When I let myself eat, I get extreme hunger. I'm so worried about letting it happen though, and trusting it, as I used to be obese my whole life until I started fasting and restricting. I only stopped being obese due to not eating... I dont want to get obese again
Right?? I had some fear foods today (@a buffet... wasn't even planned!) But yeah, after a breakfast of a cliff kid bar, cheese stick, and an orange, consuming my past daily calorie intake in one sitting from one slice of pizza, a bit of plain pasta and 3/4 a burger...I felt like literal crap. But my brain needed it. Unfortunately, my ED's winning a bit, as I'm just having a tin of sardines and some blueberries for dinner... I'm just so scared of gaining weight back...
@@elenav.5470 welp same here i went out with my mom and twin (both r aware with my ED now) 3 girls 7 dishes. i had 3 pasta 1 soup, we shared a pizza they had their own pasta dish. howd i feel after? full as f did i gain? f yes did i regret it no so much i try not to focus on it. (lowkey tho I'm like ah crap them carbs cheese fats r going to ruin me. but hey it helps me a lot.) doesn't mean ill keep indulging for a whole week. i mean i could like come back to that restaurant each week but I'm so impatient i really want to try out they dishes lmao. when those thoughts come just say f it at least u enjoy it. idk it comes n goes
you probably dont care at all but does anyone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me.
Does anyone experience hunger, but you don’t crave anything? Sometimes just the thought of food makes me feel sick, but I recognize that huger is there. I just end up eating without enjoying it
I’m not sure how to articulate the difference between hunger and craving. I treat them as the same, and it worked for me. At least I did for a good while. Now that food is not at the fore front of my mind 24/7 the hunger/craving just comes naturally. I eat when I eat. I don’t eat when I don’t eat. Although I still eat out of boredom sometimes. And I’m mostly okay with it. Coool to see that others are also experiencing this.
I know what you're Both talking about. I was at the same place abt a couple of months ago. However, I found an amazing article on the Internet and it explained that the only posible way to full Recovery is "FULLY LETTING GO OF CONTROL. ANY KIND OF CONTROL". It sounds unbelievable and un realistic, I know. But once You start and You promise to yourself that You are fully letting go then everything becomes so so so much easer. Believe me! It worth it! ❤️ xxxx
I really needed to see this video. Have been having so much conflict in myself about allowing myself to eat more in recovery and respond to hunger when I have it. Thank you so so much for this video, I will use it to refer back to as a video of support and a positive reminder to me. hope you're doing well xxx
I'm just starting my recovery from anorexia and I have a meal plan and I'm never full after any meal and have relapsed and binged but every time I go on huge binges my mom yells at me and mocks me saying "you're binging" and makes me feel horrible about myself. She just doesn't understand I think and I don't know what to do, do I starve myself even though I'm eating a lot of food on my meal plan already and not give into extreme hunger. Am I supposed to go on binges and give in? I'm so confused
I wish I had seen this earlier. I've been in recovery since December 2018 and learned so so much from this. I'm experiencing this now and I think it's because of quarantine my body is taking that opportunity to really get to the end of recover. Quarantine has done me wonders for recovery. I've gained fat but also muscle. It's scary but I'm so much more healthy. It's weird though because I still restrict treats like cookies but I'm eating more and I'm especially eating cheese and other fear foods I had.
I needed to see this. I'm terrified though but I decised to eat freely qnd it's scary I've had my ED for years but I'm trying to just let myself eat. It's just a lot harder than I thought it would be.
So i had extreme hunger for like 3 weeks and then my hunger has balanced out now. I don’t wake up in the night of hunger and get so hungry sometimes throughout the day. My extreme mood swings are gone and i have noticed that my skin is better now and my headache is gone. I think that my body is healing and i’m so happy about it❤️but i haven’t gained any fat tho.
Graciella Harén did you do anything to induce all those great changes? I’m dealing with constant hunger no matter how much I eat and also mood swings, fatigue, and waking up throughout the night. Any tips on what you did would be very welcomed. 🙏🏽
The Blyss Catalyst so what i did was that i slept much and went to bed earley. I tried out meditation and yoga and did things that got me less stressed. But i also ate all kinds of foods like veggies, fruits, meats, pasta, rice, chicken and so on❤️I think it depends on for how long your body have been in a calorie deficit but continue to eat much and sleep and rest much and your body will do the healing itself❤️you just have do trust in yourself and keep going❤️good luck!❤️
The Blyss Catalyst and if your exercise you can cut down on it. Because exercising is stress for your body and if your body is stressed, the healing process might tanke longer❤️bur i recommend doing yoga and meditation❤️
Graciella Harén thank you so very much! Yes I do love yoga 2-3 times a week, but it’s a very tough kind of yoga called Baptiste in a very hot room for an hour and a half. I think I’ll start trying something like yin yoga or restorative. I also love long walks.
@sarahbeautyfit Saraketo you are so sweet for checking in! Thank you! I don’t anymore. Intermittent fasting and going to a more keto lifestyle (heavy on the organic carnivore & upping good fats) took care of it! I feel very free around food. Every now and again I go overboard on snacking when stressed but I can distinguish this from real hunger. That’s a different issue to sort out and it doesn’t happen that much anymore. But overall, my extreme hunger went away.
Pushkin cat yes it is normal apparently. Mine has been coming and going, I thought it had finished and it's started up again yesterday! Hope you are doing well
Most of the symptoms of extreme hunger I have found ways to work through them not to say i don’t still struggle some days but the one thing that really bothers me the most is the water retention it literally makes me not want to eat my legs practically double in dice and get so heavy and I was told that it could turn into something serious by my doctor and pharmacist I want to believe it will level out but most of the time I feel like it will never go away are there ways to help it go down without pharmaceutical’s or is it something you just have to ride out
I am so scared I May get bulimia because of the so much eating, but I can't stop or control my physical hunger. It seems as if nothing can satisfy my belly. I feel so freaking trapped and tired.
GEORGE PATSA see a nutritionist or therapist if you feel you are borderlining like that. I find that when I get assistance it helps so I don’t feel so hopeless
in my recovery i relapsed quite a few times so that is why i only prolonged this extreme hunger period until like 6-8 months. the quicker you can stop all restriction and calorie compensation the faster extreme hunger will pass, that is why its crucial to not relapse...for everybody its different, for some it may take few weeks before it calms down, for some half a year its really very individual. and for me it wasnt present every day, it was there for some days, then it went away again, coming and going...but for some it can be present every day.
Im on my first days of recovery. And i can't stop eat. And i only eat sweat like biscuit or carbs. I stopped restrict my food purging and fasting. And now im eating so much. Like i can eat 2 packet of oreos and cereal and bread and everything. Im on a healthy weight im so scared to get obese. I eat i eat all day long.
Hi Philae I was wondering if you can update how you are doing now? I just started recovery a few months ago and I keep gaining weight with extreme hunger. Did your hunger calm down? Thanks
I feel the same. It’s now been 6 months and it’s got worse again when I thought it was better.It’s becoming unbearable. I’m miserable not happier like people keep telling me.
I know this comment is a few months after you have posted this but you have really helped me and explained things in detail and you have really helped me not to relapse again thank you i mean it thank you thank you so much 💕
Thank you for the video :) But is it wrong if I don't have extreme hunger? Will my body still go out of starvation mode ?(I eat 3000 kcal a day, no exercise).
Hi! its not wrong! yes, your body will come out of starvation mode just by eating enough, following your hunger! :) some people do not have extreme hunger, some get it only for a day or one month, some have it sometimes but not always, so its individual.
I know this video is old, but I want to comment. I am recovering from atypical anorexia, and now I am again restricting. Thats all because I am close to that point where I am overweight, but still all my ed thoughts are there and extreme hunger also. I just dont know what to do, beacuse even if I'm craving foods and being so hungry, I just dont let myself eat anymore what I want. I feel like if I drop now some weight I can then come back to recovery and allow myself to eat what I want and how much I want. Even if I try to eat about five to six meal/Day, I eat my low calorie safe foods. I feel like trapped, what I should do? I see a dietisian once in a month, but they just say that follow your meal plan and eat. I've tried, but I can't. I can't, because by following it I will gain more weight. Thank you for these videos, you are a star ❤️
Heya, I hope that you're in a better place now. I'd suggest reaching out to friends and family, or even professional help/team to see if those around you could provide comfort and guidance on what is right for your body. Remember, your dietitian isn't trying to make you overweight, they know what they're doing, and they're here to help you. You are not alone.
yes, even overweight people can have extreme hunger when they come from restriction. not everybody becomes underweight thanks to ED (i did not lose weight with bulimia, but still had extreme hunger in recovery)
+Zuza Stella First we have to deal with the eating disorder, to fix normal hunger cues. Then the eating will balance out and they might lose the weight naturally. But if we tell overweight people who were dieting and starving before, to just continue dieting and starving, it will only escalate the problem. Many people have actually become overweight by dieting that makes them binge-prone, magnifies cravings, and suppresses their metabolism.
in my experience, yes it can. for the hunger to normalize i think its good to take a break from any planned exercise so your body can rest, restore itself, and recover.
i am in recovery now and i have not extreme hunger,i eat like normal person,i dont want binging,so is it possible don't gain weight and recovery without binging and eat more food?
You can't recover without eating more. I know it's scary, I'm in recovery as well, and I'm trying to eat. Weight gain is scary...but know this. I'm already 25 pounds overweight. I'd lost about 10 pounds because of my eating disorder. So, I'm still really scared of gaining any more weight... But I'd rather gain a few pounds that I can lose later, rather than losing my life, you know? Start with eggs, those are good. Good luck:-)
@@elenav.5470 im just starting my recovery i stop al kind of restriction 4 days ago. I was healthy weight 23 BMI. I dont weight myself since i started my recovery. I just want know if you eat more normally with time. And how many time it get to stop having extrem hunger.
When I let myself eat, I get extreme hunger. I'm so worried about letting it happen though, and trusting it, as I used to be obese my whole life until I started fasting and restricting. I only stopped being obese due to not eating... I dont want to get obese again
I felt it too. And it's really suck right ? I try to let myself go with the flow, eat what I crave but usually I woruld end up eating a lot!
how are you doing?
Right?? I had some fear foods today (@a buffet... wasn't even planned!) But yeah, after a breakfast of a cliff kid bar, cheese stick, and an orange, consuming my past daily calorie intake in one sitting from one slice of pizza, a bit of plain pasta and 3/4 a burger...I felt like literal crap. But my brain needed it. Unfortunately, my ED's winning a bit, as I'm just having a tin of sardines and some blueberries for dinner... I'm just so scared of gaining weight back...
@@elenav.5470 welp same here i went out with my mom and twin (both r aware with my ED now) 3 girls 7 dishes. i had 3 pasta 1 soup, we shared a pizza they had their own pasta dish. howd i feel after? full as f did i gain? f yes did i regret it no so much i try not to focus on it. (lowkey tho I'm like ah crap them carbs cheese fats r going to ruin me. but hey it helps me a lot.) doesn't mean ill keep indulging for a whole week. i mean i could like come back to that restaurant each week but I'm so impatient i really want to try out they dishes lmao. when those thoughts come just say f it at least u enjoy it. idk it comes n goes
you probably dont care at all but does anyone know a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me.
Does anyone experience hunger, but you don’t crave anything? Sometimes just the thought of food makes me feel sick, but I recognize that huger is there. I just end up eating without enjoying it
Hi, I definitely experience this, how are you doing now ? Are you fully recovered ?
same !
I know it's been a long time, but how are you now?
I think that's what's happening to me right now
I’m not sure how to articulate the difference between hunger and craving. I treat them as the same, and it worked for me. At least I did for a good while. Now that food is not at the fore front of my mind 24/7 the hunger/craving just comes naturally. I eat when I eat. I don’t eat when I don’t eat.
Although I still eat out of boredom sometimes. And I’m mostly okay with it.
Coool to see that others are also experiencing this.
Im scared to let go of control
neb0010, me too, i don’t want to gain weight back, even though i am doing it.
I know what you're Both talking about.
I was at the same place abt a couple of months ago.
However, I found an amazing article on the Internet and it explained that the only posible way to full Recovery is "FULLY LETTING GO OF CONTROL. ANY KIND OF CONTROL".
It sounds unbelievable and un realistic, I know.
But once You start and You promise to yourself that You are fully letting go then everything becomes so so so much easer.
Believe me! It worth it! ❤️ xxxx
I really needed to see this video. Have been having so much conflict in myself about allowing myself to eat more in recovery and respond to hunger when I have it. Thank you so so much for this video, I will use it to refer back to as a video of support and a positive reminder to me.
hope you're doing well xxx
thank you! yes in recovery sometimes we need this positive reminder! :)
Hi Ash how are you doing these days
I'm just starting my recovery from anorexia and I have a meal plan and I'm never full after any meal and have relapsed and binged but every time I go on huge binges my mom yells at me and mocks me saying "you're binging" and makes me feel horrible about myself. She just doesn't understand I think and I don't know what to do, do I starve myself even though I'm eating a lot of food on my meal plan already and not give into extreme hunger. Am I supposed to go on binges and give in? I'm so confused
This was so helpful thank you! I've had anorexia for 6 years and finally recovering xxx
I wish I had seen this earlier. I've been in recovery since December 2018 and learned so so much from this. I'm experiencing this now and I think it's because of quarantine my body is taking that opportunity to really get to the end of recover. Quarantine has done me wonders for recovery. I've gained fat but also muscle. It's scary but I'm so much more healthy. It's weird though because I still restrict treats like cookies but I'm eating more and I'm especially eating cheese and other fear foods I had.
Hey wondering of you overshoot your set point weight ?
Marina Marina I'm just at it now💕
I needed to see this. I'm terrified though but I decised to eat freely qnd it's scary I've had my ED for years but I'm trying to just let myself eat. It's just a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Thank you a million times over!!
+Tamara Ali your welcome!! 😍😊
Im currently in the recovery process of anorexia nervosa....just in the beginning i guess.just wanted to say cheers for they advice
I really love the message you send, it's so real, positive and inspiring, thank you !
thanks hun! :)
So i had extreme hunger for like 3 weeks and then my hunger has balanced out now. I don’t wake up in the night of hunger and get so hungry sometimes throughout the day. My extreme mood swings are gone and i have noticed that my skin is better now and my headache is gone. I think that my body is healing and i’m so happy about it❤️but i haven’t gained any fat tho.
Graciella Harén did you do anything to induce all those great changes? I’m dealing with constant hunger no matter how much I eat and also mood swings, fatigue, and waking up throughout the night. Any tips on what you did would be very welcomed. 🙏🏽
The Blyss Catalyst so what i did was that i slept much and went to bed earley. I tried out meditation and yoga and did things that got me less stressed. But i also ate all kinds of foods like veggies, fruits, meats, pasta, rice, chicken and so on❤️I think it depends on for how long your body have been in a calorie deficit but continue to eat much and sleep and rest much and your body will do the healing itself❤️you just have do trust in yourself and keep going❤️good luck!❤️
The Blyss Catalyst and if your exercise you can cut down on it. Because exercising is stress for your body and if your body is stressed, the healing process might tanke longer❤️bur i recommend doing yoga and meditation❤️
Graciella Harén thank you so very much! Yes I do love yoga 2-3 times a week, but it’s a very tough kind of yoga called Baptiste in a very hot room for an hour and a half. I think I’ll start trying something like yin yoga or restorative. I also love long walks.
@sarahbeautyfit Saraketo you are so sweet for checking in! Thank you! I don’t anymore. Intermittent fasting and going to a more keto lifestyle (heavy on the organic carnivore & upping good fats) took care of it! I feel very free around food. Every now and again I go overboard on snacking when stressed but I can distinguish this from real hunger. That’s a different issue to sort out and it doesn’t happen that much anymore. But overall, my extreme hunger went away.
can it (extreme hunger) come and go throughout recovery?
Pushkin cat yes it is normal apparently. Mine has been coming and going, I thought it had finished and it's started up again yesterday! Hope you are doing well
mine is also flashing back and forward aaaall the time
@@Tamsin_bearhow are you now?
Most of the symptoms of extreme hunger I have found ways to work through them not to say i don’t still struggle some days but the one thing that really bothers me the most is the water retention it literally makes me not want to eat my legs practically double in dice and get so heavy and I was told that it could turn into something serious by my doctor and pharmacist I want to believe it will level out but most of the time I feel like it will never go away are there ways to help it go down without pharmaceutical’s or is it something you just have to ride out
I am so scared I May get bulimia because of the so much eating, but I can't stop or control my physical hunger.
It seems as if nothing can satisfy my belly.
I feel so freaking trapped and tired.
GEORGE PATSA see a nutritionist or therapist if you feel you are borderlining like that. I find that when I get assistance it helps so I don’t feel so hopeless
How are you now? 😊
your skin is so beautiful!
thank you!
How long did you find extreme hunger lasted for you? I'm about a week into extreme hunger and I'm just wondering how long this may last!
in my recovery i relapsed quite a few times so that is why i only prolonged this extreme hunger period until like 6-8 months. the quicker you can stop all restriction and calorie compensation the faster extreme hunger will pass, that is why its crucial to not relapse...for everybody its different, for some it may take few weeks before it calms down, for some half a year its really very individual. and for me it wasnt present every day, it was there for some days, then it went away again, coming and going...but for some it can be present every day.
Im on my first days of recovery. And i can't stop eat. And i only eat sweat like biscuit or carbs. I stopped restrict my food purging and fasting. And now im eating so much. Like i can eat 2 packet of oreos and cereal and bread and everything. Im on a healthy weight im so scared to get obese. I eat i eat all day long.
Hi how are you these days
Marina Marina Im still deep in my eating disorder sadly. I got diagnosed with bulimia and I’m still stuck.
@@sarahmartinez322 sorry to hear that. I hope you can recover, there's still hope
Marina Marina i gave up tho. It’s hard I’m still stuck . Idk how to do.
@Sarah Martinez I really hope you'll get better
Thank you Lisa
Hi Philae I was wondering if you can update how you are doing now? I just started recovery a few months ago and I keep gaining weight with extreme hunger. Did your hunger calm down? Thanks
I feel the same. It’s now been 6 months and it’s got worse again when I thought it was better.It’s becoming unbearable. I’m miserable not happier like people keep telling me.
Martha May how are you doing today?
@@tringa9969how are you now? 😊
@@marthamay4506are you better now?
I know this comment is a few months after you have posted this but you have really helped me and explained things in detail and you have really helped me not to relapse again thank you i mean it thank you thank you so much 💕
thank you so muchh! this makes me so happy! :))
Thank you for the video :) But is it wrong if I don't have extreme hunger? Will my body still go out of starvation mode ?(I eat 3000 kcal a day, no exercise).
Hi! its not wrong! yes, your body will come out of starvation mode just by eating enough, following your hunger! :) some people do not have extreme hunger, some get it only for a day or one month, some have it sometimes but not always, so its individual.
How is your recovery now ?
I know this video is old, but I want to comment. I am recovering from atypical anorexia, and now I am again restricting. Thats all because I am close to that point where I am overweight, but still all my ed thoughts are there and extreme hunger also. I just dont know what to do, beacuse even if I'm craving foods and being so hungry, I just dont let myself eat anymore what I want. I feel like if I drop now some weight I can then come back to recovery and allow myself to eat what I want and how much I want. Even if I try to eat about five to six meal/Day, I eat my low calorie safe foods. I feel like trapped, what I should do? I see a dietisian once in a month, but they just say that follow your meal plan and eat. I've tried, but I can't. I can't, because by following it I will gain more weight. Thank you for these videos, you are a star ❤️
Heya, I hope that you're in a better place now. I'd suggest reaching out to friends and family, or even professional help/team to see if those around you could provide comfort and guidance on what is right for your body. Remember, your dietitian isn't trying to make you overweight, they know what they're doing, and they're here to help you. You are not alone.
I appreciate your videos so much
Dear Elisa, you are one of my heroes. That's all! :)
Thank You🙏
awesome advice, thank you :D sometimes its realy healpful to have a reminder that this is all normal!! xx
glad you find it helpful! :)))
idk if i’m hungry or sick, at the moment hunger makes me feel sick cause i didn’t eat for ages (from fear not an ed) so it’s hard to tell!
How many calories do you eat now?
i have it rn and it’s SO scary :( help
your videos help me so much.. thank you 💞:)
THANK YOUUUUUUU! :) x
your welcome! :)xx
weight restored people can have extreme hunger? even it lasts from more than year everyday??
yes, even overweight people can have extreme hunger when they come from restriction. not everybody becomes underweight thanks to ED (i did not lose weight with bulimia, but still had extreme hunger in recovery)
+Follow the Intuition but overweight people wont Lose weightfrom eating thousands of calories
+Zuza Stella First we have to deal with the eating disorder, to fix normal hunger cues. Then the eating will balance out and they might lose the weight naturally. But if we tell overweight people who were dieting and starving before, to just continue dieting and starving, it will only escalate the problem. Many people have actually become overweight by dieting that makes them binge-prone, magnifies cravings, and suppresses their metabolism.
+Follow the Intuition thank You :)
Does exercise make extreme hunger worse? Would extreme hunger last longer if I exercise?
in my experience, yes it can. for the hunger to normalize i think its good to take a break from any planned exercise so your body can rest, restore itself, and recover.
Thank you! You're very helpeful
Is there such thing as too much food in recovery???
no
i am in recovery now and i have not extreme hunger,i eat like normal person,i dont want binging,so is it possible don't gain weight and recovery without binging and eat more food?
You can't recover without eating more. I know it's scary, I'm in recovery as well, and I'm trying to eat. Weight gain is scary...but know this. I'm already 25 pounds overweight. I'd lost about 10 pounds because of my eating disorder. So, I'm still really scared of gaining any more weight... But I'd rather gain a few pounds that I can lose later, rather than losing my life, you know? Start with eggs, those are good. Good luck:-)
@@elenav.5470 im just starting my recovery i stop al kind of restriction 4 days ago. I was healthy weight 23 BMI. I dont weight myself since i started my recovery. I just want know if you eat more normally with time. And how many time it get to stop having extrem hunger.
@@elenav.5470how are you now? 😊
Ive just always been always hungry no ed