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[cuddlefish]

AHHHHHHHHHHH.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

The "skip dinner" diet is #2 on this site.

And here's the "brush your teeth when you're hungry diet"...the "tomato jelly" diet...the "make your face thinner by doing TONGUE EXERCISES diet"...the "put a bandaid on your tummy diet"...

Well, I already knew Japan was at least as goofy as the US, but THIS? Is such a wake-up call.

In general, I am disturbed by the way young Japanese women, who are generally underweight, insist on treating fad and gimmick diets like they're just the most normal and fun thing.

Comments

[xephyris.livejournal.com]

Skipping dinner is really bad if you ask me D:

What happened to the good old do lots of exercise and low fat diet? That worked for me, at any rate w

[whitetenchi.livejournal.com]

Um, ew. That's so unbelievingly unhealthy.

[the-olive.livejournal.com]

All the ways to trick yourself in to skipping multiple meals or essential mid-day nutrition? I did that by accident for about two years of college because I was just really busy and stressed. I didn't lose weight; I just saddled myself with a reaction of intense nausea whenever my blood sugar drops too low, so now if I skip a meal, I feel like shit in a very tangible way instead of the usual intangibles like crankiness. Yippee.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

None of that as far as I can see on this site. That's what bothers me so much.

They seem to pick dinner because they have a particular belief that eating later in the day is bad. I know the logic behind this, and I agree a bit, but this takes it to extremes.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah.

My favorite part is that it's almost all women doing it. >_

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Mm, your reaction wins. When I skip breakfast, I just get sad and limp for the rest of the day.