girls around the age of 15 looking to loose around 20lbs

i need some  advice and tips

stuff like that

and have weigh ins every sunday :)

my

start weight: 142
goal weight: 120

hi, i'm 15..

start weight- 139ish

goal weight- 120

how's it going? :)

heyy :)

not to well atm cause im on my period so i want everything chocolate

but thnk god i only have chocolate digestives in my house

and im tending to munch more :(

but i should come off soon so ill be alright:)

you?

we have a around the same goals :) thats cool

Hiya! I'm 15, 127 and want to be around 105/110.(I'm 5'4)

I usually skip a meal or something if I crave chocolate because the temptation's just too high. :P

hi! im almost 15. i weigh 130 (5'4")

i want to weigh 110

ive found eating every 12 hours helps

cause you know you dont eat when you sleep

and you always wake up feeling thinner in the stomach :)

 or 6 hours is good to start with if you cant do 12 :)

Dude... come on ... that's exagerating. You can't just have one meal a day. That ruins your metabolism. And plus not eating will help you lose weight but your body will just be very weak and powerless, you'd be like a drug addict. Try walking every day and remember to eat at least 1400 calories every day. I've lost 3 kilos in one week and a half by just eating around 1400-1500 and walking a lot.

Don't starve yourself.

im fifteen,  turning 16 in two months!!     =]

and i would LOVEEEE  to drop 10 pounds.

currently: 5'5   (125 lbs)

goal: 115 lbs

-im very athletic, but also really bad at eating 'small' meals, or even skipping one every once and a while.  :(

People people people! How many times are you going to force us to say this: DO. NOT. SKIP. MEALS.

It screws up your metabolism and is too hard to keep up for it to be effective in the long run.

If you have trouble eating small meals, just take a large one, deconstruct it, and eat it over the course of an hour. I used to do this with pizza all the time; I'd eat some multi grain bread, then some tomato and low fat mozzarella, then a salad with some lean meat.

By the way...

Height: 5'5.5"

Weight: 140 lbs.

Goal Weight: 120/119 lbs.

Age: 15

i do walk alot a heal of alot. i walk to school, round my school, home from school. 40 min walk to the train station at night. and the 40 min walk back home later

and i walk round alot were ever i do in the day

OK, for once I don't care if I'm harsh or if I offend someone - you need it.   I just read your profile. 

    "im tyring to eat anywhere between 500 to 1000 cals a day cause i       &n bsp;        ;      dont exersize anymore  the lower the better(:"

 Are you INSANE?!  That is not enough for a teen! That is being anorexic.   You will cause long term damage to your internal organs, including your reproductive system.  Haven't you read ANY of the advice tools or forums? 

If not, I would suggest you do so immediately.  Start here:

http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/853 53.html 

http://www.girlshealth.gov/nutrition/bmi_calc .cfm
http://www.overweightteen.com/
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/d ieting/weight_h eight.html
http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion /a/05_eating_do .htm
http://www.lambtonhealth.on.ca/youth/teamweig ht.asp
http://teenadvice.about.com/cs/bodyimage/bb/t eendieting.htm

And by the way - you DO excercise - at least 2 hours of walking per day - per this calcualtor you are burning at least 644 calories. http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/activity/509 .html

And per the calculators, you are a healthy weight.

Please rethink what you are doing to yourself.  Speak with your parents or school guidance counselor about seeing a nutritionist if you still  need more help.

Feedmeair ~

Please note that Calorie Count's tools are geared towards adults, not teenagers.  Please use this calculator for a better understanding of your calorie needs:  http://www.kidsnutrition.org/bodycomp/bmiz2.h tml

From your posts, I gather that you are 15yo, 5'6", and weigh 142.

You need the following calories to maintain your current weight:

1910 Calories - Inactive (Never Active)
2260 Calories - Low Activity (Less than 1 Hour a day)
2590 Calories - Moderate (About 1 Hour a day)
3150 Calories - Very Active (More than 1 Hour a day)

Since you do walk a lot, your active level is moderate to very active. 

The minimum calories a teenager who is trying to lose weight should consume is 1500 (female)/1800 (male).  This applies to teenagers who are completely sedentary, which you are not.

You should consume at least 1800-2000 calories a day. 

Depriving your body of the food and nutrients is not the way to go.  Please check out the following links:

Dieting & Metabolism - This article explains starvation mode and why undereating is counter productive.
The Body Neglected - This is what happens when you undereat for an extended period of time.
The Skinny on Fat - This will explain why calorie-count.com has chosen to promote healthy, sustainable weight managment.  As you read the article you will recognize many things that people suggest as a healthy approach.

In your profile, you mention that you have recovered from an eating disorder.  Dropping your calories to an unhealthy (starvation) amount is not a good direction to go.  Here are some links that I would like for you to check out as well:

Eating Disorders resources & information thread

A great website to check out is www.something-fishy.org.

There are more dangers involved in the disordered eating patterns themselves, rather than in each person's actual weight.

Noticing the Signs and Symptoms

http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feeling s/eating_disorders.html

Here is a questionnaire that you can take:

http://www.something-fishy.org/isf/questionna ire.php

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Hello!  :D 

I'm 15 (I'll be 16 this month) and I used to weigh in the 150s.

In March, I decided to lose weight and get into shape.

I'm now 110.  :D

Except earlier today I was 107 but I dunno maybe my scale was broken or something.

I can answer any questions.

geeeeez.  oxymoron-   how'd you do it?

 please tell me what you changed,  that made the difference.

Well.

I used to do a lot of sitting around; I'd never get out and do anything, ever.  And this really killed my self esteem.

But then I started riding my bike every day (but I'd let myself skip exercising for two days of every week) and I stopped letting myself eat after 7pm, and I was SUPER strict about it.  Like - not even diet pop or gum.  I think that being strict there is important because if you cheat a little, you'll cheat a lot and this I know from experience.  But I'd also let myself eat past 7 two nights a week, as well.

After a while, I started to naturally WANT to work out every day, and it's extremely rare that I eat after 7 or don't exerceise.  But I have to say this about the no-eating-past-7 rule: it's basically to prevent late night snacking.  I eat dinner every night at 6, but let's say I'm out shopping with mom and we don't find the time to grab a bite till 7:30.  Now, of course I eat a MEAL, because not doing so would be unhealthy and would put me at risk of starvation mode.  But when you can control it, eat before 7 because our metabolisms generally come to a screeching halt around that time, anyway.

So then about after 3 months I lost 20 pounds.  Over the summer (3 more months) I lost 25 more pounds; and I do not plan on losing anymore weight because that would look weird.

But now I go on walks every night with my dog for an hour and do Pilates for 25 minutes.  I just have an exercise DVD.

I get about 300 calories for breakfast, about 400 calories for lunch and about 500 calories for dinner. 

I also write down EVERYTHING that I eat.

Well...not gum and stuff...but meals.  And I don't snack between meals.  I noticed that I prefer 3 big meals as opposed to 6 small ones.

But that's pretty much what I did.  If you can any more ?s, just ask.

If you're around 15 years old, you need 1500 calories, not 1200.  I'm hoping that your estimates and minor snacks make up the difference.

hey i havent been keeping up with this very well

im now 16 and weighing 134lbs

i was 131, but then i came on my period, and well you know what thats like ahaha

im hoping to get back on track next week :)