Is money a reason to start starving yourself? What if you didn’t have a choice? A teen returned home from an Egypt study abroad weighing 97 pounds. The reason? His host family was trying to save money.
ABC News:
His host family was Coptic Christians who are vegetarians and fast 200 days of the year as religious tradition. “It began gradually when I would snack whenever I felt like [it] and they started to hide food in their room,” he said. “At dinner I would get a smaller portion than they would.”
It seems as he started to eat less, he began to weigh less and less until he reached a weight so low, he needed 2 weeks in the hospital.
On the other hand, this story is a great example of how it is possible to lose weight and save money. Trying eating less one day. You’ll probably feel hungry the entire day, but as you continue to eat that amount each day, you won’t notice it.
Example: Bowl a pot of water. Throw in a frog in and try to keep in in. He’ll simply jump out. Now put the frog in a cold pot of water. Now slowly bowl the pot. The frog will stay in and won’t notice the gradual rise in temperature until it is too late.