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I'm a teenage girl, and I'm pretty active I guess because I work out a lot (but when i'm not exercising i'm just sitting) and I'm a ballerina and I take other dance classes, and i'm amazingly careful about what/how much I eat and I examine every calorie I consume.

I eat between 1200-1700 cals per day (but usually around 1350, 1700 would be unusual) but everyone else my age goes way above that, and they don't watch what they eat and they don't even KNOW what calories are! And they are sticks.


I'm about 20 pounds overweight, but I used to be obese (like 45 over) and recently I didn't watch what I ate for 4 days- just 4 DAYS and I gained 5 pounds.

My anorexic friend and I were at the beach together (she doesn't even work out) and I just ate what I wanted, but she was eating more than I was, and she didn't gain anything.

Why is it that I'm the only person in the world who has to be extremely careful about calories/what i eat???

and why am i fat? Is it just that I have a crappy metabolism that only burns like 1 calorie per day? I even drink green tea which is supposed to boost it!

Reality check time:

-You're not everyone else
-You're not the only person in the world with a slow metabolism
-Your obsession is a bit ridiculous

If you keep comparing yourself to everyone else then you will never be happy. Stop counting every single calorie, accept what you see in the mirror and if you can't then take a practical; not obsessive approach to change whatever it is you want to change.

Besides- worrying causes you to retain fluid :-P

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