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Reply From Ginger, Age 17 - 07/14/03 - IP#: 65.56.185.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Rachel starving yourself can be harmful to your health. you may lose weight for a while but your depriving yourself of nutrients that your body needs to stay healthy. what is the use of being thin if you are not healthy. i yell at my friend all the time because she is a diabetic and does not take care of herself. she stops using her insulin which causes her to lose weight but she always ends up in the hospital. starving yourself is not the answer, i don't know what it is but i know that is not it.


Reply From me, Age 14 - 06/06/03 - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
even though u feel fine u are still at risk of a strokes and other things

From Michelle, Age 15 - 03/29/03 - IP#: 216.109.204.xxx  go to original board
Hi guys, just reminding u again that you should not starve yourself. It will slow down your metabolism, not to mention you vitamin intake will be nada and you need vitamins to grow and be healthy, or your hair could fall out and stuff like that. Anyway, the lowest calorie limit I would suggest is 1200. If you eat 1200 calories a day and exercise for 45 minutes (walking, jogging, playing basketball..) then you should be able to lost 1-3 pounds a week, depending on your size. The closer you are to your goal, the harder it will be to lose weight, so just keep trying! Remember, you have to love yourself first!

From FAITH, Age 14 - 02/02/03 - IP#: 203.177.31.xxx  go to original board
BEINF FIT IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT BEING THIN. A SLIM, TRIM BODY IS A WORTHY GOAL, BUT BEING FIT IS TRULY ABOUT BEING HEALTHY, STRONG AND ENERGETIC. THINKING ONLY OF THINNES, FOCUSING ON IT, AND OBSESSING ABOUT IT CAN LEAD TO NUTRITIONAL IMBLANCE, CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS, AND IN EXTREME CASES, EATING DISORDERD. FOCUSING ON CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTHAND STENGHT AND SEEKING SENSIBLE WAYS FOR EATING TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS IS ALL SHOULD STRIVE FOR.

Reply From Georgina, Age 14 - 02/01/03 - IP#: 195.93.48.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Actually, you might get thin by not eating, but you definitely will not look great! I am slowly recovering fromthe hell that is anorexia. I will probably have eating problems for ever now! All because I wanted to be skinny. I got what I wanted but my skin went dry and flaky, I got spots, then when i got really skinny i grew a kind of downy hair all over my body NOT ATTRACTIVE!!!! It is what the body does to keep warm when it has no fat. I had no curves, my period stopped, my hair got thinner and thinner and then fell out. My period has come back but for many anorectics it doesnt so they can never have babies. I looked like a famine victim and no guy would have ever wanted to be my bf!!! I looked disgusting. And now I am a thinnish normal weight but i will have a lifetime of obsessing about food and eating!!!!!! That is REALITY!!!

Reply From Georgina, Age 14 - 02/01/03 - IP#: 195.93.48.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Actually, you might get thin by not eating, but you definitely will not look great! I am slowly recovering fromthe hell that is anorexia. I will probably have eating problems for ever now! All because I wanted to be skinny. I got what I wanted but my skin went dry and flaky, I got spots, then when i got really skinny i grew a kind of downy hair all over my body NOT ATTRACTIVE!!!! It is what the body does to keep warm when it has no fat. I had no curves, my period stopped, my hair got thinner and thinner and then fell out. My period has come back but for many anorectics it doesnt so they can never have babies. I looked like a famine victim and no guy would have ever wanted to be my bf!!! I looked disgusting. And now I am a thinnish normal weight but i will have a lifetime of obsessing about food and eating!!!!!! That is REALITY!!!

Reply From henry, Age 14 - 01/27/03 - IP#: 63.214.14.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
yeah but u will still clog ur arteries if u dont eat healthy...

Reply From --------, Age 14 - 01/23/03 - IP#: 62.30.192.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Noooo dont do it! u lose weight, and regain twice as much! u feel weak all the time, and look pale and ill. u cnt enjoy any nice foods, u can die from a heart attack from starving urself, and ur kidneys will fail. starving urself slows metabolism, which wen u go back to ur normal diet ( Which u will do eventually believe me) u will put on soo much weight. u lose w8 faster by eating healthy, and doing actvitys, to get u fit. good luck

Reply From Jackie, Age 14 - 12/13/02 - IP#: 12.250.8.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
just a little fact you might like to know. Not only is it really healthy to eat breakfast, it also boosts the metabolism a lot if you eat healthy. Also, no matter what you do during the day, you will burn off the calories you eat at breakfast.

Reply From Jamie, Age 14 - 12/05/02 - IP#: 166.90.235.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
If u think being anorexic wont hurt one bit u are wrong.It CAN cause health problems and u could also die.I just wanna warn you what you are getting yourself into.Ur only 12 and thinking to be anorexic.By the time ur 13,14, or 15 to understand what anorexia can do to u,u would probably wish u never have did that.There is no way i can stop u but u should think about this ALOT before thinking to be anorexic.

Reply From caprice, Age 14 - 12/01/02 - IP#: 62.30.192.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Hey, u cant really lose weight fast because it is usually a dangerous method. it is better for you to lose it slowly. i am losing it slowly cuz it stays off then, and its good for the long term affects. Im, trying to lose around 2-3 pounds a month. and even though it takes along time, it is worth it in the end. just excercise, and eat healthily. excercise around 3 times a week. dancing is the funnest excercise to do i find. good luck, u can do it!

From Alex, Age 17 - 11/06/02 - IP#: 68.55.181.xxx  go to original board
Hi. I'm 17 about 5'8" and last I checked 312 pounds. I feel like a walrus. I've always been chunky, but it didn't really bother me until one or two years ago when I started to really pack on the pounds. I'm gaining weight faster than I can afford new clothes, so my big, fat belly just hangs down over the front of my pants and almost out of my shirt! I play football, where it is good to be big, but I'm so fat that I really am having trouble keeping up. I know my problem is I eat too much... I can eat three big macs three large fries and two large cokes in a regular sitting... I'm really not as worried as to what I look like, but to what this is doing to me. I know this big flabby belly is not healthy. I also want to run faster for football. I would be happy to get down to even 250.

Reply From swimf@n, Age 14 - 09/18/02 - IP#: 24.200.47.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
no, you're not overweight...however, i was even bigger than you at 12 ( i weighed 145 ) and my friend convinced me to join a swimteam. DO THE SAME!! swimming does incredible things for your body!! it's good because it doesn't put any pressure on your joints, and it makes your heart stonger, builds muscles which will lead to more fat burning...it may seem hard at first but DON'T GIVE UP NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO!!!! i wanted to, but i didn't, and i've apparently really changed (i look like i'm 115, but i weigh 130 because of muscle)...good luck!!!

Reply From Cindy, Age 16 - 08/20/02 - IP#: 204.60.191.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Hi. I think that if you are considering taking pills you should consult your doctor. A few years ago a girl at my school who was a year older than me took some weight loss pills because someone told her she was fat. A few days later she had a headache and took some asprin. The asprin interacted with the pills and caused her to go into liver failer. She was rushed to the hospital but there was nothing she could do but have a liver transplant that she needed to have that day. She didn't get the transplant and ended up dying. I was only in the 7th grade at the time, but that is something that has always stuck with me and why I will never take diet pills. So, please consider this story before you decide to take diet pills, it happened to her and it could happen to anyone, even you.

Reply From JOHN, Age 15 - 08/18/02 - IP#: 64.233.211.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
I AM GLAD YOU ARE TRYING LOSE WEIGHT NOW. DON'T DO LIKE I DID AND WAITED TO LONG BEFORE IT IS TO LATE THEN YOU FIND YOURSELF WEIGHING TO MUCH WHERE GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN BARELY WALK OR GET UP TO GO THE BATHROOM OR IT IS HARD TO TIE YOUR OWN SHOE LET ALONE HARD TO PUT THEM ON IN THE FIRST PLACE. GOOD LUCK.

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