PTSD disordered eating here to try to maintain weight.

Trixie_Pixi

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I am here to track calories as part of food aversion treatment. I am a rare cancer survivor and recently lost my husband to pancreatic cancer. Watching someone starve to death severely impacts your relationship with food. So my goals are food as fuel. Zero emotion. Consume nutrient dense healthy meals and get enough calories in. I know my goals are likely different than most. But we are all here to get healthier. So I thought I would pop in and say hi.

AnnPT77

Hello and welcome!

You've been through some tough stuff. I have some adjacent-type experiences (had an advanced-stage but common cancer, lost my husband to esophageal cancer). I don't and won't assume I know how you feel, but maybe have some inkling of similar territory.

I think you're doing a smart and brave thing, working out an affirmative plan to get past some of your very natural reactions to those traumas, and move back to a health-promoting food intake, and perhaps ultimately (we might hope) a better relationship with food overall.

I'm cheering for you to succeed!