159 | Overcoming Eating Disorders and Finding Food Freedom with Kelsey Heenan

Wanting to fix your relationship with food? Had experience with an eating disorder? Wanting out of your eating disorder? Know that you are not alone! Kelsey Heenan, takes us through an emotional ride as she describes her eating disorder journey, her thoughts, and exactly how she was feeling as she tried to navigate her overriding, fearful, and anxiety-inducing thoughts around food and body image. As she dives into the social pressures associated with being a female and an athlete, she explains the miscommunication around what healthy eating consists of, the importance of fueling for performance, and how she re-orientated herself around triggering foods. As an athlete who had to quit because of her physical conditions from her eating disorder, Kelsey dives into how she felt after re-feeding, how she approaches disordered eating, and when she thinks calorie counting is beneficial. Through education, Kelsey provides her favorite way to get individuals to begin to approach their relationships with food and how movement can help heal your relationship with food and body image. Let’s lean with Kelsey!

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What You Will Learn in this Interview with Kelsey Heenan:

3:50 - Kelsey’s Background

7:10 - Kelsey’s Anorexia Diagnosis

10:13 - Where was there miscommunication about what healthy eating is

11:29  - Was Kelsey the only one experiencing restriction

13:46 - How did Kelsey re-orient and eat triggering foods again

17:23 - Did Kelsey’s restriction affect her athletics?

18:35 - What changes did Kelsey feel after re-feeding?

20:52 - How to approach disordered eating

24:14 - Are “what I eat in a day” valuable?

28:10 - How to approach calorie counting and when is it appropriate?

33:59 - Does Kelsey still struggle with disordered behaviors and thoughts around food?

36:40 - How did Kelsey move into education through movement

39:32 - Where can you learn with Kelsey

To learn more about Kelsey and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://jen.health/podcast/159

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