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Q: Unexplained Weight Gain While Severely Restricting
asked by: June26 on August 20th, 2005
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I have a question about something that has really hindered my recovery process. I have been going to an outpatient ed center for about 1 year. For a while, I was only going because my parents made me. I refused to listen to the advice from professionals and ate the same thing every day. My diet was less than 1200 cals and very high fiber. I would have 4 servings of all bran a day for my carb intake. This made me extremely bloated and constipated. 6 months into treatment, I went on a trip to mexico. I had just started taking zelnorm to regulate my bowels and by the time I got back, they said I had lost 8 pounds, even though I had increased the amount and variety in my diet on the trip. I freaked out because they told me how much I had been before leaving. It was six pounds more than I was in the morning on my scale, which gives the same reading as the ed center's. I know I was water logging, but I still can't get over that number. Was it real weight? I struggle with that greatly because I decided to really try to recover. Now I am eating meals with family and having normal foods, but I am continuing to lose weight. I'm just so scared that something is going to happen again where I gain all this weight without knowing it. I'm more than 20 lbs less now and it just doesn't make sense. I have tons of energy now and am not hungry and when I was at that high weight, I was starving and had no energy!!! Please help!
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poetmcc
replied on August 20th, 2005
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Well often eating disorders really screw up your body's metabolism. Throwing up and starving your body all make your body confused- whether to absorb the calories or not. This is the main problem with the aftermath of ed. The answer is unique to every person. Ask your doctor.
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Nikia
replied on August 20th, 2005
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Well, I've Increased My Calories Too
I haven't lost weight, but I haven't gained weight either. I am warmer and have more energy and am in a better mood. It is like eating more made my body feel like it had permission to burn the calories to get what it needed.
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BrokenButterfly
replied on August 21st, 2005
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There is no need to be scared at all. When your body is starving because you are not eating it tends to hord all the fats and things which it needs to keep going and so you tend to not lose weight but muscle tissue instead. However when your body is being nutrished regulary your metablobism begins to go back to normal and processes the food faster then it would if you were starving yourself. As a result you tend to lose weight but remain healthy as well. Recovery does not mean you have to put on weight, recovery means you get freedom from your negative thoughts and you are able to live a life which is fulfilling but most importantly recovery means you learn to love yourself and be happy with who you are.
There is no need to worry about your weight lose as long as you are eating healtily and are not starving yourself.
I hope everything is going well for you, you are very strong to want to recover I really think you are a very brave and inspirating person. Well done!

Take care !
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