Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain

such as: self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics or other medications; fasting; excessive exercise

Purging bulimia is the more common of the two and involves self-induced vomiting ... and self-induced purging ... to rapidly remove food from the body before it can be ingested

Posted By: Old Git on April 21st 2008 at 14:54:35

Message Thread

FAO OG (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 21, 14:46:04
- No I'm not (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 14:49:03
  - Oh. OK. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 21, 14:50:39
    - I think it's more to do with why someone does that, rather than what vanity results follow (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 14:59:44
      - I would have a little more sympathy if it hadn't coincided with the release of his book. (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Apr 21, 15:06:02
        
        i thought the same (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 21, 15:15:10
        
        He didn't HAVE to reveal it at all, he could have kept his mouth shut (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 15:16:07
        
        well yes (General Chat) - blindasabat, Apr 21, 15:23:37
        
        if he kapt his mouth shut he wouldn't be able to eat (n/m) (General Chat) - Fuel_rox, Apr 21, 15:19:09
        
        Maybe he kept his mouth shut after he ate, so he couldn't do his purging (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 21, 15:20:07
        
        Whooooooosh (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 15:19:29
        
        I would have a sympathy if he wasnt such an obnoxious hypocritical twat (n/m) (General Chat) - Kings Lynn Canary, Apr 21, 15:08:45
        
        + gratuitously northern. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Apr 21, 15:12:10
        
        I suppose that's probably what I'm saying (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 15:12:05
        
        We're all mocking the man (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 21, 15:17:54
        
        Who richly deserves it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 15:19:48
        
        No-one's mocking the condition (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 15:15:07
        
        really? (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 15:19:46
        
        You probably would say that (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 15:22:40
        
        I thought I might be (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 15:24:10
    - Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 14:54:35
- He forgot the purging bit though (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 21, 14:48:25
  - You don't know how fat he'd have been if hadn't purged.... (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 21, 14:49:52
  - Do people generally think of Elton John as thin? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 14:49:01
    - I generally think of him as having silly hair and a gormless boyfriend (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 14:55:24
      - He's bulimic isn't he? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 14:57:17
        
        (a) don't know (b) have vague memory of the Sun having to pay him vast libel damages (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 15:00:16
    - I don't know. Malky, do people generally think of Elton John as thin ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 21, 14:50:06
      - would have thought if you didn't eat for days, or ate a lot at once (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 14:56:21
        
        The really scary bit about the Prescott story is the boozing (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 21, 14:58:26
        
        Vodka is piss easy to drink (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Apr 21, 15:28:29
        
        That is even less advisable if you are diabetic, of course. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 21, 15:06:32
        
        but more than likely to make you so if you weren't before (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Apr 21, 15:07:05

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