When recovering from anorexia...?

Question

after eating a small number of calories a day for months,

is it best to slowly increase my caloric intake or to just stop couting calories and to eat healthily?

Answer 1

Please do try to increase your weight. This is essential, even though it is hard. I suffered from it for over 11 years.  I am a very sporty & active person, so I use a lot of energy. I consume 2200 kcals per day now and I am NOT fat. Actually I am still below the recommended weight and I have been eating completely normal for the past 2 1/2 years. Your metabolism will adjust if you exercise at the same time. Please increase your intake slowly so that the weight gain does not scare you. But don't stick to a low calorie diet. You need the nutrients and at some point you will regret it and definitely feel the consequences. Even though I feel very healthy again my periods never came back (I haven't had one for alomost 10 years) and the longterm effects are shocking.

Now that I am eating well I am a completely different person and enjoy life like I never have before. I personally can't understand why this happened and would never want to go back again.

Try to slowly increase your intake, but do definitely get to 2000 calories, otherwise your body will remain in starvation mode.

I hope you feel better soon and get help asap.

Answer 2

you must be seeing a therapist to help overcome the anorexia, right? or at least a doctor? they would know how best to heal your body, they should be the ones to advise you, not us. we don't want you to do something that will make you sick again, so ask the professionals, this is a serious situation.