每天摄入多少卡路里，又需要做多少运动才能消耗掉？这成了不少健身达人每日的必备话题。但如果你因此过度纠结，可能已经患上了“运动暴食症”。

Exercise bulimia refers to the compulsive behaviour in which people count the calories ingested during a meal, and then tailor a workout to burn off the same number of calories. 

“运动暴食症”指的是人们计算每餐摄入的卡路里，之后对锻炼进行调整，以燃烧掉相同数量的卡路里的强迫行为。

Exercise bulimia is believed to afflict several million American women and a smaller number of men, few of whom are thought to seek professional help. Exercise bulimics run themselves into the ground to expend the “excess” calories they consume.

美国数百万女性饱受运动暴食症的困扰，男性受此困扰的人数要少些。很少有人因此寻求专业帮助。运动暴食症患者做大量锻炼活动，以消耗掉他们摄入的“过量”卡路里。

It would not be unusual for an exercise bulimic, for example, to take two hour-long exercise classes a day in addition to running for 40 minutes, swimming for half an hour and biking for an hour. 

运动暴食症患者有时会一天参加两小时健身课程，此外还要跑步40分钟，游泳半小时，还要骑行一小时，这种情况并不少见。