Starvation recovery

[furious]

This is a serious question that I need help with. Over a 5-6 week period, i took in about 1k cals a week due to insufficient funds to buy any food. I lost 15 lbs during that time, stopped lifting, became extremly lethargic and unmotivated. I have since recovered from the financial strife that I was in and have been devouring food left and right.
How long does it take to recover from starvation? My friends thik I was doing really hard drugs, I was too proud to tell 'em " No, bro, I'm just hungry".

 

[BigPoppaPipes]

Well, if you were only eating 1000 calories a week (which I find hard to believe), your body probably went into a state of Ketosis. Your glycogen levels were probably more than likely completely depleted. You are probably hungry as hell right now. However, when go from not eating to eating alot, your body will store a lot of water from the carb influx. Dont worry, it's only temporary until your body gets back to its natural setpoint. Just try not to overeat, because your body is very likely to store the unused food as fat, which it may do anyway if your carbs were very very low. When you dont eat, your body goes into "caution mode", then when you do eat, your body never knows when its next meal is coming, and therefore food can be stored as fat.

 

[furious]

Thanks, bro, this was the type of help I was looking for. I was only taking in only 1-1.5k a week, it was torture, basically.
I have been increasing my eating amounts incrementally, if i eat a lot at once now, i get sick.
Thanks again.

 

[dnoel]

this isnt somalia- there are such things as food kitchens and the salvation army.

 

[georgie24]

Thanks, bro, this was the type of help I was looking for. I was only taking in only 1-1.5k a week, it was torture, basically.
I have been increasing my eating amounts incrementally, if i eat a lot at once now, i get sick.
Thanks again.

I WISH I HAD YOUR PROBLEM i can have 1000 calories per sitting and still be hungrier than paul bunyan

 

[plornive]

When I was a college freshman I had a similar problem. For a few months, I skipped both breakfast and lunch nearly every day because of insane studying and a girlfriend that preferred sex to eating lunch. I was unable to eat more than about 600 calories per sitting without really feeling like I wanted to puke. In fact, sometimes I did. It took less than a month to start eating enough again. I had probably been eating about 1000-1500 calories per day, though.

 

[bm2k]

When I was a college freshman I had a similar problem. For a few months, I skipped both breakfast and lunch nearly every day because of insane studying and a girlfriend that preferred sex to eating lunch. I was unable to eat more than about 600 calories per sitting without really feeling like I wanted to puke. In fact, sometimes I did. It took less than a month to start eating enough again. I had probably been eating about 1000-1500 calories per day, though.

A girlfriend with an unsatiable sexual appetite is an acceptable excuse for not eating