and was exposed for the first time to weight and maintaining eating habits. I myself lost

twenty pounds to make weight, but there is one individual, which stands out in my mind

when it comes to the idea of having a eating disorder. This teammate of mine, would

constantly be trying to lose to get down to the next lowest weight class. He was a senior

at the time when I was on the team, me in my junior year. He started the season at 166

lbs and by a quarter of the way through the season he was down to 135lbs. This is

without the approval of our coach who didn't want him to get down that low, but my

teammate insisted that it wouldn't be a problem and he could do it. So, of course

everyone just turned their head and let it slide. Him and I would run around the floors of

the school, even after a very rigorous practice to keep the weight down even more

sometimes. He ran everyday. He use to tell me when we ran together that he wasn't

feeling well and that he felt like he was getting weaker during our practice matches at the

end of practice. This is a symptom; something that he told me was affecting him, better

would occur during the wrestling season and therefore if he was diagnosed with anorexia

for Anorexia. He obviously refused to maintain bodyweight and his loss lead to his

anorexia is amenorrhea, or the absence of a period for at least 3 consecutive menstrual

weight. In contrast, he did not meet the criterion of recurrent episodes of binge eating

first place. He didn't feel that he was affecting his health or would be affecting his health

individual with anorexia, although he does also possess some other symptoms for another

he would wear a rubber suit under his cloths, because their use is prohibited in high

was a disturbance in body perception, another symptom of anorexia. The 4th criterion for

disorder. He also showed the symptom of recurrent, inappropriate compensatory

considered under a non-purging type of bulimia, I would say that his obsession only

drop down another class and that way he could be a contender at states. I would tell him

cycles. Obviously, my teammate being a male did not experience this 4th and final

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