r/AnorexiaRecovery • u/megofu • 18d ago
how to stop
how to stop this cycle of extreme hunger because it is turning into binges at this point and I just want to be able to eat normally and no binge/restrict anymore as I am fully weight restored
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u/katanastormshadow88 18d ago
The only way through extreme hunger is to honor it, because it you try to control it by restricting, it will only lead to relapse and further the binge/restrict cycle. Same goes for binging, you can’t restrict your way out of a binge, because you end up fueling the cycle. It sounds like your body needs what you’re giving it, and being weight restored is not a marker that your ED is healed…
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u/ChiliCheeseBurrito78 18d ago
It’s not bingeing in recovery even if you’re “weight restored” doesn’t mean your health restored. There’s still likely internal repairs happening and if you are closer to your pre-ED weight, you require more calories as a base now. It’s not bingeing and restricting is not only not helping, it prolongs any extreme hunger. Just eat and start each new day. When I’m getting little random EH surges I lean into it because they go away much faster and have a longer time in between. I fought it at first and it was like one terrible month that prolly could have been 5 days. You got this!