In the early years of my eating disorder recovery work the emotional pain I experienced was intolerable.  Yet I had to tolerate it to heal.  I was in therapy three times a week.  I went to 12 step meetings every day and sometimes three times a day if the days were bad.  I did physical, emotional and psychological exercises that people told me had helped them.  I was on the phone with outreach calls - both calling and being called.  I worked every avenue of recovery I learned about, some more helpful than others.

One of the ways that assured me and helped me build a base from which to recover I want to share with you on a regular basis via this blog. I hope you follow along and participate as much and as often as you like.

Being stuck in routines, whether from a psychological need, like the deep reasons for an eating disorder, or from habits born of necessity and continued beyond their original need, limit our lives.  We can't see beyond those limits.  We miss opportunities in the world.  We fail to discover treasures within our minds, hearts and souls. Often we are so

What are your feelings - the ones your eating disorder numbs out or buries with obsessive thinking and compulsive eating?  How on earth is it possible to answer such a question without bringing up feelings you can't bear?

Let's talk real food and real behavior.  What did you have for breakfast today?

Leave your answer in the comments.  We can build up a pile of menus, good, bad, mediocre, great, indifferent and see what we come up with. Looking at the reality of what we do helpS us make helpful adjustments.  And it could be of fun.  Recovery WORK doesn't always have to be serious.  Important yes, but laughter, surprise and sharing is part of the journey.

For breakfast this morning I had: a bowl of low fat yogurt mixed with sliced strawberries and blackberries, sprinkled with left over flax seed. I had one cup of caffeinated coffee with soy milk and stevia as a sweetener.  (I used the flax seed because I didn't want to waste it, even though I know it works on lowering cholesterol in men, but not women.)

What did you have for breakast this morning?  Check in to see what others have to say.

Yes, you can check in every day with a different real food breakfast report!