tori loves mufc_xx asked:


im worried about my friend shes been all funny about how she looks and how she weighs and all this stuff and i never hardly see her eat at school im real concerned. what r the signs of someone going anorexia and should i tell a teacher about her? or am i overeacting?

danielle asked:


what is eating disorder?
what are the different types of eating disorder?
how do people overcome that?

dance135 asked:


does obsessively counting calories qualify as anorexia?
even if one counts calories and may eat the normal daily amount?

If you have a binge eating disorder, the Christmas season may just trigger an aggravation to your condition. With a huge spread of food across the table, you can find it difficult to pull yourself away. In fact, holiday celebrations only present a number of opportunities for you to eat compulsively. After all, you may rationalise that everyone else is also over-eating. Holiday food tends to be appealing since the mind perceives that it is specially prepared and therefore, decidedly tasty.

There are many things that can trigger an episode of binge eating during Christmas. It may be the sight of a succulent turkey or decadent chocolate cakes and holiday treats. Unfortunately, if none of your family members are aware about your binge eating disorder, they may be prompting you to go for seconds or thirds.

What time you eat may be a significant stimulus. You may feel the particular urge to indulge in the late afternoon, more particularly in the evening or late at night. You can feel the added stress of putting on more weight if you eat late into the night.

Ironically, binge eaters face the problem of wanting to avoid eating too much during the early part of the day. However, when late afternoon and evening comes, they find it hard to resist any longer. This is when binge eating becomes full blown. Having big dinner spreads that can last for hours sure does not help!

A binge eating disorder is a thorny problem for those who are trying, or need, to shed excess weight, especially women. It has been found that the disorder occurs at some point in the life cycle in most cases, among high school students and those going off to college. This period is a particular sensitive period when one tends to be concerned about looks, perhaps due to interest in the opposite sex.

You develop a binge eating disorder when you become overly concerned about your appearance to the point of an obsession and seek to control it through diet. The best way to avoid binge eating is to avoid restrictive dieting. If you limit calorie intake below a normal quantity, a chemical signal reaches the brain that food is needed.

Whether you are actually overweight or of average size, as a binge eater you often grab some food when you want to feel better about yourself. You should also look for alternative ways of making yourself feel better, particularly when you feel stress. Turning to food is not a solution and can even cause you more depression. It is crucial that you know that there is more to you than just looks. Your appearance only plays a small part of who you are. Participate n activities that boosts your self esteem. With a strong self esteem, it is unlikely that you will develop a binge eating disorder.

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Treating anorexia is a complex problem, which involves especially regaining physical health. That is the first step of the treatment, and after that step is accomplished, other treatment follows.

The parts of the anorexia treatment are involving especially the eating habits. Anorexic persons must try to follow a healthy eating plan. Their main objective must be to gain weight. When the body is in healthy condition, it is important to create a mental state that will help the patient, he or she must believe that are looking just fine, and must try to raise the self-esteem.

Following psychotherapy is an important step in treating anorexia. Therapy is essential because it helps to find out a person’s fears, concerns, and inner thoughts. The therapist is talking with the patient about that problems, and is trying to solve them.

There are different types of therapy:

-A therapy can be based on working with the thoughts that comprise eating and food. One of the main purposes is to find out exactly which is your relationship to food, and the therapist will ask you to analyze carefully your thoughts about food, will even suggest keeping a diet journal.

-Another type of therapy is using rewards and penalties in order to change the habit of self-starvation. Following the doctor’s recommendations will be rewarded with a small prize.

-Other types of therapy are analyzing patient’s social life, his emotions, finding out which are the factors that might have lead to anorexia, because there surely is something that provokes low self -esteem, bringing then anorexia.

-Group therapy is another method, in which the patient is allowed to talk to a supervised group, composed by persons having the same problem. Sharing thoughts, opinions to each other, feeling the support of other people helps anorexic patients raise their self-esteem and be more confident.

During the physical treatment of anorexia, the presence of a medical doctor is important, because he is monitoring your vital signs, is taking care of the hydration level, and he is also evaluating the effects that anorexia made to your body.

Of course, you must get help from a dietitian also, because he will take care of creating special meal plans, will include the proper number of calories so that you can gain weight, and achieve a healthy state.

Another thing that must be taken in consideration is self-medication. Drugs must be taken only if the doctor prescribes them, and you must be aware of the potential risk they have.
The doctor will recommend you drugs that treat depression, and the unrest that can cause anorexia and other drugs that help you to stop the obsessive behaviors.

If the problems caused by anorexia are severe, and they seem to become dangerous for your life, the doctor may decide to start anorexia treatment in a hospital or in a treatment center.

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Daniella O asked:


where can i go to find a free eating disorder clinic in nj? does anyone know of one?

jj asked:


ok, so after about a year i have come to my senses, and i think i may have anorexia. I constantly think about my weight and how many calories I’m eating and how fat I will become. I want all of that to change, and want to be happy. I am now 5″3 and 100 pounds, not THAT thin. Therefore, I would like to start eating more, but not really gain back a TON of weight. How much do you think I should try to start eating eeryday? How many calories? And should I start weight lifting? Any help is appreciated, I am just sick of this life

pink baby asked:


Do I have the symptons of anorexia. I way 55 kg 120p I’m 5’10 and I want to be thinner. Every one says I am thinn and blablabla, but I feol Im not good enouf. I started skipping meols.

IM MADLY IN LUV W/ EDWARD CULLEN asked:


i don’t know if this is considered bulimia but i throw up lik part or half of my food evrytime i eat alot or im pissed off or depressed. But usually i throw up like 5/6 times a week but it’s only been like 3 months. The first month i threw up like 7 times total, 2nd month like 8, and 3rd like 12/13. I don’t do it 24/7 though so i don’t think i’m bulimic. Sumone tell me if i am or am not plz.