Omg I'm so fat i don't what to do?

As a child I always was very skinny then in the  7th grade i gained some pounds...I'm black so people just say I'm thick because I have a small top  and waist and thick thighs but I hate my body....I don't no how 2 really do all that purging and starving stuff so help me out.....and if i purge do i still eat...and I just want 2 lose the weight 4 when school starts because I'm going 2  high school and i want 2 make the best impression that i can....so how can i lose like 5 to 10 pounds by august 20th.....by the way if you reply to this u will be greatly appreciated......smoochez

HI!

Type your stats into the site calculator, and then you'll see how many cals you should eat per day to loose approx 1-2 lbs a week. Since there are like 4 weeks until august 20th, you could safely loose around 4-8 lbs.

I can't believe they're actually letting you into high school with such atrocious spelling and grammar.

dm84- she's just entering highschool... thats just the way that they type... i know a lot of people in their 20's who type like that too... it's simply quicker for them. this is a forum... not a formal paper she's writing... give her a break!

A few typos here and there is one thing, but that's just one huge string of gibberish, not English.

Hi ihatemybody :)  I see that you are fairly new to the calorie-count community.  Welcome!

Calorie-count is all about healthy and sustainable weight management, and we want to have a community where people feel welcome to post and to talk about the issues involved with eating and exercising appropriately ~ to share strategies, encouragement and support ~ within the philosophy of this website and the posting guidelines.

So, although you may be curious about starving yourself and throwing up your food, I need to advise you that it is against posting guidelines to ask for advice on diets or behaviors that are medically unhealthy (pro-starvation or pro-ana).

I'm assuming that you just weren't aware, and that instead your would like to discuss effective ways to lose weight ~ that will nourish your body and keep you healthy :)

Also, I notice that you are a teenager.  Did you know that the calculators here use the adult guidelines?  The international standards for teenagers (age 19 and younger) are different because you are still growing.  And especially if you are active as an athlete.  It's important that you don't go underweight (anything below a bmi of 18.5 as you mature and reach adulthood). 

Anyway, here is a calculator with lots of information including calorie information for teenagers.  We suggest you read this information carefully and share it with your parents who can help you set up an appropriate meal plan for you, your circumstances and your age and weight:

http://www.kidsnutrition.org/bodycomp/bmiz2.h tml

More Good Information on Calorie Guidelines, Health, Exercise and Nutrition for Teenagers.

Nutrition, Exercise & Weight Management for Teens

Here's a place with information on nutrition and health issues for Teenagers.

Nutrition & Health for Teens 

Aside from the fact that you are a growing teenager and need extra nutrition to support growth, this article explains starvation mode and why undereating is counter productive.

Dieting & Metabolism

This is what happens when you undereat for an extended period of time.

The Body Neglected

And here is where you, and your parents, can find information about dealing with eating disorders should you have any concerns or questions about this kind of stuff, because frankly, throwing up is usually considered a form of purging which is part of the behavior problems suffered by people with anorexia, bulemia and certain other eating disorders.  I'm not saying that we think you have an eating disorder.  But experimenting with throwing up (purging) puts you at serious risk.  It is not medically healthy, and the consequences to your body would be very serious and ultimately can lead to death.  So, perhaps you could let your parent(s) or a counselor know if you are already involved or seriously considering doing this....  Anyway, here's a good link with lots of information about eating disorders...

Something-Fishy.org

Again, we are glad you are here and hope you will continue to participate in the forums, but please respect the posting guidelines.   More posts like this will be locked and/or deleted.
 

Posting Guidelines

Calorie-Count.com's mission is to promote healthy and sustainable weight management. Please help our moderators follow this vision and respect the following guidelines.  

• Your post is subject to modification or deletion by our moderators. Repetitive, off-topic, and frivolous posts will be removed.
• Promotion of starvation diets or habits that exhibit signs of an eating disorder ("pro-ana", "pro-mia", etc.) is prohibited.

Again, welcome!  Please don't hesitate to ask on this thread if you have questions about healthy ways to eat and exercise :)

~Sheila

i love the typos. lol. and it has nothing to do with your general knowledge of English or eduction. but that's not the point.

ok, so don't do any purging or starving!!!! you just need to count your calories and probably change a bit of WHAT you eat. as juma already said type your stats into the calculator on this site and it will tell you how many cals to eat every day, then log everything you eat to see if you're within the limit and make your diet so you are, since it's probably your parents who cook you might want to talk with them about you would like to drop some pounds and you'd like to avoid fattening foods such as hamburgers, chips, pop, ice cream and stuff. Avoid sugars and over-processed foods and here's a list of foods you can eat (i copied form another site, for bodybuilding)

PROTEINS

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast
Tuna (water packed)
Fish (salmon, seabass, halibut)
Shrimp
Extra Lean Ground Beef or Ground Round (92-96%)
Venison
Buffalo
Ostrich
Protein Powder
Egg Whites or Whole Eggs
Ribeye Steaks or Roast
Top Round Steaks or Roast (aka Stew Meat, London Broil, Stir Fry)
Top Sirloin (aka Sirloin Top Butt)
Beef Tenderloin (aka Filet, Filet Mignon)
Top Loin (NY Strip Steak)
Flank Steak (Sir Fry, Fajita)
Eye of Round (Cube Meat, Stew Meat, Bottom Round , 96% LeandGround Round)
Ground turkey, Turkey Breast Slices or cutlets (fresh meat, not deli cuts)
Soy Burgers
Low-fat cottage cheese

SLOW BURNING/COMPLEX CARBS

Oatmeal (Old Fashioned or Quick Oats)
Sweet Potatoes (Yams)
Beans (pinto, black, kidney)
Oat Bran Cereal
Rye Cereal
Grape Nuts
Brown Rice
Farina (Cream of Wheat)
Multigrain Hot Cereal
Whole wheat or Spinach Pasta
100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread

FIBROUS CARBS

Green Leafy Lettuce (Green Leaf, Red, Leaf, Romaine)
Broccoli
Asparagus
String Beans
Okra
Spinach
Bell Peppers
Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celery
Cucumber
Eggplant
Green or Red Pepper
Onions
Pumpkin
Garlic
Tomatoes
Zucchini

FRUIT

Apples
Grapefruit
Peaches
Strawberries
Blueberries
Raspberries
Lemons or Limes

HEALTHY FATS

Natural Peanut Butter
Olive Oil or Safflower Oil
Nuts (peanuts, almonds)
Flaxseed Oil

BEVARAGES

Crystal Light
Green Tea
Other Tea (without sugar)
Coffee (without sugar)

CONDIMENTS

Mayonnaise
Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce
Reduced Sodium Teriyaki Sauce
Balsamic Vinegar
Salsa
Hot Peppers and Hot Sauce
Chili powder
Mrs. Dash
Steak Sauce
Sugar Free Maple Syrup
Chili Paste
Mustard
Extracts (vanilla, almond, etc )
Low Sodium beef or chicken broth
Plain or reduced sodium tomatoes sauce, puree, paste)
Stevia (natural sweetener)

Written by:

BuffedWildCat


so good luck :)

OH MY!! I just read through that really excellent list, and I got this really odd craving for chili....... I can't eat it, because I have my tom and my entire tummy is aching, and my back as well..... but still.

slurp.

Hi 'Ihate',

I hope one day soon you'll be able to say that you love your body.  You've had some good advice from melt and from sheila - I hope that you'll read their posts through.  Just ignore the comments about your grammar.  That's not what this site is really about (although for those of us that are not in our teens, it can be hard to understand your short forms sometimes!).

I really hope that you never, ever, ever learn how to starve and purge.  These are really really dangerous practices that can lead to long term health problems.  People that do those things enough end up with permanent health problems.  What you really want to be able to do is eat healthy and have a healthy lifestyle.  I hope your Mom or Dad is willing to help you with that.  Exercise (even just walking) can go a long way to improving your body shape.  Good luck, and do post again to let us know how you are doing.

You weigh 149. How tall are you?

Sweetheart, it's good to want to be healthy and fit, but it is unhealthy to hate your body. It wasn't so very long ago that I was in your shoes, and I now regret every minute I wasted on hating myself. There are enough trials in this world to bring you down-- you don't have to bring yourself even lower.

Let me tell you a little secret I learned once I got to college. There is one beauty secret that works on every woman, always effective, always affordable; one simple little trick that every woman can use to look more attractive and attract others to her. It's a confident smile. You could be the most beautiful woman in the room, and nobody would pay you any mind if you were insecure and sullen. Once I learned that, I had boys lined outside my door.

From now to the start of school, eat lots of fruits and veggies, lean protein and omega 3's, cut the grease (it makes your skin look icky), and drink a lot of water. Get 30-60 minutes of exercise a day and weight train two days a week. Practice that thousand-watt smile, and journal about the many reasons you have to wear it. You are a young, beautiful individual, and you deserve to live a happy, healthy lifestyle.

Do that for the next three weeks, and you'll look like a whole new person on the first day of school.

Guys and gals, this is probably a troll.

What's a troll?

A fake post created solely to get attention and be obnoxious, or a user who joins a forum / online community to create such posts.

Why are people so insensitive? The young lady is asking for help and someone is making fun of her grammer? (it must be hard when you are soo old you forgot about your teen years) Also I didn't know we were proofreading each others post because boy I have seen some hard to read/damn right eligible ones. Anyway being a black women myself I can relate to her as far as what we see as overweight I would say please take the advice given to you above it was very informative I will also save the list. Growing up I did not have much healty choices and understand your confussion on how to lose weight. But if is only 5-10lbs you have to lose you should love your body and embrace your womanly curves cause god knows tha brothas love it! (sorry thats ebonics for those of you who don't know it) LOL 

amerasmom its always about grammar on here I swear they just sit around finding typo's for fun and making a huge deal out of it on a forum for goodness sake like you said this isnt a formal letter writing contest. These are young girls with real problems that seem huge to them and to us when we were young. People sure do forget on here that these are children and they need guidance and some encouragement not made fun of.

Most of the young people I know communicate with what I call "text message short-hand", so I'm not going to pester her about spelling and grammar.  It's possible that she just had another expletive in her post.  She's been edited before for that.  Somewhere it must say that we should refrain from cursing or swearing in our posts.  I'm fine with that. 

As for the help ihatemybody needs - it could be serious if she's contemplating binging and purging.  I'll guess and hope that she doesn't really want to do that - she's just extremely frustrated.

You'll find all kinds of advise on this website.  Some things that work for others won't work for you, and vice versa.  You just have to find what works for you, but the general nutrition guidelines I've found on this site have been very helpful.  If you're not exercising regularly - you need to.  If you're not eating right - you need to. 

If you keep a food journal for three days in which you write down every single thing you consume including the fat and calories in each item, I'm sure plenty of calorie-count folks will be happy to help you evaluate it.  They'll want to know your height, weight, age, and activity level to properly help out with advise.  If you start a food journal, also record the time of day you consume each item.

It's all about making a lifestyle change - not going on a diet for a quick fix.  You'll want to incorporate healthy choices you can stick with for the rest of your life, and pass on to your little ones when you have children of your own. 

I know you can do it.

Whether this post be a troll or not, it just goes to show that our youth have a totally twisted view of what they should look like.  I believe we can thank the media for that. As a black woman myself I embrace every curve on my body. That doesn't mean I don't want to get healthy. Just help my curves to look even better. LOL! Hatemybody, I have been a young girl going into HS with body parts expanding where you need no expansion! Love yourself, b/c you only have 1 you to love.

Although it isn't necessary to criticise people's grammar and spelling on the forums, what some teens who have grown up with "text message shorthand" don't realise is that not everyone understands it, and also that there are places where it is appropriate (MySpace, texts to friends) and places where it is not (formal emails and when asking questions on forums where there are likely to be older people who are unfamiliar with that style answering).

I know some of the punctuation-less, run-on posts I come across on this forum or others, usually made by teenagers, are really hard to read and understand, and I am much less likely to bother reading right through or to respond to these posts.

I think it is fair to ask someone to post in normal language that is accessible to everyone rather than abbreviated text message forms, as it shows respect for other people. As a teenager I didn't speak to my older relatives the same way I did to my friends at school, I used less slang and showed more respect (and I am not THAT old, I was a teenager in the 90s!).

I'm 22 years old. The original post was IMPOSSIBLE to understand without spending 10 minutes to decoding it. If people want help, fine, but at least type something comprehensible.

I think giving someone a pass because they're a teenager is stupid. I never wrote like that as a teen, and I think it's terrible that people excuse it now.

Her writing is easy to read. Don't be a grammar nazi.