I need this so much 🤦♀️ I’m tired of never eating enough calories & eating once a day. I find myself putting off meals rather than eating small things when I know I should and I need to work on that. Thank you for posting these you’re really doing amazing work
i thought i was doing well with recovering from my disordered eating (never was officially diagnosed but i did seek professional help when i could). i don't restrict anything. i pay more attention to my thoughts around foods like honoring my likes and dislikes, what makes me feel good and what i just happen to crave. i try to listen to my body (emphasis on try). i've been recovering for over a year now and one of my biggest issues has been getting my appetite up. i can easily go near an entire day without hardly eating anything or nothing at all. if i weren't cooking for other people in my household every day, i would probably go a whole day and maybe more without eating sometimes because i'm just not hungry. i also get quite full easily. i thought these things were a byproduct of learning to eat intuitively, but i can't properly fuel for exercise or even sometimes to be able to walk around or run errands for a long period of time because i start getting lightheaded and dizzy. and i don't think i get enough nutrients because i can't bring myself to make food sometimes because of how i'm doing mentally that unless it's easy like toast and almond butter, i probably won't do it. i'm slowly trying to change that and eat more but it's very hard. i've been trying to find more information related to this, but your video is the only one that i can relate to. i will watch the next part and your series on digestion as well and hopefully i can learn more on how i can take better care of myself. i know this is a long message but i've been struggling with my eating during recovery off and on for a long time so i'm just really thankful right now :)
Thank you very much for this video !!! For me one of the worst things about my ED is how to recognise my hunger cues, but, little by little, eating and following your pieces of advice I'm recovering all of them. 😄
My extreme hunger was actually getting back to normal but after going through COVID which made me eat less due to loss of appetite, I experienced extreme hunger after I was well. And it felt like I am going back to the beginning, feeling as if I have lost the improvements I earned before. Worst part for me is can't sleep at night due to the constant hunger 😞
@@luvmywohdes1464 I am :) the I consulted with a doctor about it and they called my situation hyperphagia but I am better now thanks for commenting on this :)
Thank you, I only feel the sensation of having to puke whether I’m hungry or full, I really can’t tell and it’s really difficult to deal with ❤ (my ED is highly related to my severe allergies that have given me ptsd from all food)
I went through anorexia and boulimia, and I have already experienced this and I did so well in my recovery, thanks to you! Recently I had a small relapse where I started purging every now and then. And now I feel like I'm binging, I am mentally starving! Is this normal? I only purged once in every 2 weeks or so.
Hi, I am confused about my particular hunger situation. I feel it, it’s not that it isn’t there but I only feel it when it makes me hangry or I’m just ravenous. I want to be able to work with this and not just eat when I’m not hungry on a schedule but is there a way I can feel more gentle hunger? Because I have the signals but they’re just super intense once they come. I don’t want to let go of what I do have and want to honor that and feel it as a part of my journey but I want it to be more of a mild hunger than a “I have to eat right now or I’ll die.” Sensation.
I really want to recover so much. I have a policystic ovarian syndrom, and my doctor recommends me to lose weight immediately. But the thing is that I can't diet at all. Everytime I think about any restriction, I want to binge😔 I don't know what to do in this situation
you don't need to diet or lose weight for PCOS, this will only make things worse in the long run. I recommend checking out Julie Duffy Dillon who is an anti-diet dietitian and specializes in PCOS, also Caroline Dooner (The Fuc*k It Podcast) recently did a great podcast episode on PCOS with an anti-diet approach.
Please change your doctor. That’s complete nonsense that you need to diet or restrict in ANY way for PCOS! It’s simply not true and wouldn’t help at all, it would actually make everything worse, especially your mental health! Please look after yourself and don’t listen to doctors like that 🤦♀️
I am in food restriction recovery for 1 month and the extreme hunger lasts EVERYDAY (all the recovery) and i always crave sweets and pastries because I restricted them the most... I was underweight but now i gained quite a lot of fat and weight of cource. I am 14 y.o. athlete and im really scared to gain more fat because of the hunger..Is this normal or should I stop honoring the extreme/mental hunger? + I restricted for only 8 months and i was kinda overtraining, I had to start recovery because I lost my period (still dont have it) and I was feeling really horrible physically and mentally. I dont want to gain more fat because im also scared that it will affect my fitness
I was doing really but i had a bad day and was crying. It felt impossible to follow my meal plan, and i walked too much and didn’t eat enough and now the water retention has come back does this mean i am back to the beginning with teaching my body to trust. I find this impossible
What should you do if you have a small slip.. and don’t eat enough at lunch and do too much walking. Does this mean you have to start from the beginning again?
So I currently weigh 38kg... I am skin and bones... when I try to eat it Just doesnt taste good... I really want to be hungry but I cant... most of the time there isnt much food in the house... and when there is food... I eat very very little... plus I dont have teeth... so its a great struggle... but if this continues... I will die before the year ends. Please if you know Who can help me please tell me... I dont want to die. Marina from Portugal 🇵🇹
Hey hope you will get better. Seek professional medical help. Don't give up. I have once starved myself pretty bad with fasting and a carnivore diet. It took me more than a year to recover although my condition wasn't as drastic as yours. And the road to recovery was a very, very bumpy one. I had no hunger, no appetite but a very primal desire to just consume any food. Which by the way appeared only after I started stuffing myself, I think my body reawakened in a sense. Because before I let go of all restrictions and started eating I too had no desire for food, I was just weak, lethargic, sleepy and apathetic. I would eat 4-6 thousands of calories a day for months on end. It has brought a great deal of side effects, like a massive edema of 10 kg (water weight) and a high blood pressure in my early 20s and a truckload of other miserable issues. But I knew that I was moving in the right direction as it was obvious that I needed to gain weight. And with time my intake decreased, I gained weight and side effects and health issues subsided and disappeared. I have never touched fast food or desserts or packaged low quality foods for years now and even in that time but during the recovery I ate absolutely everything else in massive quantities, no restrictions. Eating, resting, sleeping, having no bad habits, exercising (at that time I couldn't do anything but walk for more than an hour a day). Praying and receiving comfort from my parents and being really compassionate and kind to myself was also vital, a specially for my psyche. When I hit the lowest point I have reevaluated my whole life, I knew that I was doing something wrong with my life and health. I started trusting conventional doctors even though before that I trusted mostly scientific gurus, diet experts and youtube health experts. I have also discovered Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda both of which have helped me tremendously. Thanks to them, a specially Ayurveda, I have learned to lead almost perfect lifestyle, with no bad habits, with moderate exercise, qigong, healthy sleep habits and so on and on. I have changed dozens of things in my life as I knew that regaining true Health required an all directions approach. These are great complementary things, for example Ayurveda describes a certain condition called Vata-deficit which is pretty much malnutrition in western terms and Ayurveda has some great suggestions for people who are skin and bones and have no appetite, for example they suggest using herbs that stimulate the digestion and appetite and follow a certain diet that is rejuvenative to the body. So I suggest you look in those directions, traditional medicines can help a lot, they are life changing if you are mindful, put time into studying them and don't become too fanatical or radical and of course use your own judgement to decide what's is good for you and what just doesn't work for you individually. Some people do great on eating 2 meals a day, and some people just destroy their health when they follow something like that. However in your condition do not neglect conventional doctors, if you're in a dire state there is no traditional medicine or a psychological technique that will get you out of there or even if there is you're probably in no shape to utilize them properly, you need a good doctor to help you to get back on track. Don't worry about the teeth too, you will be alright and get yourself new ones like tens of millions of people around the globe. Don't let grim thoughts into your mind, it's just malnutrition. It messes with the mind. When you are malnourished something changes in you physically and mentally, some people even lose their mind in some sense, thankfully temporarily. I was shocked when I read about this phenomenon while I was studying about Minesotta Starvation Experiment. So don't forget that it's not you, it's just malnutrition that's messing with you. I wish you all the best and I wish you all the strength you need to recover. I'm positive that you still have an amazing life ahead of you. It's just that right now the times are particularly bad for you. I think 1.5 years from now, you will look back on what has happened to you and feel proud and grateful that you overcame it, that you were tough and courageous. God bless you! Please recover fully, become even better than you were in your best days before all that and lead an amazing life!
OMG wtf i understand ed is very destroying i myself suffered from it a few months ago and I was the worst point in my life and my lowest self at 45-44 smth when it was not normal for my height but this comment made me rage like how can u do this to urself u said u didn't wanna die but never thought of it while u were doing this to yourself makes me just really sad and angry nevertheless I just wish that nothing bad happens to you I hope you're doinggg so much better 1 year later now. That's it stay healthy
@@olivergl9185THANK YOU for your words and to take 1 minute of your time and send me words of encouragement... You Will never know how much you have helped me...
Me trying to figure out why being hungry and being full feels the same. I can’t tell!!!
I need this so much 🤦♀️ I’m tired of never eating enough calories & eating once a day. I find myself putting off meals rather than eating small things when I know I should and I need to work on that. Thank you for posting these you’re really doing amazing work
thank you! im glad my videos help! :)
@Anna Joy I know...eating more than once a day is very hard...
I weigh 38kg... I am skin and bones... I wish I could get the help I need... good luck to you too... hope your healthy
i thought i was doing well with recovering from my disordered eating (never was officially diagnosed but i did seek professional help when i could). i don't restrict anything. i pay more attention to my thoughts around foods like honoring my likes and dislikes, what makes me feel good and what i just happen to crave. i try to listen to my body (emphasis on try). i've been recovering for over a year now and one of my biggest issues has been getting my appetite up. i can easily go near an entire day without hardly eating anything or nothing at all. if i weren't cooking for other people in my household every day, i would probably go a whole day and maybe more without eating sometimes because i'm just not hungry. i also get quite full easily. i thought these things were a byproduct of learning to eat intuitively, but i can't properly fuel for exercise or even sometimes to be able to walk around or run errands for a long period of time because i start getting lightheaded and dizzy. and i don't think i get enough nutrients because i can't bring myself to make food sometimes because of how i'm doing mentally that unless it's easy like toast and almond butter, i probably won't do it. i'm slowly trying to change that and eat more but it's very hard. i've been trying to find more information related to this, but your video is the only one that i can relate to. i will watch the next part and your series on digestion as well and hopefully i can learn more on how i can take better care of myself. i know this is a long message but i've been struggling with my eating during recovery off and on for a long time so i'm just really thankful right now :)
Thank you very much for this video !!! For me one of the worst things about my ED is how to recognise my hunger cues, but, little by little, eating and following your pieces of advice I'm recovering all of them. 😄
Hi Clara! :) thank you so much!
This was amazing, thank you so much for sharing. It was so helpful
My extreme hunger was actually getting back to normal but after going through COVID which made me eat less due to loss of appetite, I experienced extreme hunger after I was well. And it felt like I am going back to the beginning, feeling as if I have lost the improvements I earned before. Worst part for me is can't sleep at night due to the constant hunger 😞
You doing better now I hope
@@luvmywohdes1464 I am :) the I consulted with a doctor about it and they called my situation hyperphagia but I am better now thanks for commenting on this :)
Beautiful! Thank you for making such a wonderful video on hunger
thank you! :)
Thank you, I only feel the sensation of having to puke whether I’m hungry or full, I really can’t tell and it’s really difficult to deal with ❤ (my ED is highly related to my severe allergies that have given me ptsd from all food)
I went through anorexia and boulimia, and I have already experienced this and I did so well in my recovery, thanks to you! Recently I had a small relapse where I started purging every now and then. And now I feel like I'm binging, I am mentally starving! Is this normal? I only purged once in every 2 weeks or so.
Hi, I am confused about my particular hunger situation. I feel it, it’s not that it isn’t there but I only feel it when it makes me hangry or I’m just ravenous. I want to be able to work with this and not just eat when I’m not hungry on a schedule but is there a way I can feel more gentle hunger? Because I have the signals but they’re just super intense once they come.
I don’t want to let go of what I do have and want to honor that and feel it as a part of my journey but I want it to be more of a mild hunger than a “I have to eat right now or I’ll die.” Sensation.
I really want to recover so much. I have a policystic ovarian syndrom, and my doctor recommends me to lose weight immediately. But the thing is that I can't diet at all. Everytime I think about any restriction, I want to binge😔 I don't know what to do in this situation
you don't need to diet or lose weight for PCOS, this will only make things worse in the long run. I recommend checking out Julie Duffy Dillon who is an anti-diet dietitian and specializes in PCOS, also Caroline Dooner (The Fuc*k It Podcast) recently did a great podcast episode on PCOS with an anti-diet approach.
Please change your doctor. That’s complete nonsense that you need to diet or restrict in ANY way for PCOS! It’s simply not true and wouldn’t help at all, it would actually make everything worse, especially your mental health! Please look after yourself and don’t listen to doctors like that 🤦♀️
I am in food restriction recovery for 1 month and the extreme hunger lasts EVERYDAY (all the recovery) and i always crave sweets and pastries because I restricted them the most... I was underweight but now i gained quite a lot of fat and weight of cource. I am 14 y.o. athlete and im really scared to gain more fat because of the hunger..Is this normal or should I stop honoring the extreme/mental hunger? + I restricted for only 8 months and i was kinda overtraining, I had to start recovery because I lost my period (still dont have it) and I was feeling really horrible physically and mentally. I dont want to gain more fat because im also scared that it will affect my fitness
I was doing really but i had a bad day and was crying. It felt impossible to follow my meal plan, and i walked too much and didn’t eat enough and now the water retention has come back does this mean i am back to the beginning with teaching my body to trust. I find this impossible
What should you do if you have a small slip.. and don’t eat enough at lunch and do too much walking. Does this mean you have to start from the beginning again?
I think this may work for a younger person but not a mature person because we don’t need to eat as much.
THANK YOU
So I currently weigh 38kg... I am skin and bones... when I try to eat it Just doesnt taste good... I really want to be hungry but I cant... most of the time there isnt much food in the house... and when there is food... I eat very very little... plus I dont have teeth... so its a great struggle... but if this continues... I will die before the year ends. Please if you know Who can help me please tell me... I dont want to die. Marina from Portugal 🇵🇹
Hey hope you will get better. Seek professional medical help. Don't give up. I have once starved myself pretty bad with fasting and a carnivore diet. It took me more than a year to recover although my condition wasn't as drastic as yours. And the road to recovery was a very, very bumpy one. I had no hunger, no appetite but a very primal desire to just consume any food. Which by the way appeared only after I started stuffing myself, I think my body reawakened in a sense. Because before I let go of all restrictions and started eating I too had no desire for food, I was just weak, lethargic, sleepy and apathetic. I would eat 4-6 thousands of calories a day for months on end. It has brought a great deal of side effects, like a massive edema of 10 kg (water weight) and a high blood pressure in my early 20s and a truckload of other miserable issues. But I knew that I was moving in the right direction as it was obvious that I needed to gain weight. And with time my intake decreased, I gained weight and side effects and health issues subsided and disappeared. I have never touched fast food or desserts or packaged low quality foods for years now and even in that time but during the recovery I ate absolutely everything else in massive quantities, no restrictions. Eating, resting, sleeping, having no bad habits, exercising (at that time I couldn't do anything but walk for more than an hour a day). Praying and receiving comfort from my parents and being really compassionate and kind to myself was also vital, a specially for my psyche.
When I hit the lowest point I have reevaluated my whole life, I knew that I was doing something wrong with my life and health. I started trusting conventional doctors even though before that I trusted mostly scientific gurus, diet experts and youtube health experts. I have also discovered Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda both of which have helped me tremendously. Thanks to them, a specially Ayurveda, I have learned to lead almost perfect lifestyle, with no bad habits, with moderate exercise, qigong, healthy sleep habits and so on and on. I have changed dozens of things in my life as I knew that regaining true Health required an all directions approach. These are great complementary things, for example Ayurveda describes a certain condition called Vata-deficit which is pretty much malnutrition in western terms and Ayurveda has some great suggestions for people who are skin and bones and have no appetite, for example they suggest using herbs that stimulate the digestion and appetite and follow a certain diet that is rejuvenative to the body. So I suggest you look in those directions, traditional medicines can help a lot, they are life changing if you are mindful, put time into studying them and don't become too fanatical or radical and of course use your own judgement to decide what's is good for you and what just doesn't work for you individually. Some people do great on eating 2 meals a day, and some people just destroy their health when they follow something like that.
However in your condition do not neglect conventional doctors, if you're in a dire state there is no traditional medicine or a psychological technique that will get you out of there or even if there is you're probably in no shape to utilize them properly, you need a good doctor to help you to get back on track. Don't worry about the teeth too, you will be alright and get yourself new ones like tens of millions of people around the globe.
Don't let grim thoughts into your mind, it's just malnutrition. It messes with the mind. When you are malnourished something changes in you physically and mentally, some people even lose their mind in some sense, thankfully temporarily. I was shocked when I read about this phenomenon while I was studying about Minesotta Starvation Experiment. So don't forget that it's not you, it's just malnutrition that's messing with you.
I wish you all the best and I wish you all the strength you need to recover. I'm positive that you still have an amazing life ahead of you. It's just that right now the times are particularly bad for you. I think 1.5 years from now, you will look back on what has happened to you and feel proud and grateful that you overcame it, that you were tough and courageous. God bless you! Please recover fully, become even better than you were in your best days before all that and lead an amazing life!
OMG wtf i understand ed is very destroying i myself suffered from it a few months ago and I was the worst point in my life and my lowest self at 45-44 smth when it was not normal for my height but this comment made me rage like how can u do this to urself u said u didn't wanna die but never thought of it while u were doing this to yourself makes me just really sad and angry nevertheless I just wish that nothing bad happens to you I hope you're doinggg so much better 1 year later now. That's it stay healthy
@@olivergl9185THANK YOU for your words and to take 1 minute of your time and send me words of encouragement... You Will never know how much you have helped me...