs solo recovery - How the Body Love Binge group supported Karen's transformation without constant 1:1 coaching
This interview is perfect for anyone who's been struggling for years or decades, feels like they've tried everything, or wonders if recovery is possible in a bigger body or later in life.
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