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I am a 17 year old girl who has lost 10 pounds in the past month. I am obsessed with weight, and I really want to lost 10 more pounds. I was never overweight, but it is just that I want to be thinner.

For breakfast, I have a few bites of applesauce. I skip lunch whenever I can. I eat a normal size dinner, though less than I did before I started this. I try hard not to eat dessert, and I only eat it so that my parents won't suspect anything. Right after that I chew sugarfree gum so I don't eat anything. I also drink a lot of water.

I count calories a lot, and my goal is definitely no more than 1000 calories a day, although I usually try for 800. I exercise a lot, burning between 250 and 400 calories per school day.

After school, I am more tired than usual, and I sometimes feel a little weak in my legs when I walk down the stairs.

This probably isn't an eating disorder, but could it develop into one?

i kind of went through the same situation until like a month ago.

it seems like no one will ever be happy with how they look. even if nothings wrong with us, we still tend to find that one thing that we need to change. its stupid, but so true.

i got to the point where i would fret about every single thing i put into my mouth. even when it was barely anything, i was still worried it would make me gain 5 pounds instantly for some reason. so i got to the point where i was pretty much eating nothing.

my mom started bawling one day because she was worried about me and how critical i was towards myself. my friends kept talking to me about it too, and how i needed to stop what i was doing. it made me realize how many people out there care and that i dont need to starve myself to be happy. because honestly, i think i was like pretty much the opposite of what i had always been.

stressing about how my body looked, and focusing on trying to not consume so much food just made my life miserable to say the least. i didnt really like the way i was anymore.

im not like that anymore, thank god. but i do have those moments where i double think about what im about to eat. hopefully that will pass though.

anyway, the road your going on doesnt sound too good. so i want to you think of all the other ways you can be happy and healthy, and STILL lose weight.

get involved in activites that keep you motivated. try things you enjoy, and it will be so much easier to keep wanting to do them.

fruit and vegis are really good. and you can eat as much as you want-- and you will see good results! i promise.

try special k. if you follow their diet plan in the back of some of their boxes, you can lose 6 pounds in two weeks. they have a lot of little snacks and cereal bars and protien bars you can chose from. i love that stuff.

cut down on your carbs a little more. try not to eat bread, butter, potatoes-- things like that.

eat salads with low fat dressing or have grilled chicken. there are so many good foods out there that if you eat the right way, it will actually help speed up the goal you want to be at.

so if you can eat foods that taste amazing, AND lose weight, why wouldnt you chose that over just eating a little snack here and there and then starving yourself the rest of the day. thats no way to live a fun life.

and btw-- losing weight the wrong way tends to make you gain all the weight back sooner or later. so if you think about it, your doing all of this for nothing. all your going to end up doing is damaging your body. eating healthy foods keep the weight off, and it wont come back if you stay on track.

good luck girl!
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(Rating: 5) Thank you so much for sharing your personal experience with me and for giving me tips. Congratulations on being able to help yourself over this, and thanks for taking the time to write. :)
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