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    Default 2,4,6,8 diet

    Has anyone ever heard of this diet? A girl at work lost like 10 lbs on it. She said you eat 200 cals., first day, 400 the next day 600 the next day, 800 the next day. Then do it all over again. Just wondering if anyone has tried it and if it's a halfway healthy way to lose the lbs.

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    Its very unhealthy. The lowest amount of calories a healthy person needs is 1,000-1,200. 200 will be killing your metabolism and any muscle that person has. Its a diet alot of people with ED's use to drop pounds fast.
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    Default Re: 2,4,6,8 diet

    Uh that's terrible!

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    Default Re: 2,4,6,8 diet

    That sounds like a first-class ticket to an eating disorder.
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    Default Re: 2,4,6,8 diet

    do you reeeeeeeally have to ask if its healthy to eat only 200 calories? in a whole day? what would you eat?! i agree, this diet sounds like an ad for anorexia.

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    Not to mention it'll slow your metabolism down to such a drag that every little bite you eat will be stored as fat.

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    Default Re: 2,4,6,8 diet

    This is why I ask SW for advice. Definitely no b.s. answers!

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    Default Re: 2,4,6,8 diet

    I have heard of this diet. It is something alot of eating disordered people use to attempt to eat very low numbers of calories per day but not mess up their metabolism, supposedly, since they are constantly switching the actual number. However, continually eating too low of a number of calories no matter what the actual number, will still mess up your metabolism. Its definitely a no go. You'll lose weight fast, but you will feel like shit and the second you put 900 calories in your mouth you'll gain it back and then some.

    Good idea to get advice first! Tell your friend that its not healthy!

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    This is a biggie on the Pro-ana sites. Trust me, you don't wanna go down the road to an ED. For many, once you start down that path there is no turning back and recovering is a lifelong battle.

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    Default Re: 2,4,6,8 diet

    That's about the stupidest thing I've ever heard about. One yogurt is 200 calories. Make sure you smoke lots of crack while you're on that.

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    Yeah...this is a pro-ana fav. NOT good.

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