Why am I not recovering?? :(
TW: mention of ED, under-eating, exercising, calories.
This is my first post here, so I don't know if this is the right place to post this -- feel free to re-direct me to somewhere where my questions can be answered better.
I have been in recovery from Anorexia Nervosa since December last year, and I haven't had a period since the end of 2024. I am only 15, and I only had my cycles for maybe 6 months before they went away. I used to eat as little as I possibly could, and exercise as much as I could force my body to. I was probably eating less than 1000 cals a day (only "healthy" foods, and little to no carbs and fats -- the only macronutrient I would actually 'willingly' eat were lean proteins), while power-walking 12km every day. I would also do hikes with my mum once a fortnight. I had probably been restricting my intake for about a year before recovery, and started over-exercising about 7 or 6 months after I began restriction.
Now, I eat 3 solid meals and 3 snacks a day (at least I try, I struggle with dessert), and the only exercise I am allowed is 2 10-minute walks on the days that I am not at school. Even though I feel like I have been trying so, so hard for months and months, there is no sign of my period, and my bloods show my metabolism is still slow as a slug. Why is my body not recognising I am trying to help it? What have I done wrong? Will my cycles ever some back?