Apr
18
2010
What to expect when recovering from anorexia?
Posted by: Alan in Anorexia Recovery Diet, tags: Anorexia, expect, From, Recovering
I am recovering from anorexia an do not know what is normal. I almost end up binging. Then i freak out that i have become a binger. Is it normal to eat so much and will it mellow out and how do i know when i have “stabelized” with my eating and metabolism. I have been like this since around the middle of december
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April 18th, 2010 at 8:28 am
http://www.nami.org/
April 18th, 2010 at 9:10 am
I binged A LOT when I first recovered from my eating disorder and thought I had become a binge eater as well. Don’t worry, I finally started to eat a normal amount of food and so will you.
April 18th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Binging is normal. But watch yourself, it’s an unhealthy habit to get into. Try to eat at least 1200 balanced calories a day. You will stabilize when you reach the weight your body needs to be at. If you haven’t already, talk to your doctor and get your vitals checked out to make sure everything is okay.
April 18th, 2010 at 9:50 am
I’m working on recovery too and the binging is the worst part for me. Apparently it’s very normal to binge in the beginning because your body has been deprived. Therefore when you finally allow yourself food, your body wants to eat even more for fear it will be deprived again. Once you are getting the proper amount of nutrition and your body is used to eating regularly once again, the binging will subside and eventually the desire will go away completely (you won’t be this way forever)! If you deprive yourself of what you want, you will be more likely to binge on it later. Best of luck to you.