I was anorexic for almost 3 years. Now im
almost 15 and got help in march (abt. 3
months ago) but only really started to eat
alot this past month. Now I am almost
always hungry! I read that 15 year old
girls even that are rly active only need
to eat slightly over 1500 cal. A day. I
eat about 2000. I am worried that I am
going to get fat. I was 90 lbs. (5"3)
before I went to the doctor, in refeeding
I got to 84, and then before I started
eating alot I gained to about 99 or 100.
Now that I am eating so much I haven't
gained any more, but I am afraid that I
will. Each day I have swimteam for an
hour, do dance dance revolution for an
hour, low key aerobics in my room for an
hour, and a 45 minute (3 mile/hr) walk. I
also only grew an inch from the beginning
to the end of middle school. Can I make
up this stunted growth cuz both my parents
are taller? When will this crazy hunger
stop or do I just have a fast metabolism
or something? Does hunger actually mean
yur body needs more food or should in not
eat?
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poetmcc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 273
Posted: 06-16-05 10:38am
Your metabolism is probably sort of
screwed up right now after an eating
disorder. So your body has gotten used to
no food, it has learned to hold on to
every little bit of food it is given. So
now once you eat normally ( that great you
got help by the way!!) you naturally gain
weight really quickly for a few days.
By all the exercise you do, it sounds like
you are still struggling with anorexic-
type tendencies and worries about your
weight. A counselor or therapist can
really help with this.
Yes growth is stunted because of anorexia
( I am speaking from experience) and htere
is not too much to do except eat as
healthy as you can and exercise
moderately, not too much.
I also experinced carzy hunger right after
"recovery" from anorexia, I guess its b/c
you haven't eaten for so long, now that's
all your body wants to do...But it stops
pretty soon once you strat eating normally
and not depriving your body of anything.
I'm sorry this is so long, thanks for
taking the time to read this and take care
of yourself. Hope this helped.
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Nikia
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Nov 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Wisconsin
You Might Need That Many Calories Or More Posted: 06-16-05 19:12pm
I think that high school running prevented
me from developing a full blown eating
disorder at that point. I wanted to be
thin so I dropped lots of weight by
restriction. I wasn't too light, about
120lbs at 5'5'' when I started running.
I dropped weight quickly once I started
running without starving myself. I was
disappointed, at the time, that I
maintained my weight at 110 lbs. It
seemed to be this way no matter how much I
ate so I ended up eating a lot and not
gaining weight. I believed that I was
full grown then. When I put on some
weight in college though, I did grow more,
not in height but my shoulders and other
parts of my frame grew. I don't know
what your metabolism is doing, but if it
is healthy, you probably need closer to
2500-3000 calories for all the activity
that you are doing especially if your body
wants to grow.
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alwayshungry
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 4
Posted: 06-17-05 10:11am
Thanx so much both of you I rly appreciate
your replys.
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lilo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 21 Location: london
Posted: 06-17-05 10:42am
You will be okay.
I am really glad to hear also from people
that have come out of this caca*. You
must be very proud. Well done.
When people start starving they eat less
(of course)...And what they also do is
teaching body that it should only deal
with this much food.
1st. Body stores everything as a fat
(hence people don't start loosing the
weight straight away and than all of
sudden it just falls down i.E. When body
has lost all the fat and starting to
consume body tissue and mussels- hence we
become weaker, can't hear well, can't see
well, brain not functioning etc)
2nd thing is also by giving the body less
food...You slow your metabolism. And this
is the reason why most diets don't work!
You are teaching your body to eat little
and only burn out that. Once start eating
properly weight will just pile and pile
until it all stabilizes!
You have been starving your little tiny
body when you were really young. You are
still teenager and you body will be
changing shape (!) probably until the age
of 25. It needs all the calories to be
able to function properly and so you can
"further develop as a woman".
Just try to listen what body says. Eat.
2000 calories is amount you should take at
age of 30 and over but not now. You need
all this and it will all fall down again.
These crawings are common. It will go
away. One advice if crawing too much
sweets and that doesn't make you feel
good- eat sweet potato. It is packed with
great stuff and gets rid of sweet tooth!
Don't be too hard on yourself as you don't
want to fall back down in caca* again.
