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When recovery weight gain challenges family expectations

My eating disorder recovery means I am larger than I used to be and my family keeps asking when I will be done gaining weight like there is supposed to be an endpoint.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healing often requires grieving the version of ourselves that others preferred, even when that version was suffering.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Weight body size and health — beyond BMI?”

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