From Gigi, Age 15 - 02/05/10 - IP#: 69.123.64.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'1", Start: 200 lb, Today: 200 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 200 lb - Alright, so I'm not actually 200 pounds. But the website owners might want to listen to what I have to say before deleting this. I came upon this website, and am seeing all of these people who are trying very hard to lose weight. I'd really like to help, and if you would like to hear my advice, than you can continue to read this.
Losing weight can be difficult at times. It's the honest truth. Sometimes, that ice cream sandwich looks too tasty, or that piece of cake tastes too good. Of course, these products are alive because of their charming abilities to tantalize our taste buds.
Here are some tips to help you lose weight:
-Get rid of all unhealthy food in your house. If your weight situation is getting this out of control, it's a step you and your family should be willing to take to help you out.
Why?- Simple: Just looking or smelling a food can lead you towards it, and it can be very painful to walk away.
Choose- Vegetables, Fruits as snacks, limit your meals to a healthy amount for you.
Most important rule:
DO NOT SKIP MEALS
Yes, I know eating breakfast lunch and dinner may make you feel like you're eating too much, and some of you may feel proud when you skip meals, seeing as you THINK you are losing weight.
The reality?
Nope. The first few weeks of eating very small portions and skipping one or more meals a day you will lose a few pounds of water weight. But the truth is, eating less slows your metabolism down. This makes you burn less and less calories, to the point where you are again gaining weight. Losing it from there will just be harder.
So,check with your doctor, or from a reliable source online to find out how many calories you should be eating every day. And only one or two small items of junk food a week will help ou mantain nutrition.
So here's the bummer for some of you. In order to lose a sufficient amount of weight, stay healthy and avoid health problems like diabetes and high blood pressure, you are going to need to excersize. But there are TONS of ways to do it. My advice? Seventeen Magazine has tons of subtle exercize tips AND healthy eating. Also, once a day, pick two jumpy songs on your ipod, and just dance, have fun! And guess what? You've just done eight minutes of excersize!
For your abs, i reccomend starting with 50 half-crunches a day. They did this routine in a gymnastics I once went to. After you feel totally comfortable with this, you can accelerate to 100.
Always find time for excersize.
Well, I really hope this helped.