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Being completely anorexic will actually cause the starvation response to kick in, slowing down your progress.

The main reason for fat loss should be for health reasons. People who are anorexic look very thin, unhealthy and thus unattractive. Being anorexic will also cause social problems.
For improved health, improved physical appearance, mental health and social interactions, it is best to approach fat loss in a holistic manner. Do not try to make drastic changes.

Don't try to starve yourself. Start first by adding green vegetables (for example microwave frozen vegetables). Eventually replace all high fat and high sugar foods with lower calorie ones. For example, replace fries with baked potatoes, then with broccoli, etc. If you like candy, take a sweet apple instead. For a sweeter choice try grapes or ripe bananas. These foods may not seem as sweet or delicate at first, but this changes over time, and you will grow to like them much more as they will give you more energy and you will not have a bloated feeling afterward.
Many advocate increasing protein intake. This is fine, but do not go to a high fat high protein diet.

The MAIN key is to make lifestyle changes for the rest of your life. Don't try to speed things along. Eat right, exercise and the good changes will come into your life much sooner than you expect.

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16y ago

Anorexia is not a measurement or a number on a scale; it is a mind-set. You can be anorexic at any weight. If you feel that it is necessary to abuse your body through self-starvation, then you are displaying an anorexic mindset and it's time to get help before you seriously harm yourself.

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14y ago

Making yourself sick (as in throwing up) means that you are bulimic. Anorexic means that you strave yourself and work out more to lose weight.

You don't just "become anorexic" it is a mental disorder.

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13y ago

Well, you have to stop eating, if you eat, you gotta vomit. That will get your body used to throwing the food out of the body. After a couple of weeks you got a eating disorder, please don't do this, people who are likely to get Anorexia, die. Don't risk u r life :(

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12y ago

You can start losing weight right away, but it will vary from individual to individual.

Anorexia is an actually an eating disorder characterized by eating an unusually small amount of food and often vomiting it back up. It is unhealthy.

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15y ago

It depends. Some people might become anorexic in a matter of a few months, if they litterally cut off all food. Others might "ease" their way into anorexia, limiting food little by little and slowly adding in exercise over the course of a few years. Generally, a person is considered "anorexic" if they have a bad relationship with food, some mental issues with depression / low self-esteem / BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder), significant weight loss, low BMI (Body Mass Index), organ problems, and / or other health problems.

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11y ago

First of all, you can't "go" anorexic. It is a serious mental illness that will ravage your mind, your body, and your soul. It is not a "quick" or "easy" way to lose weight, and no individual should ever be attempting to "turn it on," because even if an anomaly occured and that were possible, there is definitely no way to turn it off.

But the weight losscould happen many ways. Many people with anorexia are normal weight, these days the rail-thin, emaciated girls make up about 5-10% of anorexics. The rest are thin (because an official diagnosis of anorexia nervosa requires a weight under 85% of your ideal) but often not so much that others would immediately be aware that the individual is suffering.

Signs to watch for in a suspected anorexic are weakness, coldness, substantial weight loss in a short time, missed periods (if you have access to that information), dissappearing after meals (yes, even for anorexia this applies), brittle hair, fingers and teeth, jaundice, pale skin, and sunken eyes and cheeks.

If you think you may be suffering from anorexia, bulimia, ed-nos or any other eating disorder, GET HELP NOW. 1 in 5 people with an eating disorder will die from it. DO NOT WAIT.

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Someone can become anorexic within a few days or weeks. It can take some time for it to really become a large danger, as often the disease progresses as time goes by,

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