Is there any such thing as a "healthy"
bulimic? Or at least, someone for whom
bulimia is not bad enough to qualify as a
disease?
I am not obsessed with losing weight,
though I wouldn't mind to lose around 15
lbs. The reason I can't lose these 15 lbs
I gained my freshmen year is lack of
exercise and binge eating. And, (not
helping), I work at a fast food joint
where I get a free (checkit im a broke
college girl) meal a day.
I am aware that I have a lack of
self-control when it comes to eating and a
lack of self discipline when it comes to
excercise.
I think it would solve a lot of problems
if I were to purge the meals I eat that
are grossly unhealthy or over-indulged in.
I realize that vomiting isn't healthy for
your body, teeth and throat and
stomach/metabolism and all....But what if
I were to say.....
Let myself just indulge like I normally do
and purge it...And only allow healthy
juice and water to stay with me all day.
And then for my last meal of the day (like
a couple of hours before I go to bed) eat
one healthy, small meal that i'll keep.
Brush my teeth, take a vitaminny, and stop
purging when I get to a decent weight (im
not aiming for skin and bones here) and
then try to ease my way into a healthy
eating lifestyle (ease so as not to mess
with my metabolism) ... ?
Is this temporary plan really any
unhealthier for me then if I were to
continue eating fries and fat etc. All
day?
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damsel
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Melbourne, Australia
No Way! Posted: 07-12-05 20:43pm
Thats what I thought at first, when I
started 2 years ago. I was doing really
healthy stuff, excersising and eating good
foods, and I had this goal of loosing like
10 pounds...Then I started purging the
unhealthy meals, then healthy meals that
put me over the amount of calories I
wanted, then just purging all the time.
Babe, its not a healhty way to go. I
would never, ever, ever, ever try and
rationalise purging because it takes on a
life of its own. Also, dont brush your
teeth if you do purge, it rubs the acids
even more into the teeth.
You sound like your not particularly
bulimic or annorexic, so if someone were
to diagnose you they would probably say
you were ednos (eating disorder not
otherwise specified) because you dont
binge/purge which is what most bulimics
do, and your not annorexic yet...
Anyways, an eating disorder like annorexia
and bulimia is not always about loosing
weight, while superficially it might seem
that way, there are alot of underlying
emotions like lack of controll, self
respect, self esteem, feelings of
worthlessness, often its away to release
negative emotions you dont wanna deal with
normally.
So in answer to your question, I dont
think there is any way in hell you could
be physically or mentally healthy while
purging your food. Sorry, but please talk
to someone about your urges and catch this
disease before it takes controll of you,
ok? Keep me posted! :) xoxo
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mshanson
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 102 Location: California
Bulimia = Illness Posted: 07-17-05 22:07pm
Bulimia is a mental & physical
illness, as diagnosed in the official
guide (the dsm iii) that doctors use to
diagnose. So you can't be both bulimic
& healthy!
Beware that bulimia is very, very
addictive. You sound like you are not yet
very sick or weight obsessed, so you could
easily get on track with a little exercise
or a bit healthier (but not neurotic)
eating. If you start purging, you may end
up like I did ~ spending years of your
life with your head hanging over a toilet,
looking like a skeleton, wasting lots of
time & money on treatment.
Once you start, you may find yourself
falling down that deep dark hole. Don't
start! That's my advice.
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irishamethyst
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 75 Location: Ireland
Posted: 07-18-05 10:10am
I would strongly advice against it.
Using food in any destructive way is not
healthy. I used to think, i'll never let
it get out of control - i'll control the
behaviours. As if??? It doesn't take
long before the behaviours take control.
I haven't purged in nearly a year, but
that doesn't mean i'm recovered. As moya
hornbacher said in one of her books "it's
ever so easy to go, harder to find your
way back". People can die just from
purging once. I hate to sound harsh, but
bulimia isn't a conscious choice, and yet,
to me that sounds like what you are trying
to be. If you really feel you need to
lose weight, look honestly at your diet.
Behaviours do slow down your metabolism as
well. I felt heavier as a consequence of
behaviours than I did once I stopped the
behavours (water retention etc). Please
be careful. I am sorry if I sounded
harsh or anything, but any ed kind of life
is hell
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pinkpisces
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 10
Posted: 07-19-05 19:09pm
No, there is no such thing as a healthy
anything when you’re life is at stake.
Eating disorders are deadly and really
dangerous. I am still recovering and I
still have a long way to go.
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bianca
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 7 Location: Toronto
Posted: 07-31-05 00:49am
I used to think the same thing. Man was I
wrong... It spiralled into a purging 3
times a day problem vicious cycle monster
that had a mind on its own. But now I do
it only once twice tops a day but I doubt
I will since I just recently came out to
my mom today about my bulimic tendencies.
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playwish24
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jun 2008 Posts: 1
same boat Posted: 06-27-08 15:42pm
since october of last year i have been
what I call a "healthy bulimic". I havent
lost ant weight at all. I am at a healthy
weight for my body. I usually eat really
healthy and I am very hard core at working
out and going to the gym, but the urges to
eat junk food that we all have come to
health nuts as well. I will eat junk food
and will throw up. i do not want that junk
going through my body. I do allow all the
good food i eat to go threw my body. there
is such thing as a healthy bulimic.
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damsel
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 69 Location: Melbourne, Australia
no... Posted: 06-28-08 07:36am
throwing up food, no matter how infrequent
does not reflect "health"
I would also like to point out that
bulimia is an uncontrollable disease, not
a diet technique. Perhaps Bulimia isn't
the word to be using in your case, perhaps
disordered eating covers it.
