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could I be headed for anerexia?
Hey iam 17 years old and iam a female and for some reason i've been really embarrased about my weight i've been telling myself that I eat to much and that iam fat.my friends and family keep telling me that my weight is fine,but I don't belive them I tell them they just say that becouse they are my friends and family and they have to say that to be nice.Iam 5 foot and 1 inch tall and I weight 149 lbs and I've also been skipping breakfast,lunch,and I eat supper,but I just eat a very small salad in order to lose weight my friends and family seem very worried about me and keep telling me that i'll make myself sick if I keep doing this to my body.I also walk for about a mile everyday after school and it's true i've been exsperincing headaches alot and my stomach has been feeling funny lately and i know this isn't normal could I be heading for anorexia if iam what should I do and who can i talk to to get medical help?
please help me.
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yes...trust me, my sister went down a very similiar path. She only ate like a potato every day starting in sixth grade. By 7th, she was tall for her age and weighed a shocking 67 pounds. She went to a doctor && he told her that she might not be able to have kids someday if she kept not eating. I have followed this diet for the past three months & ive lost significant weight. Here is what i do: I eat three meals a day. At breakfast, I have a big bowl of cereal with fruit to give me energy & keep me full (i personally like Special K's new chocolatey delight but any low-cal, fat & sugar cereal will do). at school lunch, i always pack my own lunch. My favorite is a "Light Flat-Out Wrap" (available at ACME and other supermarkets) & i put lettuce, a sprinkle of shredded cheese, & chikcen or turkey. I also like whole-wheat pita sandwiches with a slice of melted cheese or pretty much anything inside. I often have fruit also & little cinnamon Mott's applesauce containers. For dinner, i enjoy chicken, shrimp, salmon or scallops on a casear salad. Snacking's good too if you just have fruit or something healthy.
If you get anything from my super-long (sorry!) entry, please be it to stop not eating. Like the previous advice-giver said, your body will go into starvation mode and not burn fat. If you starve yourself, you'll get really fat as soon as you eat anything. So you must eat to build a healthy metabolism!!! Enjoy a fatty food once a week also to keep metabolism & spirits up<33Hope i helped. Super sorry for being really long<33EAS
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Yeah, you should try talking to someone to help you get your self esteem back up. Talk to a counselour at school, or a therapist.
Did you know that it really doesn't help you to lose weight by skipping breakfast? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gets your metabolism going, and that's what you need to be healthy and to actually lose weight if that's what you're going for. Don't just skip meals, eat food that's high in protein and work out. Not eating that way for a long time can put your body in starvation mode and you can get very sick.
If you learn to love your body, then so will everyone else. Stop telling yourself you're fat and do something about it. Drink alot of water and eat alot of protein. Even if you don't eat alot at lunch and dinner that's fine. Eat half of what you normally would and maybe eat a couple snacks during the day, like fruit or something. Set a goal for yourself. Don't do it the hard way and hurt yourself.
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