I completely agree with the physical fullness and mental hunger existing simultaneously. I believed with everything in me that I was bingeing since I'd eat past my body's satiation. It took some time to learn that there is no such thing as "too much food" in recovery from a restrictive ED. I'm glad that I came to listen to my mind when it told me to eat more. I remember "bingeing" on so much every night for several weeks and always thinking, "I'll just be better tomorrow night." No! My brain was trying to save my life! Elisa, thank you for everything you do. You've helped so many of us.
I have been dealing with all of this and driving myself crazy going to GI specialists abs they all don’t connect it to eating disorder that started in February and really got worse two months ago-as well as the anxiety. You have answered all of my questions and I feel sooooo much better that I WILL get better. You are amazing. Thank you so much!
FINALLY somebody is speaking it out, the Minnesota's thing. I'm recovering from Anorexia, I'm bloating and stuff, but it'll be a temporary thing. Your channel has helped me a lot, I just found this and i feel like I have some hope🖤
I knew a about you through this video a couple of months ago and now I’m not “quasi” anymore, i’m now in the real recovery that I’ve been always looking for. I tried to recover but ended up getting orthorexia other than 12-year bulimia. You showed me what the actual intuitive eating is, how resilient women are and gave me all the answers I was dying to find out. I eat and eat and eat, omg, i don’t care abt fat or wtf judgement from others is anymore, the only thing i care is constant pain in my stomach that no doctor or prescriptions can heal or see. Not because they’re not capable but I’m not at all aware of the existing bulimia. Thanks to you, I know I’m ok, thanks to you, I know I have better stomach now. You’re my life saver Elisa. Thank you so so so much!!!! Love from Vietnam 🇻🇳
Maybe work with a dietician? I got really lucky and my insurance is covering nutrition counseling. Also - cry a lot. I’m crying a lot. Better than the binging I want to be doing.
Remember. Your stomachs is like a sack. If you fill it up, it expands. It is normal and perfect. Maybe try to calm your craving and don’t overeat if bloating makes you uncomfortable. I’m not a dietitian so I’m not 100% sure.
@@sacredhealingartbykaveri461 hi Kaveri I'm doing pretty good actually. I'm on a WhatsApp group here is the link if you want to join : chat.whatsapp.com/Cjv8tjqSqGr9Q7lDfpIHXh
I read the Bible and prayed to God. My panic attacks weren't a problem since i put God's words into action. Although im still trying to heal my digestive system. But at least one thing's settled.
Really well done video...It explains a lot...5 years ago I had perfect digestion, regular bowel movements 3 times daily and I was eating enough...Then I started doing extended fasts and restricting calories to sometimes 1,200 a day, sometimes less, and I’m a guy, and now my digestion is completely messed up...I have bloating, and all of it, everything you explained in the video...It’s been a little over a year where I’ve been eating over 2,000 calories a day again and it’s still messed up, I guess it just still needs time to heal
@@jjp6874 i upped my calories to 4,000 a day for 6 months then dropped it down to 3,000…yes the bloating is almost gone..my digestion has dramatically improved, but i’m dealing with residual weight gain…that’s one of the only current negatives…i’ve gained around 60 pounds, which for me is alot…i also sweat profusely now which i never used to which is weird
@@govegan562 Ohh well then that's good that your digestion improved. Did you did the healing all by yourself with no personal registered dietitian to help you? Also why did it took 6 months? It seems long to me.
Love your book. I'm half way through. It's helping me. I didn't realise I had Orthorexia. I was struggling with recovery. I stopped most of the demaging behaviours but was still obsessed with clean eating and cutting out fat and only eating raw food. Only when I started eating all food that the crazy thoughts stopped. Starting to feel better. Now to deal with digestion.
Thank you so much for everything that you are doing for us ❤️ I don't have doctors, in my country we don't have doctors who understand what is having an eating disorder , I'm in recovery from self vomiting and I have very painful edema, horrible water retention in my whole body, my stomach looks like 9 months pregnant belly, my whole body is in pain, and in my country we just don't have doctors who can understand and help me , so I'm just waiting very patient , not restricting, not exercising, because of my water retention I can't even normal walk , and I'm just laying down and resting and I really hope that i will healed one day ❤️
@@UrFav_ANII hi ❤️ I'm kinda okay now , I had very bad relapse in May , and my water retention was stopped from May ..now I finally found doctors ( nutritionist, personal trainer and psychologist ) .. I can't eat normal food still, but I'm drinking something to help my body recovering , it's something kinda milk .. so for now I don't have edema anymore thanks God , I go to the gym 3x in a week , I have energy for moving my body like super active ..I don't know what to say more , but the only thing that I learned was that recovering all alone is something horrible and you have to be with doctors , because sometimes you just don't know what to do ( for example if you have edema ) , if you are in a recovery too I hope you will be patient , I wish you all the best ❤️
Thank you so much for this! My dietician and I have been so confused by all the GI symptoms I have been having that mimic IBS and lactose intolerance. This encourages me to keep pushing through and recover my digestion.
What if I’m only craving all of these foods because I’m constantly concerned with recovery? And therefore I’m constantly thinking about food anyway? Great video by the way! Very clarifying! X
I have exactly the same thing! I feel like i think about food all the time because (a) i am afraid i will not stop thinking about food, so i am constantly checking to see if i am still thinking about food and (b) i am worried i might be restricting somehow and than i will never stop thinking about food and eating past fullness. How did you deal with it? How are you?
A big thank you to your RU-vid channel, Brainwashed ebook, you are literally the only person I found on the internet that actually helped me understand what is happening with all my issues after a year of eating disorder. I am truly grateful to you! ♥️ I have only one question, I've gained a few kgs since I'm in recovery but even before that, I wasn't underweight according to the BMI, I was just almost underweight but still at an healthy weight. Even though today I'm not underweight, I guess all you said in this video applies to me as well...? Because I've been eating more food for about 4 months, but the bloat is even worse and worse and I'm afraid it won't go. I know it takes time to heal but it makes me feel really bad and anxious about myself. I'm still thinking about food H24 even though I never feel hungry physically. I'm not even able to left food on the plate when I'm physically full. Thank you again for your informative videos :)
I’ve been recovered for 3.5 years now and definitely have issues with digestion still. My biggest issue now though is lack of appetite and hunger cues. I’m like, cmon it’s been so long! When will my body get back to normal?
Please don’t do that... have scheduled healthy eating with exercise and fatty foods only once every other day...eating whatever you want whenever you want, not working out will throw your tummy and body in hiatus, slow digestion, metabolism and it’s easy to relapse.
listen to your body, do NOT restrict urself saying "i can have some now but not tmrw" or "i can have it a different day since i had..." can cause a binge & listening to ur body's needs is way more important. definitely try to get the right nutrition tho !
What if dairy and gluten caused gas and bloating before an ED and they were eliminated for years which led to further elimination due to continuing bloating and gas reactions regardless of enzyme supplements etc?
I wonder if some digestive problems might be chronic due to the ED or do you think it is possible for everybody to heal their digestion? I have gained weight, reduced stress, limited my exercise etc. but I still have daily pain, constipation, no hunger cues (also mental hunger is lacking) and I also didn't get my period back. I have been recovering now for about 2 years and still no results. I have had stool, blood and allergy tests and a colon test in the hospital and they said It was IBS and they couldn't do anything for me. Perhaps some people have to accept that some digestive issues are not repairable, but nonetheless eating enough is of course very important. It is just very hard to keep eating mechanically after so long and so much effort, and don't see any results. Every day I have to tell myself to eat without my body asking for food, eat through the pain and not feeling if it was enough or not. I still hope that one day I can have these hunger signals back again and not be in so much pain every day.
Mo I was where you were - I generally believed I had a chronic issue and tried everything , 3 years on and eating better than ever I’ve finally started feeling great again. Sounds cliche I know but happy to share my story with you xxxx There is hope xx
@@samantharichards7420 Thank you for your response, it is always good to hear some hopeful stories! Would you mind sharing how you did this? What worked for you to heal this problem?
i have stopped restricting for about 2 years but i still have bloating and digestion issues, but i don't remember when it first started. i have also stopped purging for a year. but to be honest i'm overexercising now for about a year, but i eat enough, i mean i have TDEE like 2000-2300 but i eat almost 2000 every day and sometimes 2100-2200. and when i wake up my belly is flat, but as soon as i eat anything or drink anything it bloats, and until i go to sleep it's like i'm pregnant. but i drink too many fluids, at least 4L of water daily, plus diet coke and energy drinks. i don't know what can be causing all this and i was thinking it's IBS. it only happens when i eat, if i don't, it's fine, but i can't stop eating, i'm over that phase
I get that too. Do you eat a lot of vegetables. My coach told me it’s a sign of lack of fat in diet. I’ve increased fats and reduced veg and it’s better. Probably also the fizzy drinks
@@sarahbartlett9870 thanks for your reply. well i eat more fruits than vegetables but not that much. i've reduced the size of my lunch salad because my dietitian told me it's the reason i get full so easy. i start with my salad and if it's big, i can't eat my food after. i only eat veggies for lunch and then 2 fruit, one in the afternoon and one before bed. also my diet doesn't have much fat, almost at all, i'm too scared to put even olive oil and i eat everything fat-free. the only thing with fat are chicken and meat in my diet, but i choose the parts that have no visible fat and don't eat the skin or anything. and the yolks of eggs, which i eat many eggs. so i don't eat anything fatty except for foods that have it in the macros, like protein bars or packaged foods and chicken, meat, eggs.
i will discuss this in the next video (part 2) about bloating - coming next week! but some things for you that contributes to the issues is overexercising as you said, second is that for recovery minimum calories are 2500-3500 cal (minimum, not maximum), then overhydration contributes to this, then also look into not consuming too much high fiber and watery foods, like fruits and low cal veggies and eating lots of whole foods can be hard to digest and add to bloating. and also energy drinks that are fizzy and contain artificial sweeteners can make bloating worse.
@@FollowTheIntuition i never undertood, why 2500 is the minimume? I told it to my momand she was like, hoo no its too much, dont do that, can you talk about it in the next videos as well? I want to show that to my mom so see will understand, (btw, im going to shoe her this one also, thank you so much, i hope she will undertand my situation finally) also how much time it can take the bloating to go away?❤❤❤
@@FollowTheIntuition thanks for your reply. how is overexercising contributing to bloating? i mean it doesn't affect digestion. also i'm not in an usual recovery, i mean i'm not working on gaining weight because i'm not very underweight, what i'm working on is eating foods i was scared to eat, eating regularly without skipping meals like i used to, eating balanced meal and avoid relapsing into binging. so i don't know how eating 2500-3500 will help with those goals, since even my dietitian, who is specialized in EDs, doesn't want me to gain, because i'm not at a dangerously low weight. but i've reduced the fiber i'm eating, i used to eat huge salads and 3-4 fruit a day, but now i'm eating a small salad and not more than 2 fruit
I definitely do. I haven't let myself go into my past steps from anorexia and binge eating since when i was 17 all the way to 19 years old. But to be honest, during recovery and that was from October 2020 till June 2022, i was really stressed, and i didn't eat a variety of diffrent foods. Plus i tried my best to recover without a personal registered dietitian to guide me.
Thank you! I know that every organism is different but after what time should the symptoms pass? How much time should I give myself before I go to the doctor?
i was severely underweight last year and went to the doctor and got the therapy I needed - I gained the weight back and denied the mental thoughts (so didn’t tell my doctors) so I got discharge in September, and recently I lost a bit of weight again (reduced meal sizes and restricted certain foods + did high intensity workouts 5days a week) and I’m struggling a lot mentally, and think about food all the time, but I am trying to gain weight (eating 3 meals a day with a snack and dessert) but i feel soooo full after a little amount of food and often don’t finish my meals. Is this normal?
I am in recovery for 5 months now,when i eat gluten,over about 2weeks later i get so much stomach pain i can't eat or drink anything without pain,it hurts so bad😩so everytime i have this when eating gluten,i makes sure i 'll go gluten free, because i have so much pain that i don't know What to do anymore,i have checked my blood but i tested negatif from celiac,What to do?
I was just starting to try to lose weight, but i still have digestive issues from anorexia and binge eating, is it a bad idea if i still try to lose weight? If not then i'll just continue. Also, how many calories am i gonna need to eat to recover my digestive system? Maintainence or pass maintainence calories? And once my digestive system heals, can i right away try to lose weight?
I don’t really understand why 2500-3500 kcal is the minimum. My bmi is 18. So I’m not at a dangerous weight. But I have to deal with a lot of digestion issues. Someone please help me to understand what to do, to get rid of the digestion issues!
