Female bodybuilder Yuan Herong

[Robocok]

Eating disorders isn't just not eating

What kind of eating disorder do you think they have?

 

[NoSmilez]

What kind of eating disorder do you think they have?

It's a cycle of various disorders. Different phases consist of anorexia, bulimia-like eating behavior, binge eating and orthorexia. Bigorexia and other dysmorphias aren't really an eating disorder but it contributes to the cycle.

 

[Kforcer]

It's a cycle of various disorders. Different phases consist of anorexia, bulimia-like eating behavior, binge eating and orthorexia. Bigorexia and other dysmorphias aren't really an eating disorder but it contributes to the cycle.

Some might. Some women just love lifting weights and having muscles. I've known tons of women who competed in physique competitions or did some form of fitness modeling, including a few who became pretty prominent and I wouldn't say a majority of them seemed to have eating disorders. A woman I knew who did beauty pageants seemed to be way rougher on her body and honestly, rougher on herself mentally than almost any of the women physique competitors or fitness models I've known. I'd say likewise for female gymnasts.

I should add that I think the specific phenomena of the social media fitness personality probably brings with it a specific set of pressures that could breed certain tendencies which is in a lot of ways, a thing a part from the average woman that competes in physique-based competitions, does or has done fitness modeling or is just a hardcore lifter. And a lot of the women I've known were in the world of fitness prior to the advent of the IG model era, so its a different animal in a lot of ways.