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From Kirsten, Age 13 - 08/12/11 - IP#: 50.92.154.xxx  go to original board
Ht. 5'4", Start: 226 lb, Today: 221 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 125 lb - Have any of you heard about the website Myfitnesspal.com? Its a website where you can track your foods. You enter the name of a food, then click on that food, and it comes up in your food diary with the calories it consumed. You can set a daily calorie goal. For men, its more realisitic to have it for 1400-1500, while women want it more 1200-1300. You can track your excersize and it tells you how many caloies you burned. If you want to keep an eye on your sodium intake, sugar intake, fat intake, and all those things it has it aswell. There is a comuninty and you can post your weight loss progress, pictures, ask for motivation, and everything. Its like a forum. Its a very neat website and it keeps me on track and accountable for my weight loss journey! You should try it out.

From Kirsten, Age 13 - 08/05/11 - IP#: 50.92.154.xxx  go to original board
Ht. 5'4", Start: 228 lb, Today: 226 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 150 lb - Have any of you heard about the website Myfitnesspal.com? Its a website where you can track your foods. You enter the name of a food, then click on that food, and it comes up in your food diary with the calories it consumed. You can set a daily calorie goal. For men, its more realisitic to have it for 1400-1500, while women want it more 1200-1300. You can track your excersize and it tells you how many caloies you burned. If you want to keep an eye on your sodium intake, sugar intake, fat intake, and all those things it has it aswell. There is a comuninty and you can post your weight loss progress, pictures, ask for motivation, and everything. Its like a forum. Its a very neat website and it keeps me on track and accountable for my weight loss journey! You should try it out.

Reply From Maddi, Age 13 - 03/01/11 - IP#: 98.235.45.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Loseit.com ia an easy, helpful guide for calories!

From Kamille, Age 12 - 06/12/10 - IP#: 76.127.101.xxx  go to original board
Ht. 5'1", Start: 140 lb, Today: 140 lb (BMI %tile: 96), Goal: 120 lb - hey everyone there is this really good website called mypyramidtracker.gov u cud type in what u ate and they will tell u how many calories u ate.if u exercise and type it in they will tell u how many calories burned GO TO THIS WEBSITE!!!!!TODAY!!!!! MYPYRAMIDTRACKER.GOV

Reply From DancingDamsel, Age 13 - 01/28/09 - IP#: 74.225.199.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
No...I think you ought to rule out Weight Watchers or NutriSystem, etc. They don't work. Diets don't work. (Diet is just the word "die," with a T at the end, girl.) You need to change your overall eating style so what happened once to you doesn't happen again. You need to learn to eat right--but not just for losing weight. Let me ask you: what do you think will happen if I eat REALLLLY HEALTHY and lose 40 pounds and then go back to my normal junk food or over-eating self? I will gain it all (and more) back.
Your mom can help you out on the track to eating healthy for always.
Hope this helped, ^_^

From x*Celeste*x, Age 13 - 01/29/06 - IP#: 24.180.103.xxx  go to original board
Ht. 5'7, Wt. s:185 c:154 g:160 - Hey guys! Well i just wanted to share some healthy snack ideas. They are ssoo good!! Ok, first, take a can of mandarin oranges and drain it. Then spread them out on a plate, and cover it with plastic wrap. Then freeze it overnight or for 3ish hours until they are completely frozen. You can also try this with cherries, grapes, or any other one of your favorite fruits. Sooo good. It almost tastes like a popsicle! Good luck and enjoy! ~x*Celeste*x

From Amelia, Age 12 - 01/21/06 - IP#: 64.12.116.xxx  go to original board
Ht. 5' 3'', Wt. 130 - One of my tips for losing weight is..... When you start to think that your hungery but you know that you're not chew sugar-free gum. It makes you feel like you're eating something and you're really not. It also freshens your breath.

From Emily, Age 13 - 08/28/04 - IP#: 68.148.186.xxx  go to original board
I was just watching tv the other day and i saw this documentry about fast food and our health. i learned that cutting mayo from your hamburger can save you 23 grams of fat and 260 calories, and with out cheese it also saves you 11 grams of fat and 70 calories. so with out either of those a hamburger with fat free condiments s ok once in a while, with only 18 grams of fat and 290 calories (still isn't the best but look how much u can cut out). Also the salads searved from fast food restraunts, aren't that great and sometimes a hamburger can be a better choice. Especially the atkins salads, or anything with bacon-they are quite high in fat, even tho stated to have less carbs. Also some people think chicken burgers are better, and they are in most cases, btu burger kings chicken seems to have the most fat, and a hamburger with no mayo and cheese is a better choice. Just though I would share what i learned as i found it pretty suprising and interesting.

From Nicole, Age 13 - 07/18/04 - IP#: 68.144.138.xxx  go to original board
I honestly hope this doesn't offend anybody but I think that Americans are a whole lot fatter than Canadians. I think this because there is so much fast food in America and not nearly as much as fast food as in Canada. i also saw a survey thing and it said 40% of Americans are overweight and kids aged 5-19 are 87% overweight while canadians are only 16% overweight and kids aged 5-19 are only 8% overweight. I know there is more people in America than Canada but still thats like Half of america overweight. I am not trying to insult anybody or say they are fat because they are Americans I am trying to say that they promote more fast food than ever before. Do you know Americans have over 667 different fast food chains?!??? THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE! Canada has 121! I love America and when I used to go down there I would order a meal and it would come like it was for 5 people!!! Here in Canada... (view more)

From Jesse, Age 13 - 07/10/04 - IP#: 216.175.30.xxx  go to original board
ok few question how many sit ups are in a set how can i lose enough weight wich is close to twenty bound so i can totally make the girls that called me fatty fatty two by four can't fit through her front door at school gasp when the see me and people should not really be on the atkins diet because it put my x best friends grandfather in the hospital

From js, Age 12 - 05/29/04 - IP#: 148.167.126.xxx  go to original board
hey everyone. ive started a group on yahoo for users of BB to chat about non weight loss topics, becuase alot of people are doing that on here, and thier messages are getting deleted. this group is to premote friendship between users, and so people can ask ?'s from people they are familair with. email me at im_a_muggle_831@yahoo.com for an invite. ignore the auto reply you will get back, thats to help control spam. thanx a ton, bye!

Reply From ray*ray, Age 13 - 04/12/04 - IP#: 66.67.111.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Hermy, we're all on here for advice on losing weight! So if you advice just type it on a post so that everyone can read it instead of making a million people put there emails there so that you can email them seperatly or whatever. You would help alot more people that way! *ray*ray*

Reply From someone, Age 11 - 04/07/04 - IP#: 68.217.186.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
just teel the teacher that you don't want to be weighted in front of the class. I do the same thing. There is no way that you can lose more than a pound in a week.

Reply From someone, Age 12 - 03/08/04 - IP#: 67.163.45.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
ok i think yuor doing great! good luck. but i have soemthing to ask you. are you also watching your diet?
sometimes you may lose 200 cal. exersising but dont go grab a 300 cal candybar afterwords!

From EMMA, Age 13 - 03/01/04 - IP#: 205.188.208.xxx  go to original board
HEY I NEED SOME HELP LOSEING WEIGHT I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE WOULD WANNA HELP ME U KNOW WE COULD E MAIL BACK AND FORTH AND HELP EACHOTHER IF U WANNA LEAVE YOUR E MAIL ADDRESS AND ILL E MAIL U THANKS