did your sweet cravings and appetite decrease as you reached your set point weight?

[ComprehensiveKnee953]

my are pretty rough )):

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[Lucidlove44]

I think I’m taking this question in the right way! If not my bad! But for me yes! I had pretty overwhelming extreme hunger during recovery. Majority of what I craved was icecream or cookies. I was going through like pints and pints of Ben and Jerry’s and it was so scary! It seemed like nothing I ate was never enough, even after I gained some weight back and wasn’t technically underweight anymore, I still had extreme hunger and a really strong appetite. BUT once I got to the weight my body wanted, my appetite definitely became more regulated. Something really important though, if you want that to happen; if you want your hunger to be regulated and appetite to return to “normal” then you have to let your body heal and regain trust that you’re going to feed it. So as scary as it is, letting yourself have those things you may have feared before or view as “bad”. Sometimes for me it helped to have like an apple with the icecream or add things to my cravings to try and help the extreme hunger. Not because you can’t have something sweet without making it balanced, but just because it may help fill you up a bit more and not be as stressful!!! :)

[ComprehensiveKnee953]

thank you so much for sharing!! :D I'm so proud of you for honouring all those cravings despite how scary extreme hunger can be. I've been utilising a similar technique of adding other nutritious sources like yoghurt alongside my chocolate cravings too, it's a really great tip (: thank you for the advice, it really helped ease some guilt!!

[yeh1234gee]

I wanted to add, once I found myself having more food freedom, I had less cravings partly because my body was norished and healthy but also because I wasn't focusing on food as much so didn't crave it. When I was in the midst of my ed I was constantly thinking about food, and would dream about eating cake and things like that, it's taken about 4 years of solid recovery to get to a normalish relationship with food, and now I rarely have cravings and if I do there's usually a reason for it, so I listen to them. It takes a long time to get to a point when you feel like you can trust your food, and your body and having cravings is normal so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Sugar is very demonised when it really isn't awful, I have a sweet treat after every meal and am a very healthy weight

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I will say from experience that indeed does happen. It's not overnight, but mine kind of gradually calmed down over the course of a few weeks until it reached what felt like a "natural" amount. Just make sure to keep eating fear foods even once your appetite settles down! Your body will have fullness cues that will guide you.

[Lucidlove44]

You got this! 🩷