[rcocean]

"She goes without eating all day, and starting at 6 p.m. she eats nonstop, whatever she can get her hands on. Her favorite pastime is to sit in front of the television with a gallon of mocha-chip ice cream. She maintains a normal weight of 130 by occasionally forcing herself to vomit."

...so she ends up vomiting, on average, about once a week.

Sorry, but this is NYT nonsense. No one can maintain their weight by eating all day and then vomiting once a week. Especially if they're eating ice cream all day.

[neverdem]

"She goes without eating all day, and starting at 6 p.m. she eats nonstop, whatever she can get her hands on. Her favorite pastime is to sit in front of the television with a gallon of mocha-chip ice cream. She maintains a normal weight of 130 by occasionally forcing herself to vomit."

...so she ends up vomiting, on average, about once a week.

Sorry, but this is NYT nonsense. No one can maintain their weight by eating all day and then vomiting once a week. Especially if they're eating ice cream all day.

Sorry, no speed reading is allowed. Look at the first clause. She does a Ramadan all day. She pigs out after 6 PM.

[DameAutour]

Actually, she doesn't eat breakfast, lunch or snacks during the day.

She starts eating at 6pm, pigging out and I assume she eats dinner. But eventually she goes to sleep. She isn't actually eating all day. So yes she can maintain her weight if she purges once a week (perhaps on the day she eats the most, who knows).

I have never purged, but I definitely know this eating pattern. And you can maintain your weight this way. Of course, it's a horrible thing to do. I've eaten this way many times, not exactly pigging out in the evening, but not eating all day and then eating two meals worth of calories at night. I don't have a body image problem, I'm just so very not hungry during the day. But I try.