From kinuso, Age 14 - 09/06/06 - IP#: 68.192.207.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'1, Wt. 147 - My mom has recently been telling me to start watching what I am eating because i have put on around 15 pounds throughout the past school year and summer. I checked the BMI caculator and it says I`m overweight. So I am going to do something about it. I`ve been playing field hockey for 2 years and this will be my third season and practices have gotten very intense this year and we have 2 hour practices 6 days a week where we run between a 1 1/2 miles and 4 miles everyday. After that season I jump right into basketball season and will not have as intense practices but i will run on the side to make up for it. If i use my practices as my exercise and eat healthy, will i be sucsessful in loosing weight?
Reply from Kayla, Age 15 - 09/06/06  - IP#: 68.229.76.xxx
Yeah. Just make sure that your not so wrapped up in sports that you forget how to eat healthy. In the spring I play softball and hockey. I also have drama. For one month in the spring I go to softball directly after school till 5 where I go to drama till 7 where I go to hockey till 8 where I go back to drama till 10. Then I eat dinner at 10 while doing my homework. I gained 20 pounds and couldn't figure out why because I was playing two sports and was never home!!! Well I was at home eating spaghetti dinners right before bed. Not exactly nutrition. So keep you nutrition in check while playing sports.