gaining health

Hi Pebble!

Also recovering from anorexia & just went through a similar situation; almost put on half a stone in just over 2 weeks, & as I gained, I began to feel uncomfortable. Stuffed. Particularly around the waist area, so if I laughed, it actually kinda hurt. It all just felt very tight... Anyway, I do believe I got a little too carried away, trying to eat more than my body could handle {specially for someone who went from not eating anything at all, no more than 500 calories per day anyway...}... what I wasn't doing was moving around much. I didn't do any form of exercise, because I was worried I'd lose any progress I made. The second issue was that I wasn't really eating much fruit or vegetables in all that time.

My dietitian has recommended a more meditational approach to exercise {ie. yoga} as opposed to anything too strenuous, as I am more than just a little underweight. So this along with making sure you eat fruit & veg {I'm going with the smoothie/drink formula approach & buy the Blue Machine Naked drinks. That way I can just guzzle it down & it's packed full of good stuff!}

Because I was feeling so tight around the waist & just felt like I was carrying more weight than Ii could handle, I kinda chilled for a few days & in the process, like I knew I would, I lost a bit of that weight. BUT I'm going to stay positive because I now know, having seen the proof, that it is possible to physically recover! I'm just kicking myself that I didn't try myfitnesspal many years ago. I've been suffering from anorexia for the majority of my life.

Good luck, Pebbles