RR: Eating Disorder Management Reviews

by Opalxvixen

I started using RR not too long ago and I really liked it especially like the first week or so. I had some time off work and figured it was a good opportunity to try to help myself since I have a weird work schedule and sometimes that makes remembering to eat, let alone having the motivation to eat, difficult. What I found though was when I went back to work my meal reminders kept creeping up earlier and earlier and now my breakfast notification that I set for 6:30 literally pops up at 4:30 in the morning which is basically the busiest part of my morning. That’s not the only notification that does that either. Basically every notification that I set around my work schedule goes off at the most inconvenient times. It’s just super frustrating because I did set them for when I should be eating. It’s such a small thing but it really discouraged me from using RR and it doesn’t really help if I’m trying to get myself to remember to eat in the first place

by Rob Vittori

I’m new to using RR or anything like it. My relationship with food / macro or calorie tracking and weighing / body checking for years has often been unhealthy.
My thoughts using RR for just a few days—it’s a game changer for me! Even though I’m working with a therapist on some of the issues RR addresses, I still forget to be mindful and aware of my mood throughout the day, so RR has helped so much!! A great place to turn when you feel certain urges, it helps to identify and organize thoughts, then calm down prior to acting on them. The quotes and mantras are a nice bonus.

I wish it was updated to a more modern look and feel but it really gets the job done and well.
I love that you also don’t need to create a profile if not linking with a clinician, so your email isn’t filled with notifications or ads.

by Scratch767

I love RR. I have been using it a couple days and it’s a gear way to store all the inspirations, journals, quotes, coping skills I need at mealtimes, etc in one spot plus the build your own meditation is AWESOME and I love the little inspiration section - I only gave it 4 instead of 5 stars because I would love to see that in that section a bit more ability to personalize just like in the other sections. I am not a huge fan of some of the quotes and inspirations to choose from and I have tons I would want to use that I could add there that would be much more meaningful to me. Also images. But it’s ok. You can submit them for community review or log them in another part of RR , but I would like to just have them there for myself even if they aren’t for the community. Also would like the little scrapbook to have a few more options for personalization, but do love that you have to complete challenges to use it. Motivation!!

by Thepandaaru

The good thing about RR is that I can’t just skip my meals and pretend I ate when I didn’t because my dietitian now sees everything. The bad thing is that I often eat my final snack of the day after midnight (usually around 12-12:30) and it seems that the only way to record that is by “backlogging” but when I record my final snack I am not backlogging. I am eating it at the same time that I am logging it. RR seems to just go right to the next day without a way to go back to the day before without it being considered a “backlog”. Also when I do backlog it doesn’t show up in my Logs section and it acts like I’m being punished for backlogging which makes me feel like I’m doing something very wrong even if I didn’t actually “backlog” a meal from another time.

by Pipgiraffe

I absolutely love RR! I’ve been using it for almost a year now and it has really helped me to recover from my eating disorder. I love that I can take pictures of my food and it is so simple to use. I also love the quotes and pictures and I love the new feature where you can save them in RR .(way better than making a screen shot of all of them!) I also really love the new meditation Feature, however, it would be helpful if there was a timer on it so it didn’t keep repeating itself for the sleep one. Also, I put five stars because after the update Its almost impossible to add logs from another day without my app freezing and having to quit RR and start over every time I add a photo.

by Sherylc6

I don’t have an eating disorder, but have gained a lot of weight related to mental health issues. Sometimes I eat to avoid or just to self soothe. I’m not sure if their nourishly app might be a better fit, but RR works for me. I use another app to count calories, but when I’m feeling lazy or overwhelmed, I tend to stick to this log more often. I love the daily backgrounds and the motivational rewards at the end of each log. I wasn’t using the coping methods and goal setting functions until recently, because I didn’t want to complicate the already seamless functions. But, after I added a bunch of the preset clinical tools, it just seemed to work automatically. You can personalize your food log so that it doesn’t show certain eating disorder questions, if they’re not relevant, and you can set your own goals and coping tools based on your own triggers. Assigning my mood at each food log had been very useful for me as a mood journal in general, to be more mindful, since doing it along with meals makes me log more often than I normally would. It’s a great combination to keep track of food and mood together. And as stated, the focus on mental health in RR has been very useful to me. I recommend it for anyone that wants to focus on these two aspects of life in one place.

by Desi Wesi

Basically no eating disorder apps have ARFID support, so when I heard about RR I was excited. It still could have some work done, no app is perfect, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much it already has—thus the 5 star rating. I also know that the reason it has ARFID content is due to demand, which comforts me because it shows the creators actually care about the users’ voices. It’s really neat and I’ve found it really helpful this past month to keep me on track and hold myself accountable for things. I love that it’s so customizable too because everyone’s treatment looks different! Overall it’s a good app and I haven’t written a review for an app in years so that shows the impact it’s had for me to do so.

by Whopperito

I’ve only been using Recovery Record since October 29, 2019, but I haven’t regretted downloading it. It makes logging my meals and snacks so much easier for both me and my clinicians. You can literally set goals, contact clinicians, and even keep track of your heart rate, all in the same app! Even though I’m recovering from anorexia nervosa, RR can help me recover from so much more, like depression and anxiety. I have access to coping skills, a meal planner, and meditations that are stress relievers for me. All of these tools, 100% free! What’s impressive is that RR works perfectly without Wi-Fi. Honestly, RR is necessary for recovery from any eating disorder, and so worth it!

by KenzieCupcake

Essential to my recovery. This is the perfect partner to a recovery program, and makes me feel fully supported where I was struggling in some blind spots before using RR . The meal log is especially helpful, along with the cute chime reminder to eat (optional of course). Every new feature reveals more support. The ONLY thing I would add is a hunger/fullness scale option in the meal log, as I find it useful to visualize that I was feeling level 8 hunger at 3pm and I’m going to feel level 2 hunger again by 6pm and not stuffed forever. I love RR and feel like I can’t fail now. Setbacks are going to happen, but I’m on the right path to recovery 🌱🦋🍴

by JaeMerf

Eating disorders are really emotionally charged and are hard to work on because for many it’s a coping skill of dealing with other emotionally difficult life experiences. RR was recommended to me by an eating disorder center/clinic and it’s really in depth and if you actually follow through and do the thought diary you provide insight to your recovery process once you are able to review the past days, weeks, months,years, and you’re able to understand the triggers of what’s going on in your life that has lead you to binges (in my case) or other symptoms that better explain your struggle. You have to want to do the work, if it becomes a chore and you’re getting annoyed with it then it’s going to be a rough road from my experience as if it’s a chore for
Me then I’m not 100% in it or am on that path towards recovery. Turned out to be more motivational I guess but it’s a great app and it’s FREE!!!!! Do the work and have the appropriate support necessary for your recovery and it will make a difference for you, I hope!

by Raecamille

RR helps me track my thoughts and feelings associated with my urges and behaviors. I got out of treatment a few months ago. I struggle to actively participate in my journey of recovery. Recovery record allows my dietitian to see my progress. It also helps me quickly log throughout the day to keep track of my progress. I definitely suggest RR for anyone who is needing help with disordered thoughts around food or if you have an eating disorder. I love that it also offers tips and affirmations. It’s easy to not pay attention to self-care. Recovery record makes me feel as if I’m at least trying to help myself throughout this process of recovery. DELETE MYFITNESSPAL AND DOWNLOAD THIS PLEASE!

by SarahPine44

The free resources available in this app have offered me more comfort, insight, structure, and motivation than I have ever received regarding my relationship with food. I have been under the care of professionals for 16 years with an eating disorder and although they have surely aided me in my journey, RR is the non-judgmental friend in my pocket that I’ve needed so badly. I can’t believe my good luck of stumbling upon it on my own! I will be telling my psychiatrist and therapist about this service so they can check it out for themselves and recommend it to others like me who need it RIGHT NOW. Thank you to everyone at this app for your hard work and contribution! This service is incredible.

by Cranberriii

I’ve only used RR for a little while, so I can’t attest to its long-term effectiveness. But so far, it has really stood out as far as these types of apps go. It’s thorough, easy to use, some of the motivational quotes actually motivate me. If it were a person, it would be a gentle clinician as opposed to a helpful BFF. The fact that it feels a little professional makes me take it more seriously and follow through with logging and reaching goals. I’ve already been able to identify negative behaviors based on the data I provide to RR . I didn’t recognize these behaviors on my own without taking the time to log information. I recommend it to someone wanting to have a healthier relationship with food.

by Jaj242

RR has been crucial for me in my recovery!! I’ve used it for years—through relapses and wellness—and I seriously don’t think I’d be so far into recovery without it! It helps me stay accountable with my whole team, and I love that I can have individual logs for behaviors, feelings, thoughts, etc. outside of logging meals (which includes all that too!). I also love how it’s customizable regarding goals and logging, and it’s overall an amazing app!

The only real flaw I notice is that, if I have RR open while my clinician comments, the comment doesn’t ever show up in my app. I get a notification in my email inbox, but nothing in RR , and I end up asking them to resend the message. Other than that, I don’t see any flaws!

by SophieBryant28

I was recently diagnosed with BED and was really lost. I saw that someone recommended RR on a Facebook group I follow and I downloaded it expecting it to be like most of the other food tracking apps. Fortunately, it is not.

RR outlines your meals, triggers, and other things and asks you specific questions that don’t necessarily make you feel bad but more conscious. Since downloading I’ve came to terms with some of my feelings by logging them and became more aware of my eating habits.
I love the motivational aspects of RR after every meal is logged. It’s a treat to see different coping mechanisms suggested and you can pick on which ones you are willing to try in the future.
Overall 5/5. Thank you for creating RR, developers.

by Smskcs

Using RR has really been extremely helpful. I love how I can record my feelings, thoughts, daily. This really helps me get inside my thoughts, why, how, what to do etc. I get a clearer picture of what's troubling me...I can log my meals, set goals for the week, read inspiring messages daily, I can access my logs to review how the week has gone ...I can use a coping skills at each meal. So many to choose from. You can set a passcode as well. I used to journal and was always afraid someone would read it. Problem solved. I can journal my thoughts each day here. As a compulsive overeater and binger, this has helped keep me more on track. A lot of my problems are in my head. Getting in touch with my feelings and allowing myself to feel my feelings instead of overeating because of them is BIG for me.

by CuriosityBee

RR is amazing. After so many years of obsessively tracking my eating, I was very resistant. But RR makes tracking feel so different. I love that you can customize everything to have as much or as little prompting as you want. I especially appreciate the prompts on hunger cues before and after meals, rating the mindfulness of the meal, and being able to upload photos of meal for auto-detection. Every time I log a meal, it displays a beautiful photo and meaningful quote which I find very inspiring. I really love that you can even enter your values in a separate part of RR , journal about them, upload pics/vision boards, and get periodic reminders. It’s helpful to be able to add a clinician to share your meals with too.

Overall, I find RR an essential tool for healing. I honestly can’t believe it doesn’t cost $50/month. It’s amazing!

by JMAOO

RR is really awesome and very customizable. I feel like every other food log/diary cannot compare - and ones like MyFitnessPal just need to DIE because they fuel many eating disorders.

Several years ago, I dealt with bulimia in college briefly and binge eating constantly up until about November 2019 when I was fed up and truly turned to healing with intuitive eating. I weight cycled for so much of my young life that I’m sure I did metabolic damage to myself (and raised my set point weight a lot).

Now I’m learning to eat intuitively and embrace my body. I’m using RR right now during pregnancy as I am at risk for gestational diabetes due to being prediabetic. A lot of diabetes management is triggering for my eating disorder past, so RR is the perfect way did me to be gently mindful of my food and nutrition without logging numbers and every carb. I love the various questions pertaining to mood, hunger, thoughts, and so on because managing our health is so much more than what we eat!

Thanks did creating this. I’m excited to continue using it and have my GD dietitian/group coach view my logs. With RR, I don’t feel triggered to be “perfect” with numbers. I can be honest in my food logging and focus on what really matters - my health and my baby’s! Not stupid numbers that induce stress.

by Keithrube1

I never learned how to properly eat and as an adult at age 51 it was time. What I was eating and not eating had taken it’s toll on my health. I learned through the words of a top notch a dietician that I have “disordered eating.” Essentially I have a diet mentality with all that I ate or restricted. These sessions with my Dietician are incredibly eye opening. I gained enough weight for diabetes type 2, neuropathy, horrific IBS, and a completely broken view of food. One of the most important tools that I was given the choice to use was this amazing app. I’m a huge procrastinator (except for my business).. especially when it’s anything to do with being healthy. Until now! RR is simple, fun, thought provoking, wise, motivational and challenging all in one. It’s helping this food junkie completely change what, how and when I eat. It’s not restrictive and not a diet app. It’s a life app that is teaching me much more on a daily basis. This is unlike any app I have ever used. 5 stars and my highest possible rating for ease of use, reliability, and beauty.

by Cuppycakedoubledd

to the creators of RR, thank you. now that i think about it, I've had an eating disorder for a long time and dismissed it. RR has definitely helped me be more aware of what is actually going on and how to help it. i love the check ins/log meals thingy and it's helped A LOT. also love that you can meditate and they give you quotes and cute little pictures of animals (🥰) after you do a log. it makes this feel like im not just being pressured to tell what im eating 24/7. asking if we've done any coping mechanisms after we do the meal log really helps as well because it makes me feel like this is something that i can control. needless to say, best app ever, im still making progress but thank you again!!💗

by Foxii

I started using RR not too long ago and I really liked it especially like the first week or so. I had some time off work and figured it was a good opportunity to try to help myself since I have a weird work schedule and sometimes that makes remembering to eat, let alone having the motivation to eat, difficult. What I found though was when I went back to work my meal reminders kept creeping up earlier and earlier and now my breakfast notification that I set for 6:30 literally pops up at 4:30 in the morning which is basically the busiest part of my morning. That’s not the only notification that does that either. Basically every notification that I set around my work schedule goes off at the most inconvenient times. It’s just super frustrating because I did set them for when I should be eating. It’s such a small thing but it really discouraged me from using RR and it doesn’t really help if I’m trying to get myself to remember to eat in the first place

by Sage U.U

With help from my nutritionist, therapist and Recovery Record, I am finally taking control of my eating disorder. I am so thankful for RR. It helps me stick to my meal plan, provides an outlet to vent about my food concerns and helps me to stay intact with my body and work with it rather than against. Plus I love the meditations! My only suggestion is to update the meal plan customizer. My meal plan calls for two afternoon snacks with different exchanges, but this app only allows the user to make one afternoon snack template. I would love it if you could fix this. Besides that, it's a perfect app! Thank you for creating Recovery Record! 💜

by Better Than You Think You Are

I’ve been using RR for over a year now— I love that includes a thought diary and different scales to rate your feelings, sleep, hunger levels before and after eating, etc. It’s detailed and you can customize what you want to show up in your personal logs. My counselor and I use it so that she can see how my thoughts/emotions/eating patterns have been throughout the week, so by the time I see her she knows what’s been going on and we can dive right into the deep stuff. Plus, every time you submit a log you get an encouraging quote and adorable picture (think puppies). Love it and highly recommend!

by DavidArchuletaGirl

Number have always been a big thing for me. I was always counting calories, measuring my size, and taking my weight. When I found RR, I didn’t know what to expect. But it turned out better than I could have imagined.
RR lets me track the fact that I ate, how I felt during and after, and what I ate, without having me count calories. After every time I track, it offers a helpful quote and an uplifting image. I can also do meditations on RR and mindfulness. All for free! Beyond thankful for finding this and hope everyone else feels as affirmed and supported by RR as I do.

by Eec2018

RR is exactly what I was looking for. I haven’t gotten through all the ins and outs of this but I have already found the tracking to help identify trends and times that lead me to problems with eating. I feel much more organized and aware. I’m meeting with my doctor to discuss the various triggers, how to self manage around them and stop the inner critic in my head who leads me to destructive behavior. Good luck to anyone suffering from this very unfair disease; I’ve dealt with this for over 20 years and this is the first time I’ve felt in control. RR is worth a try if you’re trying to manage through.

by T_0603

I never write reviews, this is probably the second review I’ve ever written. But I wanted to make sure RR got the recognition it deserved. Now, I’m barely into my recovery and still have a very long road ahead of me and you definitely have to want to put in the work for RR to work but, if you do, RR is truly amazing.
It has thought diary’s and moods and whether or not you weighed yourself or counted calories at every meal or snack.
And you can go back and look at your own progress and triggers. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone struggling with any type of eating disorder.

by Aerialpipsqueak

I met with a nutritionist who I now see regularly, and she set me up on RR to help me log my meals and snacks. It’s already made such a difference in my daily life and is making my disorder indescribably easier to handle by receiving the feedback and motivation I can get daily from my nutritionist. Imputing how I’m feeling with every meal makes me mindful of how much my food intake affects my daily life, and I know it’s small but the little pictures and GIFs I get for logging make me smile! RR is a genius idea for people struggling with eating disorders and I would recommend it to anyone who’s suffering!

by Tashi9096

I’m super bad with getting my thoughts into words but I definitely had to rate this because honestly RR is amazing I can’t believe its all free which I am extremely grateful for like for an app to be this helpful and actually very good like legit astonishes me. If the creators are reading this I really just wanted to take the time to thank you and hope you know that you’re making a difference out here like I just started and this is really helping me and I’m sure it’s helping so many others too. So seriously, thank you.