110.8

Well, that's how much I weighed in at this morning. I feel so disgusting. I cannot beleive that after all the work i've put into this I'm gaining. This stinks. I guess the point of this is that I need motivation to keep going. Help? This is my diet for the next couple days. (Of course I'll change up some of the meals, but the cal. intake is pretty much the same.)

Breakfast: 1 1/2 c. Wegmans brand Fiber One, 1 cup milk, 2 packets of splenda. (248 cals)

Lunch: 1 sweet potatoe w/ 1 to 2 tblsp light margarine. (roughly 300 cals.)

Snack: 1 orange or apple or pear. (roughly 100 cals.)

Dinner: By this time I have 802 cals left to consume. I can't record what I'll eat b/c I never know do to my family, but i will stay in this limit. If I'm under then I'll add some dessert.

 

I also have a question. When I was 10 I might have stunted my growth do to anorexia. I get my period about once a year. I haven't grown in so long, one or two years. Should I still be consuming the amount of cals for a growing teenager to lose 1 to 2 lbs a week, or should I stick with the 1200 rule. I think the 1200 rule would be best, b/c from what I can see I'm not growing at all.

Yes, teenagers are more active in general than even people in their very early 20s. You might still grow if you ate enough :)

Why all the angst? And the feeling disgusting? Pfft, 110.8 is fine for your height, age, etc, better than fine actually. Sorry you are so upset about it. My kid is 16 now and she reckons she's stopped growing but this is after she grew an inch last year! I say bring on the nonfat and lowfat dairy for calcium and shoot for growing another inch.

1200 calories is f-all! For anybody. When I started on cc I did the 1200 thing but realised after a few weeks that I wasn't going to make it if I kept it at that level. Sometimes eating more is better :)

yes, well, 'fine' doesn't look so good on me. I soppose I could still grow tho. Thanks.

What does your doctor say about your weight? If you have had anorexia in the past, aren't getting your period now, and haven't been growing, I'd say it's high time you see a doctor about your weight, and perhaps a nutritionist, too, preferably one skilled in helping teenagers with eating issues.

well, I saw my doctor back at the end of August and her scale said I was 112. She said I was SLIGHTLY underweight, but I don't beleive her. I know it sounds bad, but no one can have jello legs and be underweight. And even if I am, everyone says not to go by a number on the scale. I'm not, I'm going by what I want to look like. Also she said that if I wasn't getting my period that I should just eat more calcium, which I have been.

If she said you were slightly underweight, I'd suggest you believe her. If you don't believe her, then find another doctor, preferably one with experience in dealing with teenagers with eating issues, one you trust. If you don't believe your doctor, get a second opinion. If another doctor says you're underweight, I suggest you rearrange your thinking -- through therapy, if necessary -- rather than doctor-shop.

If you are underweight at 112 pounds, then you are most certainly underweight at less, such as, oh... 110.8. Rather than be disgusted with your weight "gain," you should be celebrating it and praying for more.

You most certainly CAN have "jello legs" and be underweight. If you don't eat and don't exercise, you don't form muscle tissue, and it's muscle tissue which makes a person look toned and firm, not being underweight.

I do have muscle tho. Maybe too much muscle, because it makes my legs look bigger. The thing is, there is a layer of fat OVER the muscle. And the rest of my body's muscle.

Sorry, but I find it very hard that you are maintaining a lot of muscle while being underweight and undereating.

IMHO, there are three kinds of people who chronically undereat: the ignorant, the willfully stupid, and the mentally ill. Only one of these is worth much of my time; of the other two, one needs more help than anyone on a message board can give them, and the other is just annoying. So I'm done with you, and I wish you good luck.

Women are meant to have body fat, more than men. We are supposed to have about twice the body fat of men for optimum health, and our stomachs and thighs and hips and arms are not meant to look like those of a muscular man. A muscular, fit woman (who does not take testosterone or steroids) will still look softer, rounder and even jigglier than a muscular, fit man. Humans do have a layer of fat between muscle and skin, it is normal and not unhealthy, it varies in thickness depending on where it is on your body, as well as your gender, your overall body fat percentage, and your genetic makeup. Some people have more fat on their thighs, some people have more fat on their bellies, but both of the above can be normal-weight, even underweight, and this will be the case.

I think swimchick has been given false information from the media about what a woman is supposed to look like. Check out this link (look under portfolio) to remind yourself that nobody looks like those pictures in magazines.

If you are technically underweight, but don't like the way you look (and are somehow insistent upon putting way too much emphasis on your looks, instead of trying to fix one's many other kinds of flaws), the trick is to build muscle mass - eat plenty, get a trainer, lift lots of weights, and you will transform your body into the closest to this mythical "perfection" it can ever go, short of plastic surgery. If you still don't like yourself then, that means that your head is the problem and not your body, and therapy will help. Swimchick, since you have a history of anorexia, I suggest that it is unwise to trust your own perceptions of what is "fat" or when you have to lose weight. You have already demonstrated a failure to judge this adequately. Only try to lose weight if your doctor tells you that you need to.

trustwomen,
   I adore the site you posted! Thank you!

When people talk about the 'growth' of teens, height isn't the only thing. I mean, do you really expect that you're going to look exactly the same ten years from now as you do today? Everything in your body is changing and growing--your skin, various cells in your body, and especially your bones. To insure that all of these are growing properly and to their full potential, you'll need to properly nourish your body. 1200 calories isn't gonna cut it.

And I'm sorry, but it's possible to be underweight and still be a little jiggly :/ Even people with reallyyy low body fat percentages still have some visible fat on them, especially women, and it's nothing to be ashamed about. Having a little bit of visible fat is just as natural as menstruating itself! Like trustwomen said though, sometimes the problem is in your head. I can't think of a case in which 110 pounds would be fat.. unless you were a newborn or something. lol.

Your diet looks like it is severely lacking in lean protein. All I see are carbs. I agree with the other post that said if you're unhappy with the way you look, gain some muscle. And, you're going to have to eat protein to do so.

Protien is a beautiful thing. It builds lean muscle mass for one thing. Remember that if you want the lean musculer body that a kid has you need to eat balanced meals- and go outside and play!

Thank you. I have been exercising more lately, so that should start working. Once again, thanks.