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When Recovery and Fitness Goals Collide

I spent three years recovering from an eating disorder and now my nutritionist wants me to track macros again for my fitness goals but I can see myself sliding back into the obsession and I don't know how to want health without wanting control.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire for bodily improvement conflicts with hard-won psychological freedom from food obsession.

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