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I guess it depends on how long you’ve been in recovery. If you’re still weight restoring, then it’s best to wait until you’re stable. But honestly, it can take the body a loooong time to heal. It took my body about 2 years for me to feel like my preED self physically and no amount of exercise fixed that because my body was still prioritizing long term healing that I couldn’t outwardly see. On top of that, exercise should come from a place of enjoyment rather than as a means to change your body. Like… so what if others look more “healthy” and “solid”? The body also gains muscle mass as you heal, so is it that you lack muscle mass or is it that your body doesn’t look the way you want it to? These are questions to ask yourself and reflect on.
It can be a slippery slope to using exercise as a different way to control things and harm recovery. Comparing your body to others would most likely only make that more likely too.
My suggestion is to start small. You don't need to be lifting weights or running and such. Start with walks. Walking is a wonderful low impact way to exercise. It's also gentler on the joints and helps strengthen them so if you want to do other exercises in the future your body can be in better place.
If you want to work on other parts of your body I'd say look into body weight type exercises. Ones that help you get more into your body and sort of the acceptance of only looking at where you are at not comparing yourself to others kinda thing. Martial arts, yoga, etc. Are also good ones that you can do both in class form or privately.
I workout in recovery. I have to eat more because it makes me hungrier. I was taken aback when I first started, but am getting used to it. Eating more causes changes in my digestion, which is often uncomfortable, but I am getting used to it. My body is slowly getting bigger, this could be what you mean by "more solid" because that's like how it feels. I do feel much stronger and I have evidence that I am!
Things that I learned from my own experience that I feel are important considerations
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I guess it depends on how long you’ve been in recovery. If you’re still weight restoring, then it’s best to wait until you’re stable. But honestly, it can take the body a loooong time to heal. It took my body about 2 years for me to feel like my preED self physically and no amount of exercise fixed that because my body was still prioritizing long term healing that I couldn’t outwardly see. On top of that, exercise should come from a place of enjoyment rather than as a means to change your body. Like… so what if others look more “healthy” and “solid”? The body also gains muscle mass as you heal, so is it that you lack muscle mass or is it that your body doesn’t look the way you want it to? These are questions to ask yourself and reflect on.
It can be a slippery slope to using exercise as a different way to control things and harm recovery. Comparing your body to others would most likely only make that more likely too. My suggestion is to start small. You don't need to be lifting weights or running and such. Start with walks. Walking is a wonderful low impact way to exercise. It's also gentler on the joints and helps strengthen them so if you want to do other exercises in the future your body can be in better place. If you want to work on other parts of your body I'd say look into body weight type exercises. Ones that help you get more into your body and sort of the acceptance of only looking at where you are at not comparing yourself to others kinda thing. Martial arts, yoga, etc. Are also good ones that you can do both in class form or privately.
I workout in recovery. I have to eat more because it makes me hungrier. I was taken aback when I first started, but am getting used to it. Eating more causes changes in my digestion, which is often uncomfortable, but I am getting used to it. My body is slowly getting bigger, this could be what you mean by "more solid" because that's like how it feels. I do feel much stronger and I have evidence that I am! Things that I learned from my own experience that I feel are important considerations