Reasons to gain weight

[Couldthisbereal]

I found this article while searching ways of recovery a few days ago, and I found it really interesting and logical so I thought maybe I should share the link because this article really convinced me that I have to gain weight.

It talks about a study made on normal healthy men, putting them into and then out of starvation mode by controlling what they eat and how much and watching how their bodies reacted, I found it really promising so... here's the link http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...gaining-weight

[SisterSomeone]

I'm wondering whether to even say this in the first place, but this was the furthest thing from truth in my case.

At my lowest my parents forced me to regain all the weight I'd lost and then some. But that never made me want recovery any more, ever, for a second. I hated them for every pound they made me gain and I hated myself for being so weak and unable to resist. There was nothing, anything in the world that I wanted more than to get my beautiful low weight back. There still isn't.

[Couldthisbereal]

I'm wondering whether to even say this in the first place, but this was the furthest thing from truth in my case.

At my lowest my parents forced me to regain all the weight I'd lost and then some. But that never made me want recovery any more, ever, for a second. I hated them for every pound they made me gain and I hated myself for being so weak and unable to resist. There was nothing, anything in the world that I wanted more than to get my beautiful low weight back. There still isn't.

What you're saying is irrelevant

[SisterSomeone]

...How is that?

If I understood the article correctly (which may not be the case, mind you, English isn't my first language. I'm fairly good at using it, but sometimes I do completely miss the point), it says that at first of course you won't want recovery and weight gain, but you need to stick with it even if it feels horrible and forced, because when you get to a healthy weight, your thought process might change and you might want to be at that weight and recover.

And what I said in response (again, I might have expressed my thoughts in the wrong way), was simply that I didn't find that to be true for me personally. As I was gaining weight, my thoughts were preoccupied with how much I loved the way it was before and how badly I wanted to go back, and it never changed. I still carry some of the weight I gained in that period, and I still want to lose it and be unhealthy just like I always did.
I'm not saying that the article makes a wrong point, just that it didn't prove to be true in my case.

If I didn't understand it properly and what I'm saying really is irrelevant, I apologize. It wasn't my slightest intention to fight or to discourage anyone from recovery.

[becauseittastesgood]

"Recovery from anorexia is not easy, but it is simple. All you need to do is eat, and keep eating till your BMI reaches at least 19, and ideally keep eating so that it increases beyond this and well into the healthy range - as mentioned above, some amount of 'overshoot' may be important in achieving full recovery."

This article is stupid. If it's that easy, why is relapse so common? Just because the symptoms of forced-starvation share similarities with AN starvation, does not mean simply gaining weight will lead to recovery like it does for the guys who were starved.

Also, this theory doesn't explain why people who have bulimia or binge-eating who are already in the healthy weight category can't let go of their behaviors despite being physically healthy. Anorexia is NOT "a physical illness of starvation".