ur tips are well recieved, and im sure u remember how it is too, but also remember how much pressure is put on us teen girls to be thin, thin, thin, god ...i know..i have been on a neverending struggle to be thin since i wuz 13. I am now 5'5' and 139 pounds, and am so ashamed because when i look in the mirror i see the girl i could be, underneath the fat. All i want is to be 120 lbs and a size 2. but i just seem to eat and eat. Today i ate alot of cereal, fruits, cornbread, salmon, and 3 slices of wheatbread, i feel like such a pig and i can't help but eat this much. Sometimes its like 3 bowls of cereal in the morning. I excercise 6 days a week and do kickboxing two days a week, and the fat is still here, but i know its not the excercise but the food thats faltering my efforts. I have tried being anorexic and lasted 3 days, but it was terrible, so i stopped and realized how bad it was and how it can make u fatter, and i seriously thought about turning bulimic , but thats something i could never put myself through. id love it if you could help me get through this and help me lose 20 lbs, VineVixen17