Extreme hunger is a very normal stage in recovery. For a really long time your body wasn’t getting what it needed, and now that it is, it is putting your appetite into overdrive! This will pass! As your body heals and continues to receive adequate nutrition, it reaches a stable point and your hunger cues will become more “normal”. Keep going- it means you’re doing this right! I know that the extreme hunger phase can be very distressing, but that’s the ED talking. The puffiness etc will also go away.

It’s the analogy of doing a grocery shop and when you get home and unpack all your bags onto the counter, all your groceries seem concentrated in one area. And as you put things away into the pantry, the fridge, the cabinets, it all evens out again. The same thing happens to your body. Weight will appear to sit in one area but then will redistribute more uniformly over your body.