so, i've heard a lot about girls who are self- concious and have an eating disorder, but i've never met a guy who had an eating disorder. (in fact, i dont even know any guys who pay attention to their weight) so are there any males on cb/do any guys that you know have eating disorders?

My friend, Grant, used to suffer from bulimia. He even used to throw up in the middle of the cafeteria by putting his finger down his throat to be excused from school.

oh, i'm sorry. did he ever stop, or is grant still bulimic?

It's usually overlooked, but there are a lot of anorexic/bulimic males. Especially in the dance/modeling community. It can get really scary when you go for an audition and the bathroom reeks of vomit

I know alot of guys who are bulimic.. it is usually overlooked

yeah, cause i've watched shows on oprah, tyra, etc etc etc about EDs, and they're all females. (not to offend anyone, but another thing that i noticed was that they're all caucasian too. i have yet to see an anorexic african american) they're never about males with EDs

Girls are usually a little more open about it. Maybe a male suffering from that might be a bit too shocking to the public?

a few guys i know who have suffered from it were either white or asian. They were not really public about except for one guy

I think some male wrestlers suffer from eating disorders like that and I personally think it's sad the way some athletes are pressured.

males do suffer from EDs but the largely majority of males don't suffer from EDs that make them drastically skinny. similiar to how females are pressured to be skinny skinny, males are pressured to have giant muscles/toned. while anoxeria and bulimia is still the most significant EDs, males are more suspectible to exercise bulimia where they exercise far beyond their caloric intake.

=/ it's sad to know that just a few hundred years back, a little meat on your bones was viewed as attractive on women and a symbol of success for men. and now, people are destroying their lives to be skinny.

toby on degrassi

Yeah there's a huge number of men who are bulimic. Most of the bulimic men start out as anorexic men. 5-10% of Anorexic patients are men but doctors fear they go under reported

I read the issue of newsweek that talked about anorexia/bulimia. It turns out that there are alooottttt of guys with eating disorders, for many reasons.

I didn't know that either O_O.

There are a lot of men with eating disorders its just people when they see a guy suddenly loose weight they think they have been working out so they dont even consider it. I knew a few guys who were bulimic but they got better

I think I eat too much sometimes. But it just doesn't show.

I've never encountered any males with an eating disorder

my family told me, i'm bulimic and ana ...


but really, i'm not. i was on my puberty. all my fat were stretching out.

they're hella dumbass.

well my b/f is a wrestler for our school and i know that sometimes he will cut down on what he eats or eat more to stay in his wieght class.

ive seen guys with eating disorders on tv..at my school its all about being big and muscular.

but i think its more accepted for girls to be concerned about their weight. guys are just supposed to care about muscle. so if they do have a disorder they wont tell anyone at all.

uh...haven't you seen zoolander??

jk. but no i haven't met a male that did

yea my friend josh who is a wrestler used to make himself throw up
just so he could make his weight.. its sad..

Yeah there was this special on Oprah that my mom was watching, and I heard Oprah say something like "Let me just first tell you that you are the first homegirl that I've ever seen that has suffered from anorexia"

OMGOSH, I still cannot stop laughing about Tyra's episode where she dressed up in the fat suit, and then came back on the show and CRYED, and the actual fat people were like comforting her, telling her it'll be okay. I was just thinkign wtf!?

Yes, eating disorders among men are often overlooked because it's not as... Expected?

I knew a kid that who said he was anorexic, but yeah...

I personally don't know any males that are bulimic. But I have seen some guys walk around that are extremly thin, but they may just be skinny.