Unhealthy weight loss- pay for it

You think your fat when actually you’re not, do you fear being fat, do you weight food and count calorie of your food or you stop yourself from eating... Beware!!! These are indicators that you might be suffering from an eating disorder- ANOREXIA NERVOSA.

The problem would begin, when you actually start thinking that you are fat and you need to lose some weight in order to get into shape. So here you go with the goal to lose weight, you start eating less and you may not notice that you are suffering from anorexia - the common for anorexia nervosa. By looking at yourself you might not notice that you’re suffering from this problem. So here is the list of things that hint towards anorexia:

• You lose a lot of weight and feel frail
• You experience obsession towards eating, food, and try to control your weight
• You tend to weigh yourself repeatedly
•  You tend to count calorie
• You eat only certain foods and avoid food stuff like dairy, meat, wheat, etc.
• You start exercises excessively
• You feels fat
•  You may feel depressed, weak, and feel cold a lot

The reason for people to develop eating disorders is not known specifically, although there are a lot of theories. These eating disorders sometimes exist in family members also. Teenagers are mostly prone to eating disorders. During teens, the individuals are more vulnerable emotionally and physical as they approach puberty, they also face academic and peer pressure. You might as well experience depression, anxiety or other mental problems like ODC- obsessive-compulsive disorder when you face anorexia.

There are physical problems like heart diseases or kidney failure that could occur because of anorexia. A person who weighs 15% less than what he should according to his height may be weak and may not have enough fat to keep his organs and other body parts healthy. In extreme stances eating disorder may be fatal and may cause malnutrition.

These are the number of consequences you would have to face because of anorexia:

• Low blood pressure, low pulse rate, and breath rate
• Swollen joints
• Protein related problems like: hair loss and fragile fingernails
• Brittle bones
• Irregular menstrual cycles
• Lanugos hair — a soft hair growth all over the skin
• Dizziness and concentration loss
• Anemia

Anorexia is best avoided, it needs immediate medical advice. See to it that you maintain your body weight, eat healthy, exercise moderately and avoid unhealthy diet plans that lead to starving like situations. Eat healthy to live healthy.