Posts by Emma Murphy
#EatingFreely Day 2 – A Note on Fats
You’ll see from the recipes I post that I use coconut oil for cooking almost anything. If not coconut oil, then I use olive oil or butter (as long as you can keep the heat low). If you need a high heat you are better off using coconut oil or sunflower oil, I use Tesco’s…
Read More#EatingFreely – My Prawn “Carbonara” Recipe
Now – I know some of you will FREAK OUT when you see this meal. BUT, I want you to think about this: 1. All the ingredients are fresh, natural food. So your body can completely metabolise them all. You can also substitute bacon (grill your rashers then cut up into bite size pieces), or…
Read More#EatingFreely Day 1 – Perfect and Imperfect Planning…
#EatingFreely Day 1 Video from Eating Disorder Recovery on Vimeo. #Eating Freely – Day 1 Diary Notes Breakfast: Potato slices fried in coconut oil, with scrambled egg. Coffee. I cooked two large extra potatoes yesterday when I was making dinner, to have for breakfast this morning. Coconut oil is massively beneficial to our health so…
Read MoreMindful Eating – #EDAW2017 Day 4
Day 4 of Eating Disorders Awareness Week. And again, my theme for this week is to Ditch the Diet, and Find Peace with Food. I am all about MINDFUL Eating – if you are eating mindfully, then it is hard to truly over eat or binge. One guidepost I use all the time with clients,…
Read MoreThe Neuroscience of Dieting and Why it Doesn’t Work… #EDAW2017 Day 2
For Eating Disorders Awareness Week this year #EDAW2017 my focus is on supporting ALL women and men to ‘Ditch the Diet’ and find peace with food. You do not have to have a ‘full blown’ Eating Disorder to have a disordered relationship with food! So for today’s post, I’m sharing a video I love, that…
Read MoreDieting IS an Eating Disorder…. #EDAW2017 Day 1
It is Eating Disorders Awareness Week this week. I am honoured to have over 2,000 followers on my Facebook page, and I know that a percentage of those followers are ‘officially’ struggling with an Eating Disorder – by that I mean in recovery from Anorexia, or struggling with Bulimia or Binge Eating Disorder. However, the…
Read MoreCravings.
CRAVINGS. They happen for three reasons (not all at the same time): 1. Your body is craving something specific – like magnesium, which may be why you crave something like chocolate. You will learn today and Wednesday about how to begin balancing out your diet PROPERLY with all the essential nutrients and components your body…
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