From Kayla, Age 16 - 11/18/09 - IP#: 206.176.219.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 204 lb, Today: 204 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 150 lb - Hi! ive been looking at tips on this website for quite a while but have never written anything but anyways. does anyone have any tips to stop eating when your full?
Reply From Jocelyn, Age 17 - 11/22/09 - IP#: 209.115.220.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I have the same problem where I have to eat everything on my plate, even if I am full. What I try to do now is put my fork down when I start getting full and decide if I want a little more. If I do, then I eat a little more. If I don't, then I cover my food with a napkin. If I can't see it, then I don't feel like I have to eat it. If that doesn't work, try pouring a little water on your plate. That way your food will taste gross so there is no point eating it. Hope that helps a little =)
From Kayla, Age 16 - 11/18/09 - IP#: 206.176.219.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 204 lb, Today: 204 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 150 lb - Hi! ive been looking at tips on this website for quite a while but have never written anything but anyways. does anyone have any tips to stop eating when your full?
Reply From Teela, Age 16 - 11/20/09 - IP#: 75.106.192.xxx show message replied to go to original board
My guess would be, just to stop when your full. Lol...If you are full but keep eating just because you want it, it's going to make you miserable. Just stop when you're full and if you get hungry later, you should eat some almonds..they help stop a hunger craving.
From Kayla, Age 16 - 11/18/09 - IP#: 206.176.219.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 204 lb, Today: 204 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 150 lb - Hi! ive been looking at tips on this website for quite a while but have never written anything but anyways. does anyone have any tips to stop eating when your full?
Reply From Teela, Age 16 - 11/20/09 - IP#: 75.106.192.xxx show message replied to go to original board
My guess would be, just to stop when your full. Lol...If you are full but keep eating just because you want it, it's going to make you miserable. Just stop when you're full and if you get hungry later, you should eat some almonds..they help stop a hunger craving.
From Angela, Age 17 - 10/29/09 - IP#: 65.32.146.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 4'11", Start: 234 lb, Today: 234 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 160 lb - WHAT WOULD BE THE EASTIEST WAY FOR ME TO LOOSE WEIGHT.IM GOING TO START EATING RIGHT TOMORROW.
Reply From Teela, Age 16 - 11/16/09 - IP#: 99.196.224.xxx show message replied to go to original board
First of all, if you are looking for a quick way out, don't read my post. If you are looking for a great way to feel fit, feel healty, and start to feel better about yourself, read it. I'm 213LB, 5'6". I have lost 23LBs still losing about 2-3 every other day. All i have done is cut my portions down to a small but pleasing size. Instead of Soda, i drink Water. Instead of Sugar, use splenda. Candy, don't cut yourself completely from it. Just have it once in a while. That way one day you don't fall into temptation and go on a candy spree. Also, almonds are a great filler or snack food if you have already eaten your main course and feel hungry still. A handfull of those should fix that. As for chocolate cravings, Hot chocolate, Chocolate milk, or a finger dab of Hershey's chocolate syrup should help stop that craving. I have so far increased my exercise to a 30min walk everyday, 10situps, and as many push ups as i can do..but when i lost my wait rapidly, really all i was doing was that 30min. walk per day. I hope you have sucess and i hope this helped. Good luck. :)
Reply From Teela, Age 16 - 11/16/09 - IP#: 75.106.255.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Hi. I'm no expert, but i have lost quite a bit of weight and this is how: First i limited my self to small portions. I made sure i was never hungry. Eating almonds can help your hunger decrease, and chocolate milk or cocoa or even a small dab of that hershey's syrup can keep away the chocolate cravings. When faced with a choice of soda or water..water is a better choice. Reducing the amount of soda you drink can make a big difference. If you don't like excercise, a good choice might be at least 30min. walks every day. By following all of this i have lost 23 pounds. Hope this helps :)And Good Luck.
From Jennifer, Age 16 - 08/14/09 - IP#: 84.131.10.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'8", Start: 211 lb, Today: 231 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 140 lb - Today is the day of my last jeans. And even this jeans doesn't fit anymore. I've grown out of all my other jeans. I think that's awful! But I still eat too much and I'm afraid I'll be eating too much. Still no way to eat less and lose weight. I'm going to meet friends tonight, and I'm afraid I'll eat too much of everything. That's really not good. But what can I do?
Reply From Veronica, Age 16 - 08/14/09 - IP#: 93.138.5.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Well,are you going out to eat?Why dont you go out for a drink?Well,if you must go out to eat,maybe you can lie about having a stomach ache and order only mineral water.I always get out of situations like this by pretending I feel sick lol :D
From Jeanie, Age 13 - 06/12/09 - IP#: 71.205.105.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 139 lb, Today: 135 lb (BMI %tile: 89), Goal: 129 lb - I hate the way i look. Im 13 and i weigh 135. I cant get passed 130. I even stopped eating but then i over ate when i got home. I need help! I dont want to eat but then i do. God im chubby. All my friends are thin and im the fattest one in the group how did i end up here? my goal is to get under 129!
Reply From Ally, Age 21 - 06/12/09 - IP#: 74.92.246.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Here's the thing Jeanie - no matter how much you want to, you CANNOT constantly compare yourself to your friends/others around you. If you do that, you are never going to be happy with who you are (spoken from tons of personal experience). You need to do what you feel is right for you and your body, not what you 'think' you should look like, etc. Believe me, I get it. I get being dissatisfied with your body when everyone around you seems to be stick thin. Eventually though, in order for you to grow into a young woman with a healthy self-esteem, you're going to need to learn to be happy with who YOU are, EXACTLY as you are. Now, I'm not saying that if you feel unhappy with your body weight you should stay there just because 'that's who you are'. If you truly believe that you could lead a healthier, happier life by losing a few pounds, then by all means, do it, but make sure you do it... (view more)Here's the thing Jeanie - no matter how much you want to, you CANNOT constantly compare yourself to your friends/others around you. If you do that, you are never going to be happy with who you are (spoken from tons of personal experience). You need to do what you feel is right for you and your body, not what you 'think' you should look like, etc. Believe me, I get it. I get being dissatisfied with your body when everyone around you seems to be stick thin. Eventually though, in order for you to grow into a young woman with a healthy self-esteem, you're going to need to learn to be happy with who YOU are, EXACTLY as you are. Now, I'm not saying that if you feel unhappy with your body weight you should stay there just because 'that's who you are'. If you truly believe that you could lead a healthier, happier life by losing a few pounds, then by all means, do it, but make sure you do it RIGHT!!! I cannot stress that more. There is nothing worse for your body then the constant, on/off-again 'crash dieting'. You need to make a choice to change your eating and exercise habits, such as, no eating after a certain time of night, eating 3 well-balanced meals, going for a walk 2-3x a week, etc. This way, you'll be losing weight in the right way. If you're serious about wanting to lose weight (in a healthy way), ask your parents if you can make an appointment with your doctor or a dietician who can show you what foods are most beneficial for your body. Whatever you do, don't ever look down on yourself for being 'different' from your friends - you have just as much going for you as they do =D. Good luck!!!! (view less)
From Teresa, Age 17 - 05/24/09 - IP#: 71.102.143.xxx go to original board
Ht. 5'5", Start: 255 lb, Today: 225 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 140 lb - Hi all! Many of you new people may not know me but I used to come here all the time.. about 3 years ago? Wow. Anywho. I lost about 25 lbs at that time which would be about freshman year for me. I gained it back because a lot of the strategies I see that people are using here.. Now i'm a high school senior year who is about to graduate and I've lost weight, feel so much better about it and have the strength to keep it going.. (for a LONG time).. So I wanted to share my hints, tips and recent strategies.. Feel free to add any of your own!
- Eat every 2 hours. Really. Don't allow your body to become hungry for too long. As long as you feel full you can't feel starved!
- There's also that mentality of feeling "starved" or "deprived" because of the TYPES of foods you have to cut out to lose weight. Have these.. in SMALL.. and i mean small moderation. Don't have fast food one night ... (view more)Hi all! Many of you new people may not know me but I used to come here all the time.. about 3 years ago? Wow. Anywho. I lost about 25 lbs at that time which would be about freshman year for me. I gained it back because a lot of the strategies I see that people are using here.. Now i'm a high school senior year who is about to graduate and I've lost weight, feel so much better about it and have the strength to keep it going.. (for a LONG time).. So I wanted to share my hints, tips and recent strategies.. Feel free to add any of your own!
- Eat every 2 hours. Really. Don't allow your body to become hungry for too long. As long as you feel full you can't feel starved!
- There's also that mentality of feeling "starved" or "deprived" because of the TYPES of foods you have to cut out to lose weight. Have these.. in SMALL.. and i mean small moderation. Don't have fast food one night or a peice of chocolate cake and weigh yourself the next day and say.. hey.. i didn't gain anything from that cake.. Because you'll keep it up and the weight you lost will slowly creep up on you. If you want chips, have a single serving and that's it. Just make sure it's not done all the time! Even a few BITES of something will suffice. I know it's not fair but it's life and that's why we're here!
- Become educated with your body and health in general. I've spent so many days reading different magazines and articles and websites, talking to different people to put together what i think is a healthy meal plan for myself. Different people say, eat this much fiber, this many carbs.. protein blah blah.
A SUMMARY: Have as much fiber and protein that you can with any of your meals. Have more vegetables then you have fruit (Many of us agree that fruits are better tasting and EASIER to retrieve, but they still have natural sugars!) Drink lots of water. (duh) Cut out lots of saturated fat by switching from red meat to white meat and fish and by swtiching all full fat dairy products to low fat or fat free. (this doesn't mean don't ever have those things.. sometimes you need and crave REAL cheese or yogurt..so go for it, get over your craving and move on)
- DO NOT UNDEREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can not stress this anymore than that. Undereating leads to malnutrition and bingeing. If you really think your doing your body a favor by giving it less energy, you are not! For a while it was hard for me to even get over 1000 calories. I read up on this so many times in so many different places and found that 1500 is a healthy cushion. Especially when combined with excersize. I found ways to add calories to my diet by incorporating healthy fats, such as avocado or peanut butter and nuts. I have at least one GOOD fat a day like this. This doesn't mean have a cheeseburger once a day to fulfill your caloric needs.. it means to simply fill up those calories with good foods! You'll have strengh, energy and your body will be CONTENT!
- If you're sick of excersize, you're doing something wrong. Face it, to lose weight and keep it off you're going to have to do it literally FOREVER. I know many people are saying.. "I worked my butt off for 2 weeks excersizing and haven't lose much weight.." Well.. it's going to happen. you're going to be excersizing for YEARS! So get used to it and love it! =)
- Don't weigh yourself. Really. I used to weigh myself every couple of days.. then every week and neither really work. Perhaps once a month if at all, if it really gives you that motivational feeling, but if you're doing it right you should start to look and feel better right? There are so many things to take into consideration; muscle gain, water weight, bloatiness, what you've eaten that day, or even the scale you're using. Scales make us obsessive! Work towards a healthier body instead of just a "smaller" one!
-When i kept a food journal, I found myself becoming obsessive. Back in 2005 I used to come on here all the time and post what I had eaten every day.. It makes you obsessive! You're gonna be eating those foods forever! It's a good way to catch what you're eating that's bad.. but this is for the rest of your life! So learn to live with it and don't think about it so much.. you should have a good general idea of good foods and obsessiveness will just lead to a relapse.
- Plan, Plan, Plan! Really. It's the best thing to do. Everynight I make my lunch for school the next day so I wont wake up in the morning, too tired and rushed to do so and eat junk at school. It takes getting used to but soon enough you'll whip up a good lunch or dinner in no time!
- If you feel yourself craving bad foods and on the edge of a binge, look at success stories or busy yourself with something else. So many times i've gotten over wanting to eat chips of french fries by just doing something else! I wasn't even hungry!
- Lastly, Don't give up! We can all do it! =) (view less)
From Alice, Age 12 - 05/10/09 - IP#: 72.47.35.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 148 lb, Today: 148 lb (BMI %tile: 96), Goal: 123 lb - I'm overweight, but it's mainly my lower part of my stomach(below the belly-button.I GOTTA LOSE 25 POUNDS IN 83 DAYS!(June 4-August 26.)Please give me some advice! I want to look good for next school year~
Reply From nikkita, Age 11 - 05/13/09 - IP#: 75.120.152.xxx show message replied to go to original board
HERES WAT TO DO!!!!!Cut back on sweets,go walk or some kind of movement,eat alot of fruits and veggies,you need all food groups but cut back on fatty things like meat,drink lot of water,if you can't give up soda try diet,its workin for me.GOOD LUCK!!!!!
From Madi, Age 17 - 05/10/09 - IP#: 74.244.14.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'6", Start: 286 lb, Today: 286 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 180 lb - Im having such a hard time. I just got worse news about my health and its becoming too much for me to handle. It just makes me want to eat more.Im very frustrated and tired. I dont know where to start....
Reply From Amanda, Age 20 - 05/11/09 - IP#: 208.96.74.xxx show message replied to go to original board
try cutting back on what you eat. if you usually have 4 or 5 slices of pizza, have 2 or 3... if you usually have 2 bowls of cereal in the morning, have 1. try it for a week and you'd be surprised how much weight you can lose. hope i helped
From Madi, Age 17 - 05/10/09 - IP#: 74.244.14.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'6", Start: 286 lb, Today: 286 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 180 lb - Im having such a hard time. I just got worse news about my health and its becoming too much for me to handle. It just makes me want to eat more. Im very frustrated and tired. I dont know where to start....
Reply From Amanda, Age 20 - 05/11/09 - IP#: 208.96.74.xxx show message replied to go to original board
try cutting back on what you eat. if you usually have 4 or 5 slices of pizza, have 2 or 3... if you usually have 2 bowls of cereal in the morning, have 1. try it for a week and you'd be surprised how much weight you can lose. hope i helped
From Montana, Age 17 - 05/03/09 - IP#: 207.200.116.xxx go to original board
Ht. 5'0", Start: 228 lb, Today: 204 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 170 lb - So far I have lost about 24 lbs! I can't really tell but the scale says so lol. I'm trying really hard to lose this weight and I don't know why but it seems easier lately.. I try to find something to do when I'm bored instead of eat because I would get bored and eat.. I portion my meals so I don't eat to much and I stop when I'm full not OVER full. I do a lot of walking so that helps a lot I'm also thinking about doing some workout videos that I have. How is everyone doing? Good Luck. =)
From lisa, Age 15 - 04/30/09 - IP#: 74.224.80.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'8", Start: 272 lb, Today: 233 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 125 lb - Im soo proud of myself. I keep getting complements about my weight loss:) I cant wait until i lose it all,then i can be really proud.
Reply From lisa, Age 15 - 04/30/09 - IP#: 74.224.186.xxx show message replied to go to original board
you can do it:)))
Just everytime you think "oh i want that soo bad",
think about how bad you want to be skinny.
i always choose the second one.
hope i helped.
From DancingDamsel, Age 13 - 04/17/09 - IP#: 65.10.128.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 175 lb, Today: 168 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 140 lb - Hey guys. A) Another pound!!! It might be water weight, but, whatever, it's weight, right? I'm going swimming today...and I found a bathing suit that makes me look 20 POUNDS THINNER! Seriously, no joke. :-) B) My mom says that since I've gotten a lot taller from when I started, I would be way too skinny at 130. I tried to say that I wouldn't because I started at 140 and wasn't skinny but then she brought up the height thing. Do you think she's right? I'm changing my goal weight to 140. I'll change it again if I don't look the way I would like. P.S. My short-term goal (for now) is 15 pounds by June 24. I've lost 7 already!
Reply From DancingDamsel, Age 13 - 04/20/09 - IP#: 65.11.98.xxx show message replied to go to original board
My plan is the following: I keep a food diary where I write down what I eat, the calories, my mood, notes, and the total. I have a calorie limit (1400 for me). Mon-Fri I walk every day for about 50 minutes at a brisk pace. On Saturdays, I have a dance class. And on Sundays, I rest. I lose an average of 1-2 pounds a week. You may be eating too much. To lose weight, you've got to burn more calories than you eat. You must burn 3500 calories to lose a pound. So, burn 500 calories a day or cut 250 while burning 250, or, simply cut 500 calories from your diet. GOOD LUCK! Also, strength training boosts your metabolism so you burn more calories naturally! Remember to take your viatmins.
From Lauren, Age 14 - 01/26/09 - IP#: 98.114.225.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 5'3", Start: 180 lb, Today: 180 lb (BMI %tile: 98), Goal: 135 lb - I've been overweight ever since I was in 4th grade. I have constantly been trying to lose weight since then. The only thing that kinda worked was weight watchers. For a couple months. Then I started getting un-motivated and I gained 20 pounds. I've gained 20 more pounds since then and I'm so embarrassed. None of my friends are fat, and I just feel so out of the circle when I'm with them. They've all had boyfriends and such, and no guy has ever looked at me in that way. My dad made me join weight watchers again and I lost 4 pounds. But then again I got un-motivated and gained 6. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm just eating eating eating ALL the time and I don't know how to motivate myself to stop. I dance 5 days a week for at least 2 hours a day, and I go to the gym a lot. So I know it isn't lack of exercize. Its the food. Please, if you have and advice for me, reply to this message. I need all the help I can get.
Reply From Hannah, Age 18 - 01/27/09 - IP#: 129.93.5.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Keep with it!!
Think about summer. Its about 4 months away, and you want to be able to wear cute clothes and show off a nice body don't you! When ever I feel like eating some crappy food, I think of summer...bathing suits, tank tops, shorts. I want to look GOOD when summer rolls around. STICK WITH IT. Eat smaller portions drink water, and limit carbs/fat/sugar. YOU CAN DO IT
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