I am a 16 year old girl, i'm a 4'11 and i weigh about 125lbs. I feel like my weight rules my life, i think about my weight constantly. I want nothing more than to be thin, i'm so self-concious about my body and i really think that being thin would make me so much happier. Sometimes i feel pretty depressed but i dont take meds or anything like that and i cut myself sometimes. Sometimes after trying so many outfits on i just start to cry because i can't stand to look at myself. When I look at my body naked in the mirror I hate myself. My parents and my two brothers are all great athletes and are very thin and fit. My one brother struggled with his weight when he was younger but is now so fit. I feel embarrassed in front of my own family! I'm not obese or anything but I'm not skinny and I truly hate myself for it. I've been eating healthy and i know if i just ran on the running machine every day i would loose some weight but I just can't motivate myself to do it! I don't know what to do! I feel like ive hated my weight since i was in 5th grade. I'm so worried that if i can never motivate myself and actually loose weight i will end up hating myself for the rest of my life and i dont want that to happen!!! I've already wasted years and i'm scared i'll never loose the weight. I really don't know what to do and i feel completely trapped...
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Fitness? MsTaI18 answered Friday January 8 2010, 3:21 pm: Do not feel bad about yourself. We as humans are not perfect and all hate something about our self, if you were given the chance to get plastic surgery would you get it? And if so think about all the things that could wrong and think about all those stars that do and how they look....well they look like plastic, i'm sure not alot of guys wouldn't like if you looked like that (I'm not saying you should worry about pleasing a guy all of the time). Also i do not think you should compare your self to your brothers, men metabolism are faster then a womens metabolism. Because of the fact that your 4'11 that's just about the right weight, and your only 16 and im sure your a beautiful girl and i know theirs a lot of guys out their thats crazy for you. DO NOT LET YOU WEIGHT RULE YOUR LIFE! I'm not saying don't care about what you eat because we only get 1 body so we have to be careful about what we eat but take a break eat some mc.donalds every once in a while idk but be 16 have fun, and don't worry about things like that all the time!!! [ MsTaI18's advice column | Ask MsTaI18 A Question ]
sunshine1232 answered Friday January 8 2010, 11:07 am: Well everyone has things they don't like about themselves or they'd like to change it's normal to feel that way you could try eating healthly and exercising more but it's not easy to try and loose the weight it's going to be tough if you want something bad enough you'll do whatever it takes to achieve your goal just think of the results you'll see once you do start loosing the weight you'll feel good about yourself and feel like you achieved something if your brother can become fit so can you it's not impossible think positively if you don't want hate yourself for the rest of your life then find someway to get motivated your in control of your life only you can make changes if your unsure of how to get yourself motivated ask your friends & family for help(: [ sunshine1232's advice column | Ask sunshine1232 A Question ]
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