Is it okay to starve myself for the benefit of my aesthetic appearance?
Anonymous
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Sep 28, 2015
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No. Your health is much more important than what you look like. And what you look like doesn't matter. It's what you are like that's important.
ashwarya
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Mar 28, 2016
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NO. NOT AT ALL. That's just disgusting. If you're a bit on the healthier side then you might join a gym or something but that's just for your own good. To get a fit body.
Anonymous
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Jun 23, 2016
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It's never okay to starve yourself. It may seem like an easy way to get the body you want, but it isn't healthy at all. You'll get malnourished, and you'll have more health problems to deal with before you even started.
Raspberrycheesecake
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Sep 10, 2018
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It is never okay to starve yourself, not for your aesthetic appearance or for any way in face. The thing with starving yourself is, your body starts to eat any nutrients in your body and then starts to eat away at the fat. So when you start eating again, you would put the weight back on because of all the nutrients entering your body again. So, if you carry on starving yourself it would be hard to keep it up in the long run, so the best thing to do is to keep a healthy and balanced diet with the ideal exercises weekly.
rubya24
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Jun 10, 2015
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There are a lot better ways to lose weight, or learning to love yourself better. Starving yourself is truly not the answer.
Anonymous
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Jun 29, 2015
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Personally, I would say NO. I would look my natural self and be healthy , than look pretty on a hospital bed . As long as am healthy, am independent and that for me is of utmost importance.
Anonymous
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Aug 18, 2015
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It is not okay to starve yourself for any reason! There's not actually any benefit at all to it, including aesthetic appearance. Maybe you'll get skinny (if you're very lucky--that's not even a guarantee) but you'll also ruin your skin, watch your hair fall out, grow fur all over your body, end up covered in bruises, have purple or blue nails...not to mention the possibility of dying from organ failure or, most commonly, cardiac arrest. It's not worth it, not when there are healthier--and more effective--ways to loose weight that don't come with such awful side effects.
Anonymous
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Feb 16, 2016
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It's never okay to torture yourself in the name of beauty. It's only going to destroy your health mentally and physically. There's no point in being thin if your mind still tells you that you're fat. There's no point in starving, if you still hate yourself afterwards. Healthy and Happy is the most beautiful thing you can be. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
MaryammArif
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Jun 20, 2016
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No, my dear. Food and nutrition is very important for you. And physical appearance is not of equal importance. Beauty is a socially constructed idea. You are your own definition of beautiful and worthwhile.
Anonymous
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Jun 21, 2016
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no. absolutely not. i know it's so hard to not feel proud of your body and then you try to starve yourself. i know how it feels to look at your body and wish they could change. but still eating is the most important thing. starving yourself wont make you pretty or satisfied, trust me.
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