If you starve yourself how long will it take to see fat loss?

Question

like inches around your waist

I AM NOT GOING TO DO THIS!!! My friend is because she thinks she can lose fat fast and i told her it will all be water weight.

I AM NOT DOING THIS DO NOT TELL ME IT IS NOT HEALTHY!!! YES I HAVE TOLD MY FRIEND ITS NOT HEALTHY AND IF SHE DOES IT I WILL BE TELLING HER MOM!!!

Thanks

Answer 1

A long time, since when you stop eating, your body shuts down to preserve and protect itself, and will burn muscle tissue first.

Answer 2

WOW, HONEY.... It doen't matter about what the numbers are saying on the scale.... You need to take in a count on your height and your weight and that is a more accurate desicsion to make. The guy that has the 8 step answers to your questions really seems like he has been down this road. Do it the right way, trying to find a easy fix or a cheat way will catch up with you in the end, your at the age to build your lifestyle the right way and eat the right way, if you start now it will be a brezze as you get older to hold and maintain your weight, please do not starve your self you have no idea what this can do to your body and you think that it is hard to loose weight now just wait til you start starving your self, here is a question for you have you ever herd anything come out of starving yourself? Did anybody accomplish anything by doing that, I am 29 years old and I can tell you I have never herd of any good coming out of that and I have had some friends try that and one they were laned into the ER Room and or they gained the weight back so fast and when they tried to loose it again they had a really hard time. I know that you want to loose weight fast, I am in the same boat but there is a right way and a wrong way of doing things in life and this is really wrong and something that I have relized that helps with me with my weight battle is I didn't put it on over night and I am not going to tak it off over night eighter. Good luck and please do your research before you put yourself on that dangerous path. Blessings!!!!

Answer 3

Results Of Starving Yourself

Answer 4

There is something called SERE school. It is where pilots go for POW training. In that week they are only able to eat whatever they catch, which can be lizards, snakes, and plants. They are lucky if they are able to eat an animal. Anyhow, they hardly eat but drink lots of water. In addition, they hardly sleep, but the average guy will lose 15lbs in that week. Keep in mind too that men can lose weight faster than women. One thing you friend needs to know is that "if she can lose the weight that fast she can also gain it just as fast." Her body will go into starvation mode and actually try to hold on to the fat and she will lose muscle. It is better for her to eat right and exercise. At the most, she should aim for losing a pound a week. The longer it takes the better, because all the meanwhile she will be developing healthy habits that will stick with her. It only takes a person 21 days to make a habit and that is what she needs to keep the weight off. Otherwise her whole life she willl deal with yo-yo dieting and she will never get the results she wants.

Answer 5

The above answers about losing muscle are right, not only that but starving yourself and crash dieting also causes your metabolism to slow down, so when you start to eat again you will not burn calories as quickly. Starving yourself leads to all kinds of problems with teeth and bones later in life. And as far as losing weight fast, it does not work. I was anorexic/ bulimic when I was younger and you do not loose weight quickly. The best way to loose weight is to train yourself to eat healthy and to cut out the junk food. Watch calorie and fat intake and get at least an hour of exercise at least five days a week. Good Luck to your "friend".

Answer 6

If your friend starves herself she will immediately see water loss- which should not be confused with fat loss. She may lose weight at first because of the calorie deficit but she will not only be losing weight but she will be losing muscle mass. The result of this will be a messed up metabolism and when she does resume eating again (which she will because it's impossible to keep this up) her body will cling to every calorie she puts in her mouth because of it's deprived state.

So you can tell her she will see the weight gain of all the weight she lost and then some faster then she will see fat loss from starving herself.

You are a good friend to look out for her and keep her from hurting herself.

Answer 7

Disclaimer: I am not an expert. I am someone who has struggled with my weight all my life.


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The truth is, she will lose fat. She'll lose it very quickly. It won't all be water weight.

However, you are right that it won't be healthy. In addition to nutritional problems and the possibility of becoming anorexic, her metabolism will slow down and when she does eat again she will build more fat stores than she would have otherwise.

It also sounds like she is a young woman. Her body is going through a period of rapid change and development. This would be a terrible time to deprive herself of important nutrients.

Lastly, it's way easier to excercise a lot than it is to not eat, at least in my opinion. Tell your friend to walk two hours a day and not eat any more than she does now. The inches will melt off, and she'll be healthier for it.

Better yet, don't tell her to do it. Go walk with her.

Answer 8

Here is something that has worked for me:

Have 1 good meal a day.. include all four food groups in that meal --- meat, veggies, salads, and carbs.

8 hours later or so -- have a very small bite again if you get hungry. Maybe a yogurt or something small like that.

You'll lose a pound a day and it will be easier than you think if you keep up .

You can also choose what you eat during that 1 meal a day too.. it doesn't have to have all the 4 things in it either, but at least 2 will work as well.

Answer 9

Not something I'm proud of but a couple years ago when I was 16 I ate 50 calories a day and exercised to the extreme daily I played tennis for 90 minutes, walked for 30 minutes climbed the stairs in my house for 30 and did I did several reps of push up and sit ups. In one month I lost 30 lbs. No one could believe it because it seemed so impossible and unreal, my doctor was shocked he said to me,"there's no way a person could lose 30lbs in one month, not even if they cut out their stomach", but anyway I ended in the hospital for malnutrition, temp. hypoglycemic, blood cells screwed up, and low hypertension levels.... so when you think about it wasn't worth it because I wasn't able to enjoy the weight id lost I and shortly after I ended up putting it all back on, but I've lived and learned how to properly lose weight and I'm happily now at 150 lbs at 5'9

Answer 10

This could cause your blood sugar levels to drop significantly, which could lead to coma or death. Starving yourself will not create a desired "weight loss".

Answer 11

It'll take longer than exercising and eating right. First off if you starve yourself, muscle will turn into fat and then you will start to burn off that fat. So you may loose weight but you'll look heavier for a long time. I used to be anorexic and it took me atleast a year to look thinner like so you could notice. Tell her don't do it♥