Comments on: Coronavirus, Self-Isolation and Eating Disorder Triggers

By: BARIZA SCIENCE

BARIZA SCIENCE — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 08:37:15 +0000

Really great thoughtful Information, thank you

By: YanvaYoga

YanvaYoga — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:22:01 +0000

I hope everyone can still get help, and learn to love themselves. Everyone,the illness doesn’t define you. You are beautiful.

By: Hayley L Seifert

Hayley L Seifert — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:46:34 +0000

Thank you for this. This is my first time to your blog, and am so thrilled I found it. I find myself struggling with mental health and triggers of my past issues with food. It is reassuring to know others are struggling with the same thing.

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:43:15 +0000

This was helpful. I feel like I’ve been struggling with the loss of routine, stability, the stress of whats happening, and meeting all my triggers again face to face. In additional, telling myself these struggles aren’t as important as everything else happening. Figuring a way out of this hole and into adaptation. Thanks for posting and relating.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:47:14 +0000

I’ve been thinking it has been a hard time too. Although I didn’t binge last week, I made a number of bad food choices through the stress and feeling out of control of the virus situation.

Making a concerted effort to reel it back in this week.

Thanks for posting xx

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:34:41 +0000

In reply to Kate O’Neil.

Same!! I’ve already binged a few times due to this stress. I deleted the UberEats, GrubHub, and DoorDash apps from my phone today. I told myself that I was supporting local restaurants!!! Which I was……but…..it was really just an excuse to order way too much food & eat myself into a food coma so that I didn’t have to sit with my feelings.

By: Regan

Regan — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:51:37 +0000

I’m so glad you posted this! Although never diagnosed with an eating disorder, I definitely have issues with food. I pigged out all last week while at home. Today I thought – my clothes aren’t going to fit by next week! WHAT AM I DOING??? I am a creature of habit and working from home has disrupted it. I’m apparently coping by eating. It just hit me now what I’m doing! THE CALORIES STILL COUNT EVEN WHILE WORKING AT HOME!!! Thanks for sharing yourself, which in turn spoke to me and helped me figure out what is going haywire with me. Gotta get back in control. Take care!

By: Emily L'Hommedieu

Emily L'Hommedieu — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:29:15 +0000

Andie,

Thank you so much for this post. As someone who has struggled with emotional eating challenges, is now 34 weeks pregnant, and stuck at home this really resonated with me! So much of my daily routine stemmed from my work life, which has been up ended. This week I’ve been returning to one of my favorite books on this topic, “Women, Food, and God” by Geneen Roth. It reminds me to feel what I’m feeling, and eat when I’m hungry… which is almost always these days!! I know that with a little baby on board I have a sacred duty to give him the best I can. It looks like you are expecting too- Congratulations!! I wish you all the best :) You got this beautiful mama!

By: Kate O'Neil

Kate O'Neil — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:30:27 +0000

Hi Andi-

I too can feel myself wanting to binge. As others have said, it is good to know that I am NOT the only one having these issues… Thank you for that.

Take care

By: Amanda Morey

Amanda Morey — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 19:06:29 +0000

Andi-
I’m so thankful you blogged about this. It’s definitely starting to trigger my BED, but I’m working on using the tools I have. It makes me feel good to have someone out there that gets it. I’ll be praying for you and your family