My friend has been starving himself and vomiting up his food consistently for the past 2 years i’d say, he’s about 65kg whilst being around 6’1, i try to tell him that it’s bad for your health and that sooner or later he’ll just put the weight back on again anyway, but he hasn’t, he’s stayed being relatively skinny and there has been no changes in his behaviour or personality in fact i’d say he’s much happier than he’s ever been.
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Starving yourself (excessively) is not ineffective in losing weight, but it comes with a number of detriments. For one, your health is at risk of suffering due to the diminished consumption nutrients. But more importantly, the damage that it can do to your heart and bones is also something to be concerned about. When you’re excessively diminished when it comes to your nutrition and energy intake, your body is more prone to look to other internal sources of energy to sustain itself, and it won’t be all fat. Your body is liable to sap from your lean mass, which includes organs like your heart, weakening it over time and possibly causing irreparable damage.
Your friend sounds like he could be suffering from bulimia if he’s purging food that he eats. Purging damages your throat due to the spasming and gastric acid, and it also causes damage to your heart when done in excess. If he hasn’t already, he should seek help from professionals as there usually other issues going on behind the scene, like body dysmorphia and possibly even depression. I’m by no means a professional, but what your friend is doing is extreme and harmful, and this goes beyond the risk of just gaining weight back.
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