Overcoming Fear Of Weight Gain

JUST FOR TODAY:  Trust your body to achieve a weight that is truly healthy for you, allowing you to look and feel your best.

If you are underweight or anorexic, you may know intellectually that you need to gain weight, but resist allowing your body to change its shape and size.  Your ultra-thin body has become comfortable, and gaining just a pound pushes you out of your comfort zone.  You may be afraid to let go of the control that you've had over your weight.  You may be afraid that if you let your body gain a little weight, you'll never stop gaining.  You may be afraid of what life will be like without your eating disorder.  But consider what life is like with your eating disorder – do you really want to continue living this way?  What is happening to your health?  How are your energy levels?  You will look and feel better if you trust your body to gain the weight that it needs to gain.  Let go of the need to control this process.  If it feels like you are gaining too much weight, or gaining too quickly, trust that this is your body's way of healing from your eating disorder.  Your healthy weight awaits.

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado