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cal-man1
cal-man1

Hi I'm in recovery and lately I've been eating a hell of a lot more since I starts my recovery. When I started I ate 2000 calories and now I'm eating 3000-4000, I'm not Hungary but my mind just tells me to eat till a point I'm nearly sick. Also, when I'm back to normal, how will I eat more healthily, is it easier or hard to cut back down

Whilst in recovery I have gotten my old healthy looks back big I also need to add a few pounds, will it affect my looks and appearance eg bring my stomach out more and putting a bit more fat on my face

During recovery, to get my calories I have ate an awful amount of sweets because I have deprived myself of them for so long, is that good or bad

What is the ideal weight for someone who is 15 and 163cm tall

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  • mikep97673527
    mikep97673527 cal-man1

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    Hello, recently I received news from a blood test that I was having problems with my liver and among other things, symptoms that pointed to an eating disorder and not eating enough. With help from my mother, I have recently seen the damage I had done to my body by sever calorie counting and not eating enough for my body (18 year old, running every week day morning) I would eat not nearly enough for my weight (125 at the lowest, also I’m 5 foot 10, male). We have gone at this on our own (I have an appointment with a nutritionist, but I new I needed to start gaining weight before that to try and repair my body. My mother says at this point I should just eat what I want because my body needs it. I know I shouldn’t eat anything, but I find myself craving nothing but typical teenager foods (sweets, chips, ect.) My first few days I managed to polish off three things of peanut butter that were each 1/3 full, and large amonts of cookies, and other sweets that were “off limits” in my eating disorder mind. My question is, is this normal in the first couple of weeks, should I be worried that I crave all the foods that I didn’t allow myself for so long, and further more, is it bad I act on it, as in eating these cravings. I feel like Ieat so much of the bad foods, I am actually hurting my body, but read on some places its normal to binge on certain bad foods the first couple of weeks, and that it will go away when my body adjusts. I just love sweets and have missed them for so long, and really enjoy them, and for once don’t feel guilty after eating them. I commonly find my self eating cookie after cookie, or a spoon ful or two of ice cream multiple times, or just a just a large amount of yummy stuff I missed throughout the day. I feel as if I’m bingeing but need to remember I’m feeding my body. I have already gained some weight, but am worried because its mostly all in my gut area (probably due to the high sugar intake), and hope that it will distributed equally eventually. So in the end, is it bad to indulge (and I mean INDULDGE) in the foods that I have restricted for so long, or should I cut out the sugar and try to induldge in other foods that I missed (I also crave pizza and burgers like crazy). Thanks.

    • carolyn88417
      carolyn88417 mikep97673527

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      You are craving these foods because youv deprived yourself of them.if you don't restrict them you won't crave them.try to work out away of eating to include these things and youl find2 or 3 cookies is enough you don't hVe to  eat 20.i know it's easy to say and you have a lot going on but things will settle down and youl learn how to eat properly .please sort it now while you are young.im 53 and due to the lack of treatment in the 70s I still can't follow a normal diet.let that be a lesson to yo.good luck.
    • fra65229
      fra65229 mikep97673527

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      LOL! I remeber my times like that, seriously i went through the same! :') Now i find myself being told i look so healthy and ive been able to give blood cus im so healthy! It's crazyy cus im like 'seriously?! Me healthy?! HA! I just ate 3 packets of biscuits and 3 bars of chocolate and its only 8am' - I thought the same, but i guess, the amount you eat will make up for what you didnt before, i felt like i was eating way more crap then anyone else would in a life time, but you know, its not as bad as you think wierdly enough, i dont get why but, go for it anyway and enjoy! Dont worry if you constantly feel sick.... i was like that for a few months cus all i ate was crap! :') You will do, but you'll be okayy :') Good luck xx
    • fra65229
      fra65229

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      Oh and btw that junk diet lasted 2 years..... now i eat normally, im a healthy weight and everything smile I still eat a few more cakes than i know i should, but im bored of them, so im eating less anyway, i really really dont crave them anymore :') i crave healthy stuff for lunch now like tuna sandwhiches and i get so excited when we have fish or pasta for dinner now! :') 
  • kirsty32448
    kirsty32448 cal-man1

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    Hi

    I am meant tobe uping my calorie intake in orer to get back to a healhty BMI. I am scraed that if i put on weight then i wont be able to stop! have you found it hard to stop putting the weight on? im so scared

    • fra65229
      fra65229 kirsty32448

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      Basically, i ate 'loads' and now I've got to a point where i still feel like im eating loads (the same amount as what was loads before) But i've stayed the same weight for 6-8 moths, before that i put on 2 stone in 1 year and now im steady, still eating the same amount, im healthy and happy. So no, dont worry that was my fear too, but i thought yolo, lets make my mum proud nd if im chubby its her fault for telling me to eat so much.... but i was wrong to say that cus that neva happened :') Good luck putting on the weight, but don't spend ur life worring about ur weight, i know its hard but theres so much more to life, that honestly, weight doesnt matter, and the less you worry about it, the less chance you have of feeling sick after everything you eat whether its too much or the thought of it making you fat=healthy you XD You'll be fine smile It takes time XD But all works out well in the end xx
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