From Carrie, Age 14 - 08/13/11 - IP#: 67.162.78.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'6", Start: 170 lb, Today: 155 lb (BMI %tile: 90), Goal: 120 lb - Hi! I'm having a little trouble with weight loss and I saw this site. I'm an athlete- a swimmer and also a dancer. I swim vigorously for 5 hours a day 6 days a week,I take irish dance lessons 2 days a week and ballet 2 days a week. I ride my bike for about 20-25 miles almost everyday. I walk or ride my bike to school and its like 5 miles away. But i still can't lose enough weight to be healthy and it always comes back. I eat healthy and never too much. Some help? Also when people say im 'fat' they don't understand that i have a large frame due to swimming- broad shoulders etc. and that a lot of my body mass is muscle. My doctor told me all this. But he always says I need to lose weight. I know this, I've know it for the past 5 years! People always tell me I'm beautiful and I think so too, but then there are some other things I wish were different- clothes never fitting, always being down on the teeter -totter, too heavy for those bungee things, people asking how much i weigh 'just because', comments behind my back at school, when my friend says 'the heavy person always rides in the back on rides' and most importantly how this affect my weight. I think I will benefit greatly from being my goal weight,but I don't know what to do. Any advice?