Occasionally throwing up after I eat. Is this dangerous?

this is how it starts.

Yes! The burns in your throat can make you prone to infection and the stress you will place on your body and immune system will tax you in ways you never would have imagined. Just please do not go down this road! Eat a clean diet with sweets in moderation, run MILES, and the leanness will take care of itself. Best of luck!

Take nexium or prilosec to protect your esophagus. Brush your teeth right after

What do you consider a clean diet? Whenever I try going on a strict diet,I just feel really deprived and then binge eventually.

a female POV wrote:

this is how it starts.

Yes yes yes. You will think you're in control now, but no matter how on top of things you feel that you are, the situation can deteriorate so quickly. Just avoid it all together, OP. This is a "male perspective" if it matters at all. One in the same.

this is very true. i've had an eating disorder for years, and the number of infections i've gotten has increased exponentially. i get sick in so many other ways because of the bulimia. i feel like a moron, and i am ruining my health. there's no doubt about it.

Train hard and you don't need to worry about a "diet" (restricting calories). Eat plenty of filling vegetables and protein, enough carbohydrates to fuel your workouts and drink plenty of fluids. Sweets in moderation, binging isn't a good sign.

physically? not yet

It really, REALLY sucks, though, to see what you miss out on from having that lack of comfort with how you may eat/have eaten. You don't get to be spontaneous or progress towards new things because you're held back by the neurosis of body size.

Also, use sodium bicarbonate (TUMS, baking soda) preferably before throwing up if you want to protect your teeth from acid erosion. That will happen, and they'll never look as good again.

At what point does it just "start." Can you recognize when it begins to get out of control? I wasn't thinking of doing this long term, but just long enough to develop an aversion towards certain foods I can over do, and just long enough to be a bit leaner.

the first thing that struck me about your post is the idea that you are in control. how are you in control if you are eating beyond the point of comfort/nourishment?

really all i'm saying, though, is that your current state of mind about developing an aversion towards certain foods is EXACTLY how it began for me.... 14 years ago. i get sick of those foods for about 3 months, develop obsessions with other foods, then i want the original ones again. your tactic will not work and i very much encourage you to think about it differently.

Once a Runner with ED wrote:

Yes! The burns in your throat can make you prone to infection and the stress you will place on your body and immune system will tax you in ways you never would have imagined. Just please do not go down this road! Eat a clean diet with sweets in moderation, run MILES, and the leanness will take care of itself. Best of luck!

This. Throwing up after you eat is not going to make you leaner and faster, eating a healthy diet(and healthy doesn't mean you have to be strict) and running consistent mileage will. The fact that you do this to get yourself to stop eating certain foods is not healthy at all and can quickly lead down a dangerous road. I have seen teammates do this and their running careers are short lived.

One of my friends had bulimia. Don't brush your teeth afterwards. You will scrub off the enamel. You should wait an hour (google it).

wanna be a lean machine wrote:

At what point does it just "start." Can you recognize when it begins to get out of control? I wasn't thinking of doing this long term, but just long enough to develop an aversion towards certain foods I can over do, and just long enough to be a bit leaner.

It has already started for you.

Dangerous road. You should stop. I've never known a girl with an eating disorder to have a long healthy career. They all go crazy, or get injured or sick all the time.

There is no such thing as being in control of an eating disorder. I you want to be fast and you want to be lean then run more miles. Despite achieving the same effect, in the long run excercise induced anorexia is more healthy for you as a way of losing weight. If you're getting in healthy foods and on occasion expending more than you take in you will lose weight. You will also be getting in the proper nutrients and not ruining your teeth and esophagus in the process.

Say you ate a huge ice cream one night. Punish yourself with a 20 mile long run the next day. Not altogether healthy but much better than not eating or throwing up.

Dangerous road. You should stop. I've never known a girl with an eating disorder to have a long healthy career. They all go crazy, or get injured or sick all the time.

There is no such thing as being in control of an eating disorder. I you want to be fast and you want to be lean then run more miles. Despite achieving the same effect, in the long run excercise induced anorexia is more healthy for you as a way of losing weight. If you're getting in healthy foods and on occasion expending more than you take in you will lose weight. You will also be getting in the proper nutrients and not ruining your teeth and esophagus in the process.

Say you ate a huge ice cream one night. Punish yourself with a 20 mile long run the next day. Not altogether healthy but much better than not eating or throwing up.

Don't be like Karen Carpenter, seek psychiatric care.

Female Athlete Triad - as has been said - already started. BAD news

Really hope you are trolling.

wanna be a lean machine wrote:

Maybe once a week or every other I'll eat too much and throw up after. Im not a compulsive bulimic or anything and feel completely in control. I would just rather out than in. I feel like whatever I puke I dont crave that food anymore, so right now I no longer crave/eat icecream, frozen yogurt or cinnamon cake. I know this isnt normal, but is it dangerous?

Also, I am a 21 y/o female, trying to get lean for XC.

Yeah, as some others said, I hope you're trolling. If not, this is bad behavior that will likely have a downward spiral if you don't change this behavior soon.

In addition to throat problems and other skin problems from potential lack of nutrition, you will get wear on your teeth too.

Just a bad idea all the way around.