How much weight will I lose by starving myself? I don't want any of the "Don't do it it's bad for you." Or " You'll become anorexic." I don't care. Bad or not, might turn anorexic. Just people who have starved themselves. Please answer!!
Well if you want your body to literally eat itself and eventually leading to organ failure and death, then go for it. But seeing that many people have been succesful with EXCERISE and PORTION CONTROL, you should probably head down that path
Diet and exercise isn't that hard.
I am someone who has struggled with starving myself. In my personal experience, it is a terrible way to loose weight. I did lose a lot of weight (50-70 pounds) I was frightfully skinny and looked terrible.
Some of what I experienced besides dramatic weight loss was hair thinning, loss of my hair's luster, chronic exhaustion, grumpiness, loss of my period, terrible looking skin, and my metabolism slowed greatly. Once I healed, I gained a lot of weight back.
Now when I try to loose weight the healthy way (8 years later) its very difficult not only to fall back in bad habits but my metabolism never sped up. Ironically, its harder now for me not to gain weight than before and harder for me to loose weight now than it was before.
Starving myself for a few years was something I wished had never happened to me. (Mine was about feeling a need to control my life--food was one thing I could control--not just about weight loss). Sadly, I will probably have to deal with the consequences for the rest of my life.
If you are struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating please get help. I wish I would have had the right help sooner rather than everyone telling me how great I look. (Which, in the end, nobody told me anymore). I was luckier than a lot of other people who have worse complications and consequences--including death.