Diets - are they worth it?

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KellyClarksonTV - 24 Jul 2004 04:42 GMT

I am 17 years old and have had some good results with diets. Over the last
year, I dropped my calorie consumption from 3000 to about 1000 today. I lost a
total of 55 pounds, dropping from a BMI of 24 to 22.5. The only problem is, I
miss junk food and resturant meals a LOT, to be honest. Haven't had them for 6
months. The results? Moderate frustration, chronic depression, sleep problems,
sometimes anger against people. My question is, am I going to far?

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Patricia Heil - 25 Jul 2004 02:45 GMT

You won't get healthy this way. Start an exercise program and make sure to
include aerobics.

> I am 17 years old and have had some good results with diets. Over the last
> year, I dropped my calorie consumption from 3000 to about 1000 today. I lost a
> total of 55 pounds, dropping from a BMI of 24 to 22.5. The only problem is, I
> miss junk food and resturant meals a LOT, to be honest. Haven't had them for 6
> months. The results? Moderate frustration, chronic depression, sleep problems,
> sometimes anger against people. My question is, am I going to far?

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Doug Freyburger - 26 Jul 2004 19:15 GMT

> I am 17 years old and have had some good results with diets.

No you haven't but you're too young to get that. At age 17 the
only diet you even have a data point for is the one you started
at age 12. If you have to be on a different one within 5 years,
you haven't had good results on it yet. But you used "diets"
so you haven't had good results. Wrong time scale.

> Over the last year, I dropped my calorie consumption from 3000
> to about 1000 today.

That's so low that no possible starvation mode resistance can
keep you from losing. No wonder you lost. You used the brute
force method.

> The only problem is, I miss junk food and resturant meals a
> LOT, to be honest. Haven't had them for 6 months.

Good that you're honest about it. You don't need junk food,
ever. No way you'll live up to that forever, but the longer
the better. As to eating at restaurants, you have no need
to avoid them. You're avoiding restaurants in order to avoid
reading the menus and finding what you can eat, if you step
back and think about it.

> The results? Moderate frustration, chronic depression, sleep
> problems, sometimes anger against people.

So it has not been worth it.

> My question is, am I going to far?

Of course. You're 17. That's what 17 year olds DO. Anything
to the extreme.

Have you considered a sensible plan? There are several to pick
from. You're using ASD so you get to pick among moderately low
calorie, low carb, low fat, whatever. What you're doing now is
radical low calorie, not sustainable and it will eventually
destroy your health unless you are unbelievably fastidious
about exactly what foods your few calories come from.

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Ignoramus19431 - 26 Jul 2004 19:28 GMT

Can you explain why is it exactly that you want to lose further
weight?

Going to such a slim weight eating 1000 calories is going to make you
pretty hungry, no way around that.

You are doing something very radical and dangerous.

I agree with Doug that you need to reassess your goals. If you stay at
this weight and do moderate exercise, you will look great and feel
good also.

You might have a great reason to lose weight further, but you have not
elucidated it.

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