Am I going to lose weight?

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i get anxious and eat until I feel uncomfortable and then I just take it all out. I KNOW its SO unhealthy and I'm completely destroying my body, but I honestly don't care, like not even a little so save it. I just wanted to know if I'll lose weight from doing this.

i've always been weird about eating and sometimes I'll get close to anorexia and then I'll kinda go back to normal. I just started my 2nd year at university and I'm already stressed, I've been binging and purging for the last 2 weeks maybe 3 weeks but not because I'm trying to lose weight just because of all the stress.. I just have to eat and then I feel crazy guilty and throw up.

vernen88 · Accepted Answer

No to both of those.

First, develop a nutrition plan. Counting calories is a chore but you need to know the exact threshold you can function at. Too many carbs and you will naturally put on weight, too much protein and your entire colon will pack up, too few calories and your body will go into starvation mode. This is even worse, since your body has evolved over millions of years to effectively store fat to cope with periods of extended starvation - if your ancestors could function solely on the contents of a cookie you can be surprised what it will do to stave off hunger when a three course meal is involved. If you starve yourself your body will hold onto that fat like it was the last supply of oxygen on Earth.

Now If you dip into the anorexic line not only will you ruin your appearance, but your organs will eventually start to shut down. At that point you're not only operating below the minimum requirements of a physiological baseline but you're slowly killing yourself at the same time. Those anorexic models may seem fashionable, but under the makeup and preening they not only look terrible, but their internal organs and glands are shriveled up.

Second, exercise, the great stress reliever. Do a sensible amount of exercise each day, work on toning your muscle (push ups, sit ups, pulls ups etc.) and walk, jog or run for anywhere between fifteen minutes to an hour. Keep it consistent and do it routinely, also do something to occupy yourself whilst you do it and eventually it will become a way of life. You're not going to see any changes overnight, so don't drop a routine and get frustrated in the first week if you don't notice a difference. Also don't be discouraged if you hit a wall, everyone does at some point. Just keep doing it and I'll guarantee you'll notice a difference.

kheserthorpe · Accepted Answer

If you're doing this every time, probably? but its really hard to predict how your body is reacting to doing this. Note that the binging is increasing your appetite.

You'll also be dissolving your teeth - that's the first telltale sign with bulimia.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Course you're going to lose weight, you're not giving your body the chance to digest and absorb the nutrients and just so you know when you throw up, some of the hydrochloric acid in your stomach goes back up your esophagus(passageway for food), which it isn't supposed to do, and being highly acidic is literally burns the the tissue there

Have fun with that

Temporary46 · Accepted Answer

Probably, maybe, I've had two bulimic friends. One looks like the crypt keeper, the other looked average.

InquisitiveMale · Answer

Starving your body of nutrition will of course make you lose weight.

lace1228 · Answer

I guess not everyone cares about themselves enough to live or get help... But anyways ya you will lose weight,and hair and teeth and you will be knocking on deaths door.

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