if you only eat 100 calories are you anorexic?

Answer 1

No, just as long as you do that 20 times a day.

Answer 2

Anorexia really has very little to do with how much you eat. Moreso, it's about why you eat a certain amount.

If you're only eating 100 calories a day because you think you're fat, then yes, it's anorexia.
However, if you're just not hungry after 100 calories a day, you're not. In this case, though, there could be some severe underlying issues, so if this is the case, you should probably get that checked out.

Answer 3

It really depends on the amount of time that you have been starving yourself. Anorexia is actually a mental disorder that keeps you from being able to eat because of a distorted body image. Truly anorexic individuals see themselves as obese, and in their confused mental state, think that they have to obsessively diet to get the extra weight off. They combine that extreme lack of food with excessive exercise for extended amounts of time to become totally skeletal. Death comes from systemic failure, such as cardiovascular malfunction (heart failure) or some other organ failure due to lack of nutrients and protein.

If you are, in fact, starving yourself with only 100 calories per day, which I find unlikely, you need to stop it before you become anorexic. The fact that you are asking the question on this forum suggests that you are not yet to that stage, because an anorexic person would deny the condition ever existed, or at least would not admit it publicly. Many are proud of their accomplishments, and will sabotage any interventions or treatments, but if you are asking about it, then I doubt that you really are.

It is also very easy to underestimate the number of calories that you eat in a day. It is easy to forget a bite of this, or a piece of that, and the calories add up a lot quicker that you remember, so you may be eating more than 100.

If not, please seek help before you do permanent damage to your body. If you are asking for someone else, find some help for them. Damage can become permanent quicker than you realize, and it is very unfortunate to see someone starving before your eyes.

Answer 4

Ur average calorie intake that is recommended per day is around 1500 for women and 2000 for men (roughly) only having 100 would be very dangerous and nearly impossible unless u don't eat anything??? Didn't u watch that program with Louise redknapp she tried to put across how dangerous it is!!!!! they class u as anorexic depending on ur bmi and if u only have 100 calories a day I'm sure ur bmi wuld be very very low if anything at all. y do u ask this do u only have 100 calories a day???

Answer 5

I would say yes. If you eat 100 calories in an entire day! You burn more than 100 calories through sleeping 8 hours. It would not be enough for you to function properly for an entire day. It's certainly not healthy. 2000 to 2500 calories a day is closer to ideal. Or 1500 if you are really weight conscience.

Answer 6

I hope you don't mean 100 calories "per day" because you will die as stressed above. If you mean "per meal", you are still pretty much dead unless you have atleast five or six meals a day...500-600 cals a day (and then yes, you are anorexic). Most women/girls should have anywhere from 1400 to 2400 calories per day depending on your body weight and physical activity. If you eat less than that, your body starts to store food and your metabolism slows down and it becomes harder and harder to burn calories (plus you are cutting off essential vitamins, minerals, proteins, etc.) that your body thrives on to survive. You better talk with a dietician asap! Good luck.

Answer 7

No
anorexia takes a while to form.
Plenty of people who are not anorexic fast for 30 days at a time(for health purposes). If you dont like seeing fat on your bones and are always unhappy with your body and you never ever want to eat for a long period of time then you could consider yourself anorexic

Answer 8

That's roughly 5% percent of the recommended daily caloric intake.

So, depending on the reasons for eating so little, only eating 100 calories would definitly qualify as anorexia.

Answer 9

most anorexic people consume about 500 calories and day and drink lots of water to help fill full, so i would say only eating 100 calories a day will make you most definitely anorexic, and malnutritioned if you keep it up

Answer 10

normal people can live on 1500-2000 calories per day. If you continue to eat 100 calories you will look sickly.

so i would say yes

Answer 11

I think even anorexics eat more than that! You're well on your way to dying if that's all the calories you consume.