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Q: Okay I am 16/f to start off :)

My height is between 5'6'' and 5'7'' and I weigh around 145lbs.

I used to be 180 lbs around about 2 years ago and I am glad I've lost that weight. However I am still not comfortable with my weight at all.

I even had minor eating disorder like bullimia and anorexia. But I never starved for over 3 days because it was pretty much impossible to not eat when my mom makes me eat infront of her. So I was bullimic on and off. Not throwing up everythign I eat. Only doing it when ever i thought i ate too much. Which I dont do that any more neither.

So I am sure I killed my metabolism then. So I am going on a new road without any eating disorders and I;ve been working out pretty regularly for 2 months now.

I used to jog about 4 miles but now I jog for 2-2.5 miles. I breakdance about 20-30 minutes here and there. I lift two 3 lbs dumbells when I workout my arms and do sit ups. (i am planning to do 200 sit ups, i used to do over 500 but then i stopped and now starting again)
and after my jogging, I practice my handstand and cartwheels.

I don't think I overeat, nor snack that much. In fact I dont eat junkfood at all, however there are days when I just go too crazy from depriving myself from it, I guess I eat junkfood sometimes.

For breakfast I eat a big bowl of cereal(which i am trying to eat the serving size now)

Lunch, i eat whatever my mom makes me. but she balances it out really good with veggies and meat

In fact I love eating veggies and we eat fruits for snacks

So why am i not losing any weight? My goal weight is to be 125 lbs

some peoples bodies are meant to maintain a certain weight, your body stores fat incase of stravation, dieting is considered that which will make you acually gain weight instead of loosing it. The reason you probably are not losing weight could be your metabolism is slow so you are going to maintain your weight most likely which isnt a bad thing being 5'7 and 145 is perfect. BUt if you really would like to loose more weight what you have to do is decrease your calorie intake and measure out the quanity of food you eat. AND keep up with that excerscising.

Rating: 5

thank you :)

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