From Danielle, Age 11 - 05/23/03 - IP#: 64.12.96.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
I am extremely overweight. I know everything I need to know about weightloss from studying it through many resources. However, I cannot put plans into action very well and keep them up. Establishing healthy habits it not one of my strong points, especially in a house that is full of junkfood and overprotective adults. All in this house we own is sweets, and I'm forced to eat them since there's nothing else. I also can never get outside because my mom is very overprotective of me and will not allow me to be outside for any period of time except for at Recess at school. I am also overweight because it's in my genes. My great grandmother was overweight and so does my grandmother, and my dad. I am frightened of the risks of being an overweight child because I am most afraid of diseases I could catch--like my dad has heartfailure from being overweight and by drinking. This situation feels like one that's impossible to overcome, unless you all could help! I'd appreciate everything you could do to help! :)
Reply From lauren, Age 11 - 05/26/03 - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx show message replied to go to original board
your situation seems very hard to overcome. Try getting a jump rope and clear a spot in the house.each time you jump try to push yourself to do more.
well when your mom goes to the store, go with her and say mom, that's too fatning to eat and i would perfer if you wouldn't buy it because it encourages me to eat it. also, just try to play lots of sports and drin aolt of water. in most cases, water makes you really full so drink like a bottle a day.
From Tallis, Age 13 - 04/07/03 - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 4'9", Today: 150 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - Wuts up . I have been trying to lose weight.I weight 150 and 4'9 (i no short)its scary becus i am almost 200 pounds and 200 pounds is making my head dizzy.and my brother weights 95 and in 10 grade ya i know that is too little.I mean ilove Hot Cheetos and cant stop eating them.So i will start a diet plan.to eat fruit and drink plenty of water and wake up at 6 in the morning and run run a lap and do 20 sit-ups and push-ups at night time and if anyone says Do u want some thing to eat (fatty food)i will learn to say No.
Reply From Kelsey, Age 12 - 04/07/03 - IP#: 64.159.125.xxx show message replied to go to original board
You are on your way to a good weight loss keep it up tell your brother to maybe help you out a little bit, since you kinda look up yo him as an encouragement. i don't know if you do or not but ask him anyway. do you have any tips for me i'm tryin to lose weight to.
From Tallis, Age 13 - 04/07/03 - IP#: 198.81.26.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Ht. 4'9", Today: 150 lb (BMI %tile: 98) - Wuts up . I have been trying to lose weight.I weight 150 and 4'9 (i no short)its scary becus i am almost 200 pounds and 200 pounds is making my head dizzy.and my brother weights 95 and in 10 grade ya i know that is too little.I mean ilove Hot Cheetos and cant stop eating them.So i will start a diet plan.to eat fruit and drink plenty of water and wake up at 6 in the morning and run run a lap and do 20 sit-ups and push-ups at night time and if anyone says Do u want some thing to eat (fatty food)i will learn to say No.
Reply From Kelsey, Age 12 - 04/07/03 - IP#: 64.159.125.xxx show message replied to go to original board
You are on your way to a good weight loss keep it up tell your brother to maybe help you out a little bit, since you kinda look up yo him as an encouragement. i don't know if you do or not but ask him anyway. do you have any tips for me i'm tryin to lose weight to.
From Sumo, Age 15 - 02/15/03 - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Start: 150 lb, Today: 255 lb - im Pre-Teens andi went from 150 last year to 255I TRY SO HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT. , i try to EAT HEALTHY, BUT I JUST KEEP GETTING FATTER AND FATTER. MY WEIST LINE LAST year WAS 32 INCHES NOW ITS LIKE 42! my friends call me Sumo because of how much i eat i eat a little more then they do plus i have a sweet grandma who i go to every week and she bakes some of the best goods well in my opinion any way its my mom kepps says you musts not spoil him but grandma says he's a growing boy and its ironic for my mom because i help her and guess what the reward is .....yes food and lots of it is there any way how i can lose weight and not hurt both my mom and grandma's feellings
Reply From John, Age 12 - 02/20/03 - IP#: 68.161.6.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I also gained weight from my gradma's cooking, i weighed 115 pounds and now i weight 163. u have to tell her that u luv her cooking but u wanna lose weight.
From Sumo, Age 15 - 02/15/03 - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Start: 150 lb, Today: 255 lb - im Pre-Teens andi went from 150 last year to 255I TRY SO HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT. , i try to EAT HEALTHY, BUT I JUST KEEP GETTING FATTER AND FATTER. MY WEIST LINE LAST year WAS 32 INCHES NOW ITS LIKE 42! my friends call me Sumo because of how much i eat i eat a little more then they do plus i have a sweet grandma who i go to every week and she bakes some of the best goods well in my opinion any way its my mom kepps says you musts not spoil him but grandma says he's a growing boy and its ironic for my mom because i help her and guess what the reward is .....yes food and lots of it is there any way how i can lose weight and not hurt both my mom and grandma's feellings
Reply From John, Age 12 - 02/20/03 - IP#: 68.161.6.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I also gained weight from my gradma's cooking, i weighed 115 pounds and now i weight 163. u have to tell her that u luv her cooking but u wanna lose weight.
From Sumo, Age 15 - 02/15/03 - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Start: 150 lb, Today: 255 lb - im Pre-Teens andi went from 150 last year to 255I TRY SO HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT. , i try to EAT HEALTHY, BUT I JUST KEEP GETTING FATTER AND FATTER. MY WEIST LINE LAST year WAS 32 INCHES NOW ITS LIKE 42! my friends call me Sumo because of how much i eat i eat a little more then they do plus i have a sweet grandma who i go to every week and she bakes some of the best goods well in my opinion any way its my mom kepps says you musts not spoil him but grandma says he's a growing boy and its ironic for my mom because i help her and guess what the reward is .....yes food and lots of it is there any way how i can lose weight and not hurt both my mom and grandma's feellings
Reply From Jay, Age 13 - 02/16/03 - IP#: 64.12.102.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Yea i have the same problem with my grandmom. When i visit her like every other week in the summer she always bakes the bests treats and she thinks im sick when i don't eat plus there are like 3 ice cream shops near her house so she takes me to get ice cream everyday too. but what i did was i told her that i was trying to lose a little weight and that i lovedher food but that it wasnt good for my diet and now she doesnt make as much sweets for me and when she does she doesnt force me to eat them. Good Luck
From Sumo, Age 15 - 02/15/03 - IP#: 205.188.209.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Start: 150 lb, Today: 255 lb - im Pre-Teens andi went from 150 last year to 255I TRY SO HARD TO LOSE WEIGHT. , i try to EAT HEALTHY, BUT I JUST KEEP GETTING FATTER AND FATTER. MY WEIST LINE LAST year WAS 32 INCHES NOW ITS LIKE 42! my friends call me Sumo because of how much i eat i eat a little more then they do plus i have a sweet grandma who i go to every week and she bakes some of the best goods well in my opinion any way its my mom kepps says you musts not spoil him but grandma says he's a growing boy and its ironic for my mom because i help her and guess what the reward is .....yes food and lots of it is there any way how i can lose weight and not hurt both my mom and grandma's feellings
Reply From Jay, Age 13 - 02/16/03 - IP#: 64.12.102.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Yea i have the same problem with my grandmom. When i visit her like every other week in the summer she always bakes the bests treats and she thinks im sick when i don't eat plus there are like 3 ice cream shops near her house so she takes me to get ice cream everyday too. but what i did was i told her that i was trying to lose a little weight and that i lovedher food but that it wasnt good for my diet and now she doesnt make as much sweets for me and when she does she doesnt force me to eat them. Good Luck
From Hanna, Age 10 - 01/11/03 - IP#: 68.37.255.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Hi guys Im 4'7 and I weigh like 140 pounds. My tummy is huge and squishy and people in school come and squeeze it and then run away because I am 2 slow to catch them. My mommy once when all of my family was all together picked my shirt up and showed evryone my flab and my brothers were laughing. I feel bad when my mommy says I am a fat cow who eats too much and my daddy says that he will love me mor if I lose some waight. My brothers call me porkchops and my doctor says I weigh too much and that I am too chubby. I can't tie my shoes cuz then my tummy hurts and no clothes will fit me I love food and my mommys a good cook but she makes me eat just a carrot so I sneak choclate cake behind her back. I keep getting fatter and fatter plese help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply From Sarah, Age 13 - 01/20/03 - IP#: 205.188.208.xxx show message replied to go to original board
I think that it is very mean and insensitive for your parents to act that way. I think that you should talk to your parents about this. It's not fair that you are treated this way, and that you feel you have to sneak food. Your parents should know that this is not the way to help someone who feels bad about their weight. Again, try talking to them about how you feel.
Love,
Sarah
From Matt, Age 14 - 11/21/02 - IP#: 195.93.33.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
I need help to lose weight, I don't know how much though, I am 5ft 4 and weigh 16st, thats 224lbs I think. How much should I lose? I have troublre during P.E because I can't run for long and I always eat a lot of junk food but I can't help it. Most of my school is overweight and the food they serve in the cateen is so fattening but so good! My whole family is overweight, my brother, age 10 weighs around 160 lbs and is only 4ft 6. Our whole house is full of fatening food and my parents don't seem to care about it, or losing weight. My friends are also overweight, I think, they say their not but they have large flabby stomachs and eat as much as me, they're around 5ft 6. What should I do? I only realy realised how fat I was when in science we were doing health as a topic. We were all weighed and 2/3 of the class turned out overweight and 1/5 of that was obese!
Reply From SAM, Age 13 - 11/22/02 - IP#: 12.248.241.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Beg your parents, cry, get it through there heads to buy healhy food and make healthy lunches. If you can't get them too, make your own money and shop for what you want--the healthiest of all foods, so when your hungry, all you eat is healthy food. Run around your block twice every morning, and gradually 6 times (1-3 miles) If you do eat something from the cafeteria, or from home that is fattening, disipline yourself by running around the block one more time. soon you'll be active in gym and look better than everyone else. DON'T GIVE UP, EVEN UNDER DEPRESSION. :)
From oh boy, Age 15 - 07/28/02 - IP#: 152.163.188.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
i cant seem to lose the weight im 5'8 and weigh 209. My parents give me food for every time i do some thing good like take out the trash to vacuming i have to eat it because i don't want to hurt ther fellings but every time i lose weight they are happy but they reward me wit you guessed it food. My little brother lets me eat his food because in my family we don't waste food as my mom would say any help
Reply From Patrick, Age 11 - 08/04/02 - IP#: 24.167.7.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Instead of getting food for doing good things, ask your parents to give you an allowance instead.
From Chaz, Age 13 - 05/23/02 - IP#: 208.59.181.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Last week we went to San Fransisco on vacation. All my little brother (7) did was eat, watch T.V. and eat for 7 days. When we left he was 110 lbs, and when we came back he was 142 lbs!!! Thats more than me!!! I gained weight too, up from 128 to 140!!! I checked out my brothers BMI on this site and it was 40.0 he is suposed to weigh 63lbs max. , so he's 89 lbs overweight. My dad scheduled an appointment at the doc's tommorrow, I'll give out the info tomm. Thank you, Chaz
Reply From John, Age 13 - 06/05/02 - IP#: 195.93.49.xxx show message replied to go to original board
woah, the same thinghappened to me, I went on holiday weighing 121lbs and came back 147lbs, my school trousers literaly burst at school, i was so inbarresed, but i've lost some weight. You and your brother should become weight loss partners. both set yourselves goals.
From Mark, Age 16 - 06/04/02 - IP#: 205.188.197.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
I have a 13 year old sister and she is extremely overweight. She's only 5'2" and around 200 pounds. She lets her belly hang out and doesn't care. It's kinda disgusting. During the summer, she comes down stairs in her underware, sits on the couch and just watched tv and eats all day. I want to help her, but she never listens to me. She also has dark red strech marks on her belly and arms. Someone please give me advice on what to do. vegettossj85@yahoo.com, Thanks.
Reply From Branden, Age 13 - 06/04/02 - IP#: 67.80.49.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Dear Mark, I think that maybe you should try to stress to your sister that instead of just sitting on the couch and doing nothing, that she can do some simple exercises while she is watching tv. you could also try to help her substitue all the junk food she is eating, for healthier foods along with water.
From ????, Age 13 - 05/06/02 - IP#: 63.136.117.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
I was a track star a year ago but then i started to put on weight not much but i did like 3 or 4 pounds so it slowed me down a little so then i got tired real quick and then gained 10 pounds and weighed 115 at 4'7. So my time decreased rapidly and i got kicked off the track team Know that i'm 13 and am 5'3 i weigh 207 lbs and gain by the day but my grandma is not helpin she says i'm a growin boy and feeds me more and more, know i'm the ridicule of the school and can't stop some1 helpppp.
Reply From nobody, Age 11 - 05/20/02 - IP#: 216.166.212.xxx show message replied to go to original board
My teacher read this book called, Jelly Belly, and he had a grandma that did the same thing. All you need to do is say something like, I want you to stop giving me treats. I'm fat. Start giving me vegetables and fruits in my lunchbox. {this kinda came from the book, so don't take it as me picking on you}
From Blake, Age 14 - 05/09/02 - IP#: 198.64.164.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Me and my brother are both overweight. I am 5'8" and 190 lbs, and he is 5' and 140 lbs. He is 9. We both wear size 34 pants, sometimes I have to go up to 36. My dad is thin. He is 6' and 170 lbs. He wears 32 pants. When he took me and my brother shopping for dress clothes, he yelled at us when he had to buy bigger clothes for us than what he wears. What can me and my brother do to not be so fat anymore?
Reply From Kat, Age 13 - 05/10/02 - IP#: 216.209.143.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Blake try not to let your weight problem get to you. You should try talking to your dad and telling him it hurts your feelings when he yells at you for being overweight. Try talking to Jenna, I should too, actually. Also, if you don't already play some sports, especially now that it's summer. Soccer and ~swimming~ are great excercise! Good luck!
From Casey-Clarke, Age 13 - 05/02/02 - IP#: 62.254.128.xxx hide message replied to go to original board
Hey guyz, i am casey clarke. my momma says i'm fat and i just don't like that. i am 13, 5'3 and weigh 156 lbs. All my freinds call me tubby and say "who ate all the pies? Oh, it must have been casey" whenever i come in. And so I normally eat like a hole pizza and some nachos with cheeze and a tub of ready made cokkie dough. It tastes real good. Whats more my momma works at a diner so i normally eat breakfast, and dinner there and they do great burgers. i cant resist tuckin' into 2 a day! I want to eat healthily, but i can't. my daddy weighs 300 lbs and the house is always stuffed with twinkies, chips, fries and ice cream. It just isn't pssible for me! Also i cant exersize because there is nothin to do for exersize. I wanna be a cheerleader but i am too heavy. Please help! love casey clarke
Reply From Casey-Clarke, Age 13 - 05/03/02 - IP#: 62.254.128.xxx show message replied to go to original board
Thankyou soooo much Brittany!! Your advice has given me loads of help. My mom says she'll buy me the low fat stuff and at the diner I had a chicken sadwhich! I am also looking into places where i can play basketball coz its a great sport. Thanks tons for the great advice!
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