Stomach problems

[shortstack016]

Im still recovering from anorexia and i wanna know after a couple of days of eating if its normal for my stomach to feel like a never ending pit. Like i could keep on eating and never feel full. Is this a normal thing while recovering???

[crazycrossstitcher]

From my experience - it can be. I find even now it really hard to know whether I'm full or not - sometimes I know its my mind telling me I don't need more - especially after I've had a "treat" - when I actually know I've not had enough with my logical head on - other times - I logically know I've eaten a sensible amount - but I feel I could just carry on - it takes quite a time for your stomach and head to get linked up again - and for the senses to know when you've truly had enough. Counselling and portion size advice helped me.

[shortstack016 in reply to crazycrossstitcher]

Thank you for replying. I was getting scared for awhile that it was just me feeling like that. I do measure how much I eat now cause even though I may not feel full I still dont want to over do it. Again thank you for the advice it really means a lot.

[snickers6907]

Do you mind me asking before you were in recovery , did you eat very very little , or did you eat enough to get back. I’m just wondering if I am going to experience this because I eat about 1300 calories everyday and am beginning to increase. I never eat less than that because I feel I could “get by” on that even though I can’t but I wouldn’t consider that severely restricting

[shortstack016 in reply to snickers6907]

No i dont mind. Ya before recovery i ate very little amount and then i increased a little bit more everyday.

[snickers6907 in reply to shortstack016]

That’s my plan. How much did you increase by / how often ?

[shortstack016 in reply to snickers6907]

Each day i would add an extra bite in and soon i would add an extra little snack in and push a little further each day.