i'm 13/f and i weight 115!! i want to lose 15 lbs. and FAST, i already skip meals and sometimes i even make myself vomit... i know it's not healthy but i see myself as the fattest person on the face of this earth. i gained like 15 pounds over the summer and i have no idea how! i have a boyfriend that i havn't seen since the begining of the year and when i see him again i don't want to be all fat. but thats beside the point... does anyone know how to stop food cravings.. besides diet pills cuse i have no idea how i'd get those, and my friends said they don't work. help please
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Health? worshipthelizardking answered Monday January 17 2005, 12:04 am: Ok for one thing you're not fat. I just got over anorexia last year and my disorder started like yours is now. I doubt your over weight because i know i wasn't. I had to be put in a hospital/clinic and was held like a prisoner until i was better. I still recieve therapy- i weigh 120 now and i've never looked better. REALLY look at yourself, not at the girls in the magazines who are so skinny you could break them in half- because THAT isn't healthy. you are. And if this boyfriend of yours thinks your over weight then you can do better anyway. TRUST ME, take it from someone who has been through it and dodge it while you can.
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uacctk14 answered Tuesday January 11 2005, 8:03 pm: ok first of you are not fat when i was 13 which was only last year i weighed the same your in perfect except for the vomiting and skippin meals you really should eat healthy and workout at the qym or go on a diet without starving yourself because if you keep vomiting it not only hurts your vocal chords but it also burns your mouth so it isn't a smart idea i know i might sound like your mom or something but you really shouldn't do that all you really need to do is cut back oon sugars like coke, candy, and other stuff that is sweet you can have them occasionally but not 24-7 [ uacctk14's advice column | Ask uacctk14 A Question ]
Kels answered Monday January 10 2005, 9:50 pm: well, you arnt the fattest person. i mean that isnt fat. and dont make youreself vomit, its discusting, and can be a serious problem, go on weight watches, my friend did it and lost 10lbs.
CuTeE19 answered Monday January 10 2005, 9:49 pm: Ask your parents! Ask them how to get pills, or go on a diet! There's nothing wrong with overweight people! The inside is all that matters not what you look like! People shold love you for who you are!
Besides, Parents will help you lose weight! [ CuTeE19's advice column | Ask CuTeE19 A Question ]
Shelbyjune answered Monday January 10 2005, 9:33 pm: I'm assuming you've read most of the advice offered. 115 is NOT fat. Losing 15 lbs FAST when you are that close to your ideal weight (even though you think it's not) just will not happen. Skipping meals will actually gain weight. Why? Because your body will go into starvation mode and start storing everything you feed into it when you are eating, so you are defeating your purpose when you don't eat all three meals. Vomiting? Good God, child. Do you want die? Yes, I'm not Kidding. This is the start of a serious eating disorder called Bulemia -- check on Internet what it does to everything in your body, including your throat, tongue, mouth and teeth. It's not pleasant.
Stop food cravings? Try drinking 6-8 glasses of ICE water a day. Chew sugarless gum. Limit yourself to one candy bar every 2-3 days. Do regular exercise -- 45-60 minutes every day (walking is ideal and easiest to do). Diet pills are stupid and you're right, they do not work. Neither do any of those over-the-counter drugs you see on TV or read about in magazines. They're just a waste of money.
Start enjoying being 13 and start looking at your beautiful face, hair, eyes, smile, curves. Take a look at your mind (through your grades), look at your friends (what do they see in you? are you warm and helpful?). Look for the goodness in you rather than the "fat" -- your problem is dwelling on the negative and it overpowers all the positives I know you have. Look at them. ENJOY YOU! LOVE YOU! [ Shelbyjune's advice column | Ask Shelbyjune A Question ]
xoRachel answered Monday January 10 2005, 9:23 pm: 115 POUNDS?!? trust me thats skinny! I know somebody who's around your age and is 140ish and she's still skinny! Stay the way you are don't try to change for anybody else if he thinks you're fat then he only wants to go out with you for your looks not your personality, and that's what really matters. Stop throwing up. It eats away at the enamel (sp?) on your teeth, which actually makes you less attractive. On top of that it ruins your stomach. If you keep this up you would be most likely to die unless you stop. I'm sorry it's long i just feel really strongly about this subject. Nobody should be trying to lose weight at 115 pounds. I'm 115 - 120 lbs. and and guys tell me that I have the "perfect body" I'm around 5'7 or 5'8.... but trust me you don't want to be trying to lose weight over some guy who will probably end up not caring later in life. Just stay the way you are.
Anyway your original ?...
You can't stop food cravings. if you REALLY want to lose weight stay away from the sugar.
By the way you should read the Chicken soup for the teenage soul books... you'll see what some teens go through trying to be super skinny.
AdvicebyCali answered Monday January 10 2005, 8:55 pm: Talk to a dietian about losing weight. And for a 13 year old weighing 100-120 is pretty normal weight so
you really shouldnt be considering yourself fat. Another way to lose weight is excercising. Run around the block or dance to your fave music. Please
rate this well! [ AdvicebyCali's advice column | Ask AdvicebyCali A Question ]
*ashlee* answered Monday January 10 2005, 8:36 pm: dont you have self control..just dont eat so damn much. if you want to lose wieght bad enough youll do it. its cheap too [ *ashlee*'s advice column | Ask *ashlee* A Question ]
hiwatari answered Monday January 10 2005, 8:34 pm: hey. i'm 13/f and 115 pounds. are you calling me fat? thanks a lot.
making yourself vomit doesn't work. all it does is damage your mouth and throat. do you know why? because as soon as you consume food, the necessary elements within the food is immediately absorbed into your body. so when you throw up you're just getting out the junk that you get rid of by pooping anyway.
and not eating doesn't work either, because the first thing your body eats up is the muscle and healthy things in your body. the fat is LAST. so really, you're just killing yourself slowly like this. all you can do is stay away from the foods near the top of the food pyramid and exercise regularly.
by the way, i don't see myself as fat so i don't see why you would think you are. and don't listen to the first reply. what a biotch! [ hiwatari's advice column | Ask hiwatari A Question ]
mrs.rumore answered Monday January 10 2005, 8:33 pm: im sure that your not a big as u makes yourself out to be but if you just eat three meals a day and try not to snack in the middle of them you can probably lose a few pounds and if you exersize you will get healthier youll probably gain wait but thats because you have gotten muscle and muscles pretty heavy but youll have a pretty and inshape body hope i helped please rate hollan [ mrs.rumore's advice column | Ask mrs.rumore A Question ]
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