Ok, first off, I'm 14 and I'm about 30 pounds overweight. I'd like to weigh 90 pounds, but my doctor says that it's unhealthy for a girl of 14 and 5'7 to be that weight, so I changed my goal to be 110.
I went on Atkins by suggestion from both my parents, who are on it with me + have been on it before. I've lost 10 pounds already, and I want to lose more.
Honestly, I'm doing this because I feel pressured by my peers to be skinny and perfect. How would you feel, going to school every day and looking around at all the snooty skinny rich kids, and then looking at yourself, the supposedly 'overweight' girl who's never even stepped foot in an Abercrombie & Fitch store?
All of my friends are skinny-minis(like 95 pounds--it's crazy!!) and I feel jealous. I'm trying really hard.
The bad thing is that my school is very food-oriented. It seems that everywhere you turn, you see a party going on. The other bad thing is that the people at my school don't absorb carbs, so they bring this horrendous amount of carbage to these parties.
There was a party on Friday--I couldn't even eat the stuff that I, myself, brought!
So basically, I'm trying to lose weight to impress my peers and just fit in. I know it's not natural, so you don't have to point that out to me.
Thanks for reading this.