check out this Prothinspo site
As you can see it starts with '40 reasons to starve
yourself'' and if your anything like me after reading just a few you couldn’t
help but let your jaw drop!
This is why such sites are so concerning and can be fatal to the younger generations. Are people becoming so desperate and so stupid to believe such crap? I would like to think not but the fact that such nonsense is published online is rather worrying.
I know how it feels to be the fat kid and I can see how young girls especially will believe such rubbish. If you’re that desperate you will try anything to become thin but this just makes me feel slightly nauseous. There is a reason you become hungry, your body needs food to survive and as it stands your body needs food to lose weight to raise your metabolism - so these tips are obviously not fact!
As someone who has struggled with their weight since the age of 7, being on and off diets since I was in primary school and being bullied for about 6 years due to my weight, yea, I can see myself taking some of these on board, which is why it’s such a worry. Young women need help with their self esteem and body confidence and this method is down right unacceptable!
Just by reading these I myself, a 21 year old of a healthy weight, feels put off from eating today. If it has this effect on someone like me who knows the dangers of starvation and malnourishment imagine what this could do to someone 10 years younger.
For those of you who are struggling with your weight and are tempted to try such tips, I urge you not to. I know everyone is banging on about how healthy eating and exercise is the best method of weight loss and it seems much more difficult than cutting out food altogether, but it’s because it’s true. I know because I had to realize it to. I have to say I'm slightly hypocritical in the way I'm trying to stop thinspiration and pro Ana sites. When I started University 3 years ago I got into bad habits, cut down my calories to a minimal amount and went to the gym most days to burn off any calories I ate. Yes, I lost weight, yes I dropped about 4 dress sizes but instead I gained problems with anxiety, bad digestion, depression and my immune system hit an all time low and I was lucky if I had a week in which I wasn't ill with a cold, flu, tonsillitis etc. Starvation is definitely not the way forward and this is why I'm raising this awareness. From someone who's been there - it’s NOT worth it!
Ok, enough with the ranting, but this site is also hurt me a little inside because after reading number 13 apparently I'm harbouring a parasite! Looking back over them and the pure nonsense is actually rather amusing.
'Have you ever seen a person NOT notice a walking skeleton?' - I wonder if they know people aren't noticing them in awe but rather in slight concern and possibly cringing at the sight - because in all fairness, that skinny just ain't pretty!
This is why such sites are so concerning and can be fatal to the younger generations. Are people becoming so desperate and so stupid to believe such crap? I would like to think not but the fact that such nonsense is published online is rather worrying.
I know how it feels to be the fat kid and I can see how young girls especially will believe such rubbish. If you’re that desperate you will try anything to become thin but this just makes me feel slightly nauseous. There is a reason you become hungry, your body needs food to survive and as it stands your body needs food to lose weight to raise your metabolism - so these tips are obviously not fact!
As someone who has struggled with their weight since the age of 7, being on and off diets since I was in primary school and being bullied for about 6 years due to my weight, yea, I can see myself taking some of these on board, which is why it’s such a worry. Young women need help with their self esteem and body confidence and this method is down right unacceptable!
Just by reading these I myself, a 21 year old of a healthy weight, feels put off from eating today. If it has this effect on someone like me who knows the dangers of starvation and malnourishment imagine what this could do to someone 10 years younger.
For those of you who are struggling with your weight and are tempted to try such tips, I urge you not to. I know everyone is banging on about how healthy eating and exercise is the best method of weight loss and it seems much more difficult than cutting out food altogether, but it’s because it’s true. I know because I had to realize it to. I have to say I'm slightly hypocritical in the way I'm trying to stop thinspiration and pro Ana sites. When I started University 3 years ago I got into bad habits, cut down my calories to a minimal amount and went to the gym most days to burn off any calories I ate. Yes, I lost weight, yes I dropped about 4 dress sizes but instead I gained problems with anxiety, bad digestion, depression and my immune system hit an all time low and I was lucky if I had a week in which I wasn't ill with a cold, flu, tonsillitis etc. Starvation is definitely not the way forward and this is why I'm raising this awareness. From someone who's been there - it’s NOT worth it!
Ok, enough with the ranting, but this site is also hurt me a little inside because after reading number 13 apparently I'm harbouring a parasite! Looking back over them and the pure nonsense is actually rather amusing.
'Have you ever seen a person NOT notice a walking skeleton?' - I wonder if they know people aren't noticing them in awe but rather in slight concern and possibly cringing at the sight - because in all fairness, that skinny just ain't pretty!
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