It really concerns me that in the eating disorder community, girls idolise her. And don’t get me wrong with anorexia / orthorexia there is definitely merit in just EATING a ton of what you crave to get the weight on fast, as you are so malnourished it is of great benefit to the body both physically and mentally, to snap out of the routines and behaviours. But for every girl that has used ‘all in’ to great success and is happy and recovered, and feels at home in her new body, there are many others who have followed all in religiously and are now very unhappy and at risk of relapse. It breaks my heart every time I see a post asking how long until they lose the overshoot, girls going on to develop binge eating disorder which brings a whole host of separate problems, and others feeling miserable and like their body isn’t theirs anymore.
after a point, all in can become dangerous if it isn’t monitored, and guidance on how to reach a healthy stable weight considered. It’s less dangerous than anorexia, granted, but there is definitely the danger also that these girls will become so uncomfortable if their overshoot doesn’t naturally fall down like Steph says, that they will restrict again, and so continues the vicious cycle.
what makes it even more damaging for me is that she is clearly restricting again, but her naive followers won’t realise this and are just waiting for their own appetites to taper down, which might not happen.You can’t base your own recovery on one persons experiences, and even though she has a phd she is NOT qualified to help people on this particular journey.