How to Nourish Yourself Through an Eating Disorder Recovery for Adults with the Plate-by-Plate Approach

by Sterling, Wendy; Crosbie, Casey

• ISBN13: 9781615199778
• ISBN10: 1615199772
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-11-14
• Publisher: The Experiment

Summary

Overcome your eating disorder and repair your relationship with food, starting today

If you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, or another form of disordered eating, the path to normal eating may seem impossible. This is why Wendy Sterling and Casey Crosbie created the Plate-by-Plate Approach®: a simple, numberless, exchange-free program to restore your relationship with food. In this practical, easy-to-use guide—complete with sample plates, example schedules, and helpful tracking logs—they teach you to take control of your nutrition with nothing more than a 10-inch plate.

• Learn to use the Plate-by-Plate Approach® at home.
• Understand common patterns and behaviors to restore your relationship with food.
• Adapt the Plate-by-Plate Approach® to your own dietary and cultural needs.
• Overcome common barriers on your journey to healthy eating.

How to Nourish Yourself Through an Eating Disorder transforms the challenging path to recovery, simplifying your treatment plan and providing a straightforward, intuitive, tried-and-true method for a better life.

Author Biography

Casey Crosbie, RD, CSSD, is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Approved Supervisor through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. She owns Crosbie Nutrition, a virtual private practice in California, offering individual and family work as well as professional supervision and community outreach. She has been published in Nutrition in Clinical Practice and in the Journal of Adolescent Health. She, along with Wendy Sterling, is the coauthor of How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder. She lives in Albany, California.

Wendy Sterling, MS, RD, CSSD, is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Approved Supervisor through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. She specializes in eating disorders and sports nutrition, maintains a private practice in Menlo Park and Los Altos, CA, and has been published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders and International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. She, along with Casey Crosbie, is the coauthor of How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder. She lives in Redwood City, California.
 

Table of Contents

Contents
Part 1: Where to Begin/Background
Chapter 1: Understanding Eating Disorders and the Obsession with Food
Chapter 2: Common Medical Issues by Susanne Martin, MD
Chapter 3: Exploring Therapeutic Strategies for Recovery
Chapter 4: It Takes a Village: Getting Help from Experts and Loved Ones
Chapter 5: To Exercise or Not: Managing Exercise, Athletes, and Compulsive Movement
Chapter 6: No One Said This Would Be Easy
Part 2: The Plate-by-Plate Approach®/Taking Back the Table: How
Chapter 7: Conducting Your Baseline Nutrition Assessment
Chapter 8: Achieving the Plate
Chapter 9: Why This Breakdown? A Close-up on Grain/Starches, Proteins, Fruits and Vegetables, Fats, and Dairy
Chapter 10: Putting It All Together: Meal and Snack Ideas
Chapter 11: Active Nutrition Rehabilitation
Chapter 12: An Approach for All Diagnoses—How?
Part 3: Food Freedom
Chapter 13: Moving Beyond Brown Rice: Letting Go of Food Fears
Chapter 14: The Plate-by-Plate Approach® on the Road
Chapter 15: Navigating Body Changes
Chapter 16: “I need you to know THIS!” (For Family/Friends in My Life)
Chapter 17: Transitioning to Weight Maintenance and Reintroducing Physical Activity
Chapter 18: Intuitive Eating