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fifteen

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Hey! Well, I just joined this site so everything's pretty new to me. I'm 15 years old and currently trying to loose weight. My starting weight was 150lbs and being only 5'4 this suggest that my BMI was right at the top. When I say I want to loose weight, people tell me I'm stupid. They say ''You're not fat, you're curvy!'', which I find hugely offensive as slimmer girls can also be curvy so it is like a huge slap in the face. And they also say things like ''You're only 15, your body is still growing, what the hell do you want to loose weight for?!'', and yes, maybe they're right, I'm only 15, but I haven't changed in height since I was 13 and my weight hasn't changed either. And by my parents height it doesn't look like I'll be growing anymore.. Besides, to me, I don't like my weight, I'm not happy with it and I think people should accept it. So, I have decided to try this out, I can't talk to people I know about it because they tell me I'm crazy and even though I've been doing OK so far, I'm just loosing a little motivation at this time. I'm currently on 142lbs and have been doing my diet for two weeks. I don't believe setting a date to be done by is a wise idea but with a rough guess of weight loss of 3-4lbs a week, I should hopefully be done by mid- October. Which is quick enough for me. I aim to be about 110lbs because looking at my mother, and my bone structure I really am carrying extra weight.
I have a lot of reasons to loose weight, all being for myself because doing it for other people just seems fatal in my eyes, and anyways, I AM doing it for ME.
Good Luck to everyone who wants to loose weight! By all the diary's I have read on here, you ALL deserve it! <3
 
Welcome and I am all for you taking care of your weight issues now...I wish some one would have told me to take care of it in my twenties because its twice as hard as I get closer to forty!!

You are young..so make sure to eat right and be super active...it will come right off!! The number one thing at your age is DON'T drink your calories..soda..milk...juices...sports drinks....they are all loaded with calories....while Milk is wonderful for you..treat it as food not a drink!!!

Slow ...healthy weight loss now ....with great nutrition...will help you so much as you age...good luck we are here for you!! :):)
 
Hey little one. You're probably one of the youngest on here. N'awww.
Wishing you much luck on your weight loss journey.

Congrats on your 8lb loss already.
 
Make sure you are getting good nutrition. Eat lean protein, veggies and fruits and only whole grains. If you have a hard time with this, there are lots of great books out there at the library. 3 to 4 pounds per week is a bit aggressive. Don't starve yourself expecting these kinds of results. That would horribly unhealthy and lead to rebound weight gain. Slow and steady and watch what you eat and drink and don't beat yourself up when you cave and have the soda or the honey bun. Just move on. Best wishes. The people on this board are here for you.
 
Hey, you have every right to lose weight! If you're getting sick of people telling you that you don't need to lose weight just tell them that all you are doing is eating healthier and you're going to let your weight naturally go where it should be. That works for me! I was at 190 and said my goal was 175 and she was driving me nuts saying I didn't have to lose weight. So I just started telling her 'I'm going to eat healthy and exercise and where my weight goes, it is going there naturally' that stopped her bickering :p

Anyways, I definitely suggest adding some exercise to your weight loss program. Even 20 minutes 4 times a week will help a lot. Diet alone can be tough to stay motivated all the time. Exercise can help help alleviate those days where you slip up a little on your diet.

Also, make sure you are getting enough calories each day. I know you want to lose but if you don't get enough calories your body will begin going into starvation made, meaning it will retain as many calories as it can, a survival instinct.

Good luck, keep us updated :)
 
Hi fifteen and welcome

My family were not much help to me with losing weight when I was a teen, I was also told that I shouldn't be worried about my weight, I would get the same reactions you describe from friends and family. I think they just wanted to protect my feelings but they went about it the wrong way, instead they should have helped me to lose weight and encouraged me, even taken part themselves. On my own it took me right until my 20s to lose weight, only to gain it again a few years later.

I Love my parents, but I find myself resenting them now for not helping me. I hope you do try and talk to them, it will be so much better for you with their help and support.
 
Thanks for all the supportive comments! Its nice to know some people understand what its like :) So, its been a while? I ditched the diet. The one I was doing was stupid and I was stupid to think I could do it alone and un-aided. I am now with a site called SparkPeople and I am burning 2lbs a week. I am on track and happy. I barely think about it anymore. I am 134lbs from last Sunday so this Sunday I could be seeing some promising results. They have set me on a tracker where I need to burn just less than 200 calories every day in 30 minutes of exercise and if I do 30 minutes of cardio workouts I burn about a 100 more. Using SparkPeople I have found so much more beneficial. I really feel like its more of a life change and If I don’t workout I simply just don’t feel myself. I have to eat between 1200-1500 calories everyday which is a decent amount split between three meals and a snack. HEALTHY snack. J I am also doing it with my friends but because they are still around 150+ they’re doing fad diets to catch up with me. I’m not happy about this in anyway. I don’t want to say they don’t have willpower but fad diets are almost impossible for anyone with common sense. I would know. The latest one is the 'ABC' diet and this is just after some syrup, lemon mixture they tried which I honestly found repulsive. Literally sugar in a cup. They don’t work really and each day they say ‘tomorrow I’ll cut down’. Its frustrating to watch them fail but there’s only so many times you can say something to them without them asking ‘do you think I’m stupid or something? It'll be fine!’. Never mind. Like I said, I’m doing this for myself and if they don’t want the advice then they don’t have to take it. I just hope they realise soon so we can do it together. Anyway, it’s been going alright, even with school. Occasionally I have had some crisps or a bit of pudding but this is once every week or two, nothing more. So it doesn't bugger anything up too bad. I should be finished by early December if I keep this up but I’m trying to not hang all my hopes on that and say to myself; ‘if you still have some to go then, don’t worry!, it's a life change!' It's starting to get harder as I'm at school now and because my days are 6am-6.30pm it's very difficult to not snack whilst waiting to go home. It's also becoming stressful with the exams and controlled assessments I have to prepare for. Being in the last year of school where everything matters is not really a great idea when trying to loose weight but I try to not let it bother me. I really think this time I'm going to actually stick with it, I have lost almost 20lbs so far as my starting weight a couple of months back was 153lbs. I feel with the pretty good loss already I might be motivated to keep on going :) I haven't exactly told my parents I'm losing weight but my mum knows I am. She really isn't bothered though. I said I want to be healthy and she knows damn well I could never be anorexic or anything so it's not a huge worry. I feel like she's almost helping me as well. She's inviting me to walk more and the other day she wanted me to buy smaller jeans and they fit! So I guess I'm now a size 10? It doesn't seem a lot for her to be doing but she knows its the kind of thing I'd rather keep to myself. Anyway, I should wrap this up now, I'm rambling and I'm sure it's probably only interesting to me :L
 
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