The Truth Behind Quasi-Recovery & “Extreme” Hunger with Amalie Lee

In this week’s podcast, Han is joined by Amalie Lee! Amalie is a trained coach with a background in Psychology. Frustrated with the lack of easy-to-understand, science-backed eating disorder information online, Amalie started Let's Recover during her recovery from Anorexia Nervosa over a decade ago. Amalie is especially interested in the biopsychology of eating disorders, reactive hunger, and the cognitive-behavioural effects of undernourishment. In addition to coaching, Amalie hosts the podcast 'Recovery Talk', and writes the Substack newsletter 'Let's Recover'.

This week, we discuss:

• Our thoughts behind extreme, or reactive, hunger and why this occurs during eating disorder recovery.
• The change in hunger and energy levels during an eating disorder vs recovery, why this happens and how to navigate it.
• The secret  ...