My weight gain process. Half a year between top left and down right. Reposting this to remind those of you that are in recovery that YES, the uneven weight gain WILL even out. The bloating WILL calm down.
The recipe? Eat 2500-3500 calories (+/-) and don't exercise. When you are recovered and feel ready, eat after hunger cues - they will gradually return and you will eventually learn to recognize them. This will get you out of starvation mode where your body saves as much fat as it can. In starvation mode you may gain on less than 2000 calories and exercise!
By eating enough and relaxing you are doing the right thing. You will not keep on gaining into infinity.
If you experience bingeing in recovery, don't panic. Allow yourself to eat, and don't restrict. If you restrict, purge or overexercise, you risk ending up in a binge-restrict cycle where you gain and gain because you are in starvation mode. Bingeing happens because you are undernourished and/or underweight for YOUR body's set point.
Your metabolism is not damaged, it is surpressed. The only way to speed it up is to have a higher energy input. Take an exercise break, and eat and relax! It is your medicine. What an awesome medicine!
Eat, relax, eat, relax and let your body do the job