Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where a person staves themselves and works out excessively so as not to gain weight. It can cause a multitude of health problems, including heart conditions and / or heart failure.

Heart disease can be caused by a number of things, including genetics, smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and poor / unhealthy eating habits. There are different forms that can affect different people in different ways.

yes the extra weight you gained is just muscle...

your legs are burning fat and gaining muscle. you'll lose size in your thighs and whatnot, but the "weight" you're gaining is muscle (which weighs much more than fat). try not to judge your body by the number displayed on the scale. try measuring your thighs once a month or something. i promise they'll get smaller, and then they might actually grow in size a little but they will be toned and firm

There are thousands of calories in a pound, so even if you skip a whole weeks calories its difficult to lose too much weight. Additionally, by starving yourself you slow down metabolism and slow the weight loss process more. If you wanna lose more weight, take the time to do diet and exercise and give yourself weeks, not days, to lose pounds.

There are many important things to consider about anorexia. It all depends on what you are trying to focus on. Some crucial or important things to consider in all aspects are....

* Anorexia is both a physical and mental disorder.

* Anorexia is very sensitive to the person.

* Strict or harsh / assertive actions will almost always backfire.

* Anorexics will go to almost any length to lose weight / avoid calories and food.

* Anorexia can cause serious health problems.

* 10% of all anorexia cases are fatal (as a direct result of the disorder).

* Anorexia is often kept secret or hidden for a long time.

* Just because someone is anorexic does not always mean they are severly underweight or skin-and-bones.

You can not "turn" anorexic, it is a disease not a diet. Please don't even try go down that path and involve yourself in anorexic behaviors. It is not worth it. Do you want to be a walking zombie? I'm not even a stick yet but my hair is falling out my teeth are horrible I have no energy bags under my eyes horrible nails and lots of other things and I'm not even at my goal weight yet. I can hardly make it through training. I almost pass it every time. It is not worth it.

You are beautiful just the way you are and don't let anyway tell you otherwise.

(ps throwing up is more of a bulimic behavior.)

In some families, a daughter's eating disorder serves as a distraction from marital discord or other family tensions

First i know you wanted an awnser but i don't no that, but i just thought i would warn you. if you only eat one fruit/veg then that could be dangerous and you could end up in hospital i think if your trying to llosse weight the best bet is to still eat three meals a day, but add vegtables in the meals, and try and eat at leat 5 portions of fruit and veg also doing activites outside like football, rugby, rounders ect that could also help.

Just want to say at 5.5 and 142 pounds you are still within the healthy BMI - just make sure that you eat at least 1500 cal a day and the secret to losing is burning more than you eat - ...

Just do it slowly..

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Ok i have another answer because I'm pretty sure you will have heard alot of that 'just eat three balanced meals...' bla bla stuff already. The truth is though that if you starve yourself like that your body will go into starvation mode so when you do eat something your body will take all the fat in that it can just to stop you from dying! And of course then you'll just gain weight and feel terrible and un-energetic.

If you have a problem with your eating you should go to a dietician. They can be really helpful and then you won't have to worry about your weight. :)

Don't starve yourself! Here's a tip, eat slowly... How? Eat all of your food with chopsticks. Budget your food so that you can only finish after fifteen minutes from the time you started your meal. Eat only three times a day, with the food amounting only to two cups per meal. If you're hungry, and it's not yet time to eat, drink protein or fruit shakes, make it at home, and don't put bags of sugar, put only three in one glass. Or better yet, substitute sugar with honey, so that you can have no limits. One more thing, one glass of water before you eat, drink it slowly. Drink water after four bites of food while you're eating. It's more advisable to substitute water with fruit juices, just make it yourself, don't add sugar, just honey. That's that.. And if you ask, I'm not a doctor, thank you very much... You might lose all that weight for about three weeks or so, less if you exercise. But to be honest, I don't like to exercise. All I can say is that I think you don't need to lose the pounds, what is your height? I'm just fifteen, and I'm from the Philippines...

No. It is natural not to want to eat after being called fat, but soon enough the feeling passes. It is important not to care what others say about you, especially when it is negative or rude. Anorexia is when people do not eat much at all for long, extended periods of time and exercise a lot to lose weight. It also involves a complicated and unhealthy relationship with food and many health problems, too.

Not eating sufficiently is a sign of the eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa. It will take a long time to die, per say, as the body will begin to metabolize fat and muscle. But it is very dangerous and unhealthy to do so.

About 1 in every 200 people is bulimic or has some bulimic tendencies.

Not eating is a symptom of mental illness. It can also be a symptom of other medical problems. Since it is a symptom, it is extremely difficult to determine if it is a cause.

Not much, really happens when eating too much protein, except your urine will temporarily have a whitish cloudy appearance. Some people are more prone to developing things like gouty arthritis from all the uric acid they buildup, yet other people, like Eskimos, seem to show no ill effects at all.

To start boosting their self-esteem, gradually building up to eating. Once they are eating at least a litte, it will slowly start building up to actual meals. But you can't pressure or force them to eat and keep it down. You must keep being supportive and building up their self-esteem to make them see that they are amazing just the way they are. But in the end, if it does not work out, I would say a rehab center would do just the trick :) Positive words and attitude will work amazingly.

Tell her she'll never make it, and she'll end up fat and lonely eventually anyway.

when you are too self conscious nothing will be fun. you will be constantly searching around the room comparing yourself to everyone and everything. if you are too weak to move around and play with your friends you can't have fun. if people around you start to eat, the anorexic person will have to come up with some clever lie around eating or picking at their food.

being anorexic means wanting to be something you're not. but everyone is beautiful. it's just the media that tells us otherwise. magazines and tv are full of skinny girls to make young women think they aren't good enough. but that's not true. it's just a way to control you. to get you to buy their products and hate yourself so you're easily led in any direction.

love your self. you are the best friend you have and the only person who can really take care of you. life is about letting go and being free. dancing.

if you eat when you're hungry and stop when your full your body will be the size it's supposed to be. excersice will make you feel better about yourself and eating healthy good food will make you feel happy. organic fruit has lots of vitamens, juice instead of soda, yogurt instead of ice cream. making interesting meals with lots of spices and diverse foods will make food fun and you will know exactly what goes in your meals so you don't have to eat fatty foods.

It depends on who you ask. An alarmingly high number of people do suffer from eating disorders like anorexia, though.

This isn't easy and the person may know and just be taking advantage of you?Traditionally sit down and talk to them about it.I think perhaps if you kept a diary of their lies and showed it to them.However they may not be a pathological liar especially if your the only one he's lying too?If your completley positive that they're suffering from this condition you can phone their dr and discuss your concerns. The dr can't discuss his medical information with you but he can listen to your concerns and make him an appointment raise the issue with him and refer him to a psychiatrist. x

This paranoia or disorder sense of what others say is true / false can be a sign of a mental illness, such as an eating disorder like anorexia. Professional medical attention can help.