ALWAYS BLOATED IN ED RECOVERY?! dealing with bloating in recovery, bloating remedies & my story
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Do you find yourself ALWAYS bloated during ed recovery? I know when I was first going through recovery I found myself bloated all the time and I couldn't figure out why it was happening. I felt so alone and yet it seemed like there was no one I could turn to. Dealing with bloating in recovery is SO hard. Even if you are not in recovery and you are someone recovering from an extreme diet or calorie restriction, it is STILL hard. So in this video, I explain why bloating happens in ed recovery, bloating remedies that I swear by, and my bloating story (this is at the end if you are not interested in watching it!) Thank you for being here!
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Mal
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Thank you so much. I'm actually getting used to food again. Nobody talks about the horrific bloating after not eating much for a while.
Umm how long did it last for you?
Belly fat also :( because I wasnât informed to be prepared, it caused a relapse. If you stick with recovery it usually redistributes after 6-12 months. I didnât know and apparently no one mentions it as to not scare us away from recovery. But this is what caused me to feel suicidal and inevitably relapse. Had I been prepared and informed, Iâd have some reassurance to stick with recovery instead of thinking I was some weirdo that just canât eat. :/
@@animalcrackers8880 felt this
The bloating has been such a struggle for me in recovery. Even years later đŁ
Iâve noticed kombucha has really been something thatâs helped me as well as helped support gut health!
It is so hard!! Thank you for being so so open Sarah. I love Kombucha as well!! I'm so glad that has been helping. Always here for you
thank you SO MUCH for this video. iâve struggled with bloating so much in the last year of recovering and it always makes me feel so bad about myself and makes me worried that iâm doing something wrong. iâm so glad to have stumbled upon this video
Releasing mental/psychological stress really helped my physical bloating. Maybe it's not physiologically-based, but in my experience, I really think that both my body & mind were holding onto a lot.
Yes Em!!! I could not agree with this more. I found the exact same thing in my experience with bloating. Thank you so much for sharing your experience :)
I just started my recovery with anorexia and the bloating omg was already my biggest fear and now recovery is scaring me but Iâm happy to know Iâm not the only one.
I just started my journey too and the bloating has REALLY triggered me too but please know that you are not alone!!! We are gonna be strong and happy I believe in you!
this helped me so much! i am dealing with bloating too. I'm quite stressed and was diagnosed with GERD and IBS. I just finished an entire plate of pad that at a restaurant despite my brain screaming at me to stop eating it. I love the food freedom that I am fighting for though! 7 months into recovery. :)
I know it's a bit late but I'm so proud of you!
So happy and lucky to have you here watching this video
I really felt like we were talking! đ the whole time I was going âmhm yep thatâs meâ. Thank you so much this really helped me out and made me feel SO much less alone. I am still very new to recovery and have been grabbing on to my bad side a lot more and trying to tell myself that it is the recovery making me bloated and fat. However there are some moments when I look at myself in a video or picture and I donât think I am and think Iâm crazy. I can feel myself starting to come to my senses but it is so hard with that mental game you were talking about. Itâs like thereâs an angel on one side and a devil on the other! I am really wanting to find comfort with food and myself and this video definitely helped me. Again thank you đ
This is immensely helpful, thank you so much. Iâm literally only 3 days into recovery. A few nights ago I finally called my Mom in the middle of the night after another panic attack about very possibly dieing in my sleep. Sheâs known for a long time about my anorexia but knew Iâd become enraged & armed w/denial if she ever confronted me. Braking down that night, telling her *everything* & letting these torturous thoughts out of my own head for the first time was EPIC. It felt so good, sheâs nothing but amazing, she promised to stay by my side the next few weeks as I start truly recovering for the first time. Obviously Iâm concerned about the challenges Iâll be facing so this insight is a big tool. đ
I'm three days in today. How is it going for you?
Thank you so much for this video! Iâm working towards recovery and the bloating is one of the more challenging side effects to deal with. ty again đ
Thank you so much for watching Angela
This has been my favorite video from you yet. I can't get out over how it feels like you're in my living room just giving me advice. I'm excited to try the products you recommended and focus on relieving stress. Thank you so much for this video â„ïž
Kaylee, you are so kind
Awesome video! Keep this up! Your community is the best
Thank you so much Max! I am so glad you feel that way and so happy to have you be apart of it !
Thank you so much ! Iâm on day 12 and I feel so confident and proud of myself for loving myself
Thank you so much for this.
Every time I attempt recovery, I majorly bloat but I talk about it and seek help and am looked at as delusional due to being so small. It doesnât mean itâs not major compared to my regular and it doesnât mean Iâm not in pain.
I recently relapsed after gaining 15lbs in recovery and no longer eating healthy. I began my recovery slowly integrating solid foods(I become phobic about solids even if I have to see a solid become liquid- I wonât drink it), and slowly upping my calories until I maintained a regular 1500-1900/day(Iâm very short). I was gaining muscle, my hair was regrowing, I got my period back, and so on. Then my RD told me I wasnât eating enough calories and even though I was a healthy weight, that she didnât want to see me at that low of an end. I never received any positive feedback no matter what I did, and felt constantly triggered. This caused me to restrict once in a while, then obviously go back to over eating shortly after or eating my regular calories. I rapidly gained weight due to messing with my metabolism after feeling so triggered. She also pressured to weigh me during appts even though I said thatâs my #1 trigger and I donât want to focus on numbers, and already took my weight once a week. That made me think she thought I was lying which discouraged me further because I wasnât and I really was trying so hard.
Towards the end, I began to gain more belly fat and bloat and feel very ill most of the time. I even thought I may have had appendicitis at one point. My periods became intensely painful. No one would help me because they assumed it was just my ED. Iâve had an ED throughout most of my life, and Iâm 30. My arms and legs are normally where I gain most weight, while my waist is small and the only part of my body Iâve ever liked. Unfortunately as my diet was no longer balanced but instead became chaotic as almost a reflection of my emotional state, I began to gain a ton of fat-obvious fat, in my abdomen. I was terrified and relapsed, which Iâm still in the middle of. Iâm so hungry, but Iâm afraid to eat. Iâm trying to wait things out and start again when Iâm ready and in a better head space.. regardless of my metabolism being so out of whack, I recently read some studies on how those recovering tend to gain fat in the abdomen but itâs not commonly discussed out of concern for triggering patients or scaring them out of recovery. I knew about the bloating when I first started recovery, therefore expected it and assured myself that Iâd be ok. The abdominal fat, I did not know about and assumed Iâd gone out of control. Due to covid, Iâve been unable to get a therapist so Iâm trying this on my own but I have had treatment in the past and no one ever mentioned this to me. I became suicidal until I relapsed and after discovering this about the fat gain, I have to wonder if keeping this obscured is a contributing factor towards suicidal ideation during recovery. Had I been prepared and known it was coming, though Iâd have still been triggered by my RDâs seeming impatience and our interactions and therefore experienced the chaos that happened with my intake afterward when I felt I shouldâve just been maintaining what i was doing for a while as I was on a healthy track and my health overall was surprisingly fine, I still feel like I wouldnât have fully relapsed. Apparently this body fat redistributes after about 6-12 months. I truly wish Iâd been informed of that instead of just being regarded as delusional for complaining about having a 5â bloat and causing my waist to go from 21â-26â which looks, to someone without an ED âthinâ. I was constantly brushed off and I really resent that.
That all said, thank you so much for this video and being candid. This is a very serious health condition and we really deserve to be well informed and know what to expect . Fear of perceived âfatnessâ or actual weight gain is the #1 fear and when not informed that it will happen(and the intense parts will go away in time if you stick to recovery) this just confirms our nightmares. Iâd rather know from the start what to be prepared for and that itâs normal instead of thinking Iâm just some âfreakâ that canât eat like a ânormal humanâ without ballooning.
Aweeee hope youâre all ok it must have been such a difficult experience xxxxx
Thank you so much girl, this is so incredibly sweet of you to say. Appreciate you.
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Mal
thank you for this, im currently in hospital recovering from anorexia nervosa and the bloating is hard.
You are so sweet, thank u so mucj just for being such a Nice person, and making me feel like you are just a lovely friend of mine. â„ïž
Really useful tips thank you! Hope you are doing well.
OH MY GOD i didnt know that it was normal thank you so so so muchđđđ
It does help because I cried my eyes out.. I'm a week into recovery and I'm bloating soooo bad and I over workout and I try not to but it just happens and idk I wish I knew how to de bloat or something
iâm going through the same thing right now, i hope your okay now :)!
I have been bloated EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY! It won't go away! Idk what to dođ I feel hugeđ„ș
It gets better. Itâs awful, I know, but keep going because it will go away.
SAME đđ
@@sunflower.3040 I actually tried the charcoal pills. BRO THEY WORK! It doesn't take it away completely, but it reduces it soo muchđđ
@@hushho3461 when does it go away ive been maintenance for a month now
thank you đ„ș
HI Mallory, Have you found digestive enzymes helpful for gas as well? Also, do you feel as if your body begins to rely on them after prolonged use? I am interested in trying digestive enzymes, but a bit hesitant. Thank you so much for sharing this video
Thank you for this video! Very encouraging!
I doubt anyone will see this as itâs an older video but girl Iâm struggling as many others are. Hello I am currently recovering from binge eating disorder. Iâm not underweight in fact Iâm over weight and restriction and food fears are a biggie for me. Iâve been intuitively eating for about a week or two. Honestly Iâve tried it for the last few years but the cycle of binging never ends. Iâve been experiencing extreme hunger which is odd because I assumed this only applies to anorexia or bulimic people. My bloating is so bad as well. I donât know why because if Iâve eaten these same foods but in higher amounts before why am I more bloated than when Iâve binged when Iâm intuitively eating? Thank you!
I started my recovery last summer and I felt okay with bloating and I really loved this feeling but as soon as school started I came back to my ED again and now I'm more insecure than ever
Did it ever go away? Iâm going threw the same thing
@@Nico62967 it didn't I'm sorry
iâm at my normal weight since almost 2 months now and iâm still bloated
SAME everyoneâs always like because your increasing your calories and your body is getting used to it but iâm here like iâm maintaining and my body has put up with a lot more food than i eat now and yet i still get horribly bloated
I've been trying not too but I've been running evermore, after I run I feel good and look way way less bloated, but as soon as I drink water my face and arms and stomach blow up ,I think maybe I should stop im just putting more stress
How long until it goes away
Im so bloated rn :(
I've been in recovery for almost 2 years. I'm still terribly bloated and this makes me really sad, despite my appetite being normal. I do feel my digestion isn't fixed yet. Would this ever go away? ;(
Try to do some sea salt and water thereâs a book called YOUR BODIES MANY CRIES FOR WATER
I was never terrified of food I was terrified of letting myself go out of control when eating witch I have a history of
It's my first week in AN recovery and the bloating really triggers my compulsive exercise at night. Plz help
I did this when I was super bloated, impulsive exercising all night and told myself to only stop when I physically canât anymoređ next day my whole body was full of bruises, please donât do this to yourself itâs not body fat but waterweight gain mostly
I would like to ask, whether it's normal, that at the beginning of recovery (means increasing food amount) I hadn't have any problems with bloating, but after approx. 1-2 months it started, and was accompanied with diarrhea...and both are still my "mates"..,Tried eat milk-free but that didn't help. I understand gastroparesis, but I am worried because of the delay, and that it could be some kind of other problem. And normally how long does it take for it to decrease/go away? Should I give a rest to my digestive organs, or should I keep attacking them with the increased amount? Thank you for the advice in advance! Kata
I have the same problem. I want to give my body a break. It feels like Im over doing it
Was the same for me. In the beginning I didnât bloat then suddenly after 1 month my stomach was upset, gassy, bloated and so on everyday
@@ebba.grhe00 did it ever go away?
@@GabijaS18 your stomach will always be a little bigger after eating cause your food has to go somewhere but the bloat did go away from me! I didnât cut out diary or anything else I was just patient and with 1 month it all went away! I did do some massage on my stomach everyday and I never sat/layed down right after eating, that might have helped too!
I started recovery a year ago, and I'm still bloated, i fell horrible. I can't even wear tops, during summer cause i would feel uncomfortable.. I don't want it to last forever...
Drink more water and walking !!
I think I've gained fat and it's not bloating :( it would've been better to be bloated ..I can touch my tummy and I dont feel a solid stomach (well just a bit ) and I only feel fat I just wanna relapse
I feel you. It feels so horrible. But I hope it will even out and.. relax after a while?
@@annerittwage1401 I woke up this morning and mist of my bloat was gone so I felt happy but it came back again and I know its totally normal to bloat and I know it will stop once my body trusts me again it will re distribute my weight and just thinking of tht makes me feel good so if u feel like tht just say it will be over soon so let's stick to recovery do we can be better
@@riley1333 how are you now?
Did you deal with edema or water retention? If so, what did you do to get rid of it?
I didn't deal with it too much, but I had someone reach out to me just the other day asking about this, so you are NOT alone. I think that overall it starts to even out as the recovery process continues. If you have a recovery team it is very important to consult with them because everyones body is so different.
I didn't deal with it too much, but I had someone reach out to me just the other day asking about this, so you are NOT alone. I think that overall it starts to even out as the recovery process continues. If you have a recovery team it is very important to consult with them because everyones body is so different.
Hello! Please make sure your doctor knows about the edema & if you have/have had an eating disorder as edema can also be a sign of refeeding syndrome which is dangerous. Sorry that you're having to deal with this!!
Im 15 and my disordered eating or mental health when it come to my body and food was when i was 13 and got TikTok (ofcđ)and i got addicted to exercise, "nutrition" and i lost weight and everything changed. I have always had an issue with gluten and now that im tryna recover is 10x worse. My family has not noticed some how and I know I need to tell my mom bc i need to fix my gut. And if I tell her I know that we can fix it. But Im scared she will say I don't have that problem. Any advice?
Hi not really an advise but I kinda relate to you. Im 15 years old and have disordered eating too and am bloated a lot but last time I told my mom she says im not and I love her but itâs just something that Iâm really struggling with so yeah :( Iâm starting therapy and Iâm planning on telling them about it and how I feel. I was told I should start eating like 3 meals and 3 snacks a day and I tried starting 3 days ago and itâs going fine I think :) And I want to say I hope you have someone you can talk to and that youâre not aloneđ€You got thisđ
@@_mariemul Hey how have you been?
@@gentlybylia3181 I forgot all about this commentđ Well to be honest it could go betterđIâm eating more and need to gain some more weight and that kind of stuff but im still bloated tho so yeah :( im really sick of feeling this way and worrying I just want to feel better and not care about how I look (bloated or not) but itâs really hard but Iâll try harder
@@gentlybylia3181 what about you how have you beenđ
@@marie_9848 just realized I used the wrong accountđ Sorry it is me that wrote those 2 messages
When you say bloating you mean that you where bloat from the food but also from gaz? Thanksâ€
It can be both!! I have bloating from food, from gas, from stress, and from lots of other things as well. It is definitely a complex thing.
@@MalloryJPage yes, it is complex, thanks for answeringâ€
Will someone just summarize the points in this for me pls lol
vegetables are making me bloated....did anyone else have to give them up?
Did you gain weight more than previous weight ?
i did but because i was 14 and now iâm 15 and i also grew taller while i had my ED
I look like Iâm preggers