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##  [ Physical Effects of Anorexia Recovery: Personal Story ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/help-yourself/physical-effects-of-anorexia-recovery-personal-story) 

   Details    Category: [Help Yourself](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/eating-disorder-help/help-yourself/)  ***[![rain on flower](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/rain_on_flower.jpg)](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/rain_on_flower.jpg)****Sudden anorexia recovery efforts can be as shocking to the body as well as the mind. Here is one woman’s recovery story presented via our correspondence. She gave me permission to post our dialogue on my blog in hopes that our exchange would help you. (Her name is changed and her city is omitted.)*

***Hello Joanna,*** ***I found your website online and was hoping that you could help me. I struggled in silence with anorexia for eight years.***

 

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##  [ How Do I Stop Restricting When I Am Underweight? ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/help-yourself/how-do-i-stop-restricting-when-i-am-underweight) 

   Details    Category: [Help Yourself](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/eating-disorder-help/help-yourself/)  Liv and Susie are asking questions that relate to many people who restrict. (In response to invitation post) The questions go like this: "How do I change course and start gaining when I am underweight?" "Even if I’m at a weight that’s too low, how can I just maintain instead of losing?" "I’m still losing weight! How can I stop?" "When will I feel that it is okay to eat?"

**An approach to stop restricting** I’ll give you an approach you can use to help yourself stop restricting. Then I’ll try to help you understand how it works. But please know, you don’t have to understand how this approach works for it to be effective.

**For you quick readers:** Be your own doctor. Give yourself the authority to take charge of your health.

 

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##  [ Why “To Do Lists” Work and Don’t Work in Eating Disorder Recovery ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/help-yourself/why-to-do-lists-work-and-dont-work) 

   Details    Category: [Help Yourself](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/eating-disorder-help/help-yourself/)  ![check list](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/check_list.jpg)Coping with the pain and turmoil in a life governed by an eating disorder can tempt you into making to do lists. You want positive change in your life. Why not just make a list of what you want to change, and follow your own directions in an orderly manner? A "To Do" list can seem like your solution. Can it work, or is it a set up for failure?

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##  [ "Ain't I a Woman?" Inspiration for Eating Disorder Recovery ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/inspirations/qaint-i-a-womanq) 

   Details    Category: [Inspirations](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/table/help-yourself/inspirations/)  [![256px Sojourner truth c1870](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/256px-Sojourner_truth_c1870.jpg)](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/256px-Sojourner_truth_c1870.jpg)

Do you know about Sojourner Truth? Perhaps this strong, brave and eloquent woman of the 1800's can inspire you as she did me and millions of others.

 

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