In social networks, you can find various groups dedicated to discussing extreme diets.
Their inhabitants admire the beauty of the exhausted body and dream of finding similar forms. Frequent fasting and strange experiments with nutrition can indicate the development of an eating disorder.
Here are a number of signs that say that a person's attitude towards food has become unhealthy.
Limiting the number of meals
The first thing that someone who wants to lose weight does is to reduce portions and refuse snacks. The main thing is not to lose a sense of proportion and not to give up in the fuse from the main meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is better to focus not on the quantity of food, but on its quality. A plate of buckwheat and a plate of fried potatoes have completely different energy value and chemical composition.
Compulsive overeating
This is the name of the situation when a person suddenly wakes up a brutal appetite, and he begins to eat everything in a row, even if he knows that he will later regret it. Such disruptions are the consequence of too strict restrictions. At this point, the person does not control himself. Preference is given to fatty and sweet foods rich in carbohydrates.
The desire to get rid of what you eat
This paragraph often follows from the previous one. After an attack of overeating comes regret, and behind it - the thought that if you get rid of what you eat, the figure will not deteriorate. Artificial inducement of vomiting is a sure sign of the development of bulimia. In addition, it is very exhausting to the body and leads to dehydration.
Guilt for your appetite
A good appetite has always been considered a sign of good health. But for those seeking to lose weight at any cost, it is a problem. A person may be ashamed of his, as it seems to him, too large portions. He compares himself with others and comes to the conclusion that he eats the most. It brings emotional experiences.
Dependence of self-esteem on your weight
Of course, to a certain extent, weight affects self-esteem. But when the mood spoils even a weight gain of 0.5 kg, this situation is not normal. People with eating disorders often cannot objectively assess their appearance. They seem fat at almost any weight and see fat deposits where they do not exist.
Obsession with caloric content of food
A person loses the ability to relax and just have dinner with friends, he definitely needs to know how many calories he has consumed. At home, kitchen scales are used, every spoon is weighed, and high-calorie foods are forever excluded from the diet.
Indeed, to maintain weight at the same level, you need to spend as many calories as you consume. But manic counting what is eaten only increases nervous tension.
The use of various medications