Well, first of all what your friend is doing to trim herself up isn't the smart way to do it. Your friend needs to understand that by starving herself and "not" eating she is going to train her body to want to store whatever she eventually does eat because her body will think it needs to do that to survive.

It sounds like your friend is in need of finding a way to feel "control" and she is turning to doing that with her body. Well, there really is nothing wrong with that, however, she needs to do it right and she will be rewarded and will actually feel better too. Your friend needs to understand that when someone begins to starve themselves, the brain begins to think in skewed ways, our brains need nutrition too, and your friend doesn't want to go that route.

There are people that are body trainers and they help both men and women learn to eat right and also do different exercises to "shape" their bodies. My daughter has a couple of friends that do this and one of them is a model now. You need to do some research on this and share it with your friend not to put her on the defensive, but more to notice she is trying to do something that can give her a change, but she needs to do it right so she ends up with the results she is looking for and gain a sense of control at the same time.

A person can learn "body control" in positive ways, healthy ways, that feed the brain and body with an end result of feeling good and "positive". Starving/fasting is not how to do it, and I think your friend just isn't getting that. Hey, if she is going to put forth the effort, she might as well do it right and get actual good results.

OE