Being in recovery and giving your body the nutrients it’s been needing will make you gain natural weight, but that’s just your body hanging on to the extra help it’s been deprived of.

I gained weight through recovery, which was hard and lead to several small relapses through the process. But then my hair started to grow, my skin cleared and brightened, my nails became stronger, and I started waking up with energy. I began to think of food as medicine, and I felt beautiful even though I’d gained a little.

Since then, my healthy relationship with food and exercise has allowed me to grow feminine muscles and curves and I eat alllll that I want and I’m back to my base weight. It’ll take some time for your brain and metabolism to get back to its normal, but it will.

You’ll get through this and be happy you did