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Is starving worth it? (2 Viewers)

Is starving worth it?

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I want to lose weight fast and been thinking about just straight up starving/fast for longer periods of time to lose weight as fast as possible but I am afraid of it stunting my growth and development
Is it worth risking it?
 

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starving is never a reasonable solution. In order to lose weight, you have to focus on burning lot of calories. Look at sprinting and cardio training. Try to cut sugar and drink only water, no sugar soda's.
 

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only starve if you’re happy with your height currently otherwise don’t cos there’s a chance you’ll just stunt growth
This is terrible advice imo. Starving at growing age does not only block's height growth process, but also impairs cognitive development due to poor nutrition and etc. Never starve
 

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This is terrible advice imo. Starving at growing age does not only block's height growth process, but also impairs cognitive development due to poor nutrition and etc. Never starve
i did when i was 15 i had like 1500cal day for about a month (my maintenance is like 3000 but i was eating 6000cal a day at that time) and it was one of the best decisions ive ever made ngl i lost about 8kg
 

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just take reta & supplement all your nutrients/minerals/electrolytes and eat a protein sufficient diet. You'll reach GW in a few months. Don't listen to "muh stunting" jesters, just lose the fat & live your life
 

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just take reta & supplement all your nutrients/minerals/electrolytes and eat a protein sufficient diet. You'll reach GW in a few months. Don't listen to "muh stunting" jesters, just lose the fat & live your life
next time attach your BOTB reta guide to message like that.
 
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I want to lose weight fast and been thinking about just straight up starving/fast for longer periods of time to lose weight as fast as possible but I am afraid of it stunting my growth and development
Is it worth risking it?
No don’t do that, decrease calories and eat less and less, don’t just jump to the biggest cal deficit slowly lower as needs be to keep losing weight. That’s optimal to keep muscle. And also of course growth would be messed up by not eating
 

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