From Lizzy, Age 15 - 12/29/04 - IP#: 209.112.150.xxx  Click here to reply  
Hi, everyone, for obvious reasons we r all here: we want to lose weight. Being fat and being a teenager is hard. So you decided you want to lose weight right? here are some helpful guidelines and clarifications: When you weigh yourself before you eat and then weigh yourself after you eat and lets say you weigh 1 1/2 pounds more, don’t fret it does not count! That extra weight is water and its your food digesting! don’t worry about it, everyone has probably told you this: eat fruit an vegetables, there right eating veggies an fruits are a really nice healthy snack, try cutting up some fruit and put that in a bowl and eat in plain. Also its not called a DIET is call a LIFESTYLE CHANGE, making it known in your mind that your changing your habit of over eating forever is good, I play hockey and fast pitch softball even thou I am overweight. (I am 5'5 and weigh about 185 pounds) you are probably wondering "Why is she over weight when she play all those sports?" well it’s because I eat too much. Cutting back on what you eat is good but don’t starve yourself!!!!! You actually have a better chance of gaining weight than losing it when you starve yourself. Eat breakfast!!! Eating a good breakfast is soooooooo important to losing weight, it get your inner furnace going so that you burn off some calories that you eat. Some people say that it makes them feel like they r going to throw up when they eat in the morning, that’s because you ate to close to bed time last night, try to stop eating around 6:30, if you have dinner later than that that’s okay just try to stop eating around 7:30, if you get hungry after dinner drink some water and go do some excersing, if your still hungry make yourself a bowl of air popped popcorn with NO butter or salt, personally I like mustard on mine (it grosses some people out but i like the taste). Be sure to drink lost of water throuout the hole day and during meals, cut back on soda only drink 1 or 2 a week at the max. Also before you go to bed every night wash your face no matter how tired or sick you are, you can use some hand soap and suds it up on your face and rinse it with water of wipe it off with a wash cloth try to do this in the morning also Because when yur skinny again you want your face to be clean and clear right?. its also good if you try to get your heart going in the morning maybe doing some stretches or jogging, just do something that get you breathing harder than normal.
You guys i am not preaching here, I am just sharing wut I have learned over the years. I am currently on a Lifestyle change myself, its a hard journey but stick with it, it may take a while but, you'll be happy with the end results!
Lizzy H. Alaska
lizzy_da_lizard_07@hotmail.com
Reply from no, Age 13 - 01/07/05  - IP#: 70.104.188.xxx
I agree with you totally try not to wash your face with soap thogh it really messes up your face i think you should have you own website too but next time you post a bulliten try telling us how tall you are and how much you weight thx.~love no~		 
Reply from Marie, Age 13 - 01/03/05  - IP#: 209.205.159.xxx
thanks those where really good tips i mean you should own your on website on how to loose weight you will do just fine i am also on a lifestyle change myself and again i say thank you luv ya all ways		 
Reply from Caroline, Age 14 - 12/29/04  - IP#: 24.250.215.xxx
Thankx for al lthe tips except wat susan said! hthanks thogh
 
Reply from susan, Age 14 - 12/29/04  - IP#: 4.225.8.xxx
thanx for all the tips. but one wordd of advice, dont use face soap to wash your face it has oil in it to keep your hands soft so it will plug up your pores on your face and cause you to break out horribly, trust me i know it was all over my face it was disgusting. use nutrogena or clearasil.
*susan*
 
Reply from kristi, Age 15 - 12/29/04  - IP#: 4.33.229.xxx
hey, thanks i play sports too and am overweight im gonna try to eat breakfast and not skip meals or throw up after them...thanks again and ill try that pop thing wow im additced to diet coke so this might be hard but yeah...ur message was really long wow oh well thanks again
lata
kristi