If you've been trying to control what you eat for years I bet you are desperately needing a break. Fresh Love Food Podcast episode has insight. Pull up a chair and listen now for #foodpeace insight. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my FREE roadmap: Your First 3 Steps Towards Food Peace with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Join our Facebook group to get extra support! Episode's Key Points: Recovering from an eating disorder is SO different than recovery from an addiction... we NEED food! So how do we figure out how to navigate something that we struggle with, but that we have to engage with on a daily basis? When we struggle with an eating disorder, food becomes the central focus of the brain. When we pursue recovery, it's no wonder that food is still on our minds! We have to retrain our brain, and rewire it so that over time, it stops obsessing over the food. Lean into the resentment, anger, and exhaustion! These emotions are present for a reason. Ask yourself, who DESERVES this resentment and anger? This resentment and anger should be directed at our cultural expectations for the human body and for womanhood. Food is there to NOURISH us, not punish us. Recovery from an eating disorder is HARD WORK, and it's made harder by the fact that our culture still needs to recover from its own eating disorder. You keep getting mixed messages! We HAVE to feel our feelings, and examine them to figure out what their messages are for us... otherwise they'll keep resurfacing. Even when things feel hard, remember that you are STILL moving forward. Work with a therapist to help you muddle through this stage! Some practical advice: keep some easy, low-prep, go-to foods on hand at all times! Use these foods when you need a break, but you still want to make sure you're getting the nutrients you need. Food's important, but it's not everything. It doesn't have to always be the most pleasurable or nourishing experience... it can just be food! Food might become boring. That's normal! Try to schedule a meal or snack once a week that you eat with someone else to help support you through this stage. Food is a connector! Food is not supposed to be thought about all the time. Instead, it's a part of our lives, and our relationships should be taking central focus. Show Notes: Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus. Naomi Wolf Susie Orbach Virgie Tovar Eating Disorder Dietitian Julie Dillon RD blog Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.