In this podcast Tabitha talks to Dr Gaudiani about what happens to the muscular system when a person is in recovery from and eating disorder and/or malnutrition as a result of dietary restriction.
Jen’s book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Enough-Jennifer-L-Gaudiani-dp-0815382456/dp/0815382456/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1553546290
Clinic: www.gaudianiclinic.com
Thank you THANK YOU! This episode arrived at such a crucial time for me and is helping me get through the unbelievable fatigue and physical exhaustion I am experiencing. Not being productive is a real issue for me, as is inactivity. These link to a core belief I am naturally lazy and therefore need to constantly fight sitting down or doing something simply for leisure. I want to ask, too, if in future you could consider advice when one is in recovery from an eating disorder but gets a sickness bug (or any illness that is distinct from the eating disorder). I have just had 2 days of sickness and it has been horrible for all the usual reasons but also has, despite my honestly desperate efforts, messed up my eating plan. Now I am almost over the sickness i am at once terrified I have lost precious weight I had struggled hard to gain and cannot afford to lose, but also, the concept of eating more than my restoration menu plan to make up the lost 2-3 days feels impossible. Why can’t I just make myself eat more than normal to ensure I don’t lose weight from 2 days sickness? It is so logical that this makes sense, but to eat more than I was prior to my sickness bug (which was already challenging) is terrifying. To be honest, even after 2-3 days off my usual 3 meals and 2 snacks returning to this amount as minimum is proving tough. The other issue is that despite nolonger being sick I still feel sick and have overwhelming exhaustion. So i am having the thought that if I cannot eat according to my menu plan as before my bug because I am not being physically active enough. Yet, I know I need to put in weight and even if I didn’t, I need to learn not to base what I eat on how much physically I do . pleeeeease help me?! Thank you. SirrS if this is unhelpful for anyone and/or needy Tabitha.
was wandering if someone could pleeaseee help me….
I am stiff all the time! I am in anorexia recovery, currently with a BMI of about 15.5. I am gaining, and have gone ‘ cold turkey’ on all jigging/exercising/ walks/ moving.
Of course I still have the urges and find it extremely hard to keep still. But it’s good.
Anyway, as I said, I am stiff all the time. Most people would stretch, making them get over it\satisfied. But when I stretch, I am never satisfied from it, and keep on wanting to feel that ‘ burn’ that one gets from a stretch. I realise this could sound rather sick….
So i want to keep stretching. Do i just accept the stiffness and stop the stretching or stretch like an ordinary person but put a time limit on it otherwise I wouldn’t stop.
The simple question is –
Am i just simply stiff – is it normal to be stiff in recovery?
or
Is it a delusional ?
Hi dear tabitha. I can have the poadcast in written signature because I am Italian and I struggle to understand. thank you so much
I can have the poadcast in written signature because I am Italian and I struggle to understand. thank you so much