How many calories do you eat&how much weight have you lost?

Well, I've lost  20 pounds and gained 8 pounds back. I'm 130 now, 5'5, 13 years old and aiming for 110. I'm supposed to be 5'8 when fully grown.

I  am now eating 1500 calories but I think this is too much? Does anyone know? 

so, tell us about you: your age, height, weight, weight loss, calorie intake, how much you want to lose.

We wanna know and we wanna help!

your 13 and have a very healthy weight. be a teenager eat healthy have fun and please dont be hard on yourself. your body is changing please eat when your hungry ! yes you will gain weight some months and loose it others you are growing. you are way to young to have a negative body image! im 5'8 at your age i was 5'5 and and 140 pounds a juniors size11. that summer i joinded a swim team ran around like crazy and grew 3 inches ! i was then 115 pounds a size 1!! but guess what. i thought i was fat. now i hate to be brutally honest but i gained weight back got be 140 a healthy size 7  looked great all through high school but still hated myself! now i just want to go back in time and slap that stupid ignorant girl in the face for not realizing how beautiful she is ! i am currently a size 16 and 216 pounds the heaviest i have been in my life at 22 and struggling to loose alot hun! so please be healthy make sure your bmi stays at healthy range but be a teenager and just let your self be healthy and happy!!!

I would if I didn't gain weight so easily. And if my Mom wouldn't sya that when she was young she was 5'6 and 122 pounds. and if my Dad only likes thin(not skinny but thin) girls. And if my brother hadnt lost 50 pounds on his own.

Sometimes not listening to your family is the best thing you can do for yourself. You need to learn what's best for you and your body. Growing up I was a plump girl and my mum would tell me stories of how she joined the basketball team and lost all her puberty weight. These stories just depressed me more than they helped, because I wasn't able to loose the weight like she did. My mum and I carry our weight and burn it off differently. Height has nothing to do with it. Your mum is natually going to be different then you even if she was around the same height you are now. Also, boys are built differently then girls...all they have to do is look at a salad and a tredmill and they loose weight (lol I'm not bitter).

I think its great that you are pursuing a healthy lifestyle at your age, but you really need to stop obsessing about your weight fluxuations, because they are going to rapidly change. My recommendation would be to set a realistic maximum weight for yourself (say 130 lbs)...just make sure you don't go over that weight. It'll be several years before your body finally relaxes and finds the weight it's happy at. Until then you will go up and down hourly, weekly, and monthly. It's not healthy to obsess about a few pounds... you are just going to make yourself sick from worry and dieting, and you wont get the proper nutrients your body needs to grow. I recommened that you reserve your weigh-ins for one day a week, and make sure they occur at the same time of day.

Currently I am 26, 5'11, and 210 lbs., and I should be at 160 lbs. I have a long journey ahead of me, but I'm going to do it in my own way.

All the best :)

PS Ignore your father's comment. He was probably talking about something or someone else...if he was talking about you, that was very mean and your don't deserve that kind of criticism...he doesn't know what it's like to be a teenage girl :)

thank you. But I will still try to lose weight. Nut I am not goin gto obsess. 2 days i had a dunkin Donuts coffee Coolatta(170 calories) and today my Mom offere dme one and I said no. I decided that was my big treat for this week and if I want one next week, I'll let myself splurge.

HaHa about men losing weight. But...true. women are supposed to have fat, I guess.

Yeah, I definetely don't want to be over 130 when I'm at my height. When I reach 5'8 at full growth I'll try to gain some weight, because the lowest is around 120 for 5'8. but then again 111 is the lowest for 5'5 and I want to be 110 but what ever.

My story started when I was 12 years old. I was 5'0'' and 110 so almost the same BMI you have( 21.6). I knew I was the most charming and grown girl and the outfits looks amazing on me . But it was when my friends was  talking about there wights , They ranged between 88-99!!. I did not care if they were still not yet started their puberty I was just trying hard to be 88. Although I was not admitting that I am Starving my self!!

The result , as the days passes one with fruits only. other on pittas and fat free cheese I become more attached to food. By unconscious starving I become in my subconscious threatened to be hungry tomorrow, when  I'll be starting my new diet. And here I am today 13 years later with BMI 34 and unconditional love to food. I feel I have to keep my survival, In normal day I would not feel satisfied tell I hit the 2000 calories which is what I need to maintain my current weight!!. And in Sad days I will be far past the 2000 may be 3000!!

My Mom was hounest she was not happy with watching me deiting. But then when I start to reach the BMI of 26-27 she  started to talk about my health.

But now I remember her at age 10 talking to me about food . It must be when I first started to put the puberty weight and then I was even shorter!!

So I think you joined this group that you feel  that you would be falling in the emotional eating habits if you kept this obsession with less than normal BMI. I believe that  BMI 18-25 limmits is not to pass above it or below it just to satisfy a picture in our mind. it is 18-25 because above and below that  is unhealthy.

Sorry do not feel that you are not welcomed but you are more than welcomed because you give me the sense of how should I should also take care of my self even if I had the perfect weight!! and not to give up  after 13 years that I felt during them as that I am the heaviest one! although this was not true till the last 7 years  when pass BMI 25

wish you a healthy life full of energy and joy

I've been on and off diets for four years. I'm 18 years old and have been 5'5 for as long as I can remember. It started when I gained 20lbs one summer. I was 135. Even then it wasn't a huge deal. However, this summer I've gone from 140 to 150, which makes my BMI 25, which means I have a problem. I have 1300-1500 calories a day

It's hard because I hang out with people that are 5'7 and 115lbs. My boyfriend has a BMI of 19 for christ's sake. I feel awful about it. I've been back on the diet for about a week, and I'm doing okay so far. However, I'm afraid of that one night when I feel depressed and run to Ben and Jerry. Once I fall, I can't get back up. I feel too guilty.

How does everyone else keep on it?

Hello:

Before I give you my personal spin on your question, I will try to objectively answer your questions based on the information I have learned from my programme, jillianmichaels.com (if you are familiar with the Biggest Loser, Jillian is the bully coach to Bob's zen approach :)

1. Your basal metabolic rate will answer the question how much calories you would burn if you did absolutely no activity. Its the calories burned to grow, breathe and do all normal bodily functions. If you look up that term, they would tell you how many calories you must burn, which I think probably would be about 1200-1300 calories.
2. If you are eating 1500 calories a day, that means that there is only an excess of 200-300 calories to use for any other kind of activities you do, including exercise.
3. You will have a fat store, but at 130 lbs your fat store will be a normal, healthy amount. Calories that are not taken from your fat store will be taken from your muscles, which would lead to the break down of your muscles over time.
4. The lowest amount of calories a female should take in is 1200 calories. People who are trying to maintain weight will average from 1800 calories upward, depending on their activity level.
5. When I started losing weight, I was 273.3 lbs, and my calorie allowance was a little more than 1500 calories. I would lose 1-3 lbs per week as long as I stayed in that allowance and exercised at the right frequency/intensity. However, someone significantly smaller would lose less. The less fat you have to lose, the more the body will defend it by dropping the metabolism. Therefore, by eating so little at your height and weight, you are actually slowing down your metabolism, not increasing it.
6. As an aside, Jillian Michaels is 5 ft 2 inches, and she currently weighs 125 lbs. At 3 inches taller, it means that you are probably much thinner than she is, and I at least consider her to be a pretty lean person.
7. So, based on everything I have learned, I would say that you are not eating too much. I think you are probably the perfect weight for your height, which you can check out by referencing to weight charts (you should be very much inside of your range), in which case you should be trying to maintain your weight, not to lose further. That means that you are actually probably under-eating, and that you need to reassess and increase your calorie allowance.
8. You probably gained back 8 lbs because your body just does not recognise you at being at a healthy weight when you go too low. Jillian always talks about wanting to be 115 lbs, but she simply cannot get there. She can diet and do intense exercising and stay there for a short time, just long enough to call her friends and tell her that she's reached, and then it goes right back on her, because it is an unhealthy weight for her.

About me. I am 36 years old. At your age I was probably about 5 ft 3 inches and 150-160 lbs. I went up to 218 lbs by the time I was 22, and then lost about 70+ pounds. I put it back on when I went to university and added when I started to work, so that I went on my weight loss programme in December 2008 at 273.3lbs. I have lost about 62 lbs give or take since then (currently at 211.2 lbs). I started off with a calorie intake of 1550+. My programme adjusts the calories as I lose, so I am currently required to have 1433 calories per day. When I go into maintenance, I expect my allowance to range from 1800 to 2000. I want to lose a further 60 lbs to get down to 150 lbs. When I lost the first time around, 145 lbs was too low for me and I looked terrible!!!

I think its wonderful that you are focused on your health, but remember that healthy is not equal to thin. I'm hoping that you watch Biggest Loser so that you have a referent, but think of the person who won the Biggest Loser, Helen. If you did not see it, google Biggest Loser and Helen and you should see a picture. She does not look well or fit or healthy at that size. Compare it to the picture of Mike or Tara or Sione or Filipe- they appear much more fit and attractive. Its not good to be too big, but its also not good to be too small. So whatever you do should be within reasonable and healthy guidelines.

I would love to say that parents are always right, but they are not. And often they pass on their weight issues to their children. As far back as I can remember, I have thought about myself as grossly obese, but now looking back at myself in highschool pictures, I realise that I actually didn't have that much to lose. I suffer from body image distortions, which stops me from being able to see myself the way other people see me. That's just one symptom of my lifelong struggle with food.

I would suggest that you get what is the normal range of weight and BMI that a girl your age and height is expected to be in, and just try to stick within that range. If your dad prefers thinner, thats a personal choice, but there are plenty of boys out there who will find you attractive just as you are.

Hope this was helpful

Sharon

Original Post by delgada4:

I've been on and off diets for four years. I'm 18 years old and have been 5'5 for as long as I can remember. It started when I gained 20lbs one summer. I was 135. Even then it wasn't a huge deal. However, this summer I've gone from 140 to 150, which makes my BMI 25, which means I have a problem. I have 1300-1500 calories a day

It's hard because I hang out with people that are 5'7 and 115lbs. My boyfriend has a BMI of 19 for christ's sake. I feel awful about it. I've been back on the diet for about a week, and I'm doing okay so far. However, I'm afraid of that one night when I feel depressed and run to Ben and Jerry. Once I fall, I can't get back up. I feel too guilty.

How does everyone else keep on it?

 Well delgada4, I am responding because you sound like me 30 years ago! I am 48, 182 pounds and coming down from an all-time high weightwise. I am finally getting the weight thing under control and I can tell you this time is different. I will never again be afraid to go out and have Ben and Jerry's icecream! The difference is to know that you are establishing a healthy lifestyle. Healthy includes indulgences like Ben and Jerry's within reason. When I restricted too much, I binged. Now, I exercise 5 or 6 times a week, I eat between 1400 and 1600 calories a day most of the time. I allow myself a day or maybe two a week to just eat what feels right. And, the weight is coming off! Almost 30 pounds so far. You will never have the BMI a young man has. Forget that! You are a young woman. Don't get into the guilt cycle trying to obtain the unobtainable because you will be 48 and still feeling guilty. Look at your bone structure. Look at your BMI. Go for a realistic weight, not fantasy.

Age: 14

Height: 5'2''

Weight: 128

Calories: 1,300-1,700

Goal Weight: 110

1500 calories is a good amount of calories to be having if you wana lose weight and dont want to screw up your growth.. cos if you do reli want to be that height, you need to have enough nutrition or youll be stunted.. :) good on you, it sounds like you have quite a healthy approach to this compared to me when i was 13. i mean, its horrible that you are thinking about your weight at this age but it happens and its not like you can suddenly press an off switch to not think about it anymore. just throwing this out there :)

and as an extra thing, everyone gets hips, everyone grows up, you just have to go with the flow ;) dont be afraid of your body changing in other words, dont let it freak you out.

Age:18

Height: 5'10''

Calories: VARIABLE!

Current Weight: 156

Short Term Goal Weight:141

Long Term Goal Weight: 121

(goal weight so small cos i wana model lol!)

Hi everyone!

Just sayin', firstly, thanks for making this group.

I'll be 13 in a few weeks, I'm about 5'3"-5'4", I weigh around 115 lbs to 120 lbs, maybe even close to 125, I haven't weighed lately. I feel like I have lots of stomach fat. Does anyone know the healthy amount of stomach fat (yes I know that's a total oxymoron)? Or the healthy round-measurement?

My goal weight is 100, but I might settle for 110. My daily calories are about 1600, I think.

I started eating when I'm sad when my parents divorced about a year ago. I've told myself, "Stop, Leandra. You're gross." My favorite sad food is Blue Bunny's Peanut Butter Panic ice cream. I ask my dad to get it and he does because he just thinks I really like it. But I'll take it into my room and eat the whole thing and then feel awful and cry it out.

I also have this friend who pressures me without knowing it. She's one of those people who really has a great life, and flaunts it, know what I mean? She has a high metabolism and she can eat whatever she wants and still look fantastic in a swimsuit-- seriously, she weighs like 80lbs and reminds us of it on ever possible occasion. I really miss the days when I felt good about my body because I never paid attention to it. Now I hate it.

I hardly eat anything at lunch and I found out that some of my "friends" think I'm anorexic. I feel bad about this because they don't know that I eat my feelings when I get home from school.

I think I eat when I'm sad because my parents aren't really home and I also eat when I'm bored and watching TV or something.

Does crying burn calories?

I really want to lose weight, but I keep telling myself, "Ok, today you're going to eat healthy." And then I end up eating my feelings when I hear my parents arguing. I'm pretty thin now, but I'm afraid I'm going to get fat.

Someone please help.

~TyraBelle123