I am a little rigid about my daily routine. I like waking up at the same time every day, doing the same workout every day, working the same hours, eating the same foods, etc. I’m not totally inflexible (I can skip the workout, sleep in if I’m tired, take a half-day from work, spontaneously go out to eat, etc.), but when given the choice will follow my routine.
My routine basically went out the window when I moved to a new city this summer. I couldn’t walk the …

If you are at immediate physical risk, you need inpatient treatment.
If you are not making progress in outpatient therapy, you need something more intensive.
If you’ve been doing great for months and have an established support system, you can decrease your level or frequency of treatment.
… but, is there such a thing as “touch-up” treatment?
In the spirit of my remission and relapse post, I’d like to emphasize the many shades of gray between the two extremes.  You don’t wake up one morning to have fallen off the recovery cliff overnight (though …

I saw this interesting article today: What you say, what the anorexic hears.
While I think that this post is a great idea… I didn’t find these thoughts to be true to my experience. In my case, things were more like this:
WHAT YOU SAY: “You look so thin!”
WHAT THE ANOREXIC HEARS: “You have an eating disorder and I can tell.”
WHAT YOU SAY: “I’m glad to see you’ve put on a little weight — you were getting way too thin!”
WHAT THE ANOREXIC HEARS: “I’m so glad to …