My friend is going onto a almost anorexic diet?

Question

she said she was going to only eat 300 calories a day
which is like CRAZYNESSSSS
and i dont want her to hurt herself
any subjestions on what i could tell her?

Answer 1

When you have anorexia you just start developing symptoms of another eating disorder. Bulima. Sometimes, when you have anorexia, you get to the point where you just want "one bite" of something and then that leads on to more and more eating. After that, you feel so disgusted with yourself that you just decide to throw it all up. Having both eating disorders, is not fun. Up to 15% of the people with anorexia die. And if they don't die it gets to the point where you can't control it and you develop other health issues. The best thing you can do for her is explain your concern for her. If that doesn't work. Don't push it. Just keep telling her you love her and you're there for her. Avoid the temptation of trying to control her life. Offer your support. Don't talk or watch what she's eating constantly. It will just make her mad and with anorexia the mood swings are dreadful. Don't compare her with other people. Don't try and urge her to eat. And just listen to her feelings and what she has to say. Don't make her feel like a bad person and don't say, "People are going to think you're nasty and they'll just get repelled by how you look." It might ruin your guys' friendship for good. Just be...supportive.

Answer 2

I hope I can help because I dealt with this first hand. First of all anorexia is a disease. The person starving themselves actually looks in a mirror and sees a distorted version of themselves. You may see the real person as 100lbs but they see themselves as 200lbs. So they starve themselves. My daughter is an anorexic. She started at the end of middle school and went through the entire high school. She couldn't even go to school because she was so weak she couldn't walk. The school system sent a tutor. Then we had to put her into a special hospital for 2 wks. where she was locked in like a criminal. Before all this she would eat a pretzel and a sip of water a day. She never was overweight. She then graduated to a partial hospitalization school. An anorexic is considered suicidal. Did you know that? I could go on and on. She is almost 25 now and still spirals but brings herself back up. Tell your friend that some girls cant get out of the grasp of anorexia and will die. When they don't take in enough food their bodies start taking the food from their organs and then their muscles, and bones and finally their heart. My daughter decided she didn't want to die and she tried very hard to eat. It wasn't easy for her. She would sit at the table and begin to shake when she saw food. She would take little nibbles but it was a start. She now has a lot of medical problems and one is she may not be able to have a child. Please tell your friend about my daughter.

Answer 3

Find her some help. That is really unhealthy to do that to her body. And I'm guessing that she isn't even overweight... And honey 300 calories a day isn't a diet, that is suicide. Don't get mad at her, but you need to let her know that that isn't a good way for her to lose weight. And if her parents find out or notice her rapid weight loss, they are going to force her to really go under some serious counseling. Ask her why she feels like that. Look up some healthy and lo cal things that she can eat if she is trying to lose weight. But talk to her sincerely and get to the root of her wanting to get on a crazy diet like that.

Answer 4

would u rahter be skinny and risk dying. also the anorexic diet doenst work you need more calories because when you do this you body starves itself and it probably take iven longer than a regular diet tell ur friend to just calculate her calorie intake on a normal day and reduce it about 600 or 500 and work out at least cardio

Answer 5

The thing you should probally say is that she is fine just the way she is and she doesnt have to put herself threw this just to feel better about herself.If someone is calling her names because of how she looks tell that it doesnt matter what people think and they will know if it bothers you by trying so hard to make them happy, think about u what makes you happy?If it doesnt work them beg her to go on a suitable slow change healthy diet and tell her that u will help her get threw it.

Answer 6

You should explain to her that this will send her body into "starvation" mode and cause it to store fat. She needs to take in at least 1000 calories a day minimum. Tell her that there are lots of healthy ways to lose weight that will her feel BETTER not worse.

Answer 7

oh lord- thats the absolut truth she WILL kill herself if she goes on a diet like that, thats nearly starvation.
She can lose weight in a healthy way with exercise and 6 small meals a day, and so on and so on. She needs help.
Is she heavy?? Offer to work out ot run/jog with her, or suggest that you will watch what you eat and diet properly with her

Answer 8

You should tell her, she looks fine! But then again girls don't believe that. I have the same problem but after seeing picture of all of these anorexic girls like lindsey lohan and nicole richie. I start to like who I am and eat normally.

Answer 9

be straight forward with her just tell her that you care to much about her and that you dont want her to get hurt. And just be like you can still eat but if oyu wanna lose weight and say Not that you need to. but tell her to just work out but dont starve her self.

Answer 10

do Ur self sum research and get lots of facts on anorexia before u say anything. then show her the dangers. u could also try and find out Wat the underlying problem is and why she would want to harm her body like that. good luck.