6th December 2024

This week’s topic is new year’s resolutions.

 You may be thinking…how is this linked to eating disorders? The link is (for me anyway) that many New Year’s resolutions are diet related.

Unfortunately fad diets are at their peak at new years. As we are rapidly approaching 2025 I wanted to offer some reassurance to those with eating disorder.

Please remember your body is not a craze or something that should be nourished seasonally! Even if you join in at Christmas you do not need to compensate in the new year. People don’t eat the same amount every day, and having more at Christmas (or any day) is more than okay.

Another thing to remember is that you are your own person, just because others go on a diet or cut out specific foods, that doesn’t mean you have to! Yes there are foods that may be eaten around holiday seasons- like Christmas dinner- but nourishing yourself is not seasonal. Different foods doesn’t mean less food, it may just mean you eat different things.

Finally, my best advice if you do want to join in with New Year’s resolutions, do something that will better you as a person. This can be short term or long term, but something either non-food/exercise focused will probably more beneficial. Or (though you don’t need to wait until new year), choosing recovery could be your New Year’s resolutions to help you start off 2025!

​By Leah Brown