How much weight do you lose with bulimia?

Answer 1

The average bulimic has a BMI over 28 (overweight) due to the binges. Purging even STRAIGHT after eating, only gets rid of 10% of the calories consumed. Your body is quick to absorb calories, and it only gets quicker when one starts to purge. Don't do it if you can help it.

Answer 2

You don't, you gain weight instead.

You dont gain weight - you do infact lose it if you are doing it properly - If you forget to purge yourself you will gain weight, but if you are sticking to it then you will definately lose weight. Also if you do plenty of excerice as well you will see the weight fall off you. Stay away from high in fat foods and you will see what I mean

Answer 3

It all depends on the severity of the individual's bulimia. Some may lose as much as 10 pounds. Most might lose a pound or two, but it is possible for some bulimics to even gain a bit of weight or at least maintain the weight that they were at to start with.

Answer 4

Bulimia is not a weight loss method, it is an eating disorder. While you may lose weight early on, your body is made to adapt to the environment and therefore will get more effective at aborsorbing the calories you put into it. The end result is that you will no longer lose weight. I recommend you seek professional help through counseling and/or medication. The combination of both has been shown to be very effective at treating bulimia.

Answer 5

If you're asking because you're considering becoming bulimic, you should see someone and discuss it with a doctor or therapist or someone that can help.

Eating disorders are very scary and can seriously damage your health and possibly kill you.

That said, bulimics lose some weight but not nearly as much as anorexics because they're still taking food in. Some of the nutrients enter their body before being purged either through throwing up or the use of laxatives. Bulimics usually have rotting teeth from all the stomach acid they are throwing up. It's very much an eating disorder, but you don't lose nearly as much weight as a bulimic than you would as an anorexic.

Again, if you are considering becoming one, please seek professional help.

Answer 6

None. Being bulimic does not work. All it does is make is so that you get so sick that eventually you cannot eat. This is why you often hear about people being bulimic and than anorexic because being bulimic causes you to eventually become anorexic. If you want to loose weight, exercise and diet is the way to go. Perhaps go on an apple fast or raw food diet. I did a raw food diet while doing p90x and it was the best thing I have ever done!

Answer 7

They lose so much weight that they get close to dying. If you want an exact amount of how much weight they lose, well that depends on the person and how often they do it.

Answer 8

You really don't. Not unless you do it after every meal, and it is bad for you.

Answer 9

Occasionally, you will lose 100% of your body weight. Death can result from esophageal tears, electrolyte imbalance, and pneumonia from inhaling food particles. Don't do it.