Bulimic vs. Anorexic?

Question:

Can anyone tell me how most Bulimics stay at a "normal" weight where Anorexics are so grossly under weight? I have heard and seen this many times - most of the time they say that you cant tell if someone is Bulimic unless you actually catch them in the act OR the dentist says something since the backs of their teeth are all gross due to the bile in your tummy coming up each time you vomit. Now, if you are throwing up each time you eat how are you staying a normal weight? Is your body able to keep some of the food after you throw up and therefore you are getting some nutrients? Always wondered how that worked?

Answers:
bulemics have tendency to binge on food - especially junk food - and then purge. generally other normal meals are eaten regularly, so there is a general calorie balance and thus a regular weight (generally a normal weight or a little more on the heavy-side) is maintained.

bulimic they eat it and get the fat out of the food before they throw it up

I never thought about it before but probably, I mean they ARE eating. Anorexics don't but most of them throw up until the point of blood so... I dunno.

Bullemics are NOT staying normal weight. I am not sure where you go that idea but that is not true. Many bullemics have tell tale signs like leaving to use the bathroom as soon as they finish eating and then finding an odor of vomit in the bathroom when someone else goes to use it. Also the stomach acid does more than just harm your teeth it also erodes your espophogus.

Assuming you don't suffer from either, bulimics eat such huge amounts of food when they are binging, that some of the calories are absorbed, even if the person vomits after eating. Anorexia can be caused, not just by not eating, but by a metabolism that's running way too fast - a thyroid problem - which burns calories even if they do eat. Hope it helps.I'm a clinical psychologist and deal with this daily. Good luck!

When your Bulimic you throw up but by the time you go the throw up your body has already absorbed most of the calories youve consumed...honestly its just really bad for you and your teeth besides why would you want to throw up its a horrible feeling........ the Skin your In....after all you have live in for the rest of you life

you really don't lose much weight when you throw it up. most bulimics binge and purge. so they are eating a ton of junk food and then throwing it up. i thinks its a waste of good food. i have heard that topamax can help treat bulimia

well you sort of answered your own question, you only vomited when you felt like you ate too much but believe me, if you threw up every single thing you happened to eat it would be very noticeable. If these girls are only vomiting when they binge and they are only bingeing maybe 4 times a week then, everything else they ate the rest of the week wasnt "gotten rid of". Yes soem nutrients do stay when you vomit infact, its probally the lesser evil of the two (anorexia & bulimia) The truth is also that girls that are really bulimic usually have a hint of anorexia, so they are eating a rice cake for breakfast and then getting rid of it. I guess theres just diffrent levels to eating disorders just as theres diffrent levels to addictions.

Bulimic vs. Anorexic?

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