dealing with hunger?

I am starting to eat more, and I am SO HUNGRY!!!!  But I find that my ED takes over and I fight with myself over eating--I KNOW I need the calories but it is so scary to eat them!  Does anyone have any advice for dealing with this?  As the body recovers, do you start to feel more hunger?  It is very frightening to me--I have binge tendencies and I am so afraid of coming out of the anorexia by just bingeing.  I have been anorexic in the past, and that is how I have gained weight--rapidly and by bingeing, and I don't want to do that again.  It was not good for me emotionally (or physically, for that matter).  It is really hard to distinguish psychological and physical hunger when one's body is so messed up!  Any advice would be appreciated.....I'm currently eating about 25-2800 calories per day.  I could easily eat more, but I want to gain at a reasonable rate--not too fast.

hi there, i'm also a fellow weight gainer, although i have not had to deal with ED thoughts or anything like that, but i know what you mean. when i began upping my calories to 2500, i got hungrier so much more quicker to the point that i felt like i was eating every hour. if i'm correct, people gaining weight, regardless of ED or not, get hungrier as they eat more especially if they're underweight. this is because the more food you eat, the more fuel you are getting for your body, something that it's not used to. if you have been eating very little in the past, your metabolism has slowed down and the new amounts of food and energy "jumpstart" your metabolism. essentially, your body is using up all the "extra" energy because it has been starving, making you more hungry.

hopefully this helps and sorry that it's so convoluted - it's hard to explain since i'm a little confused about topics concerning metabolism. the important thing is to keep eating and to listen to your hunger cues! eat your planned meals, but if you're still hungry, keep eating. your body knows what it's doing. 

however, since you're concerned about binging, i would try to stick with a plan. i have this problem too - not binging exactly, but not eating enough in the day and then just eating mechanically at night to fulfill my calorie goal. it's a bit scary because i sometimes feel like i can't stop myself from eating, even though i'm not all that hungry. i guess i just want to get the gain over with. 

anyhow, good luck! hopefully others will respond with better answers than mine!

you may be hungry due to how your making your mealplan. really eating every hour may not be key you need to learn how to space out your meals with a good porportion of calories.

breakfast-700

snack-300

lunch-600

snack-300

dinner-600

snack-300

 it could also be the foods your eating recovering anorexics need a good amount of fat especially saturated fat. im serious dont be afraif to switch to whole. you'll find that you'll be able to think clearer and you wont be so prone to relapse.