seriously hating my body right now.. its getting to a point where i would try anything to loose weight..
i want to start taking laxatives i tried diet pills when i was living at home but dad took them offf me :(
need to be skinny-skinny is perfect whats so wrong with this.. feel like i need to do loads of exercises and i want to start going to gym..
i know laxatives will help me but could cause problems but i really dont care if i loose weight thats all im bothered about
each person brings something new to the world.. all i bring is my smile and thats all i need
As Snail said, laxatives have virtually no impact on the calories absorbed. They work on the large intestine and colon where as calories are absorbed in the small intestine.
Any rapid loss of weight is not sustainable or healthy. If you want to lose weight and keep it off your best bet is a healthy diet and exercise. T
Do you know about the science behind laxatives? I can give you the long story if you like, but the short story is that they genuinely don't make you lose weight. That's the honest truth.
What they will do is make you feel like shite (no pun intended!) and potentially screw up your digestive system forever.
The weight you lose from laxatives is water weight and the vital nutrients. That means that you don't actually lose anything because this is very, very short-term. The implications of laxatives cause you to develop issues with your bowels and bowel movements that aren't particularly pleasant to experience - nor are they especially wonderful to discuss with a doctor.
If you want to lose weight, I suggest you speak to a health professional who can advise you accordingly.
What do you think being skinny would help you with?
I've had anorexia or anorexia-purging subtype for a while. I have abused laxatives. They do NOT help you lose weight. You will become dehydrated from water loss, but there will be no weight loss at all.
You will also lose the ability to control your toilet habits. You will pass fecal matter involuntarily and become more incontinent. You will lose the ability to produce proper stools, and may require surgery that involves having a bag for your poo that you have to carry around.
Scaring you is harsh, yes, but I hope we have.
Do not go down this road. There are no positives at all. It ruins lives.
Get help now.
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skinny is perfect.. models on the cat walk are perfect they havent been chnged by photoshop or anything ive seen them in real life at the clothes show.. and they looked amazing :)
and laxatives i thought would help..
i look at myself in the mirror and i hate it im soo fat and bleugh its not nice..
each person brings something new to the world.. all i bring is my smile and thats all i need
to be honest i dont see it.. people i know that are really skinny say they are happier now then when they were a bigger size.. im not saying its wrong to be big or whatever cos each to their own in my eyes but i want to be skinny
each person brings something new to the world.. all i bring is my smile and thats all i need
That model thin 'perfection' which is maintainable and happiness bringing is a myth. You will reach 'conventional' thin and surpass it, there is always some part of your body that needs to be thinner. You will go from healthy to emaciated and be left with no other choice but to gain all the weight back, be this voluntarily or by force. People will find it hard to even look at you because it's uncomfortable seeing someone look so sick. That thin appearance you crave will become a curse to you, your emotions and mentality, and to those around you. Not to mention the health consequences.
If you feel you still need to lose weight do it healthily. Don't just drop fat but tone your body, that is far more attractive to most people than emaciation.
being thin is not perfect, people who have lost weight in a healthy way and because they wanted to improve their health will probably feel better, but people with an unhealthy bsession with losing weight, eg eating disorders will never be happy, i havnt and i dont know anyone else who has been, because its never low enough and your so sick from ed behaviours youl fall into depression or obsessive thoughts, and yea... just not fun or perfect or anything
You dont need to destroy yourself anymore, we all know you were good at that,
now retire from all that hard work you do
of bringing pain to those sweet eyes and heart
This post upsets me greatly .. Why would you want to purposely abuse your bowels when there are people that struggle with theirs everyday and would give anything for working ones ?
I have had 3 ops in my abdominal area .. An appendix that burst , an absess that grew because of the botched appendix op and then a rectal prolapse op .. The rectal prolapse op has caused me many problems inc scar tissue, rectocele, other internal prolapsing and pelvic floor muscles .. Because i don't want a colostemy bag i have to struggle with colonic irrigation every night ....
Please don't abuse your body with laxatives when you have a healthy digestive system for the sake of being skinny .... Ive had to take laxatives for the fact i couldn't go to loo (got up to 3 weeks and couldn't take the pain) so reluctantly had to use laxatives ... Its horrible.. Makes you dehydrated, feel sick ,bloated .. Its not a life .....
Please go see your gp before you do anything drastic ... Skinny really isn't that important .. And believe mev3 year ago i would mot have said that in a million years .... Its much more important to be happy xx
'perfection is in the eye of the beholder' .. My bf thinks im perfect and sexy ... I have 2 huge scats on my abdomin from past operations .. He doesn't see them .. He just sees mefor the person i sm .... No one is perfect and everyone knows that people who say they are happier, tbh tend to be hiding stuff .. I used to go out and be confident etc but i still used to self harm.. People told me i was too skinny etc .. I said i was happier .. It was a big fat lie .. Ps dorry for the mistakes im on my phone and for some reason it wont let me go back to alter the mistakes
Hello i have listed the consequences of laxative abuse.
Dehydration, nausea, water retention, bowel infections, severe abdominal pain, Electrolyte Disturbances, irregular heartbeat, kidney failure, Electrolyte imbalance, organ damage, death from electrolyte imbalance causing cardiac arrest. Also colon failure, my mum has this not due to laxative abuse. My mum had a colostomy at age 32 and she very nearly died, its not pleasant, and she has problems everyday because of it and numerous operations due to ulcers on the stoma.
Please dont think that just because you see people that are thin, that they are happy, how does anyone know they are. most people have things they would love to change. i would rather be 2 stone heavier and look in the mirror and like what i see, rather than being thin and unhappy and barely able to look at myself in the mirror
rachaellostinlife, hi you sound like you have had a tough time with operations, how are you now x
lottybear
I don't mean to be a post snatcher etc just wanted to try put things into perspective :) - 'twisted smiles' .. Its really difficult coping with an eating disorder i really do understand what you're going through .. Just hate people wanting to abuse their bodies xxxxx
And lotty bear - like i say its either a colostemy bag or personal cholonoc irrigation system ... Its the irrigation system i opted for although it takes a great chunk of time out of my life xx
Hello please don't think you have offended anyone. You havent. I just don't want you to end up really poorly. I know it's hard but honestly taking laxatives will only mess your body up I took laxatives for 5 years and I now have ibs. I know how you feel about the mirror, do you have anyone you can talk to like a gp or a friend.
Your welcome to message me if you ever want to talk
Lotty Bear x
