How does anorexia work?

Question

If when you stop eating, your body goes into starvation mode so that you don't lose weight, how long does it take for anorexics to start getting thinner? *I'm not asking this because i want to try it, I'm simply curious*

Answer 1

Anorexia actually doesn't work which is why it is considered a disorder. No matter the positives a person perceives as coming from anorexia, the negatives are too dangerous and likely.

Answer 2

Actually, you do lose weight when you first start. A lot of it will be water weight. After a few days or so your body goes into starvation mode and is now using body fat, later it will use muscle. Slowly your metabolism will slow down and it will be harder and harder to lose weight. I really hope your not thinking this might be an option for you. In the long run if you decided not to eat you will have to be taken to the hospital and be tube fed and when you do finally eat your body will store everything, not knowing when the next time it will get fed. You will be starving literally and will gain your weight right back, unless you decided to keep starving which inturn will lead you to the hospital. It's a vicious cycle. Been there

Answer 3

When you think you're fat when you actually aren't..
and barely eat anything and exercise some in order to lose weight.
dictionary definition:An eating disorder characterized by markedly reduced appetite or total aversion to food. Anorexia is a serious psychological disorder. It is a condition that goes well beyond out-of-control dieting. The person with anorexia, most often a girl or young woman, initially begins dieting to lose weight. Over time, the weight loss becomes a sign of mastery and control. The drive to become thinner is thought to be secondary to concerns about control and fears relating to one's body. The individual continues the endless cycle of restrictive eating, often to a point close to starvation. This becomes an obsession and is similar to an addiction to a drug. Anorexia can be life-threatening. Also called anorexia nervosa

Answer 4

Well your body does go into starvation mode, though most anorexics don't just stop eating, they start exercising like crazy so they do end up burning the fat fast! DO NOT TRY IT!! My Fiancees brother (yes a guy) starved himself and his heart rate went down to less then 25 beats a minute, he spent 8 days in ICU and almost died! Now he still has the issue and is so scared of getting fat and pretty much ha no social life because of it!

Answer 5

Probably within a week or so. Starvation mode doesn't exist indefinitely, and soon the pounds drop off, you become weaker, your hair falls out from your head, you develop fine hairs all over the rest of your body, and interestingly, your face can actually take on a puffy appearance, plus get really dark hollows around your eyes.

Answer 6

When a person has Anorexia, their body begins to run off the fat of the body, yet weakens them while killing off the muscle as well as fat. There for it mainly depends on the amount of fat in the body. It is exetremely unhealty and will more than likely kill a person then make them happier or thinner.

Answer 7

Well about 3 months ago i became anorexia do to stress. I didnt eat and when i tried i threw it up. Even when I looked at food i begain to become sick. I lost about 20-30 pounds in little time. But i became very unhealthy and had to go to the hospital.

Answer 8

it doesnt really work.... you get so hungry that ur body starts to eat away musles. then all u have left is bones!!! no curves no nothin!! u saw what happened to Nicole Richie and Lindsey Lohan and those kinds of people!! right....?

Answer 9

the lack of eating starts eating their muscles they get thinner from that. then they die because their body eatsits own heart

Answer 10

"anorexia blues" through slender jim mcgraw "bleeding blues" through hank "wristy" slitwrists "i'm too damn fat" through jemima hazelwaters "god damn those chips" through ricky martin "reduce myself to prepare you incorrect" through harold p. jellington