Meals at Within

When recovering from an eating disorder, meals and snacks can be the most challenging parts of the day. At Within, we help you manage meal-time anxiety, decrease the use of eating disorder behaviors, and ultimately improve your overall relationship with food.

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Support at mealtimes

A care partner is present during meals and snacks in treatment to provide direct support, encouragement, and accountability. When you, as a patient, show up to a meal or snack, you will receive compassionate fact-checking to challenge cognitive distortions, validation, reflections, redirections, and sometimes even distraction.

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‍Building sustainable eating skills 
A supportive environment is used to gradually challenge foods you fear or restrict, ultimately helping expand your food variety. When foundational nutrition recovery principles are consistently implemented at eating occasions, you will start being coached in mindfulness and identifying your hunger and fullness cues; this can happen almost automatically during treatment or, sometimes, be a targeted intervention during later stages of treatment.

Food delivery and ordering

At the very start of treatment, we ensure you have the food you need. If you need certain foods to align with your treatment plan goals, we support you with obtaining them.During the first several days of treatment and until preparing to step down from care, you receive pre-prepared meals based on your recovery goals, meal plans, and preferences. You will use a special platform—with or without the help of a care team member—that keeps distracting nutrition facts at bay so you can make meal choices that truly support your recovery.

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‍Guided support for meal decisions 

‍We understand that ordering food independently can be overwhelming during treatment, especially at the beginning, so we can help by placing orders when needed. Your team can review meal choices to ensure adequate support, encouragement, and accountability to meet recovery goals.

How it works

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From meal delivery  to cooking

As treatment progresses and you begin to nourish yourself more (and more responsibly), the number of meals you order will decrease and your own meal planning and preparation will increase. This helps you gain more independence in choosing nourishing food. This evolution of being able to nourish yourself independently is just one of the important benchmarks of your healing journey at Within.

Mindful eating

Mindful eating is a core focus of treatment at Within. It’s about switching the focus from what you eat to how you eat. Your care team works with you to help you practice mindful eating and change how you respond to food both physically and emotionally.

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