i cant go to the gym by myself anymore. I have to go with a friend or sister which sucks because i moved to florida less then a month ago and i have none and my sisters are lazy and busy...

hmm. i guess ill have to dig through my workout video stack.

im considering going on a protein diet. i heard that burns a lot of fat. im going to search the forum. or maybe slimfast . idk yet

Sweet -

Excess exercise is actually classified under eatting disorders sometimes... Its like bulemia but instead to get rid of calories people over-do the exercise. It's considered a serious health issue and your body will soon not get enough nutrition especially if your eating under 1200 calories. In fact you will lose weight slower if your body starts freaking out about not getting enough food for the activty you give it.

Do you have a high school counsler you can talk to? Maybe even the school nurse? You'd really benefit from a discussion with a nutritionist I'm sure your parents would be open to such a thing especially since they sound concerend about th level of exercise you're trying to do.

why does everyone think i need help?? idk. i think i could use a person to talk to but i dont think im as crazy as everyone else does.

I really would like to see a nutritionists. how much are they?

People dont think youre crazy, its just very extreme to exersize that much with that little food. And yoour not under medical supervision while doing this. If you have insurance nutritionist should just be a co-pay. So probaly not that much.

Hi Sweet -
I don't think you're crazy; in fact, although it has been a LONG time since I was a teen, I can remember it like it was yesterday. Actually you remind me a little of myself back then. Since you do, let me ask you: do you like to cook at all? If so, I think maybe if you talked to a nutritionist and got some very healthy ideas of what a girl your age should be eating, and if you asked your mom if you could do more cooking, she might be very happy to see you interested in healthful eating, and change some of the things she is buying (I looked up in one of your other posts how she was stocking up with a lot of junk food.) At your age you should be able to eat a pretty good quantity of healthy foods.
As far as the exercise - whoa! You WILL go crazy if you try to do that!! We all just want you to take real good care of yourself, that's all! And there is nothing crazy - only smart - about asking for info from the experts in the field of nutrition and exercise! Do it, you'll be happier.
jo

My first impression on reading your original post was, "YIKES!!!"

You're very focused on weight loss and extreme. If you said, I want to climb mount everest, I'd have thought that was reasonable enough, but you don't seem to be concerned with much of anything but your targets and goals which all revolve around your weight. It's like the only reason you don't want to lose two more pounds is that that would officially make you a person with a food disorder hence I think you do have a food disorder that you are trying to hide by staying out of the clinical diagnosis range.

Of course what do I know?

she has been making an effort to change her lifestyle. Shes starting to workout every other day and eat a little less. She even bought 2 percent milk. small change but i was shocked!

I have enough healthy food to make a change but i am a horrible cook! I have been my whole life and i really want to fix this but everything i cook turns out bland. Know any easy cook websites. I think i might try teenhealth.org. Everything has to be kind of simple. I still have to figure out how the heck to cook this fish i have in the fridge without frying it. and baking it seems kind of complicated to me.


I only exercised 3 hours today! My mom dragged me out of the gym... i was so pissed. i was seriously going to do 6 hours! then she yelled at me. like excuse me for trying to work out. I definitely don't think thats something to get mad at me for.

Shes only got mad at me because i went yesterday but only for like 45 minutes so it was like i didnt work out. im only allowed to go every OTHER day. i would go insane if i had to do that. everytime i dont workout, im always 10 times more obsessive about my weight and say im fat around the house. my sisters are soo TIRED OF IT. i feel so bad but it slips out of my mouth all the time. My sister almost slapped me the other day i said something about my body. I feel really bad that they had to deal with this for so long.

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but anyway. I do appreciate what you are trying to say though. I guess i dont need to work out 6 hours a day. I just dont know what to do. i know for a fact a nutritionist is not going to be something i will be doing any time soon. my mom doesnt take me seriously now that i am at a "healthy' weight.

She said i could schedule an appointment with jenny Craig to get my eating under control. through they might tell me i shouldn't lose any weight which is annoying.

But yeah, I can see that you guys really do care which is why im telling this forum all this stuff.

it makes me want to do this is a healthier way. or atleast something more sane

thats what my sister says ALL THE TIME. that all i care about is the numbers on a scale

the thing is. i dont own a scale! which drives me crazzzyy. i am so going to buy one. even though i know i will become obsessed

i mean i think the reason all this weight crept up on me is because i dont have one. everytime i jump on a scale at a public restroom or supermarket, i find out i have gained weight. A scale would help me control it.

But my mom. again. doesnt want me to have one. whatever, im going to buy one anyway. She'll get over it

But its true. I tend to focus on numbers more then anything else but i know a lot of people tend to do they. " My goal is to be ### by ####) I hear that a lot on this board.

I was already at the clinical diagnosis range last year. I was too scared to go to one of those psycho centers so when the doctor referred me to one, i just lied and said i was fine and just running a lot

i kind of regret that now...but i didnt even know anything was wrong with me

this board is kind of releasing loll

Not crazy at all by far!

I think you're very typical of someone your age... and I don't mean that in a bad why I'm not talking down to you or anything. Lots of people your age want it done yesterday and are willing to goto all kinds of extremes to get there. I think a lot of us have been around awhile and we've just seen people hurt themselves by going to hurtful extremes so we're trying to nudge you in the right direction.

The media today is horrible about making people who have 10-20lbs to lose feel like they are horribly fat, so I'm not surprised you feel that way despite you looking like you're in a good weight range for your height (I have no idea what your build/frame is though) Losing weight when you don't have much to lose is a slow process so it takes alittle patience I guess.

I don't know how much a nutritionist appointment would be but ask your parents if they can check if health insurance will cover it... You said you goto the gym too maybe you can pay for one session only with a personal trainer. Tell them your goals and they will give you a more realistic workout plan. You don't have to see the trainer weekly... maybe every few months and they will alter the plan for you depending on how well things are going.

I think its great you want to take handle of your weight at this age. I was just slightly overweight when I was 16 (maybe 150-155lbs) and I know I was also uncomfortable and unhappy so I totally see where you're coming from. I wish I would have known how beautiful I was back then... but I also wish I would have stopped gaining when it started happening. I think you're a smart cookie to want to be healthy, but to be healthy you have to lose weight in a healthy way. Fads/Tricks/Excess will only hurt you or shortly bring you back to square one.

Humor us and try talking to an expert.

I agree, because that was *my* experience 10 years ago! I recall , after having lost 25 pounds by exercize, moderate diet and a healthfood 'speed', called Herbalife Thermogenics (with ephedra > Ma Huang> I"ll NEVER do supplements like this again!!!! ) , as a first timer significant weight loss proportionally, when I gained 5 pounds back I thought I was suddenly a pig again. It just is so psychological, because I was still fitting intothe smallest size I'd ever been, a size 6! After deciding to go back on a diet, instead of learn to love my new weight and maintain, I started a weight gain like there's no tomorrow, because I allowed the psychology get out of hand.

So much vanity can ruin a good healthy program. What *I* needed at that point , was to go on a vanity diet.

A scale will do nothing to help you control anything, the weight crept up on you because you are growing and changing. Your body will change a lot in the next 10 years. A scale in many circumstances can make you feel worse, when and if you do weigh more than some ideal you have in your mind.

Your mother is trying to give a valuable message, doing her part to keep you away from women's biggest weakness > insecurity about your body. You need to try to listen to that. My personal evolution in life, has taught me to turn away from the fashion industry entirely, the magazines, the tv shows, all of it... and not buy into all that which is being forcefed to you so that you will spend your money. It may sound radical, but I happened to think what women as a whole, do to themselves, in the name of fashion and body image, is shocking. Don't buy into it... I know you're smarter than that!

Hey... I am also 5'10" with a goal weight of 125. I'm fluctuating between 135 and 140 right now, but I used to weigh 185. Maybe we can help eachother out? I've never found anyone before with the same height and goal weight as me!

I used to work out for about 3 hours a day but now I work out every other day for only an hour and it's actually working better! I don't know why. However, I have been slacking off lately and could use a partner to keep me in line! Let me know.

Thora-

One of the reasons working out for an hour night be working better for you, is because your muscles need rest time to rebuild and get stronger. You exercise to burn fat, and to increase muscle-but if you overexercise and don't give the muscles rest time, then they can't rebuild.

All bodybuilders give 48 hours rest time (at least) between body parts worked...they never do legs, or biceps 2 days in a row-because it defeats the purpose of what they are doing. The muscles have to recover.

but you can do cardio every day right? I thought this was correct

Anyway Im actually listening to the advice of the people here and doing it healthier by only exercising 2 hours on weekdays, 3 on weekends, and eating in moderation

You can do cardio everyday, but even with cardio, it is good to switch it up a bit, since different cardio things work different areas, or the same areas differently. For instance, rollerblading works the inner/outer thighs more...while walking hits the front/back thighs more, etc.

If you do your cardio super intense, and you do it a LOT...it is still good to take a rest day once a week. My husband runs, does 5K's etc. and strength trains-and he has a rest day once a week. With your workouts being longer than an hour each day, a rest day once a week could be beneficial to you.