In eating disorder recovery communities, the term ‘all in’ has now been used for a few years to describe the eat all you can approach to recovery that many promote and have success with. I have written before about the concept of ‘all in’ on this site but I have never been a big fan of the term and yet I have never been sure why. Recently, I decided to unpick where this discomfort with the term ‘all in’ with eating disorder recovery came from and why I have a love-hate relationship with it.

Just in case you are interested, I thought I would share my thoughts (and these are nothing more than my thoughts and opinions!!).

Where Did The Term ‘All In’ Come From?

Before I start on my reasons for loving / hating the term, ‘all in’ for eating disorders, I will just highlight where the term has…