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with ⁣..⁣Truths. Facts. Science. Let these sink in and take root where those diet culture beliefs are just waiting to...
10/18/2026

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Truths. Facts. Science.

Let these sink in and take root where those diet culture beliefs are just waiting to be torn out.

with ⁣..⁣Nutrition misinformation can sound really convincing online, especially when it’s wrapped up in confidence, ...
10/17/2026

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Nutrition misinformation can sound really convincing online, especially when it’s wrapped up in confidence, personal success stories, scary claims, and promises of a simple solution.

Here’s what to watch for:

🥑 Personal experience = “proof.”

A testimonial or transformation isn’t the same as scientific evidence.

🥑 They speak in absolutes.

Nutrition is rarely as simple as “never eat this” or “everyone should avoid that.”

🥑 They use fear.

“Toxic,” “poison,” and other scary words often leave out dose, risk, and context.

🥑 They push detoxes, cleanses, or resets.

You don’t need to compensate for eating.

🥑 One study = definitive proof.

A single study doesn’t represent the entire body of evidence.

🥑 They confuse correlation with causation.

An association doesn’t automatically mean one thing caused another.

🥑 One thing supposedly fixes everything.

Be skeptical of foods or supplements promising solutions for a long list of health concerns.

🥑 They create the problem AND sell the solution.

Especially when the “fix” happens to be their supplement, test, course, or meal plan.

🥑 Weight loss = proof of health or expertise.

A smaller body doesn’t tell you someone’s health status — and a transformation isn’t a credential.

🥑 No relevant credentials or credible sources.

Follower count, confidence, and virality don’t equal expertise.

Nutrition has nuance. Your feed should too. 🫶

Save this for the next time questionable nutrition advice pops up on your feed.

For a deeper dive, read my full article "10 Red Flags of Nutrition Misinformation on Social Media." You can check it out by clicking the link on my profile then selecting recent articles.

.coaching with ⁣..⁣Reframing negative thinking: Part 3 ✨Your eating disorder can be very good at presenting opinions, ...
10/17/2026

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Reframing negative thinking: Part 3 ✨

Your eating disorder can be very good at presenting opinions, fears, and assumptions as facts.

Reframing is one way to create a little space between what your ED says and what you actually choose to believe or act on.

You don’t need the perfect positive thought to challenge your ED. Sometimes you just need a thought that gives recovery a little more room to speak. 💛

Which one of these reframes do you need to borrow today? 👀

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10/17/2026

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Your body doesn't care that you had a better meal planned for 3 hours from now.

Sometimes we get so caught up in finding the right thing to eat that we end up not eating at all.

You don't have the perfect meal.
You don't have the right snack.
You're out running errands.
You're not in the mood for what's available.
You're waiting until you can get home and make something "better."

And suddenly it's been 5… 6… 7 hours since you ate.

Here's the thing: your blood sugar doesn't necessarily benefit from you waiting until you're ravenously hungry just so you can eat the "perfect" meal.

Eating regularly can help keep your blood sugar more steady and, just as importantly, can keep you from getting so hungry that you're ready to eat everything in sight.

I'd much rather see you eat something than spend hours waiting for the perfect food to appear.

Does it have to be the most balanced meal you've ever eaten? Nope.

Eating something now doesn't mean you've failed. It means you're taking care of yourself with what you have available right now.

And you can always eat again later.

You don't have to wait for the perfect meal to take care of your body.

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with ⁣..⁣The problem was never the word fat. It’s everything we’ve been taught to attach to it.
10/17/2026

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The problem was never the word fat. It’s everything we’ve been taught to attach to it.

with ⁣..⁣You may know exactly what recovery requires and still feel unable to do it.That doesn’t mean you do not want...
10/16/2026

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You may know exactly what recovery requires and still feel unable to do it.

That doesn’t mean you do not want recovery badly enough.

When the eating disorder has become connected with safety, eating more or allowing your body to change can feel like far more than a practical challenge. Beneath the fear of food or weight gain may be a deeper fear:

What if I cannot cope with what happens next?

The brain can present that fear as though it is warning you about real danger. Avoiding the feared action brings temporary relief, which seems to confirm that avoidance kept you safe.

But the relief does not last. The fear returns, the eating disorder becomes more powerful and life grows smaller.

Recovery begins when you gently interrupt that cycle. You take one recovery action while the fear is present and give your brain the opportunity to learn something new: nothing bad was actually going to happen.

Inside the Eating Disorder Recovery Circle, you’ll find a complete collection of resources devoted to the fear of weight gain, alongside compassionate support from people who truly understand.

Explore the Circle at juliatrehane.com.

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10/16/2026

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Sometimes, food restriction doesn't happen all at once.

One food disappears.

Then another.

And eventually, you may realize your list of "safe" foods has become much smaller than it used to be.

There can be real reasons to avoid certain foods.

But it's also worth asking:

Is my food list getting smaller because of what I know, or because of what I'm afraid might happen?

What food have you quietly given up over the years?

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10/16/2026

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There’s this CONSTANT running commentary about food, movement, your body, what you ate, what you’re going to eat, whether you’ve done enough, what tomorrow looks like...

It takes up so. much. space.

I think that’s part of why it can be so easy to convince yourself things aren’t “that bad"

Especially when you’re still functioning & nobody around you seems to notice...but how much of your life is being taken up by the eating disorder matters too.

You deserve more than just being able to function around it. 🤍

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10/15/2026

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That realization can be jarring. How you perceive your body directly profits the weight loss industry.
Their industry model is to make you a forever customer.

So their “solutions” have to keep pivoting. Diet pills. Point systems. Detox teas. Injections. The packaging changes but the promise stays the same. But notice how often the solution has to change. What’s actually being protected here isn’t your health. It’s the profit model.

💜If you just had an ‘aha’ moment... comment COURSE and I’ll get you on the waitlist for my weekly beta round of the Body Grievers® Course.

10/15/2026

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What is “chasing hunger” ??

this is the phrase that I used to describe when you are in the pattern of eating, just enough to not feel overly hungry anymore… But not eating enough to ever get to that satisfied, comfortably hungry place. I see this very often in my nutrition, clients! Whether it’s a purposeful restriction tactic, or the result of not being in touch with your hunger cues (seen often with ADHD), the result can leave us feeling really uncomfortable in our bodies and mentally when it comes to food.

Can you relate to this?

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