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From Page, Age 11

Dear Readers,I made a mistake that I hope you all do not do. I starved myself. Not for long (a few days) but I am very lucky that my friends noticed it and stopped me. I ate very little and sometimes nothing at school. My Mom noticed that I was losing weight, and said that I looked too thin. Before you diet...be sure that you are not thin...just seeing yourself as fat. We are all growing and need nutritien. I used to find myself going through the kitchen popping anything in sight until my nouth and as I look into the pictures, I notice that I looked a bit fat. Here are a few steps to losing weight or avoiding gaining weight:1) Keep ALL snack foods at your home in a cupboard so you have to do something to get it...and you will be sure that you REALLY want it...not only for the craving or the taste2) Only eat desserts on special occasions. Instead of having a cookie with that milk, why not an apple? Although the craving may be very hard to overcome, just remind yourself of how unhealthy that is for you and how you will feel if you have all of that extra weight. You don't have to give up desserts forever. I have tried to stick to "no desserts" unless it is a birthday of a friend gave you a bag of delicious chocolates! Try to make fruits seem delisous. Have images in your mind of the apple with water dripping off of it, and it coming out of the wonderful earth. 3) When possible...get the "Non-fat" or "Low-fat" things. Sure, those Lays Chips look good...but why feel heavy and possibly get heavy when you can go for the "Baked Lays"? You will feel so much better after eating an apple and "Baked Lays" and turkey sub than having "Whole-fat" chips, a burger and fries, and ice cream! 4) Exercise!!!! Having it be a rainy day is NO excuse for staying at home watching TV and eating cookies! Get all bundled up and take a low-key walk in the rain. Invite a few pals to go for a stroll in woods with you and work those legs! Maybe for Christmas you could ask for a tredmill if your parent doesn't already have one. They can be a blast in front of a TV!I hope these tips have helped and if you have any questions or comments please email me at patch1690@yahoo.com.Thanks!