Normal part of recovery?

Why do you think you are over weight? it may just be the voice telling you you are over weight.....

xx

hey

Im 20 and am going through recovery at the moment, I understand how you feel i put weight on quickly in recovery going from just into the underweight category to normal (but perhaps the most ive been in while ) . Firstly as twinkle toes said , it may be the voice telling you that you are overweight. However if you are, try not to let it affect your recovery, its ok . Bodies take a long time to recover . Eating disorders really mess they body up, they put it through hell. Your body probably does not know what to do with itself at the moment, give it time,

 Its really important to try not to obsess over weight libby, i havent weighed myself properly in a while and it actually makes me feel free as i am not constantly feeling like i have to anwer to the scales, I try to trust the judgements of my friends around me to tell me if im looking ok(weightwise), i know i am not ready yet to trust myself . weight after all is just a number.

 Well done by the way for being in recovery so long!

take care x

I also know how this feels and it is SO hard to deal with... this is the biggest I've been in 10 years, and because I feel like I've done this of my own accord-no one is making me eat as I've been "recovered" long enough now to be left to my own devices. I hate it, and the worst thing is I'm just not eating that much-I'm not eating the recommended daily amount for my height/age/activity levels yet my weight either goes up or stays at this level. On the other hand, you say you are now overweight which I can totally understand the feeling of, but are you really?I'm now officially a healthy weight for height and I think that's what is terrifying me-I feel "normal" which to me means overweight :-( Feels like my metabolism has just stopped, but I have too much to lose to go back down the old routes of just not eating-trying so hard to get back to a comfortable weight healthily but it's really really tough atm.

thank you all for your kind advice. but yes, i actually am OVERWEIGHT my BMI has gone up to about 27 and even when i wasnt suffering from an eating disorder i was always at the bottom of healthy. daisy chain i'm so glad that someone else is in exactly the same position as me.

if anything..i also undereat which is why i cannot understand what my body is doing. the sensible part of me reasons that its just my metabolism, it'll all speed up eventually but the eating disorder part of me is just saying im being plain greedy!

i hate being this weight, i have no confidence and have more self hatred than i did even when i was ill. 

hopefully it'll all get better but i just really wish there was more research about what happens to your body recovering but i guess everybody is different so thats a pretty impossible task.

take care, love libby 

have you ever considered PCOS ?

Doyou have a nutritionist...

I don't understand the metabolism thing and I wish someone would explain it to me because it never makes any sense to me.

Hi there libby et al. In a very similar boat-have am now technically borderline 'overweight'. After years of bingeing and worrying about my weight it's finally beginning to settle, but * higher than my initial 'target' . Eating well it really does help. Not only does it help your self esteem, it increases your energy levels, allowing you to be more active- take up dancing/a team sport. This is a tough one, and a balance I still haven't got- not over-exercising, not under-exercising, not over-restricting and not bingeing. So long as you're fit and active, eat healthy stuff and feel good, perhaps leave your weight to sort itself out :D If you're confident healthy, and happy you will look beautiful whatever weight you are Good luck, and stick with it! xx

hi, im by no means an expert but I think having an ED, especially for such a long time really throws your body into kilter. Also if you are undereating, or just scraping by this is going to slow your mentabolism down, as your body thinks it needs to hold onto everything-this could especially be the case if your bodies gone through this for such a long time before you began your recovery..

its very hard i know, im still trying to get to a healthy weight now, and its horrible how it seems like a constant running commentry in your head xxx