Males with anorexia ~ an update

I’ve written before about men and anorexia or bulimia.  (This is sometimes called “manorexia” by the media.) 

At the time, I said I’d never met a guy with an eating disorder.

That’s changed.

Last night, an acquaintance and I were chatting.  He’s a few years older than I and the talk turned to eating, dieting and problems with body image.  That was when he admitted that he used to exercise twice a day and eat very little.  He probably weighed about fifty pounds less than he did now.  As he puts it, he was anorexic… but never bulimic because he hates vomiting.  (I had to laugh at that comment because I hear it a lot.)

It was really liberating to discuss this topic with him, and I told him a bit about my own troubles with Ana.  I didn’t get a chance to ask him why he started his ED, but if we have the opportunity to discuss the issue again, I definitely will.

And of course, I’ll let you know about anything pertinent.