why is it that 2 potatos the size of the palm of my hand can fill me up for 5 hours??? and i dont eat that often anyway. Did i shrink my stomache? cause now i can hardly finish a bowl of cereal!
and also when i eat the food tastes gross, even my favorite food: meatless tacos! am i becoming anorexic?
i want to eat! IF it actually tastes good i will eat.
2006-08-10 08:46:02 · 16 answers · asked by . 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It does not sound like you are anorexic, but I really can't judge. Here is the criteria for having Anorexia, by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition:
There are four basic criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa that are characteristic:
1. The refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height. Body weight less than 85% of the expected weight is considered minimal.
2. An intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though the person is underweight.
3. Self-perception that is grossly distorted and weight loss that is not acknowledged.
4. In women who have already begun their menstrual cycle, at least three consecutive periods are missed (amenorrhea), or menstrual periods occur only after a hormone is administered.
There is more, but if you do not have those four, you are NOT anorexic. If you suffer from a few of them, however, you might be suffering from EDNOS - Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified - which can be just, if not more dangerous. If you think you have any eating disorder, go to a doctor.
Personally, eating two medium-sized potatoes and being full for five hour sounds healthy!
2006-08-10 17:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anorexic people choose to not eat..so no you're not becoming anorexic..if you're appetite goes down.. typically you're depressed.. sometimes your stomach shrinks and you can't eat much.it might just be a different kind of eating disorder.. i bet evnetually you'll start to binge eat and then eat regularly then back to eating like you are..That is if you have the same problem that I do.I eat 4 to 10 meals a day.. but sometimes I eat smaller meals because it starts tasting gross if i eat too much.
2006-08-10 08:51:39 · answer #2 · answered by no name 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the human body is designed to eat small and often instead of three meals. I can't eat alot in one go, I eat every couple of hours. I have much more energy that way. course I still hav the main meals, just not a large amount.
Eat whenever you need to, don't worry about it.
2006-08-10 08:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to eat and aren't horrified of gaining weight, then you don't and aren't developing Anorexia Nervosa, the eating disorder. One with Anorexia Nervosa is referred to as "anorectic". If you are anorexic, then you are experiencing a decrease in appetite (it's a medical condition, not a mental disease), which is what your situation seems to be leaning toward. See a doctor.
2006-08-10 08:52:36 · answer #4 · answered by Not Allie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anorexia is not an eating disorder.... it a distortion in your perception of your body.
There are other physiologic diseases which can change the perception of taste and make you feel hungry and cause weight loss.
Go get checked out by a doctor. A real doctor not some psycho-babble bullshit pretend wanna be "doctor" See a good family practitioner or internist.
e-mail me and I'll get you a list of doctors in your area. Seriously.
2006-08-10 08:53:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
properly I bear in mind a whilst back I in no way used to get hungry in any respect after which i began out taking some supplements. After that i could not give up eating. i think of for you to hunt for advice from a physician approximately it or some thing.
2016-10-01 22:07:39 · answer #6 · answered by gates 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, maybe ur stomache did shrink...omg...i one potato yesterday and it was small and i couldnt even finish that...maybe ur stressed over something...or u just dont eat a lot...i dont eat a lot either...my parents are beginning to worry and im not anorexic...=)
2006-08-10 08:50:16 · answer #7 · answered by ξℓ Çђαηφσ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be a medical problem..when my gall bladder went wacky i didnt eat for a week...my stomach just couldnt take it and all food looked colorless and was tasteless to me...did not appear appetizing....you might try eating more often....you should eat about 5 small meals a day.....
2006-08-10 08:52:28 · answer #8 · answered by susuze2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not if you can still eat. i think anorexia's more of a mental problem than anything.
i'd try a different recipe maybe or a new maker for the products you use to make your food
2006-08-10 08:50:53 · answer #9 · answered by b_e_c_k_y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if those things are new for you, you might have a bug in your stomach or intestines. Go get chcked out by a doctor.
2006-08-10 08:52:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋