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Originally posted by MissWetPanties
Yeah, right. My friend had to lose over 150 pounds and he tried that horseshit. He ate nothing but lettuce with no dressing, carrots and drank only water for almost a month. He lost a grand total of 3 pounds and collapsed from exhaustion from lack of calories and ended up in the hospital for 4 days. Why the hell would anyone subject themselves to hospitalization and food depravation to lose 3 pounds a month when one can eat wonderful foods like steak, cheeseburgers and ice cream on the Atkins diet and lost 15+ pounds per month. Let's see, 10 months to lose 150 pounds or several YEARS? Hmm.
Some people think they know it all. *sigh*
Fat people get fat because of many different reasons. Pregnancy, thyriod disease, hormone imbalance, and yes, overeating. But so what? Does one give some ludicrous way for alcoholics to overcome the addiction from drinking too much alcohol. "Just don't drink and any acoholic can sober up." DUH! Not.
G'head and try to quit smoking, drinking, snorting cocaine, or whatever other unhealthy habit YOU have with advice like you just gave and see how far YOU get!
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Actually, what he said was correct.
The reason your friend didn't lose weight but did end up in the hospital is quite simple: if you don't eat enough, your body will perceive it as a period of low food supplies, and try to retain as much fat and such as possible. In other words, it kills your metabolism.
However, replacing high caloric foods with low caloric ones and exercising a lot will help your metabolism speed up, and will help you lose weight quite quickly.