I think I'm on the way to being anorexic. Help.

Three months ago, I was over 180 pounds. Now, I'm a little under 140 (I've lost on average a pound every other day for these 3 months). I'm 5'11", so I'm still within the normal weight range, but just barely. It started out when I just wanted to save the money my parents gave me for lunch, so I'd go through 8 - 10 hours of school (with extracurricular activities) without eating. On top of that, I was used to not eating breakfast, since I have to catch the bus at 6:50 and can never eat that early. So I would only eat one meal (dinner) per day. Eventually, I would even cut back on that, eating small portions of whatever we were having.

But then, as I started realizing how quickly I was losing weight, I decided to try to just starve myself. It started out with stretches of 48+ hours of not eating anything, then binging on fruits and vegetables, and later punishing myself for eating.

Eventually it got to the point where I could go more than 4 days without consuming any calories, and then I'd eat a bowl of Rice Krispies with skim milk (160 calories, 0 fat). At some points, that's all I'll eat in a week. Fortunately, I've still been able to go to school and put up a good front (though it takes an extreme amount of strength for me), but recently I've been very scared at many times during the day, experiencing bad dizzy spells and feeling like I'm going to pass out.

I've never thought of this as anorexia, maybe because I'm a guy and I've never heard of male anorexics. I've just always thought I've got a lot of will power. But now I can't stop. I actually just wanted to get down to 150, which happened at the beginning of this month. But now it's hard for me to even eat anything. I think I'm getting dehydrated as well. When I drink a glass of water, I sometimes feel so full I get sick.

My parents don't know about this (I've hidden/thrown away food, making them think that I'm going to eat it). If there's any suggestion anyone has in terms of a good food to start eating regularly again, but won't make me gain back all the weight I've lost, I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance (and I'm sorry for the long post)

It's possible for men to be anorexic. So, don't think it's weird. What I would suggest is that you see a psychiatrist or psychologist before this escalates to something much more worse.

Get help! Just a little time of starvation can cause kidney failure and I think you're a young man and you don't need to deal with something so horrible as that.

Good luck