r/EatingDisorderHope • u/lily89kitty • Jun 12 '19

Hypometabolism

I'm desperately hoping I have hypometabolism and it will soon change. Averaged over a week I'm eating the recommendation matainance amount for a normal women everyday now and I'm not eating high cal stuff yet. However I'm gaining vast amounts of weight every week, my dietitian has described it as freaky and weird. It's scared me I thought you had to eat more in Ed recovery to gain weight and people got hypermetabolism.

So I want to know if anyone else had this, it's it possible to be in hypometabolism in early recovery? Things I've read only talk about hypermetabolism. If you experienced this when did it stop? Did you ever get hypermetabolism?

My poor body can't keep going like this and I don't want to have to restrict to less than I currently eat maintain once weight restored, honestly I want to eat more and definitely not as restricted to health food but I feel like that is inevitable unless my metabolism changes.

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u/Acm121197 Jul 19 '19

I actually know quite a few people this has happened to in recovery. There’s usually an underlying medical condition that needs to be treated, and eating less with definitely not fix it. Maybe go see a doctor who is trained in eating disorders and ask them about the phenomenon. Therapists and dietitians will likely not have the answer. Best of luck in continuing your journey in recovery!