Could it be an eating disorder?!?!?

Okay i'm really scared because I think it might be but then I don't think it is! Okay, my friend is on this diet. I've been going over his house alot this summer and I see hes on this diet. He eats very little in a day. All I ever see him eat is brocolli, coliflower, apples, and ocassionally crackers! And after ever time he eats just about he goes and gets on his weird workout machine thing and burns off what small amount of calorie he took in but he stays on for like 10mins! Sometimes I get bored and leave. His mom told him that was like being anorexic. He says he gonna stop when he loses all his weight but i'm not sure! I'm really scared for him! Could it be an eating disorder?!?!

YES! it is i suffered for so long! get em help!!
its just as bad as being bulimic, because its not like you have any nutrients!! they burn all of it off.
i'm glad to know you care. my friends found out and didn't do anything, i really wished they did because counciling is not fun!
i don't know if this is just for girls, but eventually he might get this thought that his image isn't good enough and he wont stop dieting so he will look like a scrawny thing and still think he's fat. it's a mental sickness, he needs help.
good luck!
:)

I could be, though it would be up to a professional to diagnose it as a eating disorder.

It is a common misconception that guys can't have a eating disorders, in fact most men with eating disorders act similar to your friend. Eating little and then vigorously exercising.

I would pressure he's parents to have him talk to a professional. The most important thing to find out is WHY he wants the lose weight.

It's an eating disorder in the making.

This happened to me. I began to change my eating and workout and when the weight came off, i got obsessed and began to burn all the calories i had consumed.

The only way to help this person is for them to want help. You become obsessed and in love with the way you look , you just want to keep doing more.

Actually, it's possible he does have an eating disorder.

Do you have any idea if he's eating at least 1200 calories per day?
He honestly needs more food than that. Veggies&fruits are just a small part of your daily needed foods

Plus, what he's doing, it's not going to keep the weight off. It's going to bounce back because he's eating more.

Yes. I'm pretty sure it is.
Even if it is just a diet, losing all that weight could become addicting.
"Just 2 more pounds.... just 4 more pounds...."
I wish I knew how to help you... but I just know that it could become an eating disorder.
I'm sorry.

I dont think its an eating disorder i beleive its a type of anorexia..he needs to get help talk to him that wat he is doing is nothealthy for himself...