Eating Disorders resources & information thread

EATING DISORDERS HEALTH RESOURCES & INFO THREAD

The moderators thought that we would start a place where we can have links to helpful discussions on the psychology of eating disorders, what they are, how to get help, and questions & strategies for recovery.

You and are going through the same things as one another and if you are willing to share the journey great progress can be made ... No one can do this for you. You have to do the work and the work is hard, but you can share the journey.

Knowledge is Power! Awareness is power!

Recognizing you have a problem and wanting to change - that is where to start.

Please share, feel free to link to it in other discussions here at Calorie Count! And please feel free to add information and links also!

But remember, none of this is intended as medical advice. Please reach out in the real world ~ there are friends & family who love you and medical professionals who have experience and training and the desire to help you.

All you have to do is ask... reach out & grab some help! Live life!

Calorie Count Expert on Eating Disorders Matthew Tiemeyer's page:

• Eating Disorders
• About.com Guide to Eating Disorders (free newsletter)

Info on treatment that is free or low cost

• ANRED
  

Supportive websites with information

• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA, also has a newsletter)
• ANAD - National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (pro-recovery resources and free support network)
• Something Fishy (pro-recovery & info website)
• Mirror Mirror (pro-recovery website)
• Eating Disorders Online (pro-recovery & info website)
• Academy for Eating Disorders (general info)
• Pale Reflections (pro-recovery resources and more)

Books, newspaper and magazine articles

• Aimee Liu "Gaining"
• 15 styles of distorted thinking (if you have an ED maybe you are having difficulty admitting the problem and could have distorted thinking)
• NYTimes series of articles on Eating Disorders
• One Spoonful at a Time (NYTimes article)

Helplines/Hotlines

• NEDA helpline: (800) 931-2237
• ANAD hotline (847) 831-3438 (also have support groups available!)
• Pale reflections webpage with National/International hotline numbers
  

Nutrition and Weight Information

• Ask Mary
  
• Nutritionist Mary Hartley's "Ask Mary" answers for EDs
  
• Calorie Count's Expert Mary Hartley's page on Nutrition
• http://www.kidsnutrition.org/ (Children's nutritional information page)
• http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/nutrition/ (Nutrition/Health for Teens)
• About.com BMI calculator for teenagers and children (also works for adults)
• Extreme dieting and why it doesn't work
• The Body Neglected (how does persistent undereating damage the body)

Personal stories about Eating Disorders (also their lasting effects)

• Anorexia as a treatable disease with longterm effects (a personal CCers account)
• Anorexia: The physical devastation (you tube video from personal experience)
• Anorexia nearly killed my wife
• Obesity on 800 calories a day
  

Creating a Positive Body Image

• Helping Teenage Girls to Create a Positive Body Image (by Quaker Oats)

WOW!!! THIS THREAD IS FANTASTIC!! I was browsing and I came across this thread. I find all of this information to be amazing with helping with recovery for and ED. I am trying to battle anorexia and all of the links and nutrition info are great resources. Even though this is an every day struggle, this thread was a great place to go to after a long day. I am really starting to focus on the more positive aspects of my life, them being: to become healthy and happy with my body and myself!!! I guess after reviewing some of the links on this thread it has given me that extra push that I needed today to get in the right mindset in order to recover. Like I have posted before NEDA is a great source as well as the disorted thinking article and "Gaining" book.

Thanks so much nycgirl for making this effort to help individuals like me who are suffering inside and out. And to all other people with EDs/or individuals in recovery, please look over these, they were benefical to me and I know they will help some of you too. Good luck with recovery and God Bless!

Quick aside -- Positivelinny, you are not TRYING to battle anorexia. You ARE battling it :-)

I agree, PositiveLinny, you are inspiring! And don't thank me for this thread, thank your fellow Calorie Count users as well as the other moderators who helped compile the info ... it's a "work in progress" as they say .... So guys, post links here to places you find helpful in your battle with EDs ... !

http://www.womenshealth.gov/bodyimage/bodywor ks/CompanionPiece.pdf

I think it's a really good overview of eating disorders, a print out of it (it's about 6 pages) would probably be very beneficial for families and those who are not very knowledgeable about eating disorders. The last page has a bunch of useful numbers:

RESOURCES

The National Women’s Health
Information Center (NWHIC)
Telephone: (800) 994-9662
TDD: (888) 220-5446
Web site: www.4woman.gov, ww.4girls.gov

NWHIC is a federal government Web site and toll-free call center that provides free, reliable women’s health information. Sponsored by the Department of Health
and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, NWHIC features special sections
on body image and girls’ health. The 4girls.gov Web site gives girls between
the ages of 10 and 16 reliable, current health information designed to motivate
them to choose healthy behaviors.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK)
Telephone: (877) 946-4627
Web site: www.niddh.nih.gov
NIDDK offers statistics, research, and educational information on its Web
site and manages The Weight-control Information Network (WIN), which
provides resources on obesity, eating disorders and other weight-related issues.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Telephone: (301) 592-8573
Web site: www.nhlbi.nih.gov
E-mail: NHLBinfo@rover.nhlbi.nih.gov
The NHLBI Information Center and the Obesity Education Initiative provide
information about weight control, including tools such as an online BMI calculator
for adults and a menu planner. The NHLBI also operates a program called Hearts
N’Parks, a partnership with the National Recreation and Parks Association, which
helps provide activities for kids and adults that encourage healthy lifestyle
choices to reduce the risk of obesity and heart disease.

American Dietetic Association
Nutrition hotline: (900) 225-5267
Publications: (800) 877-1600 ext. 5000
Web site: www.eatright.org
The American Dietetic Association operates a nutrition hotline that provides
the public with nutrition information for a small fee. The association also offers
publications and other resources to the general public, health care providers and
other professionals, teachers, and parents.

National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
Telephone: (206) 382-3587
Information and Referral Helpline: (800) 931-2237
Web site: www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
NEDA is the largest eating disorders prevention and advocacy organization in the world. The association provides treatment referrals to those suffering from
anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and to those concerned with body image
and weight issues. NEDA also develops prevention programs for a wide range
of audiences, publishes and distributes educational materials, conducts an annual
conference, and operates a toll-free eating disorders helpline.

The Body Positive
Telephone: (510) 548-0101
Web site: www.thebodypositive.org
E-mail: Info@thebodypositive.org
The Body Positive is a non-profit organization that educates people to think about self-esteem, health and body image in a new way. Their resources include a guidebook on how to create comprehensive, youth-led eating disorders prevention programs in schools and youth organizations, as well as videos on body image and self-esteem for girls, families, health care providers and educators.

Thank you for clearing that up for me nycgirl and contrary...and you both are definitely right...I AM BATTLING IT and I will CONQUER it!!! I believe that we all can!

Hi guys, any more resources, articles etc to share with your fellow H&S board members???

This is a new set of links I added above, what a great organization!! There are free support groups all over the world, website information, free hotlines/helplines, tons of info:

ANAD: National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (Eating Disorders Resources and Support Network)

 

I also added a link to Pale Reflections, a great ED resource center. Their hotline numbers page is great with numbers for countries all over the world.

http://www.pale-reflections.com/phone.asp

Here are some of the US numbers listed there (but many countries are listed!):

EATING DISORDER HOTLINE

• Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders, Inc.
  (541) 344-1144
• Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
  (858) 481-1515
• National Eating Disorders Association
  1-800-931-2237

SUICIDE CRISIS HOTLINE

• Covenant House
  (800) 999-9999
  Hotline for youths needing somebody to talk to
• Hope Line Network
  1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
• TeenLine Hotline Help Center
  714-NEW-TEEN (714-639-8336)
• The Trevor Project
  (800) 850-8078
  24/7 suicide & crisis prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth
• Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
  (303) 429-3530

OTHER NUMBERS

• 1-800-THERAPIST
  1-800-THERAPIST (1-800-843-7274)
  Mental health referral service
• National Drug & Alcohol Line
  1-800-662-HELP
  Information on alcohol and drug abuse, can also advise on local treatment options
• National Mental Health Association Information Center
  1-800-969-NMHA (1-800-969-6642)
• Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
  1-800-656-HOPE (1-800-656-4673)
• Self-injury at Safe-Alternatives.com
  1-800-DONT-CUT (1-800-3668-288)
• Sexual Assault Crisis Line
  1-800-643-6250
  Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Hi, i'm new to this. i'm unsure if i have an eating disorder or not and was wondering if anyone could help me determine if i do

Beautifuldisaster, Welcome to the forum! 

FYI, this is our resource thread and not a discussion thread, so why don't you start a new thread with your question and some more information about yourself in the main forum.

In the meantime, please look at the expert area on Eating Disorders and take this Quiz to determine if you might have symptoms of an eating disorder.

The videos by eniwekwe on You Tube are excellent educational videos made by a recovering anorexic about the physical devastation of anorexia .... very mind opening:

http://www.youtube.com/user/eniwekwe

THIS is an AMAZING documentry, and a real eye opener!!

there are 6 parts to it, this is the first video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GqYGiH6uoI&am p;feature=related

That Youtube Link. You Are Right. What An Eye Opener. It Has Shocked Me To The Cor =[ I Didnt Realise How Much Danger People Are In By Losing More Weight Than They Need To. x

could anyone help me? i know i have an eating disorder, i have for quite some time, and i've been trying and trying to just be done with it. i recently just got tired of fighting by myself, and decided that i needed help. so, i told my mom, and she doesn't believe me. i asked if i could get a shrink, one session just so that the shrink tells my mom that i need help, and she said no, she doesn't think there's anything wrong with me. what should i do? would i be able to do something by myself? i'm 17....

i think you should try talking to the counselor at your school.. some of my friends told my counselor that they thought i had a problem so then i was asked to go talk to her but it was really not bad at all.. i mean i dk what your guidance counselor is like but mine is really cool and a lot of people go in to just talk to her about random things in their lives haha so it wasn't too intimidating.. but if your mom isn't there for you and you don't have a therapist to go to i think it is your best bet, and its a free resource so you should make use of it!

thanks, that's a really good idea. i'll try it. =)

no problem.. i'm glad that youre going to give it a try, let me know how it goes!

Hvae you guys seen the new ASK MARY section of Calorie Count? You can ask our resident nutritionist Mary Hartley your nutrition related questions. All questions asked are published so it is a fabulous resource. There is even a section specifically for ED related questions. Please check it out!

http://caloriecount.about.com/ask/browse/eati ng-disorders/3.html

thanks for these wonderful resources!! its a big help to a recovering and often confused anorexic like myself :)

I just want to let you know that you CAN do it, with the help of someone qualified to work with you on this. I was bulimic for several years between ages 19 and 24. I still battle with body image issues everyday, and even now I still see a counselor to deal with depression. This first step, the step of admitting you have an eating disorder is a HUGE step. I still remember defending myself to friends.

With the help of my husband, family and my counselor I finally was able to kick it. Believe me it wasn't easy. I would go a week with no binge/purge cycles.. then I would relapse.. then I'd go 3 days and relapse.. sometime before even 10am on a day I'd resolved would be better. Then I would go a month before I'd even try again.. eventually I was able to get by a day at a time. That is really all I can say about how I overcame it, and still overcome it to this day.

I have two beautiful daughters now, and I hope to bring them up to have healthier body images than I did growing up and for them to be educated on nutrition and fitness more than I ever did growing up.

Just be patient with yourself. One of the worst things I ever did was profess an anger towards myself and how "weak" I was. I can't imagine a smoker or drug addict could have had a bigger "addiction" than I did.

Take up something to help with relaxing and calming like yoga, meditation, etc. I can't tell you how much that helped me.

Also, alot of times you can find FREE eating disorder support groups around your community. Being around other people who suffer from the same thing can really give you that extra support you need!

And believe it or not, but these kinds of sites where you can develop relationships with other people going through the same thing, or have survived and can give some insight.. much as a "sponsor" would in some kind of alcoholics anonymous type group can be so wonderful.

You can do this. I'm sorry that your mom isn't seeing your disorder for what it is.. One of the most beneficial people in my recovery was my mom. I hope that she comes through for you.