We’ve discussed before the phenomenon of adding “-orexia” to everything under the sun to create jazzy-sounding new “disorders” — manorexia, drunkorexia, humorexia.  (Okay, that last one is my own invention.)
Now, there’s pregorexia.  According to Marijke at Womb Within, pregorexics exercise fiercely during pregnancy so they can shed the “baby weight” as quickly as possible.
Personally, I worked out hard during my pregnancy, but only to keep my body in shape.  I gained an acceptable amount of weight and always kept my “tenant” in mind when eating and working out.  I also lost weight rapidly after my son was born, mainly because …read more

After hearing about “drunkorexia”, I simply had to investigate “manorexia”, which was mentioned in the article (see my earlier post.) 
I was surprised by the results…
Seems plenty of Hollywood (and non-celeb) guys battle anorexia and bulimia, including Billy Bob Thornton, Elton John and Dennis Quaid.
Fascinating.  And scary.
Whether your dude is followed by the paparazzi or not, he could definitely be affected by the desire to achieve an unhealthy low body weight.  In fact, most ED statistics estimate that the number of American “manorexic” sufferers could be more than 1 million.
EDs are serious.  There’s no doubt about that.  But is it okay to add “-orexia” …read more

The popular site Salon.com had an interesting article on a condition I had never heard mentioned before:  “drunkorexia.” 
In the piece, author Tracy Clark-Flory notes:
“The New York Times reports that drunkorexia is ‘a disturbing blend of behaviors: self-imposed starvation or bingeing and purging, combined with alcohol abuse.’“
I had never heard of this “-orexia” before, and though it’s not an accepted term by medical standards, it does make one think. 
If you’re intrigued, the full article can be found here:  http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/03/drunkorexia/.  It’s worth a read.
(Susan, thanks for turning me on to this tidbit!)