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Weight Gain After Anorexia

By samikadence July 10, 2020 1 answer Last updated July 10, 2020

Hello ... I am 15 years old and I am struggling with anorexia. As everyone knows, such people are starving. Me too. Our people saw him and took my hands. I started going to a psychologist and a nutritionist. I am 155 tall and my lowest weight was 36. 5. I was on a regimen until May and things were fine, but my mother and I had to go to Vietnam from early May to mid-July. I have problems with overeating. I feel heavy after almost every meal. I really eat a lot, not because my stomach has shrunk. There were days when I could swallow the fridge and I did. And if it's the ones where I ran to the store to buy everything I wanted and eat it all by myself. At first, I vomited, but now I don't dare. I'm scared.

 

I share everything with my mother. She is by my side and supports me, but as a mother, all she wants is to eat and she doesn't tell me anything about it, although I asked her if she saw that I was eating too much to tell me.

 

She keeps saying I eat normally. And yet I eat a lot ... I have gained weight. There is no scale, but I see myself. I feel it. Mom says I'm not over 40 pounds, but I just can't believe it ... my jeans, which were wide at the moment, fit me super tight and I don't like them at all. And they were my favorites ... I really don't know what to do with this whole story. I can't accept myself. I wrote to my nutritionist, but he told me to enjoy my trip because weight is the smallest problem and that if I don't feel well I will lose it when I come back. Still, I gain weight and eat a lot. All kinds of food. Sweet, fried, pasta ... all kinds. And I constantly feel bad ... Can anyone share if they have experience with something like that? Or to express an opinion?

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thiccwhitehawk answered · July 10, 2020
I'm reading your story and I want to believe you, but I'm worried that you're eating normally and you just think it's a lot. Anorexia is not only a physical but also a psychological problem. Sufferers have this bad habit of always thinking they are fuller, and their weight is really below normal and their ribs are read. Whatever you think, your stomach is small. It is currently expanding and it is normal to feel that you are overeating. Until now you could eat half a slice, and now you can eat 2. Given that 2 slices are not many at all. It seems so to you, because so far you have not eaten in normal quantities. Yes, your clothes will become small, tight. It is normal. Before you were 36 kilograms at a height of 155 cm. You were very weak. You can't keep wearing the same size and be healthy. This is the situation. In your case, the following is either you are healthy or you are anorexic. It is very nice that your jeans are small, because these jeans are not the jeans you should wear and you should measure yourself on. For your height it is desirable to have at least 40 kilograms, take this number as a lower limit below which you should not fall. You will still wear sizes xs and s, but your clothes will not be for 10-year-olds. I advise you to talk to a psychologist. The problem right now is just in your head. Otherwise you will gain weight now and your body will be healthy, but you will feel fat. After a while because of this feeling you will lose weight drastically again, you will still have anorexia, but this time you may also have bulimia. Eat, go on. You grow and you need energy. Gain weight and tighten the body with training, go to therapy, this is the right way. But, gain weight really. Not to eat a lot, and then burn all the calories your body needs right now.
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