what kind of changes will i expect from my body while recovering from bulimia?

Answer 1

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

Answer 2

Depending on how often you were bingeing and purging, exercizing and/or restricting, you may gain, maintain, or even lose weight.

If you were primarily bingeing and/or bingeing and purging, you may lose a little weight. This is because, even when you purge after a binge, your body retains a certain percentage of the calories ingested. If you were primarily restricting, purging and exercizing, you may gain some weight. Again, this completely depends on if your symptoms were contributing to weight gain, or weight loss.

Other physical changes that you can expect (and be excited for!) are: more energy, a healthier, clearer complexion, improved texture/strength of hair and fingernails, improved cardiac functioning (if you had palpitations, fluttering feelings, etc), improved digestion (though it may feel a little worse at first), improved concentration/memory and fewer headaches and dizzy spells (caused by dehydration from purging).

I hope you have a good treatment team! Medical and nutritional monitoring are important in recovery, as is having a kind and supportive therapist. Here are some links to find treatment in case you don't:

http://www.something-fishy.org/treatmentfinder/
http://www.edreferral.com

Hope this helps. Good luck in recovery! :)

Answer 3

You will probably gain some weight which will be normal. My friend recovered from this and had terrible problems with her bowels. You really need to be under a doctors care while you are trying to recover from your eating disorder.

Answer 4

You get healthier, not as sick as often, your brain works better, you get curves, your heart beat evens out, you get colour back into your cheeks. there is more but it doesn't come to mind right now.

Answer 5

You will put on weight and that is about all that will change. Also you will be healthier.