Liposuction, Laxatives: Military Struggles to Make Weight --Unnatural and Dangerous Methods

[Elmore Furth]

One of my friends who is in the military had plastic surgery to remove the double chin he had grown. This is the REAL don't ask, don't tell in the military.

Under the Marines height and weight protocol, Torres, who stands five feet six inches tall, is required to weigh less than 170 pounds. Torres says he's around 178 pounds, mostly because of his muscle build. But that's not a good enough reason for the Marines, said Torres.

"Your career could be on the line if you don't make weight," said Torres, adding that he's always struggled to stay within the limits. "So you'll go through extremes if you don't make weight."

Although most marines look physically fit, many crash diet, and some resort to starving before physical tests, so they can meet the weight standards. Appetite suppressants, laxatives, and other supplements run rampant within the military.

A 2009 study by officers at the Naval Post Graduate School found that nearly one in three Marines turned to excessive and at times unhealthy methods to meet the weight standards.


Liposuction, Laxatives: Military Struggles to Make Weight

[littlewolf]

1. true ... K & R

I have seen this many many times .... and it is your career
I knew guys that did neck exercises to get their neck bigger and
laxatives to lose the wt ....

[HuckleB]

2. Yowza.

Laxatives? Did they go to the pro-anorexic web universe for advice?