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Q: I So Need Your Help Come Here Ppl!
asked by: not perfect yet on September 2nd, 2005
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Hey ppl can I ask you all a question?

See I am 14, 140lbs.
But I wanna be 120lbs.
And ive tried everythnig you can think of , it never works .. So I have decied to starve myself, should I ?
I know it can mess up your period. But is bad to not have aperiod for like a long time?

Well I really am lost can I get some kind of help?

Am I making a good choice?

(lost)
lia
thanx
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tunasushi
replied on September 3rd, 2005
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Honey, please dont do it and ruin ur life. Im 14 too and im going through hell....Dont let any one of these diseases get in control cos it can do so much harm to urself and might even kill you if it goes too far...Dont make the silly mistake I did and ruin your whole life


xoxo
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Glamorgirli
replied on September 3rd, 2005
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You never mentioned how tall you are!

Don't start any ed. If you stop eating and start eating again, your body will just store it as fat. The only thing that will make you lose weight is to eat more healthy and exercise. There is no magical pill. Try not to set your goal to lose 20lbs start off with it smaller, like 10 lbs that way you don't get discouraged. And the healthy weight loss it about 2-4lbs a week. It will take some time.

You don't want to die to be thin, you have to much of your life ahead of you.
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not perfect yet
replied on September 3rd, 2005
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Well I know it can harm me .. But I dont plan on letting it control me ...


But im doing it cause my boyfriend keeps on telling me

"oh u got plub there too:" and I get so embaresed :oops:
so I thought starving was the best thing to do ..

Why do peopel keep sayin it can mess up your period?
Can it >is that bad if your persiod messed up tthough?

Lia
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irishamethyst
replied on September 3rd, 2005
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I don't mean to sound mean, but are you trying to use this forum to help you lose weight, or do you have an ed? This forum is for people to provide support to each other with their struggles. It is not a forum to encourage you to lose weights. Starving is always bad, and yes it can mess up your menstrual cycle. Whether that me anorexia, bulimia or any other ed.

I'm sorry to sound harsh, but coming from someone who has suffered the trials and tribulations with the ed and recovery, I now know that the behaviour is not the answer. As moya hornbacher said "it's ever so easy to go, harder to find your way back". No one has ever said anything truer.
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bebe123
replied on September 3rd, 2005
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How can starving yourself affect your period?
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tunasushi
replied on September 3rd, 2005
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When ur body hasnt got enough fat or energy to keep itself alive and healthy, its definitely not going to allow itself to get pregnant as the foetus would be like a parasite feeding one what u already dont have enough for yourself....So everything shuts down...Thats how it affects it
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Glamorgirli
replied on September 4th, 2005
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bebe123 wrote:
how can starving yourself affect your period?


your body needs a certain amount of body fat to produce the hormones to release an egg and to build up the lining of the uterus, which sheds during your period. With out fat they do not function!
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irishamethyst
replied on September 4th, 2005
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Also, to do with not having enough calcium in your body. Many people with osteoporosis, don't menstruate.
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lonely_angel
replied on September 4th, 2005
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Well how tall are you???? Okay you said that you won't let this thing controll you well I also said a long time ago I will never give into peer preassure come on you will lose the weight and then once you get down to 120 you'll be like oh I love the way I look and feel it wouldn't hurt to loose another 20 pounds yeah you will get like that it will end up controlling you alright so I don't really think that you have an ed yet!!! But it will happen to you if you keep thinking this way and who cares about what your boyfriend says if he doesn't like it then he doesn't like you I mean if hes still with you then he doesn't really care and thinks your hott.... Or whatever you shouldn't even care about what others think of you anyways cause thatll just make you even more misserable I don't wanna sound mean I just wanna let you know the truth I never knew that purging could controll my life.... Don't do that to yourself you will see how hard it will be to acctually starve your self and then you will start purging thats what happened to me when I was 13 I tried not to eat but then I started purging and now I am 15 trying to escape this disease think about what you are doing it won't only effect you but others around you also
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not perfect yet
replied on September 4th, 2005
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Wow thnx, I guess im not gunna then .. But whole bunch of girls at my shcoo lare doign it and just likeget skinny right before my eyes, and I guess I thoguth it was the easy way out . But I never knew it could take over like that , ..


Wel thanx for the tip. Yea my bfriend is just a doop stick for sayin the thingz he does to me ..

Maybe were not meant to be rite?

Lia
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lonely_angel
replied on September 4th, 2005
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I am glad that you have realized how harmful and controlling that these eds are but I hope you aren't just saying that cause of what everyone has said you know there are other ways to get skinny and be healthy I have learned the hard way just hope you don't have to go through it also
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tunasushi
replied on September 4th, 2005
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Im so happy that you're not going to get into this stupid disease....You dont have to care what people think of you...As long as you know ur healthy and beautiful, others dont matter
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