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Originally Posted by Confucius
I will continue my dangerous cycle of yo-yo dieting with diet pills and starvation very soon (again).  |
Well as long as you understand the damage you are doing to your body and the fact that at the end of the day near-starvation diets cause you to gain MORE weight, I don't know what to tell you.
I used ephedra in the past, but it was a tool that I used to spur my activity- it helped me work out harder and helped me control my appetite, so I could ease into lifestyle changes that made dropping weight fairly quickly but at a healthy rate a possibility.
What you describe there is just...indefensible to me. The science has proven that it makes you FATTER in the long run, and while you're doing that you can't possibly feel good about yourself and your actions.
You know better.
ETA: I don't mean to sound harsh here, but growing up at an all girls school I saw a lot of eating disorders and body dysmorphia (sp) so I am sensitive to those issues. It's like a whole generation of American women are being taught to punish their bodies into conforming to some physical ideal. I find it disheartening to observe it increasingly in women of color. We have enough to challenge us already, and so many things society tells us to hate about ourselves.