You would die within 24 hours, at best a week, at that level of abuse. You are lying or exagerating which is dangerous - even half this level of abuse would be deadly and is dangerously misleading to readers
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I hate it when people tell you to be healthy and you will loose weight. Sometimes it's bloody hard to be healthy especially with a busy lifestyle. However.. i used laxatives once and i was sick as a dog and didnt loose anything.
here's a tip... try cutting all your carbs for a weeka nd see the difference. Then gradually add some good carbs back into your diet and built up a little excersise.
that way you can have all the meat and salads and dairy you like.
but dont do it too long cos when u start eating them again you stack the weight back on.
here's a tip... try cutting all your carbs for a weeka nd see the difference. Then gradually add some good carbs back into your diet and built up a little excersise.
that way you can have all the meat and salads and dairy you like.
but dont do it too long cos when u start eating them again you stack the weight back on.
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my darling i have been where you are, i have cried myslef to sleep many a night and sworn to myself every night that tomorow will be different. There is no easy way to loose weight. When i was 14 i was 8stone and 4ft11 thats quite big. One day i decided to only eat when i was truly hungry by the time i was 16 i was 4stone 10pounds and seriously anorexic. its so easy to get carried away with dieting i wasted so many good years in a bad place. If you want to loose weight eat veg fruit and things like cereal and i know its what everybody says but be active go for runs or long walks you dont have to do anything drastic just a little more than you usually would. start weighing yourself when you loose a pound it will encourage you to loose more. good luck my sweet i wish you all the best
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Hi Prella.
That's a scary message. I'm a nutritionist working for a specialist weight-loss clinic in the UK, and I deal on a day-to-day basis with people who are grossly overweight (which you aren't!) and have to lose weight fast - but I would NEVER allow one of my clients to do what you're suggesting! I have dealt with clients in the past who've done crash diets on their own, and the biggest loss I've ever heard reported was sixteen pounds in a month - and that was a woman who still weighed 27 stone (378lbs) when I met her!
When you lose weight quickly it is mainly fluid. If someone your size and weight went on a real, hardcore crash diet I would expect them to lose 5 - 6lbs in the first week - but only 1 or 2lbs would be fat. The trouble with losing fluid is that your body is very good at regaining it, and so that's 5lbs that you WILL put back on when you end your diet (this applies to all diets, by the way, so do take it into account when starting one). It is NOT POSSIBLE for you to lose 20lbs in a month without doing lasting damage - and even if you completely ignore the harm you'd be doing to your body, I still don't think that kind of loss would be achievable.
Another thing to consider is that you're only sixteen, and not tall. Unless other adult members of your family are also short, it may be that you haven't finished growing yet. If this is the case, then by going on a crash diet you risk stunting your growth and getting stuck at 5'1" when you could have been taller.
One of the most common contributing factors behind adult obesity IS dieting in teenage years. Most of us have periods of insecurity in our teens - I thought I was an absolute moose, and I would have enjoyed myself a hell of a lot more if I'd realised at the time that I was actually quite attractive! - but rapid weight-loss is not the answer. People who diet early in life (by which I mean actually restrict their intake rather than simply try to eat healthily) ALWAYS have problems keeping weight off in later life because they've forced their metabolism into starvation mode and it's permanently slowed down. I make a living helping people - mainly women - who through crash dieting have landed themselves with a body than can only take 700 calories a day without piling on weight (for reference, that's two slices of brown bread, one small potato, half a skinless chicken breast and an apple a day - a miserable existence!). The amount of work it takes to get the metabolic rate up from there is staggering, and in most cases it will never go back to what it was before all the diets! It takes months of weight-lifting, HARD aerobic exercise and a horribly restrictive diet - and then a lifetime of maintenance.
A crash diet will also damage your kidneys, your liver, and your intestines, and if it goes on for more than a couple of weeks it can also start to affect your brain function, eyes, skin and hair - it is not uncommon to experience hair loss, flaky skin, blurred vision and wooziness as a result of an extreme diet. You can also get brittle bones (INCLUDING teeth, which few people seem to realise), muscle wastage and a pot-belly through malnutrition. Just look at Amy Winehouse - skinny as hell, but that's an impressive belly!
Having said all this, there are ways to lose weight quickly WITHOUT harming your body. The key to my job is to optimise the weight-loss regime while avoiding further damage to a client's body and mental health, so here's what I'd recommend in your case:
Stick to 1,200 calories a day (anything lower will start to be harmful), and spread it out over the day - ALWAYS eat breakfast even if it's only a piece of fruit, it kicks your body into gear and gets it burning calories for the day.
Make sure you're getting plenty of fibre. There are very cheap powders available now that you can add to a drink - they're tasteless and the calorie content is negligible.
Take a multivitamin every day, and calcium and iron supplements as well - if you support your body as far as possible during weight-loss you minimise the risk of doing permanent damage.
Avoid carb (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereal) after 6pm - your body can turn carb directly into fat, so having it sit in your gut overnight isn't helpful. If you must eat late (and we all get the cravings sometimes) make it something high in protein - your body can't convert it directly to fat, so you'll get away with it occasionally.
DRINK lots! Water is essential for flushing all the yuk (including fat) out of your system and keeping your body in good condition. For someone your size, 2 - 2.5 litres a day is a good level.
EXERCISE: Sorry, but it makes all the difference both to the weight loss and to preventing damage. You need to maintain muscle-mass to avoid tanking your metabolism so some weight-bearing exercise is essential - try to do two weights sessions a week (and don't worry if you don't have a gym membership - you can do plenty at home with heavy objects and ankle-weights). Don't over-do this - the aim is not to damage your muscles - but lean muscle burns fat and calories so you need to make sure you have some!
Aerobic exercise is also important. You need oxygen to metabolise fat, so keep the effort level at about 70 - 80% for forty minutes three times a week - you can make it even more effective by doing this first thing in the morning before you eat. If you work flat-out you deplete your muscles of oxygen and they start getting their energy anaerobically and without burning fat (this is what happens in cardio training), so it's actually more effective for weight-loss to take it a little bit easier.
If you stick to this plan, I would expect you to lose around four to five pounds in the first week, and then two pounds a week from then on. DON'T be tempted to lose more by cutting your calories further - you'll just slow your metabolism and make it more difficult later on.
Based on your size and age, a healthy weight for you would be between 110 and 135lbs, so you're not far off now - if you stick to the plan I've outlined above, you should get into that range within six weeks. Once you're there (and don't go any lower, it's not about trying to look like a cancer patient), gradually increase your daily calories back to approximately the 1,800 mark (add 200 calories if you have an exercise session that day). Keep up the fibre, the exercise and continue to avoid carb in the evening and you should keep the weight off very easily - and you'll have done it without endangering your health in later life!
I wish you all the luck in the world, and please do follow my advice - I'm trying to help you avoid the kind of weight problems I see every day. Good luck!
That's a scary message. I'm a nutritionist working for a specialist weight-loss clinic in the UK, and I deal on a day-to-day basis with people who are grossly overweight (which you aren't!) and have to lose weight fast - but I would NEVER allow one of my clients to do what you're suggesting! I have dealt with clients in the past who've done crash diets on their own, and the biggest loss I've ever heard reported was sixteen pounds in a month - and that was a woman who still weighed 27 stone (378lbs) when I met her!
When you lose weight quickly it is mainly fluid. If someone your size and weight went on a real, hardcore crash diet I would expect them to lose 5 - 6lbs in the first week - but only 1 or 2lbs would be fat. The trouble with losing fluid is that your body is very good at regaining it, and so that's 5lbs that you WILL put back on when you end your diet (this applies to all diets, by the way, so do take it into account when starting one). It is NOT POSSIBLE for you to lose 20lbs in a month without doing lasting damage - and even if you completely ignore the harm you'd be doing to your body, I still don't think that kind of loss would be achievable.
Another thing to consider is that you're only sixteen, and not tall. Unless other adult members of your family are also short, it may be that you haven't finished growing yet. If this is the case, then by going on a crash diet you risk stunting your growth and getting stuck at 5'1" when you could have been taller.
One of the most common contributing factors behind adult obesity IS dieting in teenage years. Most of us have periods of insecurity in our teens - I thought I was an absolute moose, and I would have enjoyed myself a hell of a lot more if I'd realised at the time that I was actually quite attractive! - but rapid weight-loss is not the answer. People who diet early in life (by which I mean actually restrict their intake rather than simply try to eat healthily) ALWAYS have problems keeping weight off in later life because they've forced their metabolism into starvation mode and it's permanently slowed down. I make a living helping people - mainly women - who through crash dieting have landed themselves with a body than can only take 700 calories a day without piling on weight (for reference, that's two slices of brown bread, one small potato, half a skinless chicken breast and an apple a day - a miserable existence!). The amount of work it takes to get the metabolic rate up from there is staggering, and in most cases it will never go back to what it was before all the diets! It takes months of weight-lifting, HARD aerobic exercise and a horribly restrictive diet - and then a lifetime of maintenance.
A crash diet will also damage your kidneys, your liver, and your intestines, and if it goes on for more than a couple of weeks it can also start to affect your brain function, eyes, skin and hair - it is not uncommon to experience hair loss, flaky skin, blurred vision and wooziness as a result of an extreme diet. You can also get brittle bones (INCLUDING teeth, which few people seem to realise), muscle wastage and a pot-belly through malnutrition. Just look at Amy Winehouse - skinny as hell, but that's an impressive belly!
Having said all this, there are ways to lose weight quickly WITHOUT harming your body. The key to my job is to optimise the weight-loss regime while avoiding further damage to a client's body and mental health, so here's what I'd recommend in your case:
Stick to 1,200 calories a day (anything lower will start to be harmful), and spread it out over the day - ALWAYS eat breakfast even if it's only a piece of fruit, it kicks your body into gear and gets it burning calories for the day.
Make sure you're getting plenty of fibre. There are very cheap powders available now that you can add to a drink - they're tasteless and the calorie content is negligible.
Take a multivitamin every day, and calcium and iron supplements as well - if you support your body as far as possible during weight-loss you minimise the risk of doing permanent damage.
Avoid carb (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereal) after 6pm - your body can turn carb directly into fat, so having it sit in your gut overnight isn't helpful. If you must eat late (and we all get the cravings sometimes) make it something high in protein - your body can't convert it directly to fat, so you'll get away with it occasionally.
DRINK lots! Water is essential for flushing all the yuk (including fat) out of your system and keeping your body in good condition. For someone your size, 2 - 2.5 litres a day is a good level.
EXERCISE: Sorry, but it makes all the difference both to the weight loss and to preventing damage. You need to maintain muscle-mass to avoid tanking your metabolism so some weight-bearing exercise is essential - try to do two weights sessions a week (and don't worry if you don't have a gym membership - you can do plenty at home with heavy objects and ankle-weights). Don't over-do this - the aim is not to damage your muscles - but lean muscle burns fat and calories so you need to make sure you have some!
Aerobic exercise is also important. You need oxygen to metabolise fat, so keep the effort level at about 70 - 80% for forty minutes three times a week - you can make it even more effective by doing this first thing in the morning before you eat. If you work flat-out you deplete your muscles of oxygen and they start getting their energy anaerobically and without burning fat (this is what happens in cardio training), so it's actually more effective for weight-loss to take it a little bit easier.
If you stick to this plan, I would expect you to lose around four to five pounds in the first week, and then two pounds a week from then on. DON'T be tempted to lose more by cutting your calories further - you'll just slow your metabolism and make it more difficult later on.
Based on your size and age, a healthy weight for you would be between 110 and 135lbs, so you're not far off now - if you stick to the plan I've outlined above, you should get into that range within six weeks. Once you're there (and don't go any lower, it's not about trying to look like a cancer patient), gradually increase your daily calories back to approximately the 1,800 mark (add 200 calories if you have an exercise session that day). Keep up the fibre, the exercise and continue to avoid carb in the evening and you should keep the weight off very easily - and you'll have done it without endangering your health in later life!
I wish you all the luck in the world, and please do follow my advice - I'm trying to help you avoid the kind of weight problems I see every day. Good luck!
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my good friend just lost 20 pounds in about 6 weeks by really working the program on overeaters anonymous (OA). it helps you deal with food addictions and gets you on a food plan. get a sponsor and then follow the plan and you will lose weight! best of all it's FREE and will teach you lifelong eating habits.
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Ive put on 2 stone since last year. Although I look healthier cos i was 6 1/2 stone and am now almost 9 , i hate the way it makes my tummy and face look. Im going away to california in august for my hols and i bought duphalac, a mild laxative today to help mke lose my tummy fast before i go. is it really thst bad? i only need it until i go away and then i know i wont be bothered using them. but is it that bad that you have to go to the toilet constantly? :-(
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Ok with that said and done, dont you think if you had eaten fruits while taking the laxatives that it would have been healthier??? I want to try it, a matter of a fact i'm going to try it out next week
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OK, thank you for all posting and being so honest and non-judgemental about this subject. For years, I have turned to laxatives a few times a month to "keep regular," but my real motivation was to make my stomach feel flatter and to "jump start" my fitness plans.
It's the truth. And today, after having used them Thursday night, I'm still feeling worn out (drained) and wondering why I don't have the energy for my workout. And, yes, I was taking it a lot more than usual in the past couple of weeks in order to try and speed calories out of my body after a night when I ate more than I planned.
Until today when I researched a little, I had no idea that calories got processed anyways, unless you take radical amounts of the stuff, which I don't normally, for fear of the cramps and diarrhea.
The truth is that I have abused these things with no thought about the toll it takes on my body, rationalizing it away by telling myself that I'm better off not loaded with c**p.
I also tend to be one of those people who can't take a lot of fiber in their diet right away, so I try more, get constipated, and then back right off again. I'll just take it s l o w l y and up the fruits, vegs, and water. I really do want to be fit and healthy, not model thin and sick.
Thanks from the bottom of my heart to all of you for being so transparent and honest about this embarassing subject. I'm going to throw away my pills, but it's going to be hard to throw away my enema kit!! Do periodic enemas count?
Thanks!!!
It's the truth. And today, after having used them Thursday night, I'm still feeling worn out (drained) and wondering why I don't have the energy for my workout. And, yes, I was taking it a lot more than usual in the past couple of weeks in order to try and speed calories out of my body after a night when I ate more than I planned.
Until today when I researched a little, I had no idea that calories got processed anyways, unless you take radical amounts of the stuff, which I don't normally, for fear of the cramps and diarrhea.
The truth is that I have abused these things with no thought about the toll it takes on my body, rationalizing it away by telling myself that I'm better off not loaded with c**p.
I also tend to be one of those people who can't take a lot of fiber in their diet right away, so I try more, get constipated, and then back right off again. I'll just take it s l o w l y and up the fruits, vegs, and water. I really do want to be fit and healthy, not model thin and sick.
Thanks from the bottom of my heart to all of you for being so transparent and honest about this embarassing subject. I'm going to throw away my pills, but it's going to be hard to throw away my enema kit!! Do periodic enemas count?
Thanks!!!
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You might try Hoodia. I lost over 100 lbs on this. Currently I am 115. I found it worked quite well for about 8 months, after which it didn't work quite as well. Make sure you get the certified kind otherwise it might not actually be Hoodia. Good luck!
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You have added alot of useful information but I wanted to say that I lost 19lbs. in 10 days once and Im NO WHERE near as big as the people you deal with. I got hit with a ton of stress at once (wont go into details) and I couldnt hold my food down, not on purpose at all just nerves... Any ways I couldnt sleep at night either bc of nerves so I would walk for hours on end around my neighborhood. I dropped 55lbs before things finally calmed down. People thought I was on drugs and my job actually sent me for a drug test Either way, about a year later I found out I had gall bladder stones and my metabolism is ridiculously slow now. I never purposely did it but I can say not doing it right will mess you up.
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hey i read the first part about the laxative abuse . please do not do it . i myself am i addicted to laxatives . yes i lost weight but i feel so unhealthy. after you start it is extremely hard to stop . i know i dont have any room to talk but i just dont want to see any more girls end up like myself . everyone will picture themselves bigger than what they actually are because of who they compare themselves to . be proud of who you are before you forget what you even look like .. kinda how i did . i used to be very healthy looking . now from over exercise and laxatives i loook drained and sick all the time . im also constantly going to the bathroom which is annoying . working out is what will mainly burn the weight . and cut out fast food and soda ! soda is the main thing for weight gain . my doctor told me lol . but please be healthy and respect your body .
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Ok this isn't a helpful comment but i just wanted to put it out there.
Yes maybe this person is asking a silly question and you all think it is dangerous, but seriously all the people that are saying "THE ONLY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT PROPERLY AND HEALTHILY IS TO EAT RIGHT AND DO EXCERCISE" - yes we all effing know that okay, tell us something we dont know.
When your overweight, feeling like sh*t, feeling useless as all hell with a high lack of motivation the last thing you want too hear is that to excercise and eat well.
Yeah it may be true, and by not listening to that advice you may get damaged but why would you bother posting a stupid reply if your just going to say no go excercise and lose weight- it pisses me offf and i'm sure it pisses off the girl who asked the question.
Look i'll give you something positive,
it was three weeks before my formal and i really wanted too lose weight,
and i did, it worked, and i was actually really happy.
and like that girl up there said, it wasnt just the laxatives
but when you realise your losing weight you feel good about yourself no matter what way it is and you feel a little bit more motivated
and i began too eat less, and much healthier food because i was conscious of what i was putting in my mouth - and i dont think this is a bad thing, today in our society which is being told 'you're the fattest country in the world' most people feel they have no choice but being concious.
If you really want to try laxatives, maybe use it as a starting point- they can become addictive and yes there are lots of bad side effects if you keep it up for too long- but when your overweight and you've tried everything under the damn sun seeing some form of success is a really good feeling.. .
Yes maybe this person is asking a silly question and you all think it is dangerous, but seriously all the people that are saying "THE ONLY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT PROPERLY AND HEALTHILY IS TO EAT RIGHT AND DO EXCERCISE" - yes we all effing know that okay, tell us something we dont know.
When your overweight, feeling like sh*t, feeling useless as all hell with a high lack of motivation the last thing you want too hear is that to excercise and eat well.
Yeah it may be true, and by not listening to that advice you may get damaged but why would you bother posting a stupid reply if your just going to say no go excercise and lose weight- it pisses me offf and i'm sure it pisses off the girl who asked the question.
Look i'll give you something positive,
it was three weeks before my formal and i really wanted too lose weight,
and i did, it worked, and i was actually really happy.
and like that girl up there said, it wasnt just the laxatives
but when you realise your losing weight you feel good about yourself no matter what way it is and you feel a little bit more motivated
and i began too eat less, and much healthier food because i was conscious of what i was putting in my mouth - and i dont think this is a bad thing, today in our society which is being told 'you're the fattest country in the world' most people feel they have no choice but being concious.
If you really want to try laxatives, maybe use it as a starting point- they can become addictive and yes there are lots of bad side effects if you keep it up for too long- but when your overweight and you've tried everything under the damn sun seeing some form of success is a really good feeling.. .
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You have to realize that the only way your going to lose weight is when you feel ready, ready to take control of your life and what goes into your body, after all we are what we eat! seriously. If you want to lose weight start by walking for 30 minutes everyday. eat oats or high fiber cereal and have protein for lunch (along with carbs and veg) and dinner. Snack on fruit and veg and make sure you drink plenty of water. If you feel hungry and you have already eaten drink hot tea with no sugar and water with lemon (this can make you feel fuller). I recently lost 10 kg and this is how i did it. Its the only healthy way! DONT TAKE LAXATIVES and listen to the others who have experienced what they do to you and you health! We only have 1 life so be the best you can be!
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I CANT BELIEVE IM READING THIS... :? THAT IS CRAZY TO EVEN SAY THAT KIND OF STUFF....IF U WANT TO LOOK BETTER ON THE OUTSIDE U HAVE TO FEEL BETTER ON THE INSIDE...HAVING THAT KIND OF OUT LOOK ON UR LIFE WILL ONLY GET U KILLED...MY GOD BLESS U.. :cry:
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hi i wanted to reply because i am a 13 year old girl and i just turned 14. i hav been usuing laxatives for almost five months. the first month i took them i told my self i would only use them this week to loose weight before school it kind off helped but i constantly was going to the bathroom and had terrible pain you end up loosing weight in the begging but in the end you rely on the laxatives and they stop working i ended up gaining 10 pounds i was 5'8 and a 113 pounds now im 5'9 and 123. i hate the way i look and i never excerise and they make you fell terrible about your self and are highly addictive. laxatives are not the way to go. i am already terrible to my body and i am very scared because i ahve decided to stop using actually after i read the posts, im scared i will hav to go to surgery because i use like 20 laxatves a day in the past 2 days i went thorugh 48. dont use laxatives they are like drugs but in the long run f*****g up your body is a terrible. i freak out and become depressed after eating if i dont hav them with me i cant go anywere with out laxatives its scary and when i was younger i always told my self im not going to be the anorexics drug abuser. dont take this path i dont even know if im gonna be **** for life???.
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