From Ella, Age 12 - 05/15/01 - IP#: 62.254.133.xxx Click here to reply
Hi guys- I'm 5 foot 2 and I weigh 124pounds. My thinghs and stomach are very fat. I don't eat lunch at school but when I get home I stuff my face. I just can't help it. I feel ugly and large. PLease help. I don't have an email address
Reply from Sara, Age 12 - 05/25/01 Dear Ella, I know just how you feel. I'm 5'3 and I'm 125 lbs., u can e-mail me at RedMasKarall@aol.com. Maybe we can help each other out.
Reply from Stephanie, Age 17 - 05/24/01 If you don't eat lunch, that's your problem. Once you get home, of course you are going to eat..you haven't eaten since breakfast! You are so hungry after school that you overeat and can't stop. And if you don't eat breakfast that's even worse. Always eat breakfast! But if you are full at lunch from breakfast, well, you had a bigger breakfast than you needed. P.S. Water is the way to go. Studies show that with a certain percentage of people who drank a glass or two to curb hunger, 100% of them didn't feel hungry.
Reply from Ariel, Age 15 - 05/23/01 You CAN help it. If the urge to indulge after school is too strong to resist, then I suggest eating something at school, even if it's snack-sized. That'll help make the urge less. Trust me, I know. I used to eat a lot after school, too. I realized it was because I was bored! My ritual was to sit down on the couch after school and watch TV until 5:00. I have a show that I like to watch on TLC at 4:00, so I'd wait for it to come on. I got bored, so I'd get food from the kitchen and bring it into the living room. Before I knew it, I'd eaten enough food to fill me up. Then supper came along and I couldn't eat that much. You know, meals are much more satisfying when you're actually hungry for them. So now I drink a lot of water when I'm watching TV so I don't eat so much. If my stomach is rumbling, though, I feed it an apple or something small like that. Let me ask you a question. Do you eat breakfast? You should, if you don't. I know, everybody has told you that, but it really helps. And that doesn't mean that you have to eat the "regular" breakfast food. I've eaten soup for breakfast for the past 3 days! It's really good! (It's vegetable soup that my mom made.) See, I don't eat lunch, either. But I'm not that hungry when lunchtime comes around because I'm still kind of full from breakfast! Like I said before, if the urge to indulge after school is too strong to resist, try to eat a little for lunch. Or, if you watch TV after school, do something to distract yourself from food. Translation: Get off your bum and do something! This doesn't mean that you have to give up your TV. This means do something like lift weights, jumprope, or ride a stationary bike. Try it, see what happens. God Bless!!!
Reply from momo, Age 12 - 05/18/01 gurl u ant big dame dont get all gibbie gabbie about a little baby fat all u got 2 do is drink water and exersise ans eat the right things and dont eat 2 much ok
