I am in the midst of overexercising these days and I can't seem to stop the madness. I am so sore and my legs feel like jello. I know that this is unhealthy and I have to stop. Damn it. I'm so frustrated that this eating disorder is creeping up on me again. I'm trying to structure my days so that I don't obsess about food or exercising. I'm so tired and overall I just don't feel right.

I just wrote a similar post and am on my 2nd day of none but still sticking to recovery. Mentally I'm so anxious but really am reminding myself if I want to be recovered I can't use ed behviors. I'm sorry your not feeling good and I agree about structure and maybe goals too.

It's hard to stop an exercise obsession; you can read my reply to Daniella's post...But if your legs and muscles are sore, your body is telling you it needs a break! I've been recovered from anorexia about 5 years now, and overexercising was how my ED began. It is extremely difficult to taper exercise, but it can be done.

When I was in the midst of my ED, the thought of having to spend so much time exercising every day into the unforeseeable future, just exhausted me and filled me with despair. I didn't want to live the rest of my life that way, and I'll bet you don't either. Remember, when you stop enjoying exercise, when you feel so guilty about exercising you can't even take off 1-2 days each week or more if you are sore or ill, when it becomes a chore you have to do every day, you need to start working on changing that. Now I always take off 1-2 days from exercise each week and more if I need, and I don't beat myself up over it and does my weight change? No, it doesn't! I also exercise much, much less than I did before & only 1 time a day when I do exercise and the intensity is less too and my weight stays the same.

Remember that overexercising really kills your metabolism along with restriction and this is why the initial gain is so scary and can happen quite rapidly. The good news is once you have gained and your body is no longer holding on to every calorie because you are starving yourself, your metabolism will pick back up. Recovery really is worth it. You should read the post about motivation and the positives of recovery as well.

Good luck to you! Please take care of yourself!

Thanks for the response. I was reading some of your other comments and they really make sense to me, especially about ED eating habits. Kind of ironic, I really feel that as long as I am eating something, then it is okay. Just another one of those convincing thoughts that is just a fallacy. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks. Definately some stuff to think about.