Some signs of anorexia are avoiding meals or eating very small meals (e.g. a cracker for lunch), exercising excessively, throwing up after meals (technically a sign of bulimia), depression, and sometimes illnesses due to malnutrition and unhealthy weight loss.
Nausea at the sight and smell of food
Not wanting to eat
Heart Palpitations
Pains in your arms and chest
Extreme Thirst
Hair Loss
Anemia
Gas and Bloating
Insomnia
etc.
Hi,
Following are the symptoms of anorexia:
Deliberate self-starvation with major weight loss
Fear of gaining weight
Refusal to eat
Denial of hunger
Constant exercising
Greater amounts of hair on the body or face
Sensitivity to cold temperatures
Absent or irregular menstrual periods
Loss of scalp hair
A self-perception of being fat when the person is really too thin
Thinking may be confused or slowed, and an anorexic patient may have poor memory and lack judgment.
hair loss, bloated belly… really skinny
and they have odd behaviors towards food. and they think of food a lot
Anorexia Symptoms
1. Dramatic weight loss in a relatively short period of time.
2. Wearing big or baggy clothes or dressing in layers to hide body shape and/or weight loss.
3. Obsession with weight and complaining of weight problems (even if "average" weight or thin).
4. Obsession with calories and fat content of foods.
5. Obsession with continuous exercise.
6. Frequent trips to the bathroom immediately following meals (sometimes accompanied with water running in the bathroom for a long period of time to hide the sound of vomiting).
7. Visible food restriction and self-starvation.
8. Visible binging and/or purging.
9. Use or hiding use of diet pills, laxatives, ipecac syrup (can cause immediate death!) or enemas.
10. Isolation. fear of eating around and with others.
11. Unusual Food rituals such as shifting the food around on the plate to look eaten; cutting food into tiny pieces; making sure the fork avoids contact with the lips (using teeth to scrap food off the fork or spoon); chewing food and spitting it out, but not swallowing; dropping food into napkin on lap to later throw away.
12. Hiding food in strange places (closets, cabinets, suitcases, under the bed) to avoid eating (Anorexia) or to eat at a later time (Bulimia).
13. Flushing uneaten food down the toilet (can cause sewage problems).
14. Vague or secretive eating patterns.
15. Keeping a "food diary" or lists that consists of food and/or behaviors (ie., purging, restricting, calories consumed, exercise, etc.)
16. Pre-occupied thoughts of food, weight and cooking.
17. Visiting websites that promote unhealthy ways to lose weight.
18. Reading books about weight loss and eating disorders.
19. Self-defeating statements after food consumption.
20. Hair loss. Pale or "grey" appearance to the skin.
21. Dizziness and headaches.
22. Frequent soar throats and/or swollen glands.
23. low self-esteem. Feeling worthless. often putting themselves down and complaining of being "too stupid" or "too fat" and saying they don't matter. Need for acceptance and approval from others.
24. Complaints of often feeling cold.
25. low blood pressure.
26. Loss of menstrual cycle.
27. Constipation or incontinence.
28. Bruised or calluses knuckles; bloodshot or bleeding in the eyes; light bruising under the eyes and on the cheeks.
29. Perfectionist personality.
30. Loss of sexual desire or promiscuous relations.
31. Mood swings. Depression. Fatigue.
32. Insomnia. Poor sleeping habits
Please get help if you or someone you know has an eating disorder! I suffered from anorexia a few years ago and nearly died but now I'm recovered! Recovery is hard at first but worth it in the end! Hope this helps! =)
eating very little
hiding food under the table, to look like they ate
very thin – almost emaciated
well,
some ovious symptoms are weight loss, loss of appitite.
Anorexia symptoms in eating behavior
• Excessive dieting even after being thin or underweight
• Obsession with calories and nutritional facts
• Pretending to eat or skipping meals
• Strange way of eating
• much more attention paid to nutrition labels
• Hatred for foods that used to be favorites
• Refusal to eat with others
• Binge eating
Anorexia symptoms in appearance and body image
• Rapid weight loss
• Feeling fat despite being thin
• Obsession with appearance
• Bone loss
• Extra sensitivity to cold
• Bloated stomach after eating
• Lanugo-a fine hair that grows on the skin in response to the body's need for warmth
• Yellowed skin
• Thinning hair
• Confused thinking or difficulty to understand simple things
Anorexia symptoms in purging
• Vomiting after eating
• Major increase in exercise output, even when exhausted
• Increased or unnecessary use of laxatives, diet pills or diuretics