Tips & Tricks Not To Do
1. Ice baths do not burn an insane amount of calories - being cold will actually SLOW your metabolism, because your body is trying to retain heat. You burn more calories in room or hotter temperatures. Ice baths can also be dangerous because it does lower your body’s natural core temperature, and this can lead to blood clots, heart problems, and various other complications.
2. Ignore the 100 calories workouts. Why? Because you do not burn 100 calories. There are no universal workouts that burn the exact amount of calories for everyone. Someone who is 300 pounds burns twice the amount of caloris than someone who’s 150 pounds. And honestly, the only person who burns 100 calories on those plans are people who are over 300 pounds. Even then it’s iffy. Just don’t fall for it.
3. Hydration. Is. Key. Just upping your water intake to the levels your body needs will be enough to help jump start weightloss. It regulates the water your body needs, help’s you get rid of excess water weight, plus it helps your body maintain a majority of it’s natural processes. It can take only 3 days to die without consuming water, don’t risk it.
4. Don’t bother with lax or diet pills. Lax will dehydrate you and only force you to lose extra water and waste weight. Diet pills have insane amounts of caffeine. Your best bet is to use cayenne pepper extract and vitamin b complex which naturally do what diet pills are marketed to do. Not to mention, just google diet pill side effects.
5. Do not chew and spit. It’s not a good alternative. The moment you smell food your body starts the digestive process. Now most of the time this isn’t a big deal. However, once you chew food, your stomach is producing stomach acid. Without food for your stomach to digest, you will have acid build up cause acid reflux, stomach ulcers, nausea, and various other problems.
6. In terms of eating disorders, fasting is never a good option. While fasting can be healthy for someone who is healthy, chances are if you’re restricting your body is already battling to maintain it’s life. Our bodies are not designed to have low intakes all the time. Consult a physician before you fast. Also, do not fast when you need to operate a vehicle or any other machine. End your fast if you feel a burning sensation in your stomach or develop acid reflux.
7. In every health case, avoid fast food. Not only is the food insanely unhealthy for you (there are healthier options at most chains if you ever need to eat out at one) but the FDA actually allows a lot of these chains to lie about their calorie count by 20%. Most food companies can do it anyways, but fast food is the most guilty. Supersize Me actually did expand on this so watching that will give you a bit more information.
8. A good 90% of the so called “pro-ana” tips being spread around are complete BS. While some people may find them helpful, the reality is that most people don’t. You will find what works for you naturally.
9. The more you restrict or fast the smaller your stomach/intestines shrink. It may sound good now, but the moment you eat more than your body can naturally handle, you are at risk for stomach/intestinal ruptures since your body is no longer used to eating regular amounts.
10. Do not eat cotton balls for the love of God. I don’t know who even came up with this idea but cotton balls can easily cause intestinal blockages that can kill you, cause massive infection, and could end up needing to be surgically removed. I’ve also seen a few people suggest tying candy to a string then pulling it back up to induce purging? You’re going to choke to death at some point with that, or tear a hole in your esophagus which, best of luck surviving that one. Seriously, don’t follow these stupid tips.
11. Take a multivitamin. If you restrict you lose nutrients, losing nutrients lands you in a hospital, hospital finds out you have an eating disorder and forces you to eat.
In conclusion, just use your common sense and reason. If it sounds too good to be true, or if it sounds dangerous, it most likely is. Stay safe
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“Your brain alone needs 500 calories...” yeah well my brain should have thought about that before it gave me all these disorders
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Keeping my calorie intake a three digits number got me having anxiety meltdowns just once or twice a day. What the fuck.
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I was going to outgrow my anxiety,
As an adult, an excessive amount of worring and anxiety are signs of immaturity and childishness,
I can actively choose to stop feeling anxious, I just need to "get over it",
Me being anxious makes people uncomfortable, so I should learn how to control myself,
My anxiety is not a problem, people have it worse,
Anxiety = wanting people to do things for me = only thinking about myself,
"If you feel like your adolescence has been bad, wait until you'll have to deal with the REAL ADULT PROBLEMS ™",
"Stop complaining, I've had it worse"
"Things are simple, you're making them hard",
"It's all in your head".
List of toxic and incorrect things that were taught to me while I was growing up
Child abuse only exists if you always get badly insulted, yelled at, or physically abused by adults [e.g. beaten, scarred, slurred]
If your parents generally don’t pay attention to you, it just means they’re busy or have more important things to do
Saying a child does something for attention, as if they don’t deserve attention, is fine and justifies you ignoring them
Self harming is always about asking for attention
Asking for attention in general is wrong
No matter how much they hurt you, you’re still supposed to respect a family member [e.g. “But they are still your parents.“]
Negligence isn’t abuse
Your partner can’t do things against your will [e.g. ”He can’t sexually assault you, he’s your boyfriend!“]
An abusive relationship is always obvious and involves beating
Staying in an abusive relationship makes it your own fault
PTSD is something only soldiers coming back from war can have
Friends can’t bully you
Bullying is part of life and trying to stop it is pointless
An eating disorder always means you eat too little/are underweight
ADHD is a “boy thing”
If a boy is mean to you it’s because they like you
Girls are overdramatic/boys don’t have feelings
A harsh upbringing gives you “thick skin”
Hurting your children “in moderation” can be correct disciplining
Therapy is only for mental cases
Having multiple personalities is overt, obvious, and dramatic
Having a bad memory means you lack intelligence
If you can’t remember something traumatic then it “couldn’t have been that bad“
Being “mature for your age“ is a good thing
Feel free to add any of your own, unfortunately there’s a lot of these and I could likely make the list longer if I’d take more time, but these are some important ones I wish to bring to light
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I don't want to study, I've got better things to do 😌, like getting chest pains about all the tests I'm going to fail! ✨
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