Savannah Lavenstein - Evergreen Healing

reminder that the overwhelming majority of eat*ng d*sorders will not *look* the way your health book may have taught you.

bodies get better and better at holding on, & behaviors get better and better at hiding.

an*rexia, (what i was dealing with in this very moment before treatment 12 years ago) is defined as the inability to nourish oneself. if you pay attention to pet medication ads, it’s also a side effect of some dog Rxs.

an*rexia doesn’t have a look, many times bodies look very safe… but are significantly undernourished… and are eating other structures on the inside. bones, teeth, nerve paths, eyes… and it’s not the stuff that Megan Trainor said it would be when she said she didn’t have enough willpower to have an ED :’/ .

i do not believe in sharing my meal plan, or any of my numbers, but at the time of this photo, i was unable to nourish beyond one snack a day… and was still going on fasted runs and going to hot yoga. and i was silently falling apart.

so in a time where your instagram may be pushing RiB FlArE, HiP dIpS, LoOkSmAxXxInG and apps to achieve the RiGhT pRoPoRtIoNs… its so important to find the people who feed & support the parts of you that might be hidden. where you might be starving. for community, nourishment, or sneakily disappearing because life is really hard rn.

more than about 9x out of 10 this is not a visible issue.

i’m so thankful to be on this side right now. with a community that keeps me accountable. this is not about how we look, especially if dogs can experience disordered eating when on a medication. or people with degenerative brain disorders like dementia experience it.

it’s not about trying to lose weight a lot of the time. but it is about managing our world or other symptoms.

let’s have the hard talks, not download one more app. i love you ♥️
i have client openings comin soon. if your team isn’t complete, yet.

#edrecovery #hiddenillnesses #healthnotfitness