"But having goals around weight can also be a good, honest, powerful contributor to the process of leaving an eating disorder behind. How? Well, the crucial factor that in my view turns the use of body weight in recovery from bad to good is the question of whether body weight targets are being used as outcome goals or process goals."
"As I've explored elsewhere (for example, in my post on "12 reasons to use a meal plan in recovery from anorexia"), it's often unrealistic to drop the fixation on the numerical early on in recovery, expecting instincts to jump in and reliably take over where they've been so long suppressed and dismissed in favour of counting. This is why it often helps to turn the counting on its head, using it to eat countably more, exercise countably less,"
The key distinction lies in using bodyweight targets as process goals rather than singular outcome goals. Process-oriented weight targets can channel attitudes like rebelliousness, gratitude, and curiosity to support recovery actions. Numerical tools can be repurposed to increase intake, reduce exercise, or raise limits until counting no longer constrains desire. Monitoring weight can help maintain honest progress tracking and establish simple recovery rules while avoiding rigid final-weight prescriptions. Gradual adjustments to rules and limits allow instincts and internal cues to resurface, ultimately reducing reliance on numerical constraints.
Read at Psychology Today
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