in youtube and insta they refer to extremhunger out of starvation response after anorexia nervosa in the sense of " you ate 4 years 200 calories dayly too low now you are in dept of 200*365*4 calories. is this sensefull?
I mean.. sorta. Your body knows its been in an extreme deficit for a while and desperately needs more calories NOW. Extreme hunger happens for a reason and listening to it is saving yourself. Your body goes into a hypermetabolic state after extreme restriction, so you can eat a TON and your body just burns it all. It's oftentimes very difficult to gain weight in recovery for many individuals for this reason. So yes, you have to make up for all that restriction and eat even beyond that because even if you didnt restrict, youd have to be eating today anyways. Does that make sense?
in youtube and insta they refer to extremhunger out of starvation response after anorexia nervosa in the sense of " you ate 4 years 200 calories dayly too low now you are in dept of 200*365*4 calories. is this sensefull?
I mean.. sorta. Your body knows its been in an extreme deficit for a while and desperately needs more calories NOW. Extreme hunger happens for a reason and listening to it is saving yourself. Your body goes into a hypermetabolic state after extreme restriction, so you can eat a TON and your body just burns it all. It's oftentimes very difficult to gain weight in recovery for many individuals for this reason. So yes, you have to make up for all that restriction and eat even beyond that because even if you didnt restrict, youd have to be eating today anyways. Does that make sense?