How much do anorexic people exercise?

Answer 1

Surprisingly many anorexics don't exercise at all. They focus on losing weight mainly by restricting food. However, some anorexics due exercise, though the amount depends entirely on the person.

Answer 2

It can take quite sometime. We can live without food for weeks, but not water. However, you may not see any changes on the outside of your body for the first little while, but your internal organs will be wondering what in heck has hit them. If Anorexia is not nipped in the bud the person will end up very ill and if it's left too long then death can occur. The stomach, intestines, liver, heart are all included in this ratio. There is all sorts of help out there for eating disorders. Anorexia can hit any class of people, any race or the rich/poor. It's a sneaky little beast. It happens mostly in young women (during dieting crazes and fads) and can start as innocently as becoming a vegetarian. Unless a person really knows what it is to be a vegetarian (has studied it) then a vegetarian diet is the worst thing they could be on. Bodies need protein and some people think you need to eat meat to get that protein, but you can get it in legumes (beans) cheeses, etc. Young women are inundated with being slim and pretty and to make matters worse it's splashed across teen magazines, movie magazines, on TV, etc. They don't tell you that many of these girls are either so sick from being Anorexic or Bulimic, or they have had plastic surgery to look the way they do or that girls like Britney Spears are air-brushed before she even hits the stage to do a concert. That she's had plastic surgery. Now more than ever young teen actors are coming out and admitting their are Anorexic and they are GETTING WELL! They are tired of it all. It takes a lot of energy to not eat. Young women should be independent and smart enough to be their own person and not trust what these magazines or TV ads say. Being thin does not bring happiness or more men into your life. It's what's inside a person that radiates to others as far as being attractive.

Answer 3

Honestly it varies. I was curious about this as an unhealthy eater for years. Now as someone suffering restrictive anorexia, I can say for me it is an average of about 275-800 calories a day, 600 being my average, 300 being my goal. 900 is a starvation diet, but really anything under your recommended amount for bmi (generally 1500) can be damaging long term.

Answer 4

It really depends on how much they restirct their food intake and how much they burn off through exercise. The normal person needs about 1,500 to 2,000 calories a day. The body naturally uses anywhere from 800 to 1,600 caloires just to function and perform simple movement tasks (sitting up straight, brushing teeth, driving, breathing, blinking, ect.). Anorexics can limit themseleves from anywhere between 300 and 1,500 caloires a day. If they are bruning off high amounts of caloires with extra exercise, too, many are working off of a dailt calorie defecit (where one burns more caloires than they consume)/

Answer 5

Depends. Some exercise excessively, some don't exercise at all.

Answer 6

most of them eat between 0-500 calories.

Please note: Anorexia is an eating disorder, and is very dangerous for your health. Most anorexic's don't live past the age of 30.