Yesterday I’d covered one of the worst things my body had to go through during recovery – weight gain. I just want to clear things out.
1) it’s common to gain weigh after stopping B/P.
2) however most exbulimics lose weight when they start to treat their bodies properly.
3) I had gain so much because I was underweight.
4) I still eat probably more than I need to because I want to gain – in order to look healthy.
The other issue that I had to deal with was BLOATING
Note: it’s normal and temporary.
Early in my recovery I felt that I wasn’t digesting anything. I felt like food was accumulating in my stomach and filling me to the point of pooping or purging. I thought I had lost my ability to digesting food.
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| Ten B/P days free. I can barely see my eyes… |
But what was actually happening to me was a serious case of bulimia recovery bloat. It was severe for the first month of recovery. I felt 5 months pregnant. My face looked all swollen. Gradually after the first month it began to subside. And after a couple of weeks it was all gone.
No doubt that recovery bloat is hard to tolerate, but it’s not unbearable.
Purging kills the healthy bacteria in our tummies, which are essential for digestion. When this bacteria is scarce food sits in our tummies and ferments. This causes bloating tummy pain and wind. To help to restore this bacteria you can take probiotic pills or healthy digestion enzymes.
Anyway I pushed though. And I would never want to go through that again. So there’s no looking back.
Bloating is temporary, recovery is forever.
Short term discomfort for long happy life.
Bloated does not mean fat – it means recovering!
oh my goodness! my pretty friend! i am so happy to see your photos! AND, before knowing about this post, i published my "today i feel puffy" article. we are on the same ex bulimic wavelength! and for that i'm truly grateful. i feel so happy to know that you're out there. thank you for being there. xx
ReplyDeleteOh, we need to shake those sad spirits away, my friend. Looking forward for your new posts ;)
ReplyDeleteHi, found you through Scarlett's blog. I wanted to thank you for this post because this is one of the most frustrating parts of recovery! And until now, no one had blogged about it! Restriction does a number on your system. I have been loading up on enzymes and probiotics as well.
ReplyDeleteBookmarked you so I can come back. :)
Hi, Lisa and thank you for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteBloating is the worst. I would never binge/purge yet again because of it. I would hate to repeat the healing process. You just have to get through.
Hope to see you more ;)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great post,
I have been really struggling with the bloating I experienced in early recovery. I am three weeks into my revcovery (no episodes in three weeks) now and feeling much better but I still have a puffy lower tummy that wont go away. I just tell myself it will with time and try to keep on track. I find that doing yoga really helps move the diestion process along - I do very restoritive/relaxing yoga in the morning for about 15-20 minutes before breakfast and another session a bit after lunch and typically a pose or two before bed. These really help with gas buildup. Mostly I do gently twists and a few mind inversions like plow and, its embarassing, but it really helps get rid of gas and I feel MUCH better afterwards. Also, as I eat more and more fiber I find papaya enzymes really help with tummy pain.
For anyone else out there struggling with this I hope this helps at least a tiny bit.
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