How long do you have to starve yourself to lose weight?

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If you starve yourself you will be very unhealthy and weak and probably grumpy. And as soon as you start eating again, you will gain all of the weight back and probably more. It's better to eat 5-6 light meals a day of healthy things. And try to stay away from pop other junk foods. It may take a while for you to lose wieght, each person is different. But if you are eating healthy, you will lose weight. You will see it a lot faster if you are excersising along with eathing healthy.

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hey i think that starving urself works bcuz if it works for thr the starz than it works for u

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I find if you starve yourself for three days and eat one meal on the 4th day, you can lose up to 7 pounds the first week. From then, you can lose about three pounds a week. I have done it for two months at a time and it works! But I wouldn't advise this type of dieting as it will consume you and you will never have normal eating habits again. Believe me....I have been doing this for 11 years!

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Do not starve yourself. When you skip a meal your body holds more of the next one and your metabolism slows even if just a little. If you make it a habit you will become anorexic. This is a very unhealthy and unsafe way of trying to lose weight. You become hungry because your body needs food to keep it going. If you starve yourself you will be killing your body (I'm not talking about skipping one meal one time or something like that). It isn't healthy to not eat. Their are many diets and exercise plans out there that you should try looking at. Anorexia is a very serious problem. Don't get yourself mixed up with it.

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i use to starve myself for 2 weeks all that i would eat is soup nothing else lots of coffee no sugar! lots of cigarettes help kill the hunger after 2 weeks u will get use to it try only eat instant soup not real soup with meat and veg. try drinking chicory coffee not real coffee as it helps speed up weight loss. if that doesnt help sugar free gum also works.

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i gave birth in the spring and gained a total of 65 pounds. To date, I have lost 72 pounds. I starve myself, and drink tons of water, with pepsi. Occassionly I will eat healthy meal a day, usually at supper. It is working, and it works f*ucking fast!

Thankx!

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I eat 6 - 7 large meals a day. I only go to the gym 3 - 4 times a week, and my metabolism is insanely high. I have found that i can continuously go on walks and jogs around my local neighborhood all day, and i have lost 10Kg in 2 months..

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If you are one of those people who when they eat it makes them crave more food I found that starving yourself for two days shrinks your stomach. When you start eating again on the third day your portions will be smaller and you wont feel the need to eat between meals. I have lost 5 pounds in a week by this method. When you feel that you are starting to eat more and not feeling full fast for a day to shrink your stomach again.

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I am on my thrird day. I usually eat such a grotesque amount of food, that if I believed in it, I'd be guilty of glutony.But I'm chubby, not obese. The last meal I have eaten was exatcly 72 hours ago. I feel great. I could possibly go for another four days no problem...except I've been drinking beer..and they have a lot of calories..So for two out of three days I consumed no food, but about 5 beers...i feel thinner, and I will keep going. I want to set a new record. I am just going to go untill i feel i will pass out from not eating...oh yeah self experiments are fun!!

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well i want to start to start to starve myself. i hate lookin the way i do. i use to go like a whole week without eating, and i would lose like five pounds. i want to start up again. what i use to do is just drink a diet soda everytime i felt hungary. i didnt feel guilty cause it had no calories.

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Everyone's different. Its hard to starve yourself unless you are taking some form of appittite suppressant or stimulant. Who do you know that can live for days at a time on tea or water? I know someone, but she did have occasional coffee. Her favorite model at the time was, guess, Kate moss.

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OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY PLEASE GET HELP NOW!!!!!!!! Im not saying its anybodys fault here, it's chemicals in your brain. I starved myself, lost 30 pounds and gained 35 pounds back. You can't starve yourself without gaining it all back. Im sorry to be harsh about it but its only because I have gone through so much pain and anger from starveing myself. I can tell you 100 good reasons not to starve yourself but I am so tired of telling everyone. DONT think it wont happen to you, because it will. I thought that I could go on starveing myself forever and never gain a pound. I rolled my eyes when any1 tried to warn me or any1 else. I got help and Im much happier. Please don't starve yourselves I came so close to almost killing myself because of everything that I went through dieting and binging. You will deprive yourself to much and your body will go crazy and eat everything in your house. PLEASE try to hang in there. I know it's hard but please just try to get help.

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Seriously starving does work, i was 155 pounds in the summer, then i moved out and could only afford little quick meals like a can of soup, i also run 6K twice a week and drink tons of water, every once in a while i have a day where i binge on food, but i dont even want to, gross food makes me like physically sick now. anyways ive lost 20 pounds, and im not craving junk food or anything fattening. I just want to be at a point where I am happy with my body in the way that i can wear nice clothes without walking all night sucking in my stomach. Then I will find a way to just eat healthy and not go days without food. Anyways, if u have the will power to stop eating, you can pretty much to anything!

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I think that starving yourself does help but you want to lose weight and look good, right? Well how good will you feel when your that hungry the pain in your stomach is almost unbearable and your family feels helpless because they love you and do not want to see you throw your life away. Try the heathly method and eat lots of fruit, drink heaps of water and stay away from the chocolate. Also partying on the weekends does not help if you require the usual hangover cure of macca's the next day. Try eating a caeser salad, i di and it felt great. Just please don't starve. You are beautiful and anyone who doesn't see that has the problem, not you!

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I agree with her ^!! starving seems like a quick and easy way to get the body we all only see in our dreams. Physically it works yeah. But inside you are slowing and sometimes quickly just killing yourself. Its soo scary! why do it. what we all need is self driven determination. I know excersise blws, I hate being active. I hate saying no to Figaros pizza and a cold pepsi, then choosing grape fruit and a water instead. But instead of starvation, why not just eat healthy food, lose weight and excersise like not even once a day. even healthy food alone does the trick, this way your still giving your body the nutrition and vitamins IT NEEDS and you still get to eat tasty food. a few things you can SPLURGE on while eating healthy are, slim fast shakes. yum! grape frout. saltine crackers with cheese ( not alot) black cofee and tea is a great metabolism booster. and lastly water. Its so plain. But on those days where theres nothing to do, go jog or do sit ups. your be craving a tall glass of water and then get full on that. trust me, its so much healthier! i odnt care if you are 200 pds. you have a big nose or the worst acne, you are all beautiful, dont change for anybody, if they cant except you for you, thn there just not accepting themselves! ae all are truly beautiful. thats why god made you who you are :)

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Everytime I read someone say that starving yourself doesnt work, I get so confused; because everytime I have starved myself (even for only 3 days) I have noticed a jump in weight loss.

An alternative to actually starving yourself, that some of you may still considered to be starving yourself is only eating foods in their natural form or so to speak. example.

Breafast - Oatmeal - as much as you want with equal and cinnamin Lunch - Ceasar salad from Mcdonalds - has so little fat and calories Dinner - veggies - cooked fresh with no oil

You can eat oatmeal anytime you want and as much as you want and it will fill you up so you wont be hungry.

But.... nothing works like starving yourself!!!! With starving yourself (you will be loosing weight within the 2nd day)

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Guys..what are you doing to yourselves? I've suffered from anorexia for 11 years now; being born into a family where such behaviors and habits were normal. I lived off of milk and sandwhiches as a child, and can hardly bring myself to have food TOUCH my lips without hesitation at 17 years of age. Starving yourself is not the answer. You're hurting your brain, your muscle mass, the strength of your bones, your vital organs. If you want to lose weight, and keep it off, wouldn't you want to do the best, and most healthiest thing for your body to ensure that you look slim and slender, and STAY that way too? My fear of gaining weight, and body fat in general increases every day of my life. Not a second goes by where I don't think about it. . .is that what you really want? Starving yourself, anorexia, bulimia--these aren't ways of life, no matter HOW many pro-anorexics claim it to be..no matter how many nearly emaciated celebrities you see on TV. These women are sick. They are unhealthy, and in their future, they are looking for a series of medical problems with the way they are dieting. Take advice from someone who's been to the very bottom, weighing 85 pounds at age 15, 5'3, and still on a rocky recovery to a normal body weight. I know there is no hope for me, as returning to a "regular diet", but please, especially the women out there, do NOT put yourselves in such a situation! Eat healthy, and excercise. Think positively of yourselves, and take time out of your day to relieve stress. I promise you, the healthier way is a much, much better alternative than a slow and painful path to death. . .

Please, if you have ANY questions, any comments, or stories of your own you'd like to share, e-mail me. I'm a good listener. Promise. =) lipstick_smears@yahoo.com

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All you people talk about starving yourself and annorexia, but im sorry i just dont see the connection. Starving yourself works when you have a very little time to lose weight, and actually it's probably the only thing that does. I'm 16 and weigh 109 pounds normally, but if i starve myself on the weekends (when i dont have practice and dont technically need energy for anything) it allows me to get down to 103 by the end of the week. And even if you dont have to lose weight but you'd just like to, it really works because it makes you eat less on the days where your not starving yourself + it makes you want healthy food instead of junk food. I recommend it.

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im 16 yrs old and i have been binge eating and starving myself for about two years,i get depressed easy and unlike other ppl i DONT EAT when im depressed but thats my story and i am excercising and jan. 1st 2006 it will be a year that i have been a vegetarian but that helps too but with that i will continue to starve myself and also excersise like crazy until i drop from 155 to 140 flat!!!

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I like my food and i find it hard to starve myself when i live my parents as dinner is always put on the table when i get in soooo i have a good way i either say i'm on a liquid diet and not eat anything or i don't eat all day then when i get home i only eat a little bit of my tea and say i had a big lunch or i call my parents and say i went to the pub for lunch so i don't want any tea. I found these really good sugar free sweets i can eat if i get the urge to eat anything thou they have a laxative effect thou i suppose that's another great way to loose weight...

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Sorry carrying on from my comment (the last one posted) i lost 10 in 2 weeks...

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You guys notice how you have to KEEP starving yourselves for those few days? It's because despite the rapid weight loss, it comes back. The only ways to get rid of that weight is to either become anorexic/bulimic, or eat healthy and exercise. And take it from a person who's comptemplated starving herself many times, who HAS tried it before. Sure, guess what, I did lose some weight. But my stomach also started to eat itself and then I got a stomach ulcer, and when someone even HUGGED me, I got horrible stabbing pain in my upper and lower abdomen. And then I had to force myself to eat when I thought I wasn't hungry - because your body doesn't send you the impulses like it usually does, and now I still eat when I'm not hungry and I ended up GAINING weight! Jeez, I know it's hard, I hate exercising and getting sweaty, and I still wonder if I should just try skipping meals again but I know what the consequences will be. I don't want to look like some skinny model, I just don't want a fat gut, y'know? That's all you guys want to do, is have a cute belly. But by starving yourself, then eating normally, and repeating that, or purging, or constantly starving yourself, you're going to ruin your body even though it'll get thin. I'd rather be a little overweight than lose my entire life to an eating disorder.

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HI! I'm 18 (just) and I HAVE BEE NLOSIGN WEIGHT EASILY AND SUCCESSFULLY! Here's how:

Um, When you don't eat for a day it slows your metabolism. The SLOWER YOUR METABOLISM, THE MORE FAT YOUR BODY STORES from each meal. Your metabolism was Gods idea of keeping us alive during times when there is not enough food available.

Like, if there were a famine, your metabolism would slow down So your body would not use up all the energy. It stores the extra energy as fat to use on those days when there is not enough food. You dig?

I found out on the net HOW TO MAKE YOUR METABOLISM FASTER. Cardio exercise. Anything that gets your heart a-pumping! Like, biking (yay! Exercise bikes!), walking at a good pace, jogging (not for me!) etc. Your metabolism skyrockets and you can eat more and not put on weight. Or you can EAT THE SAME AMOUNT AND LOSE WEIGHT!

Oh my gosh: Pilates!!!!!! YOU DON'T NEED TO BUY THE DVDS! I watched the infomercials and got some of the exercises off it. I do them myself and THEY ARE AWESOME! I HAVE BEEN LOSING FAT EVERY DAY! Like the one where you lie on your side, have your elbow proping your upper body up, head in hand and LIFT YOUR TOP LEG UP AND THEN DOWN. Do it slowly and be in control. GOODBYE 'LOVEHANDLES'!

And there ain't nothing wrong with a simple crunch. Get a CHAIR. Put your legs resting on the seat of the chair. The back of your knees should be on the edge of the chair, or just have your feet against the back of the chair. Whatever is comfy and it depends on the chair size. Now SUPPORT YOUR HEAD/NECK WITH YOUR HANDS. And Crunch! MAKE SURE YOU HOLD IN YOUR ABDOMINALS THE WHOLE TIME! TRUST ME! If you concentrate on your abs your neck will not get sore. Start with 5 a day for a week then move on to 10 etc. Man, now I can do 30 a day, and you should SEE my abs! Well, you cant exactly see them, they are still under my lessening layer of fat, but they are THERE!

And let me tell you, it feels ggod to eat! I went on a crash diet. It sucked at first, and my stupid stomoch wouldn't shut up! I was tired and HUNGRY and I just wanted my favourite foods! But then I got used to it. I held my head higher every day. I was proud of myself for controlling myself from eating. I got better and better at it. I was getting skinnier. You could see it in my face and everywhere else, though it wasn't THAT fast. But, one morning I woke up sick. Panicked. I vomited water. IT WAS AWFUL. But I KEPT GOING. I "stayed strong". Didn't "let myself go". That is some of the things I told myself.

I found ways of not letting people know that I wasn't eating. Making the dinner while my mum was on her walk and telling her I had already eaten. Dirtying plates to make it look like I had eaten. You get it. I kept going and going. THen i started to not lose as much weight as befoer, but kept going.

Then, I started to die. Seriously, die. My brain didn't work as good. I began to get weaker and weaker. I damaged my liver, kidneys. Heart, emotionally as well as physically. I had been known for my quick wit and imagination. Then was dying. I put my weight above EVERYTHING. Now I was dying. I couldn't be ME. I COULDN'T BE ME ANYMORE. I was sick. SICK. I needed help.

I began to eat. At first I couldn't. I vomited it. I wanted to eat good food (junk food) but I managed to be strong and only eat fruit, vegetables and grains. I drank soymilk (no lactose). I began to come back to life. I still hated myself for eating at that stage. How weak. All that time, wasted. You stupid fat pig." That is what I told myself. But I began to pray. That sounds stupid to some of you, but I have to tell you my story. Please hear me out. I prayed.

"What the hell am I doing. There ain't anyone f listening. Are you going crazy you...?" But I kept praying. What the hell? My prayers got answered? I didn't know that would happen, I just didn't know what to do so I prayed that's all. ANd like, I got better. I figured how to be how I wanted. And I shared some of that with you before. And I found out that God actually exists. I thought he didn't like some made up crap but he is there, so there! I am happy now! And I have someone who loves me! He always has he said and he always will even if i do something really bad. and he told me that it doesn't matter if i am the fattest girl in the UNIVERSE, he still loves me! ANd this blew me so far away! HOw does that work? I'm just a fat idiot girl to me, let alone the creator of the universe! But he does and he loves everyone, even murderers. HE even loves the people I hate. I don't understand that, like I hate bullies and murderes and stuff but he loves them, he just hates what they do.

So anyway, I'm free, I'm me, I'm happy, I'm not depressed anymore. I am worth something and beautiful to someone, and i think thats all I needed. Thanks to God.

So please try out my tips. THEY WORK!

Lots of love from

j. marie.

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Hey Guys, I know that starving works...I think everybody knows it works but it's not easy to just stop eating. I have tired and I have lost weight and drank lots of green tea. It helps you melt your fat away but it's not that easy to just stop eating. I have tired and am trying to lose more weight and be less loads less then I am right now. Wish me luck and good luck to the rest of you!

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HEy i just wanted to say, that starving is not the right way to go and u should really think about it before you do it because i used to do it and let me tell u, u definitely lose the wight but u lose ur breasts aswell, seriously one of the first thinks ull lose is the fullness of oyur breasts and its soo hard to gain it back! its a very unhealthy thing to do and what u need to do is just eat helthyly and exercise! Another VERY important reason not to starve yourself is because it shuts down alot of organs in your body because they dont get enough nutriends to keep it working and you can EASILY become infertile! now just tell me is it really worh it? is it worth not having children some day n not being able to share this joy? so please think about this before you go on starving yourself, just exercise and youll lose the same amount of weight youll even feel better and stronger:)

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STARVATION TIPS

for everyone that says sraving doens't work, news flash, it does. and when i do eat larger meals, i can't eat as much because my stomach has shrunk. i lost 10 pounds in one week by starving myself. and yes, you can just stop eating. i did it. the first week was the hardest, but after it was over, i was fine. i felt so proud of myself after that too. i have noticed a difference in the way i look and i am a lot more happy with myself now.

for those of you who just can't possibly manage to stop cold turkey, try this.

- the first three days, limit yourself to one full meal. (ex. fried chicken, mashed potatoes, corn, glass of milk) - the next three days, limit yourself to half of that meal. (smaller piece of chicken, or just dont't eat it all, half the mashed potatoes, half the corn and i glass or milk) - the next two days, cut it in half again. (no chicken, a spoonfull of mashed potatoes, and a spoonfull of corn, and a glass of milk) - the next three days, pick out somthing small (like crackers or raisons) and eat them through out the day. don't pig out either. have maybe four or five crackers in the morning, four or five at lunch, and then two or three around dinner time. - the rest of the time, it is your call. by now, you should have better control of your eating. i personally, do splurge every so often, but i still can't eat as much as i use to without getting full.

• • the meal was just an example, use your own as well.

i hope i helped you.

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sorry, i forgot to add this at the bottom.

water doesn't always do the trick. try tomato juice, orange juice, milk, or other juices. they fill you up better than water. tomato and orange do the best. thicker juices always will.

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man o man....anyone who thinks that starving urself dont work is sick in da head...im 16 years old and i have done it before and it works...u just have to stick to it.......no problem.....it really makes ya stomach shrink and if u do it long enough u'll see da pounds just slip away.....if ur someone who wants to lose weight do this for a couple of weeks and u'l be in da bikini u alwasy wanted to show off to ya boys..instead of showing them it on da hanger u can show them it on u...lol...so basically im trying to let ya'll know starvation or as ppl call it"crash" diets work....so good..its retarded

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im not trying to be horrid here but you people dont understand how stupid you are. starving yourself to lose wieght is the worst possible thing you can do to your body. in the end youll end up gaining more wieght than you lost. not eating slows down your metabolism wich in turn makes u less able to exercise and then when you DO eat your body will store as much fat as possible that it can get. why do you not understand that you are ruining your bodies?

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sure it will work but it doesnt mean its GOOD for you...you may aswell eat hundreds of kilos of choclate or something...what is it with you people that make you think looking good is the only gr8 thing in life???your so bloody idiotic....and 130 pounds???dude you are insane...you want to be 90!!!wat on earth is wrong with you...by the time you 20 or 30 youll end up having heart failure and liver failure and kidney failure and every other organ in your body failing

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Hello I have done the whole starving thing as well. Lastyear at christmas i didnt eat for three days. On the third day i felt so good i was back to 130 and i made alot of money at work. Oh yeah i forgot to mention i am a "dancer" there is alot of pressure to look good at my job. But i always gained it all back. Know i am back to being 140-145. I want to be 115 pounds like i was in highschool. So now i am trying it once again and i started last night. ALl i had was tomatoe soup and tea. Because its hard to sleep at night when you ahve an empty tummy try a sleep aid (unisom, tylenol pm,ect) then when you wake up the next morning you will feel so good. I told myself i wont stop until somebody says oh my (Adriana) youve lost weight. And you look really good. Then at christmans i will have dinner and whatever then i will continue again. After i loose all this f*ucking weight i will then go on Atkins or south beach to keep all this weight off. So guys i hope you all luck let me know how much you lost. Im day 2 and 140. Oh i forgot to mention i am going to buy trimspa to give me a little nudge.

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I also forgot to mention the time i got pregnant and lost the baby. I was 135 before i got pregnant then i gained at least 12 pounds. After i got out of the hospital and recovered I starved myself until i was down to 134. I then went back to work and i felt so good. Unfortunatly after my first day at work I didnt make that much money and i said f*uck it and i ate wendeys, mcdonalds, everything you can think off. Well now that i am back to 140-145 but guys and girls hopefully ill be back to 135 asap

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well im a 13 yr old athlete n ive just fractured my leg so ive had a lot of pressure put on me 2 stay thin. i was neva reeli thin before n alreadi started skippin meals. now im not reeli eatin much or im throwin it up n i feel good. my mum has just found out n shes tryin 2 make me eat but wen she tries, i ask her if shed rather me throw it up. if u want 2 keep it a secret from ur parents tell them u ate wen u came home n hav 2 much hw. or as i do neva b home 4 dinner. n at skool i sumtimes scab a lil bit of skool 2 make it look lyk im eatin. n if they ask me y i dont hav my own food i say that i dont hav time in the morning. n hueva says starving urself dusnt work r crazy. but i find if i starve myself but allow myself 2 eat a lil i will gain weight so i try n exercise 2 help my body

im a 14 year old girl...i play softball(2nd base)...cheerleading(stunts)...and im just overall very active like i play alot in gym. i eat fruits and water. i eat good food like oatmeal, rice and beans, good meat. Im five foot ffour and half. I weigh 131 lbs! i hate it! But i have to say i did llose 7 lbs...but tats not enough. I want to lose ten more pounds before highschool. My body is pretty much hourglass shaped...some butt+ some boobs+small stomach. but my problem is my inner thighs and my inner arms. How can i also get ris of those??? i need answers please.

Yes. you can starve your self and keep it off if you don't over eat. when you decide to start eating agian you can only eat a littel bit and then you graduly eat your way to three small meals a day don't forget to work out after every meal though. so you can get and shape at the weight you are at trust me it works i went from 168 to 132 in one month it does work trust a year later and i m still lose weight but not as fast because i eat now. try it

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