![]() When does a healthy approach to fitness become obsessive or problematic? When you find yourself doing any of these things: ● Skipping meals ● Making excuses for not eating ● Eating only a few certain “safe” foods ● Adopting rigid meal or eating rituals ● Cooking elaborate meals for others, but refusing to eat them yourself ● Collecting recipes ● Withdrawing from normal social activities ● Persistent worry about being fat or gaining weight ● A distorted body image, such as feeling fat despite being normal- or underweight ● Not wanting to eat in public ● Frequent checking in the mirror for perceived flaws ● Repeatedly eating large amounts of sweet or high fat foods ● Use of syrup of ipecac, laxatives, the over the counter weightloss drug orlistat (Alli). ● Use of dietary supplements or herbal products for weight loss ● Food hoarding ● Eating in secret --from Mayo Clinic, Signs of Disordered Eating
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