i only purge after a particularly naughty meal, like i just had a chinese and threw it back up again, but i don't o it over the time, i know its not good, but does it mean i have an eating disorder....
2007-05-30 08:50:01 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
I wouldn't say it's at the eating disorder level yet, but I would say that you are messing with fire here. You're getting a little to close to it if you know what I mean. I also have problems when I eat things I shouldn't, but purging is not the answer for it.
When you eat something bad that makes you feel bad about yourself, go outside and exercise, go to the gym, play a sport, anything to make yourself feel better about yourself. One bad meal once in awhile never hurt anyone, so I think you're giving yourself way too hard of a time.
You don't know it yet, but this could be the start of an eating disorder for you. You're already getting in the mindset that if you eat bad food you can just enjoy it and then throw it up. This will end up in horrible consequences for your body if you continue this. I would urge you to try and stay away from naughty meals altogether and adopt a healthier lifestyle.
2007-05-30 08:57:11 · answer #1 · answered by kelride 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is an eating disorder. There is no such thing as a naughty meal. It's just food and you need to see it for what it is.
Ask yourself why you purged. The answer is in your question:
"naughty meal"
There is nothing naughty about food. It is fuel for your body. You see potetially calorific food as naughty therefore you punish yourself when you eat it. I suspect you rigorously control what you eat most of the time and keep your purging very much secret.
It is not healthy. It is dysfunctional.
It does not make you a bad person.
It will not make you feel better about yourself.
It will deplete your body of potasium, selenium and magnesium. It will rapidly decay the enamel on your teeth and you'l end up with grey teeth.
You do need to seek help. You are NOT mental.
You do need to come to terms with the uncertainty and changability of life.
Speak to your doctor.
If you want to control your calorie intake, rigidly limit it to between 1500 and 2000 calories a day. No sugary foods, no fatty foods, as much fruit as possible and no vomiting.
2007-05-30 09:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Toni,
I have been Bulimic for over 3 years and am currentlt in recovery. unfortunately yes you do. It always starts off as , "i'll just do it after this meal because it's too much and i don't like being full"....but it's just the start of a road down hill..like you i started that way, believing i was still in control...then one day you will turn around and not remember when you last ate without feeling guilty and wanting to purge and panicking that the weight would go automatially onto your body. Since I have stopped my bulimia I have actually lost more weight as after a while i was also binging and purging.
Please seek help, tell someone, go to your GP and get advice...you have done a great thing to admit you may have a problem..your one of so many unfortunately but you are just as important and deserve help..please get it.. i have seen the effects it can have and how it can ruin and upset lives so please get help...doing it once means theres a problem so please talk to someone..don't wait to see if it gets worse!
Best of luck!
xxx
2007-05-30 11:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by SH2007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your reason for purging is what would make it an eating disorder. If it's involuntary because you don't feel good, that's one thing. But if you're making a conscious decision, choosing to throw up, because you feel guilty from eating something "naughty," then that is a problem. Eating disorders are symptoms that cover up larger issues like low self-esteem, trauma, depression, poor body image, etc. If you feel like this is something wrong-- if you feel guilty about it, you need to think more about why you're doing it. Please be careful. Purging can be very dangerous for your health, as can laxatives, overeating, overexercising, and undereating. If you don't feel like there's anyone you can talk to in person, feel free to reach out to anonymous people on a hotline or the internet--but make sure you're not talking to people who will reinforce your problem. You need positive and healthy people around you. Physical health problems like this oftne stem from mental health problems, as mentioned above. Just think long and hard about your motives, goals, and reasons for doing things before you do them.
Good luck.
2007-05-30 08:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Purging is not normal. Purging, even just a little bit, destroys the lining in your esophagus. The acid from your stomach is not meant to go up and you will ruin your body. If you're worried about eating something bad, then get help! One bad meal will not make you fat.
2007-05-30 08:59:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you have an eating disorder. Even though you don't do it all the time you are doing it purposely and for no good reason. Get help before this gets more serious. There is no such thing as a naughty meal.
2007-05-30 08:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It's a very unhealthy diet aid to say the least. Better to just not overeat than to risk the side effects of habitual purging.
Would calling it an eating disorder make you stop? If not, then it doesn't matter if you label it that way or not. Clinically, if you only do it occasionally, it's probably not considered an eating disorder.
2007-05-30 09:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't seek help for this problem, right now, then you are at the starting line of an 'extremely' unpleasant journey, that could last for years; possibly ending in your demise. You should never make yourself sicks after a meal, unless on medical advice, or, as I once did, after eating so much that you think you're going to burst.
2007-05-30 09:09:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're developing an eating disorder. Purging after meals is not dieting it's bulimia nervosa. If you want to get healthy the healthy way you should eat right and exercise. It will take time some time but you will seriously feel better, I promise. Stop counting calories. You need to tell your parents so that you can go into treatment. Throwing up after meals can damage your organs and rot your teeth. It's a horrible disease. Please get help
2016-05-17 06:13:44 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an eating disorder, something I'm dealing with also. My purging is not severe/often enough to be bulimia nervosa, but I think you and I have EDNOS. I would stop or get help.
2007-05-30 09:26:26 · answer #10 · answered by B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋