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Reply From eve, Age 14 - 01/11/03 - IP#: 63.196.0.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Hey, i am also on a diet. this is what i eat:
breakfast-fruit, lunch-small sandwich no mayo, snacks: fruits and veggies, dinner-half of whatever my mom cooks, for example some soup or something similar. if this is too little for you, what you can do is eat some of the foods that you noramlly eat, but cut them in half. For example if you just HAVE TO HAVe that candy bar, cut it in half and eat only that much. Dont binge, do something else instead. and if you do have a craving, take a piece of fruit! hope i helped, if you would like to ask me anything else, email me at ivelina4o8@yahoo.com

Reply From eve, Age 14 - 01/11/03 - IP#: 63.196.0.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Hey, i am also on a diet. this is what i eat:
breakfast-fruit, lunch-small sandwich no mayo, snacks: fruits and veggies, dinner-half of whatever my mom cooks, for example some soup or something similar. if this is too little for you, what you can do is eat some of the foods that you noramlly eat, but cut them in half. For example if you just HAVE TO HAVe that candy bar, cut it in half and eat only that much. Dont binge, do something else instead. and if you do have a craving, take a piece of fruit! hope i helped, if you would like to ask me anything else, email me at ivelina4o8@yahoo.com

Reply From Gummy, Age 17 - 07/14/02 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
I know how u feel. When I was 16, I weighed 226 and wore a size 18/20. Now I am about 145-150 and I wear a size 11/12/13. What I did was eat whatever I wanted, just limited my portions and that worked for me.

Reply From Heather, Age 14 - 05/10/02 - IP#: 206.31.42.xxx   show message replied to go to original board
Well if you are doing all of that stuff then it is probably your meal portions... i know thats my problem. Cut down your portions about a fourth... that should help!

From Michelle, Age 14 - 05/06/02 - IP#: 63.173.85.xxx  go to original board
I was just writing some advice to someone and I remembered something. I was watching a talk show one morning and I saw this incredibly skinny lady they had on. She had "invented" a really cool diet tool. It was a plate that was painted. It showed exactly how much each space on the plate should be used for what foods. Like 1/4 meat, 1/4 starch and other types of foods, and 2/4 vegetables. Before she patented this plate (which she had made) she used it for 3 meals, had no seconds, and lost 50 pounds! I think that would be a great thing to do. If you don't want to put much effort into it, just by a cheap (fairly small) clear plate, and on the bottom (opposite eating side) draw on the portions that I listed above and use it for a week for every meal, and let me know how it turned out!

From Brittany, Age 16 - 04/08/02 - IP#: 199.35.31.xxx  go to original board
Hi everyone, Its me Brittany again. I just wieghed myself. I weigh 197 lbs, instead of the 207 lbs. I weighed last week. I know many people would think that it is unhealthy to lose that much in one week, but I didnt do anything unhealthy. I lost those 10 pounds in one week! All i did was cut of a little of my food intake and add in a walk to the store a day, but not to buy anything. Thats all! I am so proud of myself your stories have helped me alot. All it takes is to push away that extra food you don't need. I still eat the same food I used to, I just put in a few more servings of fruit and veggies, but instead of eating 4 pieces of pizza I only have one and a piece of fruit or drink a glass of water. It is really hard for me because I have no self-control.I am still losing weight and at the rate I was gaining weight(approx. 2 puonds a day) I needed to lose weight. I still have 50... (view more)