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Weight, Weightloss
I would just like to know a few things!
I am not fat and I'm not sure what I weigh. I refuse to buy scales as I'm afraid I'll become obsessed with them. I believe I'd weigh around 48-55kg and I am 5'1.
For some reason weight has ALWAYS worried me, I get so depressed about it, some days I don't want to leave the house. I hate taking showers, wearing tight clothes and getting dressed as I have to see my body.
I am actually only 15 years old but I don't want to be this way anymore, I don't understand why I worry this much. When I was 13 years old I dieted and lost a fair bit of weight. I'm not sure why I stopped dieting but it was then when I received attention from boys, people stopped teasing me calling me chubby and fat and I also had friends. I've put a bit of weight back on and it is really bothering me! As I am only 15 years old so I don't pick the food in my house and the only way I can loose weight Is to eat the bare minimum as my mum wont let me pick the food we eat. I'll add that she suffers from depression and she is always angry at me. I don't ask for anything so I don't know where to receive help from. I don't want to be miserable and sad all the time, but I am constantly worried about how other people think of me and what I look like. I cried today because I KNOW I am not fat but I see it and knowing just isn't enough. I want to be happy with myself, to love my body and to make the most of life because I know its not about how you look.
What Can I do, I feel as if I have something wrong with me and I really wish I could talk to someone about it. I never complain to my friends at school because I don't want to be annoying, and I can't talk to my mum about it because she will get angry and because of that I can't see a doctor or seek help from someone.
I know some people might reply, just do exercise and you'll feel better or just eat healthier. Well all we have at my house is junk food and I exercise almost everyday. I used to run all the time for around 15-20 minutes but I build too much muscle on my legs and I look like I've put on heaps of weight so I stopped running and now I walk for around 30 minutes and do some pushups, sit ups etc.
So my questions are Why do I feel like this, and how can I fix this? Please Please help me, I don't know what to do anymore.
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You are correct when you say you need to speak to someone about the poor self-image you have. For your height depending on your frame size, bones of your skeleton, you are either the perfect weight or somewhere between slightly underweight to grossly underweight. Being underweight is more harmful to a body then being the same amount overweight.
The way you expressed your weight tells me you are from either Canada, England or Europe, or possible Australia. All of these countries have some form of National Health. Being 15 it is my belief you are required to have your annual physical prior to the start of the school year during the summer holiday.
Since you feel you cannot talk to your mom about this problem you can talk to your doctor. You are old enough now where you do not need to have your mother present during a doctors examination. There only needs to be you, the doctor and a nurse present if you are examined by a male doctor.
During the examination speak to your doctor just as you have written us. The doctor will as part of your examination check your weight and will tell you if you are over or underweight. The doctor will also talk with your mother and make the proper referrals you will need to see a psychologist for talk therapy which hopefully the doctor will agree is needed.
If you ask the doctor will also refer you and your mother for a meeting with a dietician to help mom put healthier food in the house and meal planning to help you maintain a proper weight. Last but not least the doctor can also advise you on how best to exercise. Walking for 30 to 60 minutes a day at a brisk pace is an excellent low impact way to exercise.
A preschool physical is the best way to get mom to the doctors office; where after you have been examined the doctor can speak with her and make the recommendations need to help you. Then it is the doctor not you telling her what you need. Hopefully she will listen to the doctor and see to it that you both follow the doctor's instructions.
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