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Hi - I don't know if anyone knows the answer to this. We'll find out. Does anyone know how long you can go without eating before you can get sick or it really hurt you? I haven't eaten in like a week or longer, I've had a lot on my mind and a lot of life changing decsions to make, etc. My boyfriend just asked me to marry him, I really want surgery, and we are trying to get a loan for that, etc. just lots going on. (don't know if you have seen my other posts under off topic about it) I weigh about 116 pds. right now, but can't eat. Nobody knows, not even my boyfriend... I just tell him I'm not hungry, but I think he thinks I laready ate. I don't want to concern anyone. I drink water though. So that's good. I just can't eat... at all. And haven't for a while now.So, I make sure I have water.
Anyway, I was just curious to see if anyone might know the answer of how long you can go without??
Thanks!
joyf


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I can't give you an answer to that, but I can tell you you will do damage ultimately. You may have issues with weight when you go back to eating as your body is breaking down its metabolism since you are not giving it any fuel. I would sincerely urge you to seek professional help. There is grave danger in not getting the proper nutrition your body needs.
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Thanks for your feedback with that info. I never really gave that much thought of the danger of me not eating could be doing to my body... I just lost my desire for food, when I started thinking about marriage plans and surgery. And then I was never hungry and the thought of food was nothing but yuck!
Thanks for the warning......
I would have just kept on going not eating....
Thanks!
joyf


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Bad idea to not eat for many reasons - you will definitely become ill at worst and at best ultimately you slow your metabolism and will likely eat more than you should when you do finally eat. At least have some pictures/viewAlbum.php?albumid=293.
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I don't know at what point you would do irreversible damage to your body...but you need to eat. At least a little. I'm sorry for what you've been going through...sounds like you have too much on your plate to have room left for food (okay...trying to be a little funny, but that's falling pretty flat!).
Honey, when you say you've lost all interest in food and can't eat...can you force yourself to eat at least a few bites of something? Think of it like taking medicine...it's icky, but you do it to get better. Start off with two tiny meals in a day...a few bites each. See how that goes...add to it as much as you can make yourself.
Honestly, you really will have to see a Journal
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FTT/MR 20 June 2005


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Hi - I don't know if anyone knows the answer to this. We'll find out. Does anyone know how long you can go without eating before you can get sick or it really hurt you? I haven't eaten in like a week or longer, I've had a lot on my mind and a lot of life changing decsions to make, etc. My boyfriend just asked me to marry him, I really want surgery, and we are trying to get a loan for that, etc. just lots going on. (don't know if you have seen my other posts under off topic about it) I weigh about 116 pds. right now, but can't eat. Nobody knows, not even my boyfriend... I just tell him I'm not hungry, but I think he thinks I laready ate. I don't want to concern anyone. I drink water though. So that's good. I just can't eat... at all. And haven't for a while now.So, I make sure I have water.
Anyway, I was just curious to see if anyone might know the answer of how long you can go without??
Hi Joy,
I know it is easy for me to tell you that you must eat than for you to do.... But yes I am going to use the eraser "the word but", like others said here if you can just take a little bite of something here and there and keeping working on your intake from there, this will help...
Trust me I know where you are coming from on this one, last year at this time I weighed 104lbs if that, standing at 5'7'', and a lot of the Journal
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FTT/MR 20 June 2005


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Im so happy to hear that you are eating.
Can I ask you something? Do you always get like this when things get alittle stressful? Im aJournal
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FTT/MR 20 June 2005