Gaining weight is the scariest thing possible for someone recovering from anorexia, it feels utterly unnatural, which is why it's better to gain muscle and not fat because then you will look, and feel better about gaining...and muscle weighs more than fat, so actually yourweight will be higher without you looking as big. Good foods to build muscle are, nuts and meat, this is because they contain protein which is essential for muscle gain. If your really struggling, the you could always pick up a muscle building powder that you can add to your porridge, milk or smoothies.
Annoyingly, building muscle can be hard work, and you need to dedicate yourself to excercising your muscles, but remember, if your excercising and trying to GAIN at the same time, you must eat more to make it mean anything. you must also avoid cardio excercises such as running and cycling, because they just burn fat and make you loose weight.
I must say i'm not too dedicated which is why its very frustrating when i eat LOADS but look like i'm actually losing weight but it's actually because i'm losing muscle that i made last week...need to start working out again hahaha
good luck everyone!! get those muscles pumping xxxx
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When recovering from an eating disorder (and being underweight) you need to gain the fat that you lost to be healthy again. Definitely not just muscle.
I agree, you must gain some fat as well as muscle, but i was trying to stress the importance of trying to get yourself back to a healthy weight in a healthy way...when you starve yourself your body eats away at your muscle as well as your fat, so its important to build both back up, especially your heart xxx
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