Help me please :( !!!!!!!!?

Question

i recently recovered from anorexia; i gained 7 pounds in 2 months
but now that im eating normal im not gaining any more weight; an hour after i eat i can feel my food digesting in my stomach making bubbly noises and then im hungry again

im still very underweight at 5'8 tall, 107 pounds, 17 years old female...i work out 30 minutes everyday , IM VERY HEALTHY! I DO EAT!

but now that i eat and dont gain any weight and im hungry after an hour...has my metabolism sped up?

what should my daily caloric intake be?

do i have a fast metabolism?

i eat vegies, fruit, protein, carbs

Answer 1

Just keep eating three meals a day! I know a girl that is 5'5" 180lbs a size 10 who is very sexy! So you can weigh as much as you need to! Chow down! =<)

Answer 2

You are fine, stop worrying about your weight! When I was 17, I was 5'8 and weighed 90 pounds! And I ate everything! I even asked for my sister's left overs! I did not gain any weight until I turned 25 got married and had a baby. Then I weighed 140 lbs.

Answer 3

You may have high motabilisim. Eat protien, it helps you stay full longer. Also since you are active your calorie intake should be around 2000 calories. You may go short of or even a little over since you are recovering still. Dont worry. Stay strong, you seem to be on the right path.

Answer 4

You could have reached a plateau in your weight gain. If you are feeling fine, there's no problem with it. Just follow the prescribed diet given by your doctor ( I assume you were treated and given a schedule of do's and dont's by your doctor) Otherwise, have yourself checked again if you don't feel fine. Just be honest when talking to your doctor...will you? Have a nice day!

Answer 5

Eat fatty filling foods for a month or two like Potatoes

Answer 6

You sound obsessed with weight.

Get rid of your scale.

As long as you are healthy and happy and eating. Focus on something else.

Try to find something important in life. I find making others happy brings great pleasure.

Answer 7

Anorexia changes your metabolism forever. It's rather like alcoholism that way. You should consider yourself in recovery. For the rest of your life.

That being said, there are many ways you can deal with it. My brother and I both had/have it, and we have different strategies that we felt worked.

When the Allies found the Death camps of the Nazis, most ppl were severely underwieght, much more than you. They fed them for weeks, and they didn't gain an ounce. Then by some error, they weren't fed for awhile, and when they resumed eating, they started to gain like gangbusters.

There are cells in your body that just make fat to store. That's all they do. There are other cells who destroy the fat for energy. When someone has gone a long time without activitating the fat producing cells, like anorexia or fasting or such, they kinda forget how to function. They hang around like a depressed welfare recipiant, and don't even bother to go to the employment office anymore. When you don't eat for awhile, like, say, a day, and then you eat again, you need to store some of that puppy since you haven't gotten any calories lately, and they get all geared up again. Woo hoo! A job! That's what they are supposed to do, and you can't stop 'em. That's why it's so important to go off a fast properly if you are fasting to lose weight.

Your digestive system produces enzymes and acids to break down your food. Your body makes them in response to what you eat. If your body got into the habit of not eating, you will have very low enzyme production. Without them, what you are eating is not getting absorbed, including the sugars, which might explain the hunger. There are several ways to retrain your body to work at a more optimal level. One) you can get broad spectrum enzymes in pill form at a health food store. Take as many as you like and get your body used to real digesting for a change. It will help you get stronger, and produce more yourself. Two) Fruit eaten by itself, no liquid or cheese or anything, whenever you are hungry helps make your own system more efficient, gives you fibre, moisture, and gentle acids to aid your digestion. My brother gained good muscle and wieght for years with the fruit snacking...

Don't work out. I know that seems counter-productive, but your body has no freaking clue how to deal properly with sugars, and working out only compounds the problem. Once you are stable, and your body has normalized, have at it. But the gym, and it's subsequent focus on body image, control, and muscle/fat ratios, is such a bad idea. Even when you get older, and have your body reasonably healthy, this can still set you off down the spiral. Be extra careful of physical programs that are too intense or demanding. I did kung fu and bellydancing at the same time, but I was very careful... We are very prone to losing attention to body signals, including blood sugar levels, hunger pangs, sleep deprivation, and other discomforts. Normal humans have them, but we couldn't have become anorexic without ignoring such things, and so can slip into it at any time. During times of long or short term stress or intense activity, it can become dangerous.

Eat at least every three and one half hours. http://www.hypoglycemia.org/diet.asp
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/hypodiet.htm
Focus more on the fuel for your engine: the complex and simple sugars. Don't worry about the oil: the vits and minerals. You are and will always be very prone to hypoglycemia, and the only way to offset it is to ensure you always have a steady supply of the glucose your body, and more importantly, your brain, runs on. That fuzzy feeling your head gets when you don't eat doesn't help you deal with anything. Only eat the salads AFTER your pasta, potatoes, corn, rice, etc... And chromium picolinate will help you gain muscle mass and even out your blood sugar. One of the anorexic's best friends...

Very few professionals are successful curing anoexia. They usually attribute it to body issues or self-esteem or some crap, and don't know enough to tell thier clients how to deal with it for the rest of thier lives. I know from personal and professional experience. All of my clients know how to deal with their bodies and issues, and are empowered to do so. Learn about the conditions you are and will be prone to, like hypoglycemia, candida in the brain or joints or digestive tract, alcohol produced by the body and in the blood, and of course, most of us die from heart failure. Almost always while training intensely for something, when we've lost our perspective and our sence of our own bodies. Keep aware of yourself, your mind and body, and compensate accordingly. You will normalize eventually, but you will never be normal.

Answer 8

eat salads and lots of veg, they fill u up longer, and they wont make u hungry as fast as eating other foods

good luck and you will be fine

Answer 9

ask your doctor if you can take kcal enriched drinks like ensure. it tastes really good and packed with carbs and nutrients.

Answer 10

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