Woman Reveals Her Dangerous Weight Loss Secret on The Doctors Michelle had always struggled with her weight. She started turning to food for comfort when she was 16 and was being bullied and harassed by some of her classmates. When she recently, and very quickly, shed more than 180 pounds her friends and family assumed she had done it through diet and exercise. But, the reality was that she was secretly binging and purging five times a day, every day.
Like so many women who struggle with eating disorders, Michelle hid her extreme weight loss from her loved ones with her clothing. Her mother didn’t realize that there was a problem until she began to look extremely thin. Even her nine- year-old son, who lives with her every day, did not know. She also was not satisfied with her weight loss. When she looked in the mirror, still saw the 315 woman she had been before. She eventually realized that her binging and purging were likely to kill her, but she could not stop.
Giving the Gift of Eating Disorder Recovery After Dr. Mike Dow and Dr. Jorge Rodriguez talked to Michelle about the emotional and physical consequences of her disorder, it became clear that she would need an inpatient treatment program to reverse the damage and build a new life.