From Taylor, Age 16 - 08/20/11 - IP#: 24.126.140.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 263 lb, Today: 212 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 200 lb - if i have never said this before im going to say it now , DIETS DONT WORK ! , seriously if you realy wanna lose weight you have to make life long changes, not temporary ones like going on diets, start by limiting your intake of bad things like sodas, cookies, cake, pie, chips . i didnt say completly cut them out because i understand thats kinda exereme =/ like who doesnt want a piece of cake every once in a while ? lol , and as you progress it will be a lot easier for you to just not think about them or want it :)) , THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING STARTED , but after you start and see progress you wouldnt wanna stop ! trust me :D , i love you guys and i know you can do it ! :))
Reply From Melissa, Age 17 - 08/21/11 - IP#: 24.2.110.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I'm doing weight watchers and it's worked wonderfully for me. And yeah, by all definition it is a "diet" but it's taught me so much! I've learned I can eat things I love as long as I control my portions. I've learned that exercise makes me feel good. Weight Watchers has taught me to control myself which I think will be the most valuable thing when my membership there ends. I understand what your saying about diets, they are temporary and it truly is about making a lifestyle change. I agree completely. We've got to stop telling ourselves that we are on a diet and just tell ourselves that this is the way we live now. I think a lot of diets are useful, they offer good advice and they work in the moment. However, if we don't learn from our diets and apply what we learned after our efforts have totally gone to waste
From Taylor, Age 16 - 08/20/11 - IP#: 24.126.140.xxx go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 263 lb, Today: 212 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 200 lb - if i have never said this before im going to say it now , DIETS DONT WORK ! , seriously if you realy wanna lose weight you have to make life long changes, not temporary ones like going on diets, start by limiting your intake of bad things like sodas, cookies, cake, pie, chips . i didnt say completly cut them out because i understand thats kinda exereme =/ like who doesnt want a piece of cake every once in a while ? lol , and as you progress it will be a lot easier for you to just not think about them or want it :)) , THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING STARTED , but after you start and see progress you wouldnt wanna stop ! trust me :D , i love you guys and i know you can do it ! :))
From Kaytlynn, Age 18 - 05/21/07 - IP#: 24.252.57.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'7", Start: 200 lb, Current: 189 lb, Goal: 145 lb - Hey every one I just found this site and I am hoping that this might be just one more thing to help me out. If you can tell I am very large and its because i am the biggest emotional eater that anyone has seen. well here is what I ate today. Breakfast: breakfast bar that our school has. Lunch: A salad with a little dressing Dinner: Salad with chicken and dressing H2O: 3 24 oz bottles Is that good? I also am taking these diet pills people tell me not to take them but i feel they work and the make me not want to binge on bad foods. i dont overdose on them like I use to so I think it is okay. Please feel free to tell me what you are thinking call me fat or what ever tell me the truth please and dont hold anything back because that is what my friends do and thats not what i need.
Reply From Anna, Age 14 - 05/20/07 - IP#: 71.124.42.xxx show message replied to go to original board
STOP TAKING THE DIET PILLS. My cousin's wife took diet pills and she looks like crap. Her hair thinned and her skin is horrible. You did good for eating you may want to eat a little more
From lauren, Age 16 - 01/19/05 - IP#: 212.219.8.xxx go to original board
To all the people out there who are trying diets such as atkins, zone, cabbage soup etc you dont need to do it! A simple way to lose weight effectively and keep it off is by eating three meals a day, having one snack, doing 15 minutes exercise per day, and just being practical. I have done this for the past week and yes i have included my favourite foods...just smaller portions and have lost 6lbs. I still get to enjoy my food and not give anything up and am losing the same amount of weight as someone who is on a unhealthy 'fad' diet. People, it can be done. Just motivate yourself and keep your head up. Good luck
From jenna, Age 1 - 01/17/05 - IP#: 69.0.49.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Hi everybody! Is the Slim Fast diet a good diet to go on? My mom and I are thinking about going on it. PLZ REPLY! Thanx ~jenna~
Reply From kathryn, Age 17 - 01/17/05 - IP#: 84.160.150.xxx show message replied to go to original board
youve been on this site long enough to know what a fad diet is. THIS IS ONE (Slim Fast). i dont mean to be harsh, but no, its not healthy, it will not lead to perminate weiht loss and all the ppl that supposedly lost all that weight on it DONT HAVE NORMAL RESULTS.
From Mary Kay, Age 16 - 12/15/04 - IP#: 68.54.132.xxx go to original board
For the record, all those diets that say you will lose like 10 pounds in a weak are all fake. You are just losing water weight. I have tried every diet under the sun like that and the weight just comes back very easily. the best way is the old-fashion way. balanced, healthy meals and excersize. im 5'3" and 100 pounds i used to be 167. you just need to disipline yourself. set small goals. my best friend and i made a sort of race to see who could reach their goal the fastest. I won.
From Katherine, Age 14 - 07/25/04 - IP#: 66.44.90.xxx go to original board
to everyone who is thinking about/about to begin/already doing atkins, i really don't reccomend it. i did it for two weeks and i lost 8 pounds, i was so happy and excited, but it really is not all its cracked up to be. atkins is not a diet that you do for 2 weeks, 2 months, or even 2 years... its a lifetime commitment. when i decided to not do atkins for one day, i gained everything back plus 2 pounds!!!!!! do you really wanna spend the rest of ur life counting carbs??? and who would want to deprive their bodies for fruits and grain, which is what it needs.... im not talking about chocolate covered strawberries and white bread, of course those are bad for you!! what im talking about is regular fruits and wheat bread. atkins is a very hard way to live and i don't reccomend it. the second you cheat on it, it knocks your body out of ketosis. so just listen from someone who has experienced it and don't try it unless you want it for life. thanks so much for listening and hope i helped!!!!! good luck!!!!
From Catherine, Age 15 - 07/13/04 - IP#: 67.168.60.xxx go to original board
I have been reading a lot of posts. Almost everyone talks about how they want to be skinny and lose weight. I mean the first step is saying that we want to lose weight. The second step should be to figure how bad we want it. Cause if you want something so bad you can get it, you just have to work hard just like anything that you want. Example, say you want to buy a car really bad, what do you do, you work really hard to earn that money to buy a car. Well its the same thing with losing weight, you have to work really hard to earn a healthy, thin body. No quick diet is going to fix that. Just like there is no quick way to get money, legally that is. LoL. So everyone stay with your healthy eating and exercise, and have will power to stay away from eating high calorie foods. You will get to your goal so much faster. No more stress, worrying, or guilt. Today is my 3rd day of eating really... (view more)I have been reading a lot of posts. Almost everyone talks about how they want to be skinny and lose weight. I mean the first step is saying that we want to lose weight. The second step should be to figure how bad we want it. Cause if you want something so bad you can get it, you just have to work hard just like anything that you want. Example, say you want to buy a car really bad, what do you do, you work really hard to earn that money to buy a car. Well its the same thing with losing weight, you have to work really hard to earn a healthy, thin body. No quick diet is going to fix that. Just like there is no quick way to get money, legally that is. LoL. So everyone stay with your healthy eating and exercise, and have will power to stay away from eating high calorie foods. You will get to your goal so much faster. No more stress, worrying, or guilt. Today is my 3rd day of eating really healthy, and I feel wonderful! I know you can do it, because I am doing it! You all have helped me so much, I have lost 10 pounds with the help of all of you. I have 30-35 pounds more to go to get to my goal weight! I know I can do it! I am giving myself till the beginning of december to lose it! Make sure you set a realistic goal because it gives you that much more confidence to know you can lose it. I have tried a lot of fast diets, all have failed for me. So I decided healthy eating. Plus I am doing weight watchers so that gives me more motivation because we have to weigh in everyweek. Thanks for listening! I have faith in all of you, so find your motivation, and make sure you are losing weight for yourself!! Good Luck everyone!! (view less)
From clifford, Age 15 - 06/18/04 - IP#: 67.40.165.xxx go to original board
Hey I was watching th eMontel show and they were talkin bout diets and stuff so I decided to share whut I learned fro the Montel show. All you have to do is not eat as much as simple as that u dont need atkins south beach grapefruit siet 3 day diet none of those fad diets. All you need to do is eat in smaller proportions and excercise and drink water montel weighed 210 when he was diagonosed with MS and he now weighs 187-189 and he stays there for the whole year for the past 3 years and all he did was excercise eat smaller porptions and drank tons of water. SO that is whut I am goin to do and I am not goin to go for any fad diet im just gonna eat less and excercise im still gonna eat w'/e i want but in moderation and just drink water and excercise and I know I can do this if Montel did I can do and I feel confident. If you do a fad diet u r less likely to keep the weight off since u are... (view more)Hey I was watching th eMontel show and they were talkin bout diets and stuff so I decided to share whut I learned fro the Montel show. All you have to do is not eat as much as simple as that u dont need atkins south beach grapefruit siet 3 day diet none of those fad diets. All you need to do is eat in smaller proportions and excercise and drink water montel weighed 210 when he was diagonosed with MS and he now weighs 187-189 and he stays there for the whole year for the past 3 years and all he did was excercise eat smaller porptions and drank tons of water. SO that is whut I am goin to do and I am not goin to go for any fad diet im just gonna eat less and excercise im still gonna eat w'/e i want but in moderation and just drink water and excercise and I know I can do this if Montel did I can do and I feel confident. If you do a fad diet u r less likely to keep the weight off since u are being forced to eat soo much less no bannas no carrots on atikins or south beach and that is impossible to do. I am not sayin that they are not healthy whut im sayin is they are not efficient ways to keep the weight off weight watchers is good and u will succed on weight watchers better then u will on any other fad diet adnancturally keep it off because if u go to the meetings u have the support. Well thats it for now and im gonnaeat whut I want in proportions and drink water and excercise so good luck to everyone and i hope u ake my advice. buhbye god bless (view less)
From Victoria, Age 12 - 05/30/04 - IP#: 66.189.55.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Hi I am 12, and currently weigh 137 pounds. About a month and a half ago, I weighed 154. I felt miserable in the inside, and outside, even though i had friends, and was very outgoing, but at home, i would just cry. SO I went on the internet,and found a relativly easy diet. The South Beach Diet. It is based on a low carb diet, but it is less strict. in two weeks you loose 7-12 pounds. Its awesome. Everynody notices a difference. I am on my way to reaching my goal of 125 pounds by summer. I hope all of you who want to loose weight try this. If you have any questions, email me at victoriaf@charter.net, or if you have aol instant messanger, im me @ piglover4eva02 good luck!
Reply From juststrange, Age 12 - 06/01/04 - IP#: 148.167.126.xxx show message replied to go to original board
one, 7-12 pounds in 2 weeks is not healthy. niether is low carb dieting.
From Karin, Age 18 - 04/08/04 - IP#: 24.84.214.xxx go to original board
I was recently on the Atkins plan and lost about 8 pounds in only 3 weeks. But i went off it because I couldn't stand the limited food choices. I gained all the weight back within a week. Anyway, i've been reading the success stories and I feel inspired once again to lose weight. THis time, I'll do the low calorie approach, with lots of exercise! I did that in the past, and I lost alot of weight! Hope this time around I won't gain it all back.
From Eric, Age 13 - 01/26/04 - IP#: 67.173.255.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
LOOK IF U WANNA LOSE WHEIGHT TUGHEN UP, DONT WRITE SAYING -HEY HOW CAN I LOSE 100 POUNDS IN A WEEK WITHOUT EXERCISING OR CUTTING BACK-CUZ IT AINT GOING TO HAPPEN I WAY 160 IM ABOUT 5,2 AND I FOUND THAT ATKINS LOW CARB DIET WORKS IN JUST FOURTEEN DAYS YOU CAN LOSE UP TO 10 PUONDS IT IS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS ID LOVE TO HELP BYE
Reply From E_C_G, Age 11 - 04/06/04 - IP#: 68.217.186.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Just because it worked for you dosen't mean it will work for everyone! By the way people write to all these other people for advice, friendship, and support! THAT DIET KILLS, my dads tryed it it put him in the hosptial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Claudia, Age 14 - 02/16/04 - IP#: 24.67.253.xxx go to original board
Hey, I just thought that I should let everybody know that with the Atkins type diet, you know, low carb, well I lost 10 pounds on it and I was saying how great it worked... but it really is unhealthy adn I decided to go off of the low carb diet. I felt so heavy and greasy from the meat I had to eat and all that... I felt heavier... not like i had lost 10 pounds. I decided to just go on a diet where I ate healthy adn low fat and I can finally have as many fruits as I want and in the first two days, I already lost a pound, it seems to be working better than low carb and I feel sooooooooooo much better since im not on low carb anymore, i felt like i was trapped after a while on low carb. Sure you might lose weight, but i don't think its worth it anymore, especially because now peopel are saying its really bad and all that. Anyways I just wanted to post and say that low fqat works really... (view more)Hey, I just thought that I should let everybody know that with the Atkins type diet, you know, low carb, well I lost 10 pounds on it and I was saying how great it worked... but it really is unhealthy adn I decided to go off of the low carb diet. I felt so heavy and greasy from the meat I had to eat and all that... I felt heavier... not like i had lost 10 pounds. I decided to just go on a diet where I ate healthy adn low fat and I can finally have as many fruits as I want and in the first two days, I already lost a pound, it seems to be working better than low carb and I feel sooooooooooo much better since im not on low carb anymore, i felt like i was trapped after a while on low carb. Sure you might lose weight, but i don't think its worth it anymore, especially because now peopel are saying its really bad and all that. Anyways I just wanted to post and say that low fqat works really great, like also eating fuits veggies adn drinking lots of water, it makes me feel alot better, alot lighter not like im full of grease from meat and all that.. ick. Anyways, im going to post under this with some stuff that might help some of you lose weight (view less)
From Sarah, Age 15 - 02/08/04 - IP#: 209.86.98.xxx go to original board
EVERYONE-
I TRIED ZANTREX 3 DIET PILL, IT MADE ME SICK, THE FEELING NEVER WENT AWAY, IT WAS A WASTE OF 40 DOLLARS...DIET PILLS DO NOT WORK, I NEVER BELIEVED ANYONE WHO SAID THEY DIDNT WORK BECASUE I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WOULD WORK FOR ME, WELL THEY DIDNT, AND ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY WILL I UNDERSTAND BECASUE OF THE MEDIA, BUT PLEASE DONT TRY THEM, AND IF YOU STILL WANT TO, BUT A LESS EXPENSIVE KIND LIKE APPLE CIDER BECASUE THEN YOU AT LEAST WONT BE DOWN SO MUCH MOENY AND YOU WONT GET AS SICK AND YOU WILL HAVE BUYING DIET PILLS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM
~Sarah
From Eric, Age 13 - 01/26/04 - IP#: 67.173.255.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
LOOK IF U WANNA LOSE WHEIGHT TUGHEN UP, DONT WRITE SAYING -HEY HOW CAN I LOSE 100 POUNDS IN A WEEK WITHOUT EXERCISING OR CUTTING BACK-CUZ IT AINT GOING TO HAPPEN I WAY 160 IM ABOUT 5,2 AND I FOUND THAT ATKINS LOW CARB DIET WORKS IN JUST FOURTEEN DAYS YOU CAN LOSE UP TO 10 PUONDS IT IS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS ID LOVE TO HELP BYE
Reply From amy, Age 14 - 02/02/04 - IP#: 80.225.213.xxx show message replied to go to original board
hi , i no im not a pre_teen but i just want to say the atkins diet is really stupid , you cut out all carbs and healthy stuff like bread , pasta , fruit ect and only eat things like bacon and burgers , although some of you might think thats good listen to what happends . because your stomach hasnt got any carbs to break up it starts breaking your own fat up , which might also sound good , but its really dangerous , when youstop the atkins diet you put all this fat back on , sometimes even more , its a diet you cannot stay on as it can cause heart attcks and fatail ilnesses , if you really wanna lose weight you just have to eat a balanced diet and no snack or anything in between meals , also cut down on fizzy drinks n stuff , make sure you get at least 3 hours of exercise per week, and that doesnt just mean walking round a mates house or to school , p.e at school does count though. or any sports or bike ridding , ok ? good luck .
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