From Caroline, Age 14 - 11/16/02 - IP#: 195.93.32.xxx Click here to reply
Hi I'm Caroline, I just want to feel better about myself and lose some weight. I am 5'2 and I weigh 161 pounds. I've always been chubby and my parents and other relatives always make fun of me and ask if I'm on a diet. I can't talk to my mum because I'm too embarrased and it's like she hates fat and she is terrified of becoming fat herself! I think she is disgusted by me! Like if we are out shopping she'll say Oh you can't wear that it's been designed for slim people. I hate myself. At school I only get teased occasionally but I feel self consious ALL THE TIME!!! I am not looking forward to christmas cos theres so many parties and I look fat in every outfit. I'm desperate! I just feel sad and ugly. Can anyone help?
Reply from swimf@n, Age 14 - 11/19/02 - IP#: 24.200.41.xxx hey...i know how u feel..my relatives used to tease me about my weight..i was around 5'2 and 150 lbs...but then my best friend (who was on a swimteam at the time) told me about it and offered me to try it...of course i did and it was SO hard the first practice!!..i looked horrible in a bathing suit and i was the slowest of the group. Now i've been swimming for 3 years and have slimmed down A LOT. everyone says that compared to what i looked like before, they wouldn't recognize me on the street. Swimming is proven to help lose weight because you're working a lot of muscles and the water supports your body. I hated sports, but swimming was different...try finding a sport that you like. It may be hard and discouraging at first but NEVER give up, you'll get there and trust me, it's WAY worth the trouble. oh, by the way, i didn't have to change the way i ate! eat healthy though, but don't starve yourself..eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full. good luck!! p.s.: you can do anything if you put your mind to it =)
Reply from Laura, Age 18 - 11/18/02 - IP#: 64.172.50.xxx I know it's easier said than done. Just move all through the day. Take short walks here and there. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, (junk in moderation) and LOTS of water (very important in fat loss). Don't keep waiting around for a miracle, or magical fat loss pill. Just start a new life of being active. Who cares what people say or think, if you are out there moving and trying to lose fat, then be proud and keep moving! #1 rule is consistancy (Workout consistantly) #2 rule is don't starve yourself. (<-- best way to get fat). You could easily lose 10 lbs a month!) good luck
Reply from Nicole, Age 12 - 11/17/02 - IP#: 210.54.247.xxx try and get in as much exercise as u can every day, even if it has to be walking around the couch 100 times! a good way of exercise is to dance, it dosent matta at all if u cant because its not as if sum1 will b watching u, do lots of big movements and make them very fast, and do it to very fast music! ask ur mum or dad or whoever u lkive with (who u can talk to bout loosing weight) to hide junk foods in the house, in a place where u would nva know where they would b, other wise look at the food and think to ur self " do i really need this?" then go and find a room and look through a mag, and c sum1 with the perfect bod, and think, " if i want that bod, his is what ive got to do" adn then just go get a nice bowel of delious fruit and write me an email!! Do u know those raro drinks that u make wiht water? well if u do, then wat ya should do is buy sum suger free ones and freese them and put teaspoons in them for then sticks, and then u can eat them when u feel like a treat, or u can try the weight watchers icecream, it tastes soo nice and is so low in fat! i used to have chippies, buns, biskits, u know stuff like that for lunch like every day, and now i dont, i also dont drink fizzy drinks to. and i know this is hard to belive BUT ITS NOT THAT HARD!!!! and if i can do it YOU CAN GO IT! and u will ok good luck nicole
Reply from Jennifer, Age 14 - 11/16/02 - IP#: 64.85.224.xxx hey, im 5'3'' and 150, i would love a diet buddy! I get teased occasionally as well but hate the way i look. Dieting is hard! email me babychick88@ca.astound.net
Reply from Jamie, Age 14 - 11/16/02 - IP#: 209.244.91.xxx Hey i need to lose weight too so i feel ur pain.Im 5'1 and 176.Does ur family make fun of u more than kids at school?Well if they do thats bad.They should not do that because it hurts ppls feelings.If u need someone to talk to my email is JamiezAFreek@hotmail.com or my AIM S/N is JamiezAFreek.
