Fueling for Recovery- Nutrition Care for Athletes and Eating Disorders

Fueling for Recovery- Nutrition Care for Athletes and Eating Disorders Fueling for Recovery is a team of inclusive, dedicated dietitians who specialize in eating disorder treatment and sports nutrition.

We provide unique care to athletes who suffer from eating disorders or experience disordered eating.

Just checking…👀‼️📢Athletes, consider this your friendly check-in!Training can make it easy to normalize things that dese...
08/28/2026

Just checking…👀

‼️📢Athletes, consider this your friendly check-in!

Training can make it easy to normalize things that deserve more attention: feeling exhausted all the time, pushing through every signal your body sends, turning rest days into extra training days or assuming that losing your period is simply part of the sport.

Dedication isn’t measured by how much discomfort you can ignore. A training plan should support your ability to recover, function outside your sport and keep doing what you love over time.

Some weeks will feel more balanced than others. The point isn’t to do recovery perfectly. It’s to notice when your body may be asking for something different and take those signals seriously.

👉 Which slide felt like it was checking in on you personally?

08/27/2026

Thinness may be having another cultural moment, but athletes need more than a body that fits a « current trend ».

Strength for your sport isn’t defined by appearance. It can look like recovering between sessions, staying focused through practice, adapting to training, reducing injury risk, and having enough energy left to participate in the rest of your life.

Your performance matters, but so does the life you’re building around it. Supporting your body with enough food, rest, and recovery can help you participate more fully in both. 💚

How has becoming stronger for your sport made a difference in your everyday life?

Losing your period may be common in sports, but that doesn’t make it an expected or harmless consequence of training.For...
08/25/2026

Losing your period may be common in sports, but that doesn’t make it an expected or harmless consequence of training.

For some athletes, it happens when the body is consistently asked to do more than the available energy can support. And that gap isn’t always intentional. It can develop after increasing mileage, adding double practices, rushing between school and training, relying on hunger alone, or eating meals that look balanced but still aren’t enough for the workload. 🥪⚡️

Getting a period back is rarely about finding one “hormone-balancing” food. It may involve eating more consistently, increasing carbohydrates and fats, adjusting training, protecting rest days, and addressing the stress your body is carrying.

It’s also important to rule out other possible causes with a qualified healthcare provider. A missing period deserves a proper assessment, even if you feel like you’re still performing well.

Your body doesn’t need to look a certain way for this to matter, and you don’t need to wait for your performance or health to decline before asking for support.💚

📌Save this post if your period hasn’t returned, or share it with a teammate who thinks losing it is just part of training.

A sports dietitian’s camera roll might be enough to send SkinnyTok into a coma!Carbs at every meal, including on rest da...
08/18/2026

A sports dietitian’s camera roll might be enough to send SkinnyTok into a coma!

Carbs at every meal, including on rest days. Regular yogurt instead of always choosing the lowest-fat option. A sports drink after an intense workout. A meal that isn’t built around getting the most protein for the fewest calories. Even drinks with friends, more often than not.

None of these choices mean I’m “not taking my nutrition seriously.” They reflect what sports nutrition actually looks like when the goal is to support my training, recovery, health, and a life outside of sport.

As athletes, we need more than protein and the leanest possible version of every food. We need enough overall energy, satisfaction, and the flexibility to eat differently depending on our schedule, appetite, preferences, and training demands.

With the new "proteinmaxxing" era on the rise, remember that every meal does not need to be perfectly optimized. Sometimes the choice that supports you best is the one that is satisfying, convenient, social, or simply what you want to eat.

👇Comment with something you do that would put SkinnyTok into a coma too!

08/06/2026

☀️ Summer is supposed to be the most carefree and relaxing time of year… but when you’re struggling with an eating disorder, it can feel like the opposite.

Suddenly, your usual routine is gone. Meals happen at different times, travel makes food less predictable, and social plans seem to revolve around eating. There may also be more conversations about bodies, diets, “summer fitness,” and what everyone is or isn’t eating.
It can feel like a lot.

Without your usual structure, your eating disorder thoughts may get louder. You might notice more rules around what you’re “allowed” to eat, urges to compensate, anxiety about eating in front of others, or the desire to skip plans altogether.

If this is how you’ve been feeling, it doesn’t mean you’re moving backwards. This season may simply bring different triggers, and you may need a little more structure and support than usual.

That could look like planning meals and snacks before a busy day, checking in with someone you trust before a social event, or asking for extra support when things start to feel overwhelming.

🏖️ You deserve to enjoy summer to the fullest, not spend it negotiating with your eating disorder.

🔗 Visit the link in our bio to learn how Fueling for Recovery can support you.

07/24/2026

Eating less doesn’t guarantee a predictable change in weight, because our bodies aren’t simple calculators.

When your body isn’t getting enough energy, you may notice fatigue, increased food thoughts, digestive changes, hormonal disruption, poorer concentration, and a slower recovery from daily life or exercise.

Instead of asking, “Why isn’t my body getting smaller?” it may be more helpful to ask, “What is undereating costing me?

Your body deserves consistent nourishment, not punishment for responding in ways you didn’t expect.

📩 Share this with someone who may be struggling to trust their body.

07/16/2026

🥗 Unpopular opinion: You’re probably eating too many fruits and vegetables

If you’re an athlete who’s always feeling full but somehow still low on energy, struggling to recover, or dragging through workouts, your meals might be filling your stomach without fully fueling your body.

Fruits, vegetables, and salads absolutely have a place in sports nutrition. But because they’re high in volume and relatively low in energy, they often aren’t enough on their own to support training.⚡

Instead of taking the salad away, build around it.
→ Add a sandwich.
→ Include chips, potatoes, rice, or pasta.
→ Finish with dessert.
→ Don’t forget your fluids.

Your salad can stay. It might just need some teammates.🥪

👉Share this with a training partner who’s trying to survive summer training on salads alone.

07/09/2026

🏃‍♀️𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀... 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 👀

Even on your “easy” days, your body is still working.

If you’re out there for 45 minutes or longer, especially in the heat, that run can take more out of you than you realize.

Skipping fuel doesn’t just affect 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 run. It can leave you with less energy, slower recovery, and make the rest of your training week feel harder.

Your body doesn’t only keep track of your hard workouts. It notices the easy ones, too.

✨ Try this: Bring an ice-cold drink with carbohydrates and electrolytes on your next recovery run and pay attention to how you feel: not just when you finish, but in your next few workouts.

Let us know if you try it and how it feels!

💬𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Summer doesn’t pause an eating disorder. For a lot of athletes, it’s when the thoughts get louder.💬🗓️No practice schedul...
07/07/2026

Summer doesn’t pause an eating disorder. For a lot of athletes, it’s when the thoughts get louder.💬

🗓️No practice schedule. No team meals. No coach checking in. The structure that was quietly protecting you is gone, and a disrupted routine is one of the biggest summer relapse triggers, especially for athletes used to a tightly scheduled season.

Then come the summer-specific pressures: swimsuits, “beach body” messaging, vacations, barbecues, pools, and comments about food or bodies. If this season feels harder than you expected, you’re not alone.

The good news? The off-season can also be one of the best times to reach out for support.

Without competitions or a demanding training schedule to work around, there’s often more space to build sustainable habits, challenge eating disorder thoughts, and support recovery before the next season begins.

Recovery isn’t separate from performance, it’s part of what allows you to train, adapt, and compete over the long term.

🔗 Learn more about how we support athletes in recovery, using the link in bio.

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