Exercise and physical activities are an important part of a
healthy lifestyle. Staying active has many benefits including
improving your immune system and boosting brain processes.
However, there is such a thing as too much exercise. Exercising
too much or too hard can cause damage to a person’s body. People
with exercise bulimia are obsessed with exercise and often
binge. Bingeing is when someone eats large quantities of food in
a short amount of time. Unlike traditional bulimia, people with
exercise bulimia don’t purge after they binge – instead they
exercise excessively as a way to lose the weight and relieve the
guilt of bingeing. Exercise bulimia has dangerous complications,
including depression, injury, weak bones, reproductive problems
and even cardiac arrest. So it’s incredibly important to seek
treatment. Effective treatments are available for all forms of
bulimia, and recovery is very much possible. Signs & Symptoms
Exercise bulimia can be tough to spot because moderate exercise
is a positive and he