Starving yourself is the worst thing you can do... it actually doesn't help you really lose weight; it helps your body begin to shut down. Not to mention eating much less than you would normally eat for long periods of time causes your stomach to shrink. I almost wish I was kidding.
To elaborate on what I mentioned earlier about my eating disorder, I was anorexic for years. I wasn't as bad as some people get, but my stupidity definitely had long term effects on my health.
When you're in that position, you usually think nobody notices the change in your body but you, but let me be the first to tell you that everyone else DOES notice. Right around the time I was trying to get back on track (but still battling with it -- and I still do to this day) I met one of my now, very best friends. When we'd make plans, he would always insist on them including dinner or lunch.... Whenever we spoke, he'd always ask if I'd eaten yet. I could never figure out why until last year when I fessed up to him that I'd still had an eating disorder when we met. He told me he'd known all along and that was why he was constantly on me about eating. Even now if he sees me losing weight (even if it IS because I've been exercising more) he'll question me just to make sure I'm not falling back into old routines.
Here it is years later and I still have so many problems thanks to my anorexia all those years ago. Granted I am 'skinny' now -- but it's a healthy skinny. And if I'm hungry, I dont hesitate eating until I'm full. Eating 3 full meals and exercising regularly is the best thing you can ever do if you want to lose weight. Not only will you lose the weight you want, you'll also get into great shape. I cannot stress it enough that weight loss should be done the proper way.
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