Eating disorder symptoms and warning signs are many. Find below some side effects of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating that might help reveal a health problem.
In order to prevent eating disorders, we must know their symptoms. There are early warning signs, side effects and indications that a loved one is on the slippery road to anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder or EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified).
Below is a list of the most common warning signs that may lead to a full blown eating disorder.
Eating Disorder Symptoms and Warning Signs
An impulsive focus on healthy food and nutrition
A sudden interest in reading food labels to check fat grams and calories
Avoiding fat and becoming increasingly picky about what he/she chooses to eat
Starting diets to lose weight or become “healthier”
An unexpected choice to be a vegetarian
Refusing to eat dessert
Skipping meals (most often breakfast)
Lying about the foods they’ve eaten when they’ve eaten and how much they’ve eaten
Worrying about their weight and being dissatisfied with how they look
Drinking excessive amounts of water or liquid that have no calories (in order to feel full)
Usually on a dieting roller coaster or chronically dieting
Episodes of out of control eating when the person wants to stop but can’t
Stealing food from grocery stores or emptying the household cupboards
Eating in secret to avoid the shame of not being able to stop
Eating even when not hungry
Emotional eating when angry, upset, frustrated, overwhelmed or sad
Eating rapidly without tasting or experiencing the food
After eating, feeling overly stuffed instead of comfortably full
Not knowing when to stop eating, nor being able to
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Absolutely great information. It was very clear. I have many of these
issues and wonder why they come in seasons? I noticed with me, I would rely
on other things to tell me my progress like the scale, comments and clothes
size.Don't focus too much on your mirror image, focus on how you want to
feel.
Oct 18, 2008 2:25 PM
Guest :
Great order of symptoms, yes. But can someone direct me to the long term
physical consequences of eating disorders? specifically bulimia??
Nov 30, 2008 7:44 PM
Guest :
i was bullimic i wish i would have had family members watching for these
signs...its NEVER worth it and its NEVER easy to stop! I havent purged in
close to a year buti still see the damage i did from only afew months in
my hair and nails. there is always a consequence!
Dec 10, 2008 12:35 PM
Guest :
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Dec 18, 2008 10:35 AM
Guest :
I was bulimic once for not a long period of time. I would say for a little
over 2 months but now started noticing the symptoms, but i have already
stop. The symptoms that has been posted are true though. I didn't think
that 2 months of bulimic would harm but i guess it does too. Sometimes I
feel like i want to go back and be Bulimic again bc my cousins and friends
started to notice that i looked thinner and right now i am binge eating bc
of alot of low self-esteem, depression, and stress and i've actually gain
more weight before i was bulimic. I know that being bulimia is bad but
that's the easiest way for me to lose weight faster. I don't know if i
want to go back though bc i'm scare of erosions in my teeth.
Jan 4, 2009 7:58 PM
Guest :
i dont have an eating disorder, but i have a ton of these symptoms. But its
not like i have an ed or anything.
Jan 5, 2009 1:32 AM
Guest :
i am dealing with bulimia for a year now ... please i suggest nobody wver
thinking about beeing bulimic to loose weight . it totally abused my life
and i am powerless to w=overcome this ... pls nobody try this !
Feb 4, 2009 1:09 PM
Guest :
I was anorexic 8 years ago and for the last 5 years I have been bulimic - I
still do it now but I have calmed down a bit -but I'm really fat and I
hardly eat anything - I think I have messed up my metabolism. I eat lots of
candy sweets to curb my appetite then eat a soup in the evening but I still
can't lose weight so I purge after I have the soup
Feb 13, 2009 8:35 AM
Guest :
good information it makes it more clear on why i was told that i have
bulimia thanks for the tips and ill be trying to change this stuff about me
Apr 24, 2009 11:42 AM
Guest :
Im currently in EDNOS after a weight gain from anorexia and slowly falling
back in, it is horrible, but after this and family reading and noticing I
am getting help... I would reccommend people to use this list if they have
fears of a family member
Jun 15, 2009 2:12 PM
Guest :
i need to know whats happening to me i go days without the need or want to
eat then days later i binge on everything for 2 to 3 days untill i feel
sick is this an eating disorder of some type? please help me
Jul 14, 2009 3:00 PM
Guest :
im 37 female, sufferring from an eating disorder since i was a teen, been
in treatment for little over a year now, i go once a month to consuling, i
have come a long way but i go back n forth, i understand life more n what
has caused me to turn to food like i do, but still struggle with this
eating disorder n it is so hard i just get so frustrated that i cant be
cured right now! so frustrated, wish i had someone with the same eating
disorder to talk too! xo
Jul 16, 2009 3:41 PM
Guest :
i think im anorexic i have all of the signs and symptoms. nothing bad has
been happening yet. but i have no idea what to do. i dont want to gain any
weight but i dont want any long term damage to my body. this information on
in this article is very helpful. i need help.
Aug 26, 2009 7:51 AM
Guest :
what's wrong with me? Sometimes u go days without eatting. But then I eat
healthy again. Or I will just eat for example a price of cheesecake and
play tennis for hours or something. I am not koosing weight though. I want
to loose weight a lot. I am 10 pounds over weight acorsding to bmi charts.
I run track at school and cheer ad play tennis as well. I feel fat, I am
fat and not just saying that I really am actually ten pounds over weight.
All I do is think about food and feel bad after. Am I just weird because I
don't have anorexia, bulimia, or bindge/purge. What is wrong with me?
Oct 8, 2007
