(to add to my massive pile of things all similarly labeled)
http://recoveryrecord.com
Here's the thing. If you don't have an eating disorder, than it's not YOUR thing, and this is only your post if you care about how one might be overcome. But I have been looking for this app for months, without being honest enough with my smart phone to bring up the results I actually needed.
Today, in my short lapse in belief that I would be able to face my pain and go to church despite it... I FOUND THIS. Then I sucked it up and went to church after all.
I have been fighting with my dietitian about "emotion charting" since day one. I don't want to do it. Even though I am 100% sure I will see some results from it. When I do get it done for one or two white-knuckle days, I don't do it well becuase I only count the food I eat and don't purge. I pay no attention to how I'm feeling when I'm binging.
As I am sure you can imagine... No results are forthcoming from this attitude.
I realized, that I have another addiction. My Smartphone. I went for so long telling myself that I didn't need one. Now I have one. I still think it's not necessary to life, but I can't imagine going back, either.
So, I started looking for a food-tracking, emotion charting, depression rating, chart forming and recovery helping app. Because, honestly, if I can do it on my phone- I might actually do it.
I found a few apps that track depression. Or moods. I did everything I could to customize them for ME. The problem with them all was the frequency of recorded check-ins. I couldn't find one under those topics that would let me track my emotions between each meal, snack, mood swing, whatever.
I typed in "eating disorder" this morning. Only a few things pulled up, but this GLORIOUS app was one of them. It calls itself RR (recovery records) and has a rather lovely geometric bird taking flight as it's logo.
It has what it calls "discrete reminders" to alert you when it is time to eat, record your emotions and if you insert a meal plan into the thing, it even tells you what foods you might partake of.
When you go in, it asks you a long (or short, depending on your customization. I'm a wreck, so mine is long) but simple to answer list of questions about your mood, your behaviors and even where, when and with whom you ate.
I have mine ask if I have drank water and gotten a little exercise since I last checked in.
NOW. This, as I am writing it, sound like a HUGE trigger. It's not that for me because, 1, I customized it to do these things. 2. I don't have to have done these things right, I just want to start tracking and identifying cause and effects. After that I can start applying 'coping skills' towards the correct emotional upheaval and find a way to stop the behaviors before I even start them.
This might not be for you, but I am thrilled because it will also help me keep more careful track of my food reactions, and might help me decide if some of them are having a psycholigial as well as physical effect on me.
Love and allergy friendly kisses,
Jo Aich
