Fueling your Body
This macronutrient is the body's preferred source of energy.
What are Carbohydrates?
This macronutrient is commonly found in foods like meat, eggs, beans, and tofu and helps build and repair tissues
What is protein?
This physical sensation can indicate that your body needs food.
What is hunger?
This term describes societal beliefs that promote dieting, restriction, and weight control.
What is diet culture?
This means being able to adapt your eating when plans or circumstances change.
What is flexibility?
This organ uses a significant amount of the body's energy and requires consistent nourishment to function properly.
What is the brain?
Carbohydrates, protein, and fat are all members of this nutrient group.
What are macronutrients?
This is the sensation of having had enough food, though it may not always be easy to recognize.
What is fullness?
Calling foods “good” or “bad” is an example of this.
What is moralizing food?
Eating a new meal at a restaurant instead of your comfort meal is an example of this recovery skill.
What is food freedom?
Eating at regular intervals helps prevent extreme hunger and supports this important bodily function: maintaining stable energy levels throughout the day
What is energy?
This nutrient helps the body absorb certain vitamins and supports cell function
What is fat?
Hunger can become less noticeable after prolonged this behavior.
What is restriction?
This phrase describes the belief that food must be “earned” through exercise.
Eating a food that wasn't planned without compensating afterward demonstrates this.
What is flexibility?
The body needs this nutrient to support hydration, digestion, circulation, and temperature regulation.
What is water?
These three nutrients—carbohydrates, protein, and fat—can all provide the body with this.
What is energy?
During eating-disorder recovery, structured eating may be necessary even when this cue is absent.
What is hunger?
This term describes judging your worth or morality based on what or how much you eat.
What is food morality?
Being able to eat different foods instead of relying on a limited list of “safe” foods demonstrates this.
What is food variety?
Consistent nourishment supports the brain functions of concentration, memory, and this ability to regulate emotions and behavior.
What is decision-making?
Foods can provide nutrition while also serving important social, cultural, and this sensory purpose.
What is pleasure?
Hunger and fullness cues may be unreliable during recovery because eating disorders can disrupt this internal signaling system.
What is interoception?
Fear of weight gain, food rules, and labeling foods as “clean” or “unclean” are examples of this broader system.
What is diet culture?
Eating adequately even when your preferred food isn't available demonstrates this core recovery skill.
What is adaptability/flexibility?