Bulimia Nervosa

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating (Binge eating disorder is a compulsive overeating in which people consume huge amounts of food while feeling out of control and powerless to stop), followed by frantic efforts to avoid gaining weight. It affects women and men of all ages. When you’re struggling with bulimia, life is a constant battle between the desires to lose weight or stay thin and the overwhelming compulsion to binge eat. You don’t want to binge you know you’ll feel guilty and ashamed afterwards but time and again you give in. During an average binge, you may consume from 3,000 to 5,000 calories in one short hour. There are plenty of symptoms and signs of bulimia, I will name the most common ones. First, there is the lack of control over eating; Inability to stop eating. Eating until the point of physical discomfort and pain. In my opinion alot of people feel that way, even I feel that way sometimes, when food is in front of me (even if I'm not hungry) I just eat and can't really control it, it is a pretty hard thing to try and control. Second there is, secrecy surrounding eating; Going to the kitchen after everyone else has gone to bed. Going out alone on unexpected food runs. Wanting to eat in privacy. Third, there is eating unusually large amounts of food with no obvious change in weight. Forth, there is disappearance of food, numerous empty wrappers or food containers in the garbage, or hidden stashes of junk food. Last, there is alternating between overeating and fasting; rarely eats normal meals. It’s all-or-nothing when it comes to food. In my opinion some of the symptoms are something very hard to control and most of the time a lot of people can’t their eating habits. A lot of people try taking the “easy way out” by going to the bathroom after they eat and stick something down their throat to make themselves throw up. I think that can be very dangerous in a lot of cases; there is a possibility of tearing of your esophagus, leading to possible internal bleeding. The most dangerous side effect is dehydration.

  

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/eating-disorders/bulimia-nervosa.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purging_disorder