A person with bulimia may be thin, overweight, or normal weight. Someone with bulimia may do extreme things to lose weight, such as: using diet pills, or taking pills to urinate or have a bowel movement, going to the bathroom all the time after eating (to throw up),exercising too much even when hurt or tired. In addition someone with bulimia may show signs of throwing up that include: swollen cheeks or jaw area, rough skin on knuckles (if using fingers to make one throw up), teeth that look clear, a broken blood vessels in the eyes.
Someone with bulimia often thinks she or he is fat, even if this is not true. The person might hate his or her body. Or worry a lot about gaining weight.