Still Hungry?

Ok. So i decided i'm gonna go for it and increase my calories. i figured i'd start at about 1000 and work my way up so as not to shock my body too much. so i did it today. i'm pretty proud of myself, i suppose. but can someone please explain to my brain why i am <<<still hungry>>>> after eating 1000 (which i know is low, but it's a helluva lot more than i'm used to)....i mean, my metabolism couldn't possibly be catching up already, right? ugh.

ya no kidding your still hungry, your only eating 1000 cals. how much do you weigh?

yeah, dude. i weigh not enough, hence my decision to make changes. but it's a little hard to accept still feeling hungry after a somewhat significant amount of food when you have been eating next to nothing. i feel selfish for being just as hungry after a day of 1000 as a day of 0.  

Steph, don't be so bloody rude.

Crumbb: It's good you hit 1000 but you really need to be at least 1200 and get all the way to at least 2500. 1000 is still a starvation intake. If you are still hungry, EAT! And yes, your metabolism could plausibly be catching up to you. When you begin eating again after so long starving your body starts to react.

A slow metabolism is the natural bodily response to a famine situation....  hunger signals go away (what's the point being hungry if there's no food?), fat gets burned very, very slowly, you feel cold, fatigued, no energy....... etc.  Reintroduce food and the bodily reaction is 'repair'.... the famine is over, food is available, let's build up, re-energise, restore health, go get some more .... hunger pangs restart as the natural cue for the body to get eating.

It's not selfish to eat any more than it's selfish to breathe....

Seeing as the average female needs 2000 cals a day just to keep healthy and 2500 a day to gain weight, 1000 is still a long way below normal so you've plenty of scope. 

if you are hungry, you should eat!  well done on upping the cals too but seriously, 1000 is waaay too low so no wonder you want something else.  Most people get 1500 at LEAST and thats probably if they want to lose weight. 

I know what you are experiencing though, I went from about 800 cals to 2000 in a matter of 3 weeks so cramming in a few extra hundred cals of food which you need into the day now won't result in any dramatic weight gain.

thanks, everyone, for being so supportive and not critical.  i mean, i do realize 1000 is not enough, but part of my brain feels like after surviving so long on the bare minimum, i should be more than delighted by 1000.

yes, well.

and i suppose the pound i gained yesterday (already) is just food/water weight? i mean, i was too hungry to sleep, and i feel like i shouldn't have gained.  there have been periods during all these years of madness when my body has gained remarkable amounts on entirely not enough, and it scares me -- and i've heard of people who gain on amounts that are too low because they never actually push themselves out of starvation mode and into full metabolic restoration.  i really don't want that to be me. my goal is the hypermetabolic thing so as to see my metabolism rebound.  i figured i'll increase in increments so as not to shock my body too much.  but does the rebound effect happen more quickly the faster one gets to 2500?

also, lala, can you guarantee me that if i really consume 2500 calories my metabolism will catch up and i will gain at a slow pace (or not at all if my body goes into hyperdrive right away)?  i've been sick for a long time, and i guess it would help if someone could tell me that there is no chance that my body could respond differently. 

it really helps to be reminded of the logic... i'll be done asking questions that you probably feel like you've already answered... i just need a little reassurance. thanks.

also, lala, can you guarantee me that if i really consume 2500 calories my metabolism will catch up and i will gain at a slow pace

Yes, it will, but only if you get there.

but does the rebound effect happen more quickly the faster one gets to 2500?

No. It doesn't happen to everyone. It can happen in various degrees of... well, not severity, but in various degrees.

Furthermore, stop weighing yourself, particularly as you only just started increasing, and stop analyzing it so much. Yes, that 1lb is water.

I 100% agree with lala when she says to stop weighing yourself.  Best thing you can do for yourself right now is toss that scale out.