I think it's the whole othorexia-or-whatever-they're-calling it thing: the obsessiveness about food in general/making random limitations for oneself.
I've got to say, since going gluten-free, I see a lot more where (anorexic in particular, not so much bulimia) people are coming from -- being "arbitrarily" strict about some ingredient, be it wheat or meat, feels kind of emotionally similar to randomly setting calorie goals
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(Actually, though, I've always kind of emotionally understood bulimia, since I do throw up a lot -- because I'll throw up pretty easily if something I ate is hurting my stomach, or even if I get constipated enough to make my stomach hurt. But the "augh, if I just throw up I'll feel better" thing... I could see how it could be an emotional, not physical, stress.)
Yah, more than likely the quickie surveys are behind the times, but anorexia questionnaires do have vegetarian/veganisn by itself, along with restrictiveness about calories. (Kind of like while in-depth evaluation of alcoholics includes exploring exact drink habits, the quick CAGE just has four questions). And if I hadn't see people do this: "No, I don't want to eat anything!" "why not?" "Because I've just become vegan!" "Okay, so what about some peanut butter toast or oatmeal or veggie burger or. . . " "No." (Yet ate pork rinds when her girlfriend visited four hours later
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400 calories? Yikes. That's like a third of the very bare minimum a female should be eating, with a sedentary lifestyle!
I don't understand how someone can physically put their bodies through that. If I don't eat enough for breakfast I get headachey and feel mentally scattered and can't concentrate well at work, and my breakfast usually consists of about 400 calories counting coffee!
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I've got to say, since going gluten-free, I see a lot more where (anorexic in particular, not so much bulimia) people are coming from -- being "arbitrarily" strict about some ingredient, be it wheat or meat, feels kind of emotionally similar to randomly setting calorie goals ( ... )
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I don't understand how someone can physically put their bodies through that. If I don't eat enough for breakfast I get headachey and feel mentally scattered and can't concentrate well at work, and my breakfast usually consists of about 400 calories counting coffee!
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