@@rubenedwards5414 He probably is talking a lot about it a lot, because mental health issues have a very impact on somebodys life. So if he has suffered from that, that is probably very close to his heart and has changed his life a lot.
What Nile was saying about not eating as much now after having had anxiety is so true for me as well. I have anxiety and ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, a type of eating disorder) and have to eat little and often otherwise I barely eat anything. I can't even eat a whole burger without feeling like I'm going to vom because I'm so full. What Nile has spoken about over the last year has really helped me feel less alone
@Emily Moores Aww Emily i just wrote a similar comment. I feel your pain :( I've just been started on iron tabs now because I let it get so bad i have anemia. I really wish I could give you a hug x u are not alone x
I love to watch videos where they are just themselves as a couple. Just calm and not overly hyped up for the youtube. You guys are just real and genuine. Love that!
Dude just blew my f**king mind... I never realized how much my binge eating was tied to my history in athletics and weight cutting until you said it the way you did! Just about a year ago I decided to take control of my eating habits, I always refused to call it a diet cause I've always hated the word. Over the last year I've slowly started allowing things back in, in moderation... thanks for helping me see wtf was actually happening!
Respect for opening up about BED. I’ve suffered with both anorexia and BED, people don’t talk enough about bed because it’s seen as embarrassing - but it’s real and effects so many people!
You're definitely not the only one struggling with anxiety around eating big meals and eating in general, I often get sick and anxious after eating, because I'm in the mentality that anything not strictly on my diet plan will cause all my progress to undo. It's a bad mindset and it's hard to eat anything without feeling sick after finishing but over time I guess itll ease up
Absolutely the same with me. I get anxious and wonder how to counteract what I’ve eaten and that’s a pretty bad idea because I easily go overboard and overtrain.
@@ayemaeyalit3354 yea, I have to eat with at least a pint of water, otherwise I struggle to eat the whole meal, theres sometimes where I feel sick chewing and I'll stop after a few bites, it's a really bad habit and smoothies and soups are a way I'm coping if that's any help at all
@@HarryNye True but I don’t think she’s trying to put weight on now. he means, if she wanted to, she couldn’t. Also, it you eat loads of calories and do exercise, you loose what you gain. You have to eat protein to support muscle gain
In high school, I did ballet, and I had a lot of issues with my eating.... I was stressed, probably gaining weight because of puberty, and I felt horrible about it, and my mom would always comment about my weight and what i’m eating. I always felt like i didn’t have enough to eat and i got to the point of hiding food to eat later. Of course when I got caught I got in huge trouble for it. I felt miserable and also gained a lot of weight during that time... It wasn’t until I quit that I was able to get back to a normal weight...
Protein is so important and Emily doesn’t each much, that processed meat at lunch doesn’t count. Love Neil’s reaction to the pickle, priceless. Thank you for sharing your eating challenges. We don’t hear about men’s eating issues often and it’s refreshing to hear someone be open and honest. Would you consider posting another video specific to your eating challenges and how you overcame them? I expect it would help many other people
Cucumber and light cream cheese sound awesome! And I love Emily's perky little "I poo a lot!" comments. You two are great together and it's really good that you're having the conversations about your issues around food.
Nile, what you've done is called Intuitive Eating, it's basically going back to that childhood state of trusting your body to know what it needs. It's a hard place to get to after years of dieting, binge cycling etc. Kudos to you for getting there!
True, as a mother I remember sometimes my son wouldn't eat at 'meal times' but ate when he was hungry. Guess what, he didn't starve or get ill, because he eventually ate because he was hungry! Don't stress about it.
When we were kids in the 50’s and 60’s most of us were in the “clean plate club” ... im not kidding it was an actual thing. We had to clean our plates because “children were starving in Africa” ... again, ot kidding. I was always active so it never impacted me, until I went to college and beyond. I’m glad that went away. I think it happened because our parents went through the Great Depresssion and WWII and Korea and they were deprived of many things and had to learn to live on rationing. I struggle today with maintaining a good weight esp since I am well past menopause. 💕🐝
I suffered with anorexia from 16-22 going from very restrictive diet and excessive exercise, then recovering physically but still having mental challenges, I moved countries (from Aus to Uk) and then suffered with depression and binge eating and it has been a heck of a journey to get to where I am today but I totally understand the stomach shrinking and expanding difficulties. All I can say is that today with the help and support of friends and family and also my faith I am a 25 year with two little boys and I love to be able to show them how to eat balanced and have a good relationship with food, but it’s definitely still an ongoing journey. So thanks for sharing yours x
Please keep talking about your struggles with food and eating! Your videos are part of the reason I am in recovery for my eating disorder because they encouraged me to try and get strong not skinny. It's actually really comforting to know that even people I look to as healthy and normal (as in a non-disordered relationship with food) can struggle. Let's continue to normalise mental illness and specifically eating disorders in men cos you lot don't get enough support on that end at all! Also anyone reading this who is struggling with an eating disorder, or recovering from an eating disorder, you can do this! Life is about more than food and numbers! You are so much stronger than you think!
I appreciate you making a point to say that Emily also has genetics on her side. Also, Im with Emily that cucumbers and cream cheese on a bagel is amazing!!
I always put cream cheese and cucumber on crackerbread as a kid, this has reminded me and now I want some, even if it is 1:30am and I should be sleeping!
Supervid, again! Balanced, forward, backwards and inside out; open but confidenced, promoting healthy for what it is; being aware of your body, eat to really feel good and powerfull and putting that above stigma, regiments and all that. Love the updates of the work in between as well as the interactions. I am watching your vids in between building up a house as well as crawling out of a burn-out. They cheer me up and inspire me :) Actually watched this while eating for the same reasons you mentioned; the battle of eating right while your anxious and ifyou don't it enforces the negative spiral! So thnx for all that, keep up your amazing work and appreciate yourselfs for it 💪👌💚
Emily, I love your openness about poop lol. You and Nile clearly have an awesome relationship and it's so refreshing to see how candid and real you guys are with each other and us. I'm with you Nile, when I am anxious I absolutely cannot eat. And while we are on the topic of poop, I get the anxiety poops too! hahaha I was a competitive gymnast as well and have almost the exact same food issues story are you Nile. I am not sure I know another gymnast who hasn't had similar issues. You are bang on though, eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are full while eating foods because they are good for you is extremely helpful to having a healthy eating lifestyle. Thank you for sharing this.
Nile what a legend you have my respect, to come out and talk about your mental health problems to the public takes absolute balls, I have had periods of anxiety and depression but it's due to the lockdown but hey ho I'll get through this and come out longer
I think it’s so normal to have your own personal issues surrounding food. I tend to struggle with portion size and having too much! I’ve always struggled with eating too much but thinking “well it’s a salad or chicken so it’s healthy!” I think being aware of the “issue” (for lack of a better term) allows for you to try and change your habits and just generally improve your relationship with food. I love at the beginning of this video that Emily says “I eat what I want but in moderation”
I'm gonna try this as breakfast, although I only have regular bagels! Small changes, I have a terrible diet as I have no oven so it's tricky to cook properly, plus I'm disabled and can't do too much with my hands but I'm trying! Will try the lunch too, minus the nuts 🙂 thanks Emily (and Nile)!
Thank you for being so open. It's nice to hear of someone else kind of go through a similar thing with weight and food because most people didnt understand why I struggled with eating after I was in a bad accident - covered in burns, skin grafts, broken bones, half a dozen surgeries within a week, wheel chair for months, had to relearn to walk - I did the same thing, couldn't eat. Like you said, food would make me feel sick but not physically sick...if that makes sense. It was like I was emotionally sick or something and I couldn't stomach food. I kind of think it was mourning the life I lost. I'd never been so thin in my life and I probably won't ever be that thin ever again. It's been 4.5 years now and, while I put most of the weight I lost back on, I still get full quickly and can't eat much so I eat 4-5 small meals a day.
10:55 Hey, Billie Eilish pulled her Invisalign out at the start of a music video, then won an armful of Grammys AND a Brit award. If it’s okay for her, then it’s okay for Emily. 😁
I’ll be honest, I don’t know your height but most grown women who weigh 45 kilos are categorized as being clinically underweight. But considering you’re an athlete and I actually studied nutrition at university I must say I’m impressed with this diet. You cover all the bases, all essential nutrients are there and you have a great variety in your diet. And the absolute best was your answer to the question how many calories does this have „ I don’t know“. Be conscious but not obsessive. So even though I was alarmed by your weight I think your diet is optimal
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for being open about your mental health journey and struggles with you're eating. You have done an amazing service to help reduce stigma around disordered eating and normalizing men and athletes having these struggles too
I love how open you are about your mental health and eating disorders! You are not alone and I am sure you know that! On the note that you think that your stomach has shrunk, my hubby has had what is called esophageal achalasia, which in essence his esophagus muscles don't work to get the food to the stomach properly and when they do the sphincter at the top of the stomach doesn't open anymore. This was very serious and has been an ongoing issue for the last 3 years. However he has had surgery to cut the esophagus muscles and the sphincter at the top of his stomach and his stomach tied in a way that contains the stomach acid from going back up the esophagus. In turn this also has made his stomach smaller between the not being able to keep food in and essentially being anorexic unintentionally and then the surgery to tie his stomach he most definitely can no longer eat as much as he should or would like to put in his body! You sharing that you struggle with things as an ex professional athlete shows him that he is not the only athlete (he mountain bikes, we live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and both spend a ton of time in the mountains on our bikes) that struggles. I as an ex gymnast as well also understand the struggle with food! My boss at the gym I coach at is an ex Olympian as well and he has been a huge support when it comes to food issues. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your lowest of lows as well as your highest of highs it definitely helps more people than I think you realize! Big love to you, Emily and your Family!
I got diagnosed with an eating disorder at 7 and what neil explained about feeling sick and full when you go to eat is exactly how I feel and I get it particularly when eating in front of people I don't know well or want to impress. I love that you are speaking more openly about your struggle with food and I find people don't speak openly about it as much. ❤
When my anxiety is bad, it’s debilitating. I can’t eat, even chewing on a bit of ham takes about an hour and i will feel like i need to throw it up all day. I can go a couple days without eating and even if i do i only eat one tiny meal and eat very slowly so i can keep it down. Isn’t it crazy what the mind can do to the body
yes absolutely. I feel exact the same. But seeing her eating so calm, it really calm me down und and relaxed me.. I thing the most important thing is to take care of ourself and slow down. Eating healthy food is also easier.. cause the mind knows its good. and I also prefer smaller meals but more often =)
@@Crystalxclear1 try to eat something small as soon as you wake up to get the metabolism going and you’ll feel hungrier during the day, also when you eat sit down with no tv no phone or laptop and concentrate on purely getting your food down
Love how you both are open and honest about their mental health and talk about it a lot of people don’t do that. Tiki could be helping someone and not even know it bravo. I love Emily’s diet it’s similar to my own yummy.
I had IBS too. My whole life, it was horrible. Until age 36 when I quit dairy, eggs, and most meat. Now, I rarely struggle with the same issues that had me running to the bathroom or just being uncomfortable 50% of the time! It also helped with my anxiety and depression! It's hard to quit but a 100% worth it, in my opinion! Good luck to you both on eating for your best self! Thanks for sharing so openly!💕
im kind of going/through everything that you've talked about in this video. it used to be really bad where i ate all the time and late at night. I suffer with extreme depression and anxiety so punishing myself for overeating was really bad for a time and the only thing that would make me feel better was self harm (which iv been clean for a year !). Thank you for being open and talking about it as its helps me realize that im not the only one that struggles with it. Also thank you for making me smile and laugh through my darkest of times, I love you and keep doing what you are doing x
Really enjoyed this! I can relate so much to your story and your struggles with BED. So sorry you went through all of that, thank you for speaking up about this and being vulnerable with all of us as it’ll help so many!
I've been struggling lately with food. I used to eat 5 times in one day and went to the gym and also sports. But now with covid, I've lost muscle and been having a hard time trying to gain it back with a lot of protein and exercise but it's exhausting.
Hi Nile, I’ve been struggling with mental health and anxiety and I really do recognise the feeling of being full and even a bit sick after only a few bites. I didn’t realise it was connected though. Thanks you for making awesome videos!
I relate so much as an ex-gymnast. I always felt "fat" in the gym, even though I wasn't, because of the "skinny" stereotype. I struggled to find a balance with food as well and to stop binge eating. Then all of a sudden my digestion went haywire 4 years ago and I'm still trying to figure it out. Praying for you and Emily; we are not alone!
On the eating issue, I am currently in relapse. I have suffered from anxiety related disordered eating since I was a kid. I had to stop dancing and gymnastics when I was still a child due to injury and because of that I just stopped eating. Recovered from that and then got to the point where I had recovered. over the years since that point I have slipped in and out of not eating, at the moment my anxiety is sky high and I’m struggling with my appetite and feeling sick when I eat. thank you for talking about these things, knowing that it’s not just me helps a lot
ive danced all my life and i know the same struggles and have gone through all the eating habits and mental blocks. so nice to see someone so confident to open up about it and bring awareness to the stigma
Great Video, great balance of entertainment and deep deep content - the perfect sugared pill. Thanks for raising awareness in eating disorders and food related anxiety!
Emily please research the elimination diet and try it. I thought I was sensitive to dairy for over a decade. Turns out it was gluten. I feel like a whole new person without gluten. It's hard at first, but gluten free foods have come a LONG way and most don't taste any different than their traditional counterparts. Anyway, IBS is just a catch all term for undiagnosed food sensitivities and continued gut irritation leads to permanent damage faster than you'd think. Best wishes!
I'm only just over half way through at the lunch point, as I comment but had to say, I had a very similar journey with food and my body as you Nile... but I find found that eating Emily's style of food is my favorite way of eating.. everything is basically an appetizer and I find eating things like that make me happiest and feel the best. You'll find your own groove and what you love as an appetizer but think of it as eating an a app every 2-3 hrs than 1 big meal, I prefer dinner to be my big meal but you may like a big meal in the morning and than smaller dishes all throughout the day. Sorry for the novel! Just had to say I love your honesty and hope you find your groove with food so that you can fully and truly enjoy every bite you take!
Nile... Please remember to talk to a professional if you are not happy with your nutrition. Bulimia and anorexia are not opposites. They are closely related. As you know, times of transition can be emotionally challenging. Often eating disorders get worse during times of stress. Love the new channel.
Thanks for this video, I think it’s actually really helped me and changed my mindset. When I was in primary school and secondary school I was one of the sportiest kids there. I did like 1 or 2 sports every day 7 days a week. Then the severe depression hit and since then, I’ve stopped most sport and gained around 4/5st. Since lockdown in January I’ve managed to lose half a stone, but still struggle with binge eating like you did. I think maybe trying out your mindset might be a really good thing, so thanks for that! ♥️😊🙏🏻💪🏻
I did rhythmic gymnastics for 13 years, and almost every girl i've known from the sport (including me) has/had some kind of eating disorder. Being an athlete can be rough if you dont have the right people around you, sometimes the coaches are no good and you end up in a toxic environment.
I never did any sort of sports yet I struggle with binge eating disorder so badly. It isn't about being a athlete, it's about pressure and your ability to face it
@@irynayarova8343 Totally! I agree. In my case i ended up in a place where struggling with an eating disorder was really difficult because the pressure wasn´t only the one that i put on myself, but also the one that the coaches and the sport itself put on me. Either way, athlete or no athlete, facing an eating disorder it´s a really hard thing to do if you don´t have the company and the professional help you need.
@@irynayarova8343 If you´re struggling, you have to know that you´re strong! Don´t give up, it will get better. It´s just a matter of healing, listen to your body, take your time and love yourself❤
So interesting hearing you talking about your experience with binging, I recently realised that is what I’m suffering from and I’m seeking help so you talking about how you got through it is very inspiring, thank you
As a dancer, I got bodyshamed a lot growing up, so I pretty much stopped eating altogether, and ended up really unwell for a long time. Whenever I tried to eat something, I'd feel anxious, and I'd immediately get full and want to be sick. I had to eat a little bit of food, leave it for awhile, then eat more, and leave it for a bit again. This lasted for a really long time. My boyfriend would sometimes ask how much I had eaten (because he was monitoring my food intake), so I'd sometimes say I had already eaten, when I hadn't. I just hated food. Just two weeks ago I had a kind of weird relapse that's been building up gradually over time. I couldn't stand the sight or smell of food, and didn't eat anything for 3 days. I'm well aware that I'm an unhealthy weight (too slim), and like Emily, I have a very fast metabolism, and I really struggle to gain weight, even when I eat a ridiculous amount of food.
Guys, I love following you both! Can I please suggest that you both get better microphones? For some of us your accent is a bit challenging and if the sound is not clear it's hard to understand exactly what you are saying, and it's really a pity especially in the videos like these, when you talk more.
I totally understand the anxiety and the binging.when i mentally happy i eat so much is awful but when worry and anxiety and problems kick in i just stop eating, last time it happened it was severe and i lost a bunch of weight almost going anorexic, its was hard 2-3 month of learning again to love and eat food. Every day every meal i tried eating one more bite of bread than i did previous meals, even if i felt sick or i was crying i swallowed through the tears. Im at a normal weight that im maintaining for the last 4 years and even binges are not making a change in my body composition (well I've got a bit of tummy fluff bit im the same weight i have been the last 4 years). Now i need to concentrate my love of food into the more healthy alternatives and lose the fat i have in excess and build more muscle. Im 22y/o, female, 167cm. 54,6 kg.
I have chronic anxiety for 15 years and I'm 33 now, feel like I've wasted so much of my life hiding away. I've lost all friends and most of my family 👪 I totally get not eating with anxiety it does really make u feel sick, I think its because u hold your tummy so tight wen anxious! I'm always so amazed wen I see people like u that are able to get over it,I really wish I could :'(
i can actually relate to your situation slightly, for the past couple years i had anxiety and depression to a bad extend, i could never eat when i was anxious because similar to what you said, i would feel sick and i'd have one bite of something and just not be able to stomach. There was a period where i'd have one meal a day of a sandwich and possibly some crisps and that was it. i remember once i was feeling alright, made myself a peri peri chicken burger and just before eating i had a wave of anxiety, i had one bite and just couldn't eat it. It helps to see someone with influence put their story out there, you end up feeling a lot less alone.
I've experienced the almost same thing Nile! Used to be a figure skater and trained very intensily everyday basically. In that sport there's also that same kind of mentality that Emily mentioned, even though no one says it straight to your face you are expected to be slim. That really affected me and the pressure lead me into binge eating. Eventually I just said fuck it, retired from the sport and stopped caring which basically sent me into depression, and suddenly it flipped completely. Now I instead struggle to eat anything at all, even though I am all healed from that unhealthy mindset and no longer depressed...
Yep there's loads of things i convinced myself I didn't like - I spent YEARS swearing I didn't like goats cheese. Tried some a few months ago in a wrap and I'm absolutely addicted now. I still struggle with binge eating, its a lot easier if I plan out my meals and snacks for the week so I have structure.
Nile, I completely understood what you were saying about anxiety affecting stomach size , i struggle with that also, when ever i struggle with bad anxiety i physically can not eat and if that goes on for a long period eg couple of says or weeks or even sometimes months it definitely changes your stomach and sometimes i can over time get back to eating what i used to be able to eat and sometimes it can take a long time even just.to eat period.
I suffered from "IBS" for a while until i did my research and Nutrition diploma is that the human gut struggles to digest dairy..interesting that she doesn't like milk but loves cheese, same thing! It helped me a lot not eating diary, especially cheese, healthy toilet habits are maybe 3 times a day. Anyway, great video, hope it helped !!!
I had like a borderline eating disorder in high school and although it never got incredibly bad IMO, I still sometimes struggle with it now 8 years later. More recently I have found that anxiety can make it almost impossible to eat at times- I either almost never feel hungry or I will be straight up nauseous. I basically always keep protein bars/ ensure drinks on hand for the days where I find it very hard to eat but need to make sure I get some sort of food in my body. I feel like a lot of people dont really understand the issue of not being able to eat unless they’ve actually felt it.
I’m the exact same. I’ve had anxiety for the past three years and have been in and out of struggling to eat through feeling sick after one mouthful. Even thinking about food would make me feel ill so I can totally relate. I’m also a gymnasts and used to train at Leeds doing acro and moved to Wakefield so can relate a lot to the weight struggles with gymnastics
Its interesting to hear about professional athletes experiences with disordered eating- I'm hoping to do a research project on intuitive eating (which is the whole thing of listening to your body about what you want and when you want different foods and not having the attitude of 'good' vs 'bad' foods) but I've been wondering for ages if its even really possible to professional athletes to maintain a good relationship with food. The other aspect is that compulsive exercise also can be a big part of disordered eating and I'd be interested in knowing how you keep a healthy relationship with that as an athlete
I'd love to try it. It sounds great! My best bagel experience was an everything bagel with habanero flakes - all freshly made. It took several hours to taste anything else. How about giving the recipes?
Excellent to advise to”to listen to your body” (and to move around which helps your body/brain to know what it needs). IT CAN BE LESS PRESSURED IF YOU LET GO; eat anything you want “in moderation” as EMILY says. You may even lose weight to your surprise without having to worry about sticking to a diet, or dieting then going back on a diet. You don’t go on any diet you come off. You stay with occasional days of less or more- mo freak outs bc it evens out. Try trusting your own body for a year, or 6 months, to see if it works well for you. Chances are it will. (!)
Yea, I was curious about how Emily ate. I'm tall & not super slim but try to eat like that too. Definately feel better on such a diet. I also make a lot of veggie stews with+without meat. Long live adorable cornichons! Recently discovered Spanish lemon stuffed olives which give great tang to any stew!
I was told by my doctor that for me personally, they recommend I just eat whenever I'm hungry, I'll gain and lose weight, I'll go through periods where I'll only have 1 meal a day then I could demolish 3-4 meals a day and hearing you say that you guys only eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full makes me feel more normal for my eating routines haha
This is exactly how I eat! Usually two weeks out of the month I have no appetite, then the rest of the month I'm hungry and I try to make up for the rest of the month. I think listening to your body is always a good idea.
Thats healthier than my bad habit. Ivm eating a lot of times once a day, but than that is an for all day size meal. Picked it up at work where we started early (6:00 in the morning) and worked till night (20:30-21:00), and if we somehow managed to have one break, was when we ate. It was in 2008-2012, and i still couldnt loose this behavoiur.
Can 100% relate to the binge eating and now having smaller stomach due to be accustomed to not eating much! It's a really interesting concept because thinking back to when I was binge eating, I could easily down 1500 cal in one sitting and id eat until I felt sick, however today that amount of calories is pretty much what I get in over the whole day!
I'm the exact same as Nile with the small stomach thing and not being able to eat when I feel anxious. I get full quick and just the smell of food makes me feel ill. Little and often and eating when I'm hungry is deffo the way to go!
I can relate to the not feeling hungry and being able to eat big meals when you are anxious thing. I used to have a big appetite even though I am naturally skinny like Emily . But then I lost it and struggled with feeling sick when eating for almost 2 years a while I was finishing my PhD and trying to get a job. It was frustrating as there were many parts of that time where I didn't feel anxious at all. It even lasted over a year after I started the job and felt fine mentally again. My appetite came back though after I had been calm and contented for that year, so it is possible to reverse it!
Completely understand about the eating. I’ve got a hiatus hernia which I think I was born with as I’ve suffered with acid reflux & having food repeat themselves. I’ve made it worse without knowing it until now where I think I have CVS. Am sick, as in vomming or dry retching on a daily basis. I can barely eat a child’s portion & I do manual work. Am exhausted. Used to out eat the guys at work but lost a lot of weight & now at the age of 41 I’m at THAT stage of my life that I really do need to up on certain vits & mins.😄 I have to say, back when I was a good eater, I would gym seven days a week but when I had my three months off bread, pasta, alcohol, dairy, & meat I would get really emotional going into the supermarket for ingredients for supper as I just wanted to eat all the things I would never eat. I am not a sweet toothed person but when I came off the three months I would gorge on cheese cake, biscuits, ice cream, chocolate! My god! I would eat 5.000 calories a day for a week after. My “diet” of fish, salad, beans & pulses, herbal teas & vegetarian patties left me going insane. What you say about listening to your body & it’s wants is the most natural way of feeding yourself. You know you will feel like hell after eating too much sugar, or having a tummy ache when you eat bread or dairy or anything! Am gutted now there are foods I should t eat anymore as it makes me so ill it isn’t worth that few minutes of yummyness. It just isn’t. So many athletes have suffered for their sport. I know of a guy who was with a girl that rowed. There was not an inch of body fat on her, she was all muscle & before a race she would eat candy floss. They apparently have to keep their weight down. Her body started to eat her back. She was so malnourished she will now suffer from back pains for the rest of her life. She was only a youngster when this started. That sort of thing has to stop, it’s almost self abuse without even knowing it. Love your videos. You are both a proper laugh. 🥰
"I poo a lot" lmfao I love Emily and I love how safe she feels being open with you, you guys are darn cute together
She definitely lacks a filter! 🤣
Well everyone does it why hide it
Actually love how open he is about mental health, I feel us men need to normalise speaking out
Yes, definitely! I actually think it shows incredible strength to speak up about your mental health issues.
I hate it, he’s told us so many times just shut up about it now
@@rubenedwards5414 He probably is talking a lot about it a lot, because mental health issues have a very impact on somebodys life. So if he has suffered from that, that is probably very close to his heart and has changed his life a lot.
@@justanother2433 but doesn’t mean he has to go on about it all the time, my ribs are close to my heart but I don’t go on about them
I’ve never had an issue speaking out about my mental health, problem is nobody cares as I’m a burden on others
Nile: “I know people like to watch other people eat”
It’s a strange but true fact😂
What Nile was saying about not eating as much now after having had anxiety is so true for me as well. I have anxiety and ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, a type of eating disorder) and have to eat little and often otherwise I barely eat anything. I can't even eat a whole burger without feeling like I'm going to vom because I'm so full. What Nile has spoken about over the last year has really helped me feel less alone
Praying for you!
@Emily Moores Aww Emily i just wrote a similar comment. I feel your pain :( I've just been started on iron tabs now because I let it get so bad i have anemia. I really wish I could give you a hug x u are not alone x
It's been a month since i didn't binge, I'm so proud of myself
i’m proud of you aswell💗x
@@danixx6249 thank u so much 🥺
Yay! That's super impressive, keep it up! You can do this!
@@Sasuga_Skky thank u, it mean a lot to me ❤
congrats, can you explain me how, i keep binging and drinking up to 6 liters of water
I love to watch videos where they are just themselves as a couple. Just calm and not overly hyped up for the youtube. You guys are just real and genuine. Love that!
Dude just blew my f**king mind... I never realized how much my binge eating was tied to my history in athletics and weight cutting until you said it the way you did! Just about a year ago I decided to take control of my eating habits, I always refused to call it a diet cause I've always hated the word. Over the last year I've slowly started allowing things back in, in moderation... thanks for helping me see wtf was actually happening!
Emily really listens to you while you speak, its really lovely to see. especially when you were talking at the end
I love how Emily always makes Nile feel disgusted. So funny, keep it up
Respect for opening up about BED. I’ve suffered with both anorexia and BED, people don’t talk enough about bed because it’s seen as embarrassing - but it’s real and effects so many people!
You're definitely not the only one struggling with anxiety around eating big meals and eating in general, I often get sick and anxious after eating, because I'm in the mentality that anything not strictly on my diet plan will cause all my progress to undo. It's a bad mindset and it's hard to eat anything without feeling sick after finishing but over time I guess itll ease up
Absolutely the same with me. I get anxious and wonder how to counteract what I’ve eaten and that’s a pretty bad idea because I easily go overboard and overtrain.
I usually eat normally but anxiety cuts off my appetite partway through a meal and it's tough to finish eating with a dry mouth etc.
@@ayemaeyalit3354 yea, I have to eat with at least a pint of water, otherwise I struggle to eat the whole meal, theres sometimes where I feel sick chewing and I'll stop after a few bites, it's a really bad habit and smoothies and soups are a way I'm coping if that's any help at all
"finds it really difficult to put on weight"...proceeds to eat a rabbit's diet of water and salad 😅
Legit
Not having the appetite to eat loads is as good of a reason to find it difficult to put weight on
@@leahmiller3701 If that's the case, don't eat calorically small foods...
@@HarryNye True but I don’t think she’s trying to put weight on now. he means, if she wanted to, she couldn’t. Also, it you eat loads of calories and do exercise, you loose what you gain. You have to eat protein to support muscle gain
In high school, I did ballet, and I had a lot of issues with my eating.... I was stressed, probably gaining weight because of puberty, and I felt horrible about it, and my mom would always comment about my weight and what i’m eating. I always felt like i didn’t have enough to eat and i got to the point of hiding food to eat later. Of course when I got caught I got in huge trouble for it. I felt miserable and also gained a lot of weight during that time... It wasn’t until I quit that I was able to get back to a normal weight...
Protein is so important and Emily doesn’t each much, that processed meat at lunch doesn’t count. Love Neil’s reaction to the pickle, priceless. Thank you for sharing your eating challenges. We don’t hear about men’s eating issues often and it’s refreshing to hear someone be open and honest. Would you consider posting another video specific to your eating challenges and how you overcame them? I expect it would help many other people
Cucumber and light cream cheese sound awesome! And I love Emily's perky little "I poo a lot!" comments. You two are great together and it's really good that you're having the conversations about your issues around food.
I love Emily’s honesty that comes through the videos. You two are so good for each other. So adorbs.
Nile, what you've done is called Intuitive Eating, it's basically going back to that childhood state of trusting your body to know what it needs. It's a hard place to get to after years of dieting, binge cycling etc. Kudos to you for getting there!
True, as a mother I remember sometimes my son wouldn't eat at 'meal times' but ate when he was hungry. Guess what, he didn't starve or get ill, because he eventually ate because he was hungry! Don't stress about it.
When we were kids in the 50’s and 60’s most of us were in the “clean plate club” ... im not kidding it was an actual thing. We had to clean our plates because “children were starving in Africa” ... again, ot kidding. I was always active so it never impacted me, until I went to college and beyond. I’m glad that went away. I think it happened because our parents went through the Great Depresssion and WWII and Korea and they were deprived of many things and had to learn to live on rationing. I struggle today with maintaining a good weight esp since I am well past menopause. 💕🐝
I suffered with anorexia from 16-22 going from very restrictive diet and excessive exercise, then recovering physically but still having mental challenges, I moved countries (from Aus to Uk) and then suffered with depression and binge eating and it has been a heck of a journey to get to where I am today but I totally understand the stomach shrinking and expanding difficulties. All I can say is that today with the help and support of friends and family and also my faith I am a 25 year with two little boys and I love to be able to show them how to eat balanced and have a good relationship with food, but it’s definitely still an ongoing journey. So thanks for sharing yours x
Please keep talking about your struggles with food and eating! Your videos are part of the reason I am in recovery for my eating disorder because they encouraged me to try and get strong not skinny. It's actually really comforting to know that even people I look to as healthy and normal (as in a non-disordered relationship with food) can struggle. Let's continue to normalise mental illness and specifically eating disorders in men cos you lot don't get enough support on that end at all! Also anyone reading this who is struggling with an eating disorder, or recovering from an eating disorder, you can do this! Life is about more than food and numbers! You are so much stronger than you think!
I appreciate you making a point to say that Emily also has genetics on her side.
Also, Im with Emily that cucumbers and cream cheese on a bagel is amazing!!
I will have to try Emily's Cucumber breakfast as it looked really good
i always put cucumber on my cream cheese - its the best because it adds texture, colour and freshness!
I always put cream cheese and cucumber on crackerbread as a kid, this has reminded me and now I want some, even if it is 1:30am and I should be sleeping!
Supervid, again!
Balanced, forward, backwards and inside out; open but confidenced, promoting healthy for what it is; being aware of your body, eat to really feel good and powerfull and putting that above stigma, regiments and all that.
Love the updates of the work in between as well as the interactions. I am watching your vids in between building up a house as well as crawling out of a burn-out. They cheer me up and inspire me :)
Actually watched this while eating for the same reasons you mentioned; the battle of eating right while your anxious and ifyou don't it enforces the negative spiral!
So thnx for all that, keep up your amazing work and appreciate yourselfs for it 💪👌💚
Emily, I love your openness about poop lol. You and Nile clearly have an awesome relationship and it's so refreshing to see how candid and real you guys are with each other and us.
I'm with you Nile, when I am anxious I absolutely cannot eat. And while we are on the topic of poop, I get the anxiety poops too! hahaha
I was a competitive gymnast as well and have almost the exact same food issues story are you Nile. I am not sure I know another gymnast who hasn't had similar issues. You are bang on though, eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are full while eating foods because they are good for you is extremely helpful to having a healthy eating lifestyle. Thank you for sharing this.
Nile what a legend you have my respect, to come out and talk about your mental health problems to the public takes absolute balls, I have had periods of anxiety and depression but it's due to the lockdown but hey ho I'll get through this and come out longer
I think it’s so normal to have your own personal issues surrounding food. I tend to struggle with portion size and having too much! I’ve always struggled with eating too much but thinking “well it’s a salad or chicken so it’s healthy!” I think being aware of the “issue” (for lack of a better term) allows for you to try and change your habits and just generally improve your relationship with food.
I love at the beginning of this video that Emily says “I eat what I want but in moderation”
Nile's reaction to Emily and her retainer is literally what my boyfriend is like when i do shit like that hahaha
I'm gonna try this as breakfast, although I only have regular bagels! Small changes, I have a terrible diet as I have no oven so it's tricky to cook properly, plus I'm disabled and can't do too much with my hands but I'm trying! Will try the lunch too, minus the nuts 🙂 thanks Emily (and Nile)!
Thank you for being so open. It's nice to hear of someone else kind of go through a similar thing with weight and food because most people didnt understand why I struggled with eating after I was in a bad accident - covered in burns, skin grafts, broken bones, half a dozen surgeries within a week, wheel chair for months, had to relearn to walk - I did the same thing, couldn't eat. Like you said, food would make me feel sick but not physically sick...if that makes sense. It was like I was emotionally sick or something and I couldn't stomach food. I kind of think it was mourning the life I lost. I'd never been so thin in my life and I probably won't ever be that thin ever again. It's been 4.5 years now and, while I put most of the weight I lost back on, I still get full quickly and can't eat much so I eat 4-5 small meals a day.
10:55 Hey, Billie Eilish pulled her Invisalign out at the start of a music video, then won an armful of Grammys AND a Brit award. If it’s okay for her, then it’s okay for Emily. 😁
I’ll be honest, I don’t know your height but most grown women who weigh 45 kilos are categorized as being clinically underweight. But considering you’re an athlete and I actually studied nutrition at university I must say I’m impressed with this diet. You cover all the bases, all essential nutrients are there and you have a great variety in your diet. And the absolute best was your answer to the question how many calories does this have „ I don’t know“. Be conscious but not obsessive. So even though I was alarmed by your weight I think your diet is optimal
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for being open about your mental health journey and struggles with you're eating. You have done an amazing service to help reduce stigma around disordered eating and normalizing men and athletes having these struggles too
I love how open you are about your mental health and eating disorders! You are not alone and I am sure you know that! On the note that you think that your stomach has shrunk, my hubby has had what is called esophageal achalasia, which in essence his esophagus muscles don't work to get the food to the stomach properly and when they do the sphincter at the top of the stomach doesn't open anymore. This was very serious and has been an ongoing issue for the last 3 years. However he has had surgery to cut the esophagus muscles and the sphincter at the top of his stomach and his stomach tied in a way that contains the stomach acid from going back up the esophagus. In turn this also has made his stomach smaller between the not being able to keep food in and essentially being anorexic unintentionally and then the surgery to tie his stomach he most definitely can no longer eat as much as he should or would like to put in his body! You sharing that you struggle with things as an ex professional athlete shows him that he is not the only athlete (he mountain bikes, we live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and both spend a ton of time in the mountains on our bikes) that struggles. I as an ex gymnast as well also understand the struggle with food! My boss at the gym I coach at is an ex Olympian as well and he has been a huge support when it comes to food issues. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing your lowest of lows as well as your highest of highs it definitely helps more people than I think you realize! Big love to you, Emily and your Family!
Definitely can relate to anxiety and eating, I struggle to even think of food when anxious!
I got diagnosed with an eating disorder at 7 and what neil explained about feeling sick and full when you go to eat is exactly how I feel and I get it particularly when eating in front of people I don't know well or want to impress.
I love that you are speaking more openly about your struggle with food and I find people don't speak openly about it as much. ❤
When my anxiety is bad, it’s debilitating. I can’t eat, even chewing on a bit of ham takes about an hour and i will feel like i need to throw it up all day. I can go a couple days without eating and even if i do i only eat one tiny meal and eat very slowly so i can keep it down. Isn’t it crazy what the mind can do to the body
So glad I’m not alone in this x
yes absolutely. I feel exact the same. But seeing her eating so calm, it really calm me down und and relaxed me..
I thing the most important thing is to take care of ourself and slow down. Eating healthy food is also easier.. cause the mind knows its good. and I also prefer smaller meals but more often =)
@@Crystalxclear1 try to eat something small as soon as you wake up to get the metabolism going and you’ll feel hungrier during the day, also when you eat sit down with no tv no phone or laptop and concentrate on purely getting your food down
Love how you both are open and honest about their mental health and talk about it a lot of people don’t do that. Tiki could be helping someone and not even know it bravo.
I love Emily’s diet it’s similar to my own yummy.
As someone recovering from an eating disorder, I love love LOVE yer open and honest conversation about your journey with food🙏🙏❤️
I had IBS too. My whole life, it was horrible. Until age 36 when I quit dairy, eggs, and most meat. Now, I rarely struggle with the same issues that had me running to the bathroom or just being uncomfortable 50% of the time! It also helped with my anxiety and depression! It's hard to quit but a 100% worth it, in my opinion! Good luck to you both on eating for your best self! Thanks for sharing so openly!💕
im kind of going/through everything that you've talked about in this video. it used to be really bad where i ate all the time and late at night. I suffer with extreme depression and anxiety so punishing myself for overeating was really bad for a time and the only thing that would make me feel better was self harm (which iv been clean for a year !). Thank you for being open and talking about it as its helps me realize that im not the only one that struggles with it. Also thank you for making me smile and laugh through my darkest of times, I love you and keep doing what you are doing x
Really enjoyed this! I can relate so much to your story and your struggles with BED. So sorry you went through all of that, thank you for speaking up about this and being vulnerable with all of us as it’ll help so many!
I've been struggling lately with food. I used to eat 5 times in one day and went to the gym and also sports. But now with covid, I've lost muscle and been having a hard time trying to gain it back with a lot of protein and exercise but it's exhausting.
I can relate so much with the anxiety and food problem.
Hi Nile, I’ve been struggling with mental health and anxiety and I really do recognise the feeling of being full and even a bit sick after only a few bites. I didn’t realise it was connected though. Thanks you for making awesome videos!
Thanks for getting real with your anxiety dietary struggles. I'm so glad to come across someone else who's been through a similar thing.
It's amazing to see men talking about struggling with eating disorders too. This is fab inspiration.
I relate so much as an ex-gymnast. I always felt "fat" in the gym, even though I wasn't, because of the "skinny" stereotype. I struggled to find a balance with food as well and to stop binge eating. Then all of a sudden my digestion went haywire 4 years ago and I'm still trying to figure it out. Praying for you and Emily; we are not alone!
On the eating issue, I am currently in relapse. I have suffered from anxiety related disordered eating since I was a kid. I had to stop dancing and gymnastics when I was still a child due to injury and because of that I just stopped eating. Recovered from that and then got to the point where I had recovered. over the years since that point I have slipped in and out of not eating, at the moment my anxiety is sky high and I’m struggling with my appetite and feeling sick when I eat. thank you for talking about these things, knowing that it’s not just me helps a lot
ive danced all my life and i know the same struggles and have gone through all the eating habits and mental blocks. so nice to see someone so confident to open up about it and bring awareness to the stigma
Nile: I’m so full
Emily: How are you full already?!
Also Nile later: This salad would go at the side of my plate with a main meal
😂
I'm waiting for the proposal video... 🤞No pressure, but only a nutter wouldnt see how great the 2 of you are together.
The snickers comment is spot on mate👍🏼
I love the message in this and how it was just chill and them eating together
Great Video, great balance of entertainment and deep deep content - the perfect sugared pill. Thanks for raising awareness in eating disorders and food related anxiety!
Emily please research the elimination diet and try it. I thought I was sensitive to dairy for over a decade. Turns out it was gluten. I feel like a whole new person without gluten. It's hard at first, but gluten free foods have come a LONG way and most don't taste any different than their traditional counterparts. Anyway, IBS is just a catch all term for undiagnosed food sensitivities and continued gut irritation leads to permanent damage faster than you'd think. Best wishes!
I love Nile and Emily. Both so down to earth and likeable and great sense of humor.
I'm only just over half way through at the lunch point, as I comment but had to say, I had a very similar journey with food and my body as you Nile... but I find found that eating Emily's style of food is my favorite way of eating.. everything is basically an appetizer and I find eating things like that make me happiest and feel the best. You'll find your own groove and what you love as an appetizer but think of it as eating an a app every 2-3 hrs than 1 big meal, I prefer dinner to be my big meal but you may like a big meal in the morning and than smaller dishes all throughout the day. Sorry for the novel! Just had to say I love your honesty and hope you find your groove with food so that you can fully and truly enjoy every bite you take!
I can totally relate to loss of apitite with anxiety I can never eat much with my anxiety and if I do I feel sick
I need the tea/dinner recipe! Looks so bloody good!
Nile... Please remember to talk to a professional if you are not happy with your nutrition. Bulimia and anorexia are not opposites. They are closely related. As you know, times of transition can be emotionally challenging. Often eating disorders get worse during times of stress. Love the new channel.
I love the new channel!!
Thanks for this video, I think it’s actually really helped me and changed my mindset. When I was in primary school and secondary school I was one of the sportiest kids there. I did like 1 or 2 sports every day 7 days a week. Then the severe depression hit and since then, I’ve stopped most sport and gained around 4/5st. Since lockdown in January I’ve managed to lose half a stone, but still struggle with binge eating like you did. I think maybe trying out your mindset might be a really good thing, so thanks for that! ♥️😊🙏🏻💪🏻
I did
rhythmic gymnastics for 13 years, and almost every girl i've known from the sport (including me) has/had some kind of eating disorder. Being an athlete can be rough if you dont have the right people around you, sometimes the coaches are no good and you end up in a toxic environment.
I've heard the environment in ballet/dance can be pretty toxic as well. It's such a common thread among aesthetic sports.
I never did any sort of sports yet I struggle with binge eating disorder so badly. It isn't about being a athlete, it's about pressure and your ability to face it
@@irynayarova8343 Totally! I agree. In my case i ended up in a place where struggling with an eating disorder was really difficult because the pressure wasn´t only the one that i put on myself, but also the one that the coaches and the sport itself put on me. Either way, athlete or no athlete, facing an eating disorder it´s a really hard thing to do if you don´t have the company and the professional help you need.
@@irynayarova8343 If you´re struggling, you have to know that you´re strong! Don´t give up, it will get better. It´s just a matter of healing, listen to your body, take your time and love yourself❤
@@jaengarcia9227 thank u so much ♥️
Literally never clicked so fast..... love you guys xxxx
Love the Pollock esque painting and I eat a lot of those rice, beans, veggies lunches they're so delicious
So interesting hearing you talking about your experience with binging, I recently realised that is what I’m suffering from and I’m seeking help so you talking about how you got through it is very inspiring, thank you
As a dancer, I got bodyshamed a lot growing up, so I pretty much stopped eating altogether, and ended up really unwell for a long time. Whenever I tried to eat something, I'd feel anxious, and I'd immediately get full and want to be sick. I had to eat a little bit of food, leave it for awhile, then eat more, and leave it for a bit again. This lasted for a really long time. My boyfriend would sometimes ask how much I had eaten (because he was monitoring my food intake), so I'd sometimes say I had already eaten, when I hadn't. I just hated food. Just two weeks ago I had a kind of weird relapse that's been building up gradually over time. I couldn't stand the sight or smell of food, and didn't eat anything for 3 days. I'm well aware that I'm an unhealthy weight (too slim), and like Emily, I have a very fast metabolism, and I really struggle to gain weight, even when I eat a ridiculous amount of food.
Guys, I love following you both! Can I please suggest that you both get better microphones? For some of us your accent is a bit challenging and if the sound is not clear it's hard to understand exactly what you are saying, and it's really a pity especially in the videos like these, when you talk more.
I love this video 💗 If possible, I'd love the recipe for the dinner you made, please? That looked amazing! Keep being real 👍
I also have problems eating when I’m stressed/ anxious and it’s so hard to control! I now get full so easily too! 😅 loving these videos ❤️
I totally understand the anxiety and the binging.when i mentally happy i eat so much is awful but when worry and anxiety and problems kick in i just stop eating, last time it happened it was severe and i lost a bunch of weight almost going anorexic, its was hard 2-3 month of learning again to love and eat food. Every day every meal i tried eating one more bite of bread than i did previous meals, even if i felt sick or i was crying i swallowed through the tears. Im at a normal weight that im maintaining for the last 4 years and even binges are not making a change in my body composition (well I've got a bit of tummy fluff bit im the same weight i have been the last 4 years). Now i need to concentrate my love of food into the more healthy alternatives and lose the fat i have in excess and build more muscle. Im 22y/o, female, 167cm. 54,6 kg.
I have chronic anxiety for 15 years and I'm 33 now, feel like I've wasted so much of my life hiding away. I've lost all friends and most of my family 👪 I totally get not eating with anxiety it does really make u feel sick, I think its because u hold your tummy so tight wen anxious! I'm always so amazed wen I see people like u that are able to get over it,I really wish I could :'(
Nutrition has the biggest effect on health full stop but one size does not fit all. You have to bespoke your nutrition. Well done Nile.
Best part was finding out you are watching marvel movies. Took me 5 and half days to do them all in order but it was the best time ever!!😂
i can actually relate to your situation slightly, for the past couple years i had anxiety and depression to a bad extend, i could never eat when i was anxious because similar to what you said, i would feel sick and i'd have one bite of something and just not be able to stomach. There was a period where i'd have one meal a day of a sandwich and possibly some crisps and that was it. i remember once i was feeling alright, made myself a peri peri chicken burger and just before eating i had a wave of anxiety, i had one bite and just couldn't eat it. It helps to see someone with influence put their story out there, you end up feeling a lot less alone.
I've experienced the almost same thing Nile! Used to be a figure skater and trained very intensily everyday basically. In that sport there's also that same kind of mentality that Emily mentioned, even though no one says it straight to your face you are expected to be slim. That really affected me and the pressure lead me into binge eating. Eventually I just said fuck it, retired from the sport and stopped caring which basically sent me into depression, and suddenly it flipped completely. Now I instead struggle to eat anything at all, even though I am all healed from that unhealthy mindset and no longer depressed...
Yep there's loads of things i convinced myself I didn't like - I spent YEARS swearing I didn't like goats cheese. Tried some a few months ago in a wrap and I'm absolutely addicted now.
I still struggle with binge eating, its a lot easier if I plan out my meals and snacks for the week so I have structure.
Nile you don’t know what you missing on the pickle thing🤣🤣🤣🤣
I liked that "he's quite an artist when he's not predicting a riot" 😂
I'm with Emily, pickles are deliciousssss !!!
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Same
I really appreciate your honestly in this video.
that is totally my diet. Love it. I‘m with you emily
And great talk about mental heath towards food @nile. Thank you for charing
Nile,
I completely understood what you were saying about anxiety affecting stomach size , i struggle with that also, when ever i struggle with bad anxiety i physically can not eat and if that goes on for a long period eg couple of says or weeks or even sometimes months it definitely changes your stomach and sometimes i can over time get back to eating what i used to be able to eat and sometimes it can take a long time even just.to eat period.
I suffered from "IBS" for a while until i did my research and Nutrition diploma is that the human gut struggles to digest dairy..interesting that she doesn't like milk but loves cheese, same thing! It helped me a lot not eating diary, especially cheese, healthy toilet habits are maybe 3 times a day. Anyway, great video, hope it helped !!!
Thanks for this content Nile and Em! Love from Panama🇵🇦❤
0:30 “flexible for numerous things “ ‘for what’ ‘never mind hehe’… naughty naughty.. hehe typical British boyfriend, a funny boyfriend , the best kind
I love the new channel!😍
Im the same as you Nile. I had an eating disorder and my anxiety didn't help. I now have shrunk stomach and everything you said
I had like a borderline eating disorder in high school and although it never got incredibly bad IMO, I still sometimes struggle with it now 8 years later. More recently I have found that anxiety can make it almost impossible to eat at times- I either almost never feel hungry or I will be straight up nauseous.
I basically always keep protein bars/ ensure drinks on hand for the days where I find it very hard to eat but need to make sure I get some sort of food in my body. I feel like a lot of people dont really understand the issue of not being able to eat unless they’ve actually felt it.
I’m the exact same. I’ve had anxiety for the past three years and have been in and out of struggling to eat through feeling sick after one mouthful. Even thinking about food would make me feel ill so I can totally relate. I’m also a gymnasts and used to train at Leeds doing acro and moved to Wakefield so can relate a lot to the weight struggles with gymnastics
I love a cucumber and Philadelphia sarnie but not for breakfast. That’s a bit odd 😂
Yes! 😂
Its interesting to hear about professional athletes experiences with disordered eating- I'm hoping to do a research project on intuitive eating (which is the whole thing of listening to your body about what you want and when you want different foods and not having the attitude of 'good' vs 'bad' foods) but I've been wondering for ages if its even really possible to professional athletes to maintain a good relationship with food. The other aspect is that compulsive exercise also can be a big part of disordered eating and I'd be interested in knowing how you keep a healthy relationship with that as an athlete
I'd love to try it. It sounds great! My best bagel experience was an everything bagel with habanero flakes - all freshly made. It took several hours to taste anything else. How about giving the recipes?
Excellent to advise to”to listen to your body”
(and to move around which helps your body/brain to know what it needs). IT CAN BE LESS PRESSURED IF YOU LET GO; eat anything you want “in moderation”
as EMILY says. You may even lose weight to your surprise without having to worry about sticking to a diet, or dieting then going back on a diet. You don’t go on any diet you come off. You stay with occasional days of less or more- mo freak outs bc it evens out. Try trusting your own body for a year, or 6 months, to see if it works well for you. Chances are it will. (!)
I miss Emily. She was lovely.
Yea, I was curious about how Emily ate. I'm tall & not super slim but try to eat like that too. Definately feel better on such a diet. I also make a lot of veggie stews with+without meat. Long live adorable cornichons! Recently discovered Spanish lemon stuffed olives which give great tang to any stew!
I was told by my doctor that for me personally, they recommend I just eat whenever I'm hungry, I'll gain and lose weight, I'll go through periods where I'll only have 1 meal a day then I could demolish 3-4 meals a day and hearing you say that you guys only eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full makes me feel more normal for my eating routines haha
This is exactly how I eat! Usually two weeks out of the month I have no appetite, then the rest of the month I'm hungry and I try to make up for the rest of the month.
I think listening to your body is always a good idea.
Thats healthier than my bad habit. Ivm eating a lot of times once a day, but than that is an for all day size meal. Picked it up at work where we started early (6:00 in the morning) and worked till night (20:30-21:00), and if we somehow managed to have one break, was when we ate. It was in 2008-2012, and i still couldnt loose this behavoiur.
Can 100% relate to the binge eating and now having smaller stomach due to be accustomed to not eating much! It's a really interesting concept because thinking back to when I was binge eating, I could easily down 1500 cal in one sitting and id eat until I felt sick, however today that amount of calories is pretty much what I get in over the whole day!
I'm the exact same as Nile with the small stomach thing and not being able to eat when I feel anxious. I get full quick and just the smell of food makes me feel ill. Little and often and eating when I'm hungry is deffo the way to go!
I can relate to the not feeling hungry and being able to eat big meals when you are anxious thing. I used to have a big appetite even though I am naturally skinny like Emily . But then I lost it and struggled with feeling sick when eating for almost 2 years a while I was finishing my PhD and trying to get a job. It was frustrating as there were many parts of that time where I didn't feel anxious at all. It even lasted over a year after I started the job and felt fine mentally again. My appetite came back though after I had been calm and contented for that year, so it is possible to reverse it!
Completely understand about the eating. I’ve got a hiatus hernia which I think I was born with as I’ve suffered with acid reflux & having food repeat themselves. I’ve made it worse without knowing it until now where I think I have CVS. Am sick, as in vomming or dry retching on a daily basis. I can barely eat a child’s portion & I do manual work. Am exhausted. Used to out eat the guys at work but lost a lot of weight & now at the age of 41 I’m at THAT stage of my life that I really do need to up on certain vits & mins.😄
I have to say, back when I was a good eater, I would gym seven days a week but when I had my three months off bread, pasta, alcohol, dairy, & meat I would get really emotional going into the supermarket for ingredients for supper as I just wanted to eat all the things I would never eat. I am not a sweet toothed person but when I came off the three months I would gorge on cheese cake, biscuits, ice cream, chocolate! My god! I would eat 5.000 calories a day for a week after. My “diet” of fish, salad, beans & pulses, herbal teas & vegetarian patties left me going insane. What you say about listening to your body & it’s wants is the most natural way of feeding yourself. You know you will feel like hell after eating too much sugar, or having a tummy ache when you eat bread or dairy or anything!
Am gutted now there are foods I should t eat anymore as it makes me so ill it isn’t worth that few minutes of yummyness. It just isn’t.
So many athletes have suffered for their sport. I know of a guy who was with a girl that rowed. There was not an inch of body fat on her, she was all muscle & before a race she would eat candy floss. They apparently have to keep their weight down. Her body started to eat her back. She was so malnourished she will now suffer from back pains for the rest of her life. She was only a youngster when this started. That sort of thing has to stop, it’s almost self abuse without even knowing it.
Love your videos. You are both a proper laugh. 🥰