Updated 2/20/25

Eating disorder recovery can be a lonely experience. Having the right community and support can make all the difference. Follow these eating disorder Instagram accounts to help you through the eating disorder recovery process.

The Challenges of Eating Disorder Recovery

Eating disorder recovery is challenging for many reasons. Not only are we often unable to access the treatment that we need due to various barriers—lack of insurance or other financial access issues, lack of proper diagnosis due to weight bias, unethical treatment modalities such as weight loss for those in larger bodies struggling with an eating disorder—but even if we are able to get proper treatment, more often the many of the variables that egged our eating disorder on are still there waiting for us when intensive treatment ends. Coping with diet culture, including the moralizing of foods, continual promotion of the thin ideal, healthism, and equating size with health, can be challenging, especially for those of us who are extremely vulnerable to its messaging in the first place. We need eating disorder support in order to sustain our eating disorder recovery. Eating disorder Instagram accounts can play a key role in this support.

Finding Eating Disorder Recovery Support on Instagram

With this reality in mind, how can we best support ourselves in our eating disorder recovery when we are removed from the safety of the treatment setting (if the treatment setting was even safe in the first place!)? One of the most supportive things that you can do to build resilience against diet culture is to begin to build a community of like-minded people to surround and support you. In-real-life community is preferable, but in lieu of that, online spaces can offer a refuge from the constant diet-culture-chatter. Instagram has become a hub of anti-diet content and can be a great place to start when looking for online community.

While the popularity of the anti-diet movement means that more and more influencers and social media users are creating these anti-diet accounts, it also means that the movement itself is going to sometimes be misconstrued or misrepresented. As a result, simply searching the anti-diet hashtag on Instagram, for example, can lead you right back to accounts that promote disordered eating and covert restriction and jeopardize your recovery.

Instead, it is often better to follow accounts recommended by trusted sources. While this doesn’t always guarantee that the accounts recommended are Health At Every Size (HAES)® aligned, it gives you a better shot at not inadvertently bringing diet culture into your anti-diet space. Here are some of my personal recommendations for eating disorder recovery support on Instagram that is truly HAES-aligned and social-justice informed.

Eating Disorder Instagram Accounts to Follow for Recovery Support

@ameeistalking

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cg2VPY0Dckc/

Amee Severson is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in Bellingham WA whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social justice lens. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Her Instagram posts focus on finding recovery in any sized body.

@chr1styharrison

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‪#Dietculture is a sneaky, shape-shifting thing. It masquerades as health and wellness, and cloaks itself as connection. It protests that it's not a diet, it’s a “lifestyle”—because at this point, we all pretty much know that diets don’t work. . If we want to keep from falling for these diets in disguise‬, we have to know what to look for. Here are a few clues: . 1. If a “lifestyle change,” “protocol,” “reset,” etc. paints thinness as a sign that you’re “doing it right” or weight gain as a sign that you’re “doing it wrong,” it’s a diet. (Or an #eatingdisorder, which operates on the same internalized diet-culture beliefs.) . 2. If it makes you feel virtuous for eating certain foods and guilty for eating others, it’s a diet (or an eating disorder). Yes, even if it’s ostensibly for medical reasons—and diet culture also pushes lots of false diagnoses, e.g. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29524991 . 3. If it has you serving yourself smaller portions than you really want—or constantly second-guessing how much you want, especially of high-carb foods or other things diet culture demonizes—it’s a diet (or an eating disorder). . 4. If it fans the flames of fatphobia or food-phobia in any way, it’s a diet (or an eating disorder). Even if it says it’s not. Even if it promises the moon and the stars and a perfect, practically immortal life. . Get lots more clues for recognizing diet culture in my book—and grab some sweet bonuses including a free mini-course and an exclusive bonus PDF if you preorder now! Just go to christyharrison.com/book for all the deets 🎉❤️ . #AntiDiet #haes #healthateverysize #thewellnessdiet #thelifethief #EDrecovery #fatacceptance #fatpositive #fatliberation #bodyliberation #bodypositive #bodyposi #riotsnotdiets

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Christy Harrison is an anti-diet registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, and the host of Food Psych Podcast and author of Anti-Diet. She specializes in helping people make peace with food and reclaim the time and energy they lost to The Life Thief that is diet culture. She posts daily recovery support on Instagram.

@bodyimage_therapist

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We have a tendency when we look in the mirror to reduce our sense of self to an object, a surface, a shape. Many of us don't see beyond what we physically see in the mirror – even though what can be physically seen is only a fraction of who you are. It's that fraction of who you are that we magnify to fill our entire vision that there's no space for anything else – your essence, your character, your non-physical human complexity, the parts of you that have always been there even though your body changed. . . Initially, it may be too big of a leap to convince yourself that you are more than what appears in the mirror – it may be more about asking yourself 'could there be more to what I see? What might it be like to invite more of myself, that isn't necessarily seen, into this reflection? Can I see the warmth and aliveness in my body? Can I see the parts of me that will bring a smile to someone's face today? Can I see the non-physical parts of me that my friends adore? Can I be more than what I see?' . . I have created some clear stickers that you can place on your mirror as a reminder of this – it's a part of a larger sticker sheet with 6 different affirmations that are helpful to see when you're trying to see yourself more clearly. Click the link in my bio and then click on Mirror Stickers. Website prices are in Australian dollars but I ship worldwide 💜 . . #bodyimage #bodypositivity #dietculture #haes #healthateverysize #gratitude #bodyacceptance #dietitian

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Ashlee Bennett is an art psychotherapist who focuses on therapeutic work for body image, internalized fatphobia, embodiment, and self-acceptance. Her Instagram account discusses eating disorder recovery in the context of weight stigma and internalized fatphobia. As stated by Ashlee, “I do this work because I know for many there is liberation from compressed, narrow body ideals and the prison of body-hatred despite the culture we live in. This work drives me as every person who reclaims their power and autonomy, has influence in their community, has the wisdom and power to make social change and most of all grow into the person they know themselves to be.”

@bodyhonornutrition

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5QzGzTLtmh/

Kimmie Singh earned her Bachelor of Science in physics from St. John’s University. Soon after graduating, Kimmie discovered her passion for Intuitive Eating and weight-inclusive nutrition. She went on to pursue her Master of Science of nutrition from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Kimmie completed her dietetic internship at The City University of New York-Hunter College. She posts about weight stigma, eating disorder recovery, and Health at Every Size education on her Instagram account.

@bodyimagewithbri

Brianna (or Bri) is a Licensed Professional Counselor in NJ. She has worked with Eating Disorder Recovery patients for the last four years and has a special interest in body image.  She also teaches Introduction to Eating Disorders as an adjunct professor. She is passionate about Health at Every Size and taking an all-foods-fit approach to finding freedom with food and learning to love your current body. She posts body image support for all sized bodies on Instagram.

This list is by no means exhaustive! There are so many incredible anti-diet activists out there doing important work to dismantle weight bias and diet culture. It’s essential that we follow and support those in marginalized bodies with lived experience with eating disorders, especially those in fat bodies, bodies of color, and non-cisgender bodies. By expanding the kinds of bodies that we see on a consistent basis, and by seeing people who look like us fight back against diet culture, we begin to accept that we can also live our lives loudly and proudly without our eating disorder. We are allowed to embrace who we are, unapologetically. This is an essential component of recovery.

If you or a loved one may be struggling with disordered eating habits, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of our caring counselors today. At Center for Discovery, we offer compassionate support and personalized solutions. And you’re never alone on your journey to well-being when you’re with us. Once you complete treatment, you’ll have free access to Discovery365™, our exclusive AI-powered app that uses breakthrough technology to intervene when you need extra support.

Believe it or not, you’ve always had the power within yourself to overcome life’s challenges. We’re here to help you learn how to lead a more authentic life. Contact us today.

Enjoy this post? Explore some of the other Center for Discovery blogs:

The Application of Intuitive Eating Principles in Eating Disorder Recovery

Do No Harm: Weight Stigma in the Eating Disorder Field

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About the Author

Ashley M. Seruya is a social work student, virtual assistant, and content creator specializing in eating disorder recovery, Health at Every Size, and weight stigma.

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