My friend is starving herself because of peer pressure?

Question

okay so some people told my 12 year old friend at school that she was fat and needed to go on a diet and made fun of her. so now she is trying to starve herself. her weight six days ago was 147 and now she is at 143. how can i help her?

Answer 1

help her to lose weight in a healthy way

and show her people who are fatter than her to make her feel better

and tel her 2 ignore them and also show hger what cvan happen to you if u starve utrself

Good Luck!!!

:D

Answer 2

U should talk to someone about it, like a counselor or a parent: anyone u trust. Talk to your friend about it. Reassure her that she is not fat, and inner beauty is way more important. She has more inner beauty than the jerks who told her she was fat!

Answer 3

well shes stupid .at my age i was fat an i didnt care as i grew i lost it . its just baby fat . tell her to wake up to her self .if she starves her self its just goin to make things worse .

she wont be loosin wweight she'll be gainn more on so if i was her dont try it . ann yes tell her parants

Answer 4

tell her to eat.

She will lose weight far quicker by going on a sensible diet.

When she starves herself, her body goes into emergency mode.  She starts burning fat, which is what she wants, it also starts burning muscle tissue for the protein to keep her brain alive.  As she burns muscle tissue her need for fat to keep her muscles going, decreases, and therefore her weight loss decreases.  Eventually vital organs start shutting down, and she will die.

However being on a sensible diet, and getting plenty of exercise things change much quicker.  Building up muscle mass by eating lots of protein and then using those muscles will burn fat at a very high rate.  

She has a choice, be healthy and thinner in 6 weeks when school starts, or be dead.

Answer 5

tell her she doesnt need to starve herself she just need to eat the right things

Answer 6

omg...tell her to stop to loose weight the normal way to do push up sit ups....

Answer 7

tell her mom and dad starving urself to lose weight is not the right way to do it it is very dangerous.  she needs help NOW

Answer 8

Tell her that u like her the way she is, and that you will help her lose weight by going on walks and bike rides together, and both eating healthier. I hope it helps!!

Answer 9

take her to a gym

Answer 10

tell her mom and dad

Answer 11

I don't think there's a reason to panic just yet...so she lost 4 pounds in six days, normal.  At 12 I weighed 120 and I was at my normal weight.

Try looking up what her normal weight should be for her height.  She's sounds like she's ok until she slips under the 115 mark then I'd ask someone else to step in, but if your friend wants to shed a couple of pounds at this point...let her if it helps to boost her self-esteem.

Answer 12

Encourage her

Answer 13

be there for her. get her to talk to her mom and dad about it. she needs to learn to love her body, and ignore what people say about her.. i went through something like that.. but it wasn't weight.

and by being a friend, once she has her eating under control, just invite her to go play soccer with you, or volleyball, or something. its excercise, and its fun. soo its summer, get her involved =]

Answer 14

let her know, that if she eats something it will honestly turn into fat. Tell her if she starves herself the body goes into re-boot and it saves EVERYTHING you eat. It will cause her to get fatter, and eventually she'll be able to roll her way around.

Instead, tell her to slow down on her eating.

instead of 3 bowls of cereal for breakfast, try a navel orange.

or granola.

for a mid morning snack, try either a granola bar, or a cereal bar.

for lunch, a salad.

for a snack, any type of fruit.

for dinner, no more than 4 oz of chicken, and vegetable.

Tell her to stay away from

starches, or basically, ANYTHING WHITE!

it's not good for her, and the only reason it would be, is that it makes her period go away. but don't tell her that. :D

hope i helped!

Answer 15

show her some pics of REALLY fat people.

Answer 16

She needs to know that it's not health to starve herself to lose weight, she must watch what she eats and make sure its healthy foods and not the processed foods.  Lots of vegetables and some fruit instead of sweets and junk food.

Answer 17

Tell her that she is fine the way she is and tell her her habits aren't healthy.  Then go with her to excercise and start eating healthy food together.  If she has someone to get in shape with, it will be easier and more fun for her.(even if you dont need to lose weight, you can always get a little more in shape and it will really help her)

Answer 18

yes tell her she needs to stop starving herself and dont listen to those fed up stuiped popular people!

   Tell her she looks great the ya she is. Fat or skinny you to will alway be friends and it shouldn't matter what you look like.

   If she still wont eat tell her parents cuz is she doesnt eat at all she could DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then you would feel like a murder cuz u didnt stop it

Answer 19

well she is crash dieting which is bad.. once she eats her meall she is gana go back to her normal weight.... there are safe ways of getting thinner.. she should start eating healthy food and she should start exercising if she wants to get skinnier. hoped i helped!!