What should you do if you have been starving to lose weight and have lost 11-12 lbs in the last six weeks and now your blood pressure has gotten very high?

No... You need to eat in order to get energy. If you Starve you can tell the difference of losing weight and starving.

No you should not starve yourself for losing weight, it would be really dangerous for your health. A healthy balanced diet is very important for losing weight, starving is not the right way. Consume less calories than you burn and eat varieties of food.

Yes! Your brain sees the starving as an emergency. So, to "save your life", the brain commands your body to eat as much as possible. Then you gain weight.

Starving yourself for a week will make you lose very little weight. Starving yourself just restricts you from getting the valuable nutrients that you need, and is not good for you at all. Do not starve yourself.

from not eating any food and starving but since your asleep you don't know youre starving

Starving yourself is never a good way to lose weight. It is very dangerous and can be deadly. Some people can lose considerable amounts of weight by starving, but it also really hurts the body.

Fast but you will probably die.

starving yourself for weeks

The poor child is acting out because she is starving for attention. The goal of several charities is to feed starving people around the world. My teenager is usually starving by lunch time and he eats at least three sandwiches. I know you want to lose weight, but starving yourself is not the way to do it.

If you want to lose weight, starving is NOT the way to do it. By all means, cut down on the number of fatty and sugary foods you are eating, but starving yourself will only harm your body and will not have any lasting effect on your weight. The best way to lose weight is through various diets and getting plenty of exercise.

It depends I mean starving you're self alone wont lose that much weight but exersing will and whiel you're starving you're self eat a fruit or somthing thats what I did. I lost a bunch of weight

You only have to starve once and you won't care about weight any more.

No. Starving yourself to lose weight is not safe, nor is it effective in the long term,for weight loss.

Starving yourself to lose weight is never a good idea. That is a sign of the dangerous and potentially deadly eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa. Starving will also lead to almost-immediate weight gain as soon as you return to normal eating again. Instead, proper dieting and exercise is always the best way to lose weight and to keep the weight off.

A proven method for weight loss is to accept the fact that you won't lose any weight by starving yourself. As long as you are eating healthy, you should realize that everyone has a different body type, and not everyone can be as skinny as a toothpick.

The best way to lose weight at a quick and steady pace is to maintain a strict diet and exercise regiment. As long as an individual doesn't put their body through a 'starving phase', lost weight should stay off.

No. This is not a viable weight-loss strategy.

If the person is obsessed with her/his weight and if it is starving itself.

Not a significant amount, and it probably won't last.

You will not lose enough weight to notice by starving yourself for one day.

1200 calories a day are required for minimal activity. It might not be as fast for weight loss as /starving yourself/, but you'll lose weight at the healthiest rate if you meet 1200 calories.

Starving or not eating to lose weight is very dangerous, and should not be done at any cost or for any reason.

well i starved my self for a week and only drunk water and i lost about 1 stone but starving dosent work. about 2 weeks after starving my self the weight just came back on so just eat healthy and do some exersise everyday it will take a while befor you know your losein weight but you will be keeping it off not gainin it

you Should NOT be trying this you are at an average weight Be happy with the person you are! don't be stupid be happy with your self.... Dont worry be happy! You may lose 2 pounds, but then your body will hold onto the rest and anything you eat after you are done starving yourself will go righ

Starving is a very bad idea, because by the next time you eat your body will be in panic, and will store everything preparing for the next mad starving. So you will put on some weight in the end. Starving is also very dangerous because for normal life you need nutrients, vitamins and minerals. If you won't get them you can't work, and soon you get rather depressed.