Weight redistribution following anorexia recovery

[Weightquery]

Hi, any one have experience of this?

I’m trying to gain weight but all going to my middle. Make me want to jack in recovery as I look so peculiar.... stick thin arms and legs, bloated round middle.

How long does it take to even out? Thanks

Hopeful bump

In my experience it takes a year - you need to do some gentle toning exercises at first (like yoga) and progress to more targeted work as you get better. You're basically having to recreate a whole muscle structure from very little.

for you, it's SO hard, but I promise you that life is infinitely better on the other side.

Don’t think given your situation it’s sensible to post online about your body shape.

Best wishes for your recovery.

Also - don't forget that the bloat round your middle is mostly down to your digestive system getting confused by food after so long starving. You see it in malnourished people in refugee camps.

Well done in starting your recovery!

Do you attend any support groups or therapy where you could ask this from people who have already been through it?

@HavelockVetinari

Thank you. You speak from experience? What helped in your recovery?

I am “in the system” and doing well. I am committed. I am finding avoiding my reflection helps, simply because it reminds me how pregnant I look!

@Weightquery yes I do, I was anorexic as a teenager.

You can do this - it feels horrible now, but it'll be just amazing to be free of it.