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Unearthing Sunshine


Months 3-4 review
Ongoing Goals Dietitian appointment Weigh in Challenging fear foods Recognizing thoughts and feelings Building positive thinking skills...
Wendy Hnatuik
Jan 14, 20236 min read


Four Month Eating Disorder Recovery Update
(December 2022) How It’s Going The past month has been extremely busy and full of routine changes. I finished the university course I was...
Sam
Jan 14, 20233 min read


Three Month Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Sam)
How It’s going I’m sorry this update won't be very exciting. Not much has happened in the last couple of weeks. Mom and I still do yoga...
Sam
Dec 7, 20223 min read


Week 9 and 10 Eating Disorder Treatment Update (Sam)
How It’s going I hesitated to write this update because these past few weeks have been a struggle and not much new has happened. I had my...
Wendy Hnatuik
Nov 21, 20222 min read


Week 9-10 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
Week 9-10 Goals/Activities Dietitian appointment Weigh in Challenging fear foods Practice Recognizing thoughts and feelings Building...
Wendy Hnatuik
Nov 9, 20224 min read


Two Month Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
Week 8 Goals/activities Dietitian appointment Practice ACT worksheets Recognizing thoughts and feelings Building positive thinking skills...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 26, 20224 min read


Two Month Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Sam)
Weeks 7 and 8 Update How Its Going I’m still working on completing everything on my meal plan. I find eating “large” volumes of food...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 26, 20223 min read


Week 7 Eating Disorder Recovery Update
Goals/Activities Dietitian appointment Thanksgiving dinner Review ACT worksheets Recognizing thoughts and feelings Building positive...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 20, 20224 min read


My Eating Disorder Story (Sam)
If I go all the way back to the beginning, I have the general personality that is associated with anorexia nervosa. I am sensitive,...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 20, 20224 min read


Week 6 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
Week 6 Goals/Activities Dietitian appointment Weigh in appointment ACT worksheets Playtime Put in Practice Recognizing thoughts and...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 13, 20225 min read


Week 5 and 6 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Sam)
How it went The past two weeks have been very hard. I had all my normal appointments, and our schedule has not changed. Regarding food, I...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 13, 20223 min read


Week 5 Eating Disorder Recovery Update
Week 5 Goals/Activities Recognizing thoughts and feelings ACT worksheets Building positive thinking skills Take time for play...
Wendy Hnatuik
Oct 6, 20223 min read


Week 4 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
Week 4 goals/events were: Meeting with the Dietitian Time for Sam to visit with her friend Meeting regarding autism Weigh-in Work on...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 29, 20223 min read


Week 4 Eating Disorder Recover Update (Sam)
How It Went It was a difficult week. At the beginning of the week mom and I met with the dietitian to discuss how things went last week...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 29, 20223 min read


Week 3 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
Week 3 goals/events were: Meet with the dietitian Increase meal intake Work on control issues Tie-Dye day Baking - Garden Loaf Work on...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 22, 20225 min read


Week 3 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Sam)
How it Went This week involved many appointments as we got things sorted with the dietitian and school, in addition to regular therapy....
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 22, 20222 min read


Week 2 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
Goals for this week 2 were: Slightly increase food intake. Explore cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E) Work on Body Image Tackle 1 fear...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 15, 20224 min read


Week 2 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Sam)
How It Went This week felt smoother and calmer than last week since I am getting used to our schedule which was mostly the same as last...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 15, 20222 min read


Week 1 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Wendy)
It took a lot of deep soul searching before Sam and I agreed to work on an at home plan. Then it was an easy decision for me to make a...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 9, 20223 min read


Week 1 Eating Disorder Recovery Update (Sam)
Considering this is my first week of recovery a lot of big things happened. Both my mom and I stopped working and we plan to take 2...
Wendy Hnatuik
Sep 8, 20224 min read
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