Summer Weight Loss Buddies?

Hey =)

I'm 16 years old, 5'6, and currently about 126 lbs. I've been a dancer all my life up until about 2 years ago. During that same time I began at a highschool which I hated and my mother got really sick. As a result I went from being a healthy 5'6 and 105 lbs of muscle to about 136 lbs in a year (I continued to eat like a dancer- unhealthy monstrous portions). I managed to lose a good ten pounds last year, yet I've suffered from depression and as a result have turned to binging. Well, as of next fall I'm transfering to a new highschool where all of my friends go and picking up dance again! Hopefully this will help me find myself again and go back to being the happy person I once was. I have a goal of hitting 110 lbs by the beginning of October- and in order to kick my binging habit and keep me motivated, it would be really helpful if I had a budddy! Anybody with me?

I think that sounds good, but I think you should add a little bit of protein when you get home from the gym like a handful of nuts or a spoonful of peanut butter or something, just to give your body some extra fuel from working all your muslces.

Have fun at the dinner! :)

Okay guys! I've been so busy this weekend & I havent been home since Friday .. so I weighed myself this morning andd.. I'm at 125! I'm so happy .. especially since I know that I'm not losing the weight by starving myself. I've been getting at least 1600 calories everyday and I feel so good. Yesterday I was with my friends and we went out for dinner which was really fun & after, we went to dairy queen so i treated myself to a vanilla ice cream cone!I had about 1800 calories which is still really good considering I did an hour of hot yoga yesterday as well! Today is father's day & I have a big fam jam to go to! I hope everybody had a good dayy and keep up the good work everyone!!

Original Post by bassic_melodies:

I'm 16 and 5'6", too! I used to dance, and I want to start dancing again, but I weigh about 133 and I don't want to be seen in my leotard : P I'm trying to get to 110 or a little lower by fall, if that's possible

Don't let your size get in the way of your dreams.  Don't let your weight become an excuse to put life on hold.  So what if you don't look good in a leotard (I'm just using your words here)?  Get on the dancefloor and show them what you can do.  Make them look forward to seeing you in a leotard because you know you are going to give them an excellent show.

Melodies I used to dance too and got ridiculously insecure about what I looked like in my leotard! It took me a while to realize that dance is great excersize and I should just show up, not worry about it, and work as hard as I can to spin, leap, and shake my butt to help make myself look better. I know dance is rough because you're so sorrounded by mirrors but you should really start again! I want to start again too (I stopped because of time constraints, I'm going to dance casually this summer and pick it up seriously in the fall at college - I'm trying out for dance ensemble)

wow. my mom just bought a body fat scale for my grandpa and I got to be the first to try it out. Now, my home scale is a spring scale and I've been weighing myself with that...it turns out it's about 1.5-2 pounds underweighing me. So I'm heavier than I thought and I have more fat than I thought. Which can turn out to be a good thing because that means I have more fat to lose versus having more muscle and not being able to lose much. Agh. It's a good thing I'm starting swimming again tomorrow. My calories for workout days are going to be 1600-1800 about and non-workout days are going to be 1300-1500. :)

alrighite. i just went to swim practice for the first time in months. I admit, I'm totally out of shape but it felt pretty darn good. The workout was an easy one, but dude, I WORKED. Before my break it would have been a breeze but now. geeez. I'm REALLY REALLY out of shape. haha gotta work more. :)

I'm 5'6"/almost 5'7" (I'll go with 5'6.5") and 13. 166 right now. my end of summer goal is at least 150, idk if that's high or low, but being moderately active and bulky I burn a lot. my food range is like, 800-1500 calories a day although obviously there are high and low days. I'm trying to quit my ED because I'm paranoid that it's ruining my singing voice. and once I get to 150 I'll be in the normal range I think so then it'll just be slimming until I like how I look/am comfortable with it.

so yeah.

I'm doing hardcoooore farm work, etc for about 2 weeks in the summer and like I said I'm moderately active anyways. I'll be traveling. huzzah.

good luck guys : )

Hey guys! Where is everybody? haha come on, we gotta keep this group going! Well I've managed to lose 2 lbs since the beginning of June which I'm quite happpy with. But the weight isn't really what I care about-- I can feel myself becoming stronger and more toned!! I'm starting to feel more confident and I'm back to doing something I LOVE - dancing! I'm still staying above 1600 calories and I'm not letting food and dieting take over my life .. when I go to restauraunts I just ask for sauces on the side, a water to drink, etc. Usually I will order a chicken club sandwich .. but I ask for no bacon, no mayo, and no cheese .. haha but thats mainly because those are my 3 least favourite foods .. so it becomes more like a chicken, lettuce, and tomato sandwich on whole wheat bread .. and I will substitute fries for a salad (dressing on the side) or fresh veggies! I will also order pizza and stuff like that or chicken/salmon/lean beef dishes... I just eat until I'm full.. which is usually after about 1/2 of the meal. Anybody else have good tips for eating out that they would like to share?

PS. I really don't want this to become one of those ridiculous starvation groups that are completely irrational and unrealistic.. not to mention the fact that eating too little is SO dangerous to your health. So if anybody plans on going about weight loss in an unhealthy manner .. I would rather you not post about it on here .. and honestly it isn't worth it .. because by restricting calories you are setting yourself up for major problems in the future. Please don't fall into that trap. I really good friend of mine has been in the hospital for four months now and is unable to walk because of what started out as a "diet". As teens we really need to be focusing on our health and what our bodies need!! I am willing to support anybody who is planning on doing this the healthy way!

I decided that if I reach my goal by July 17th (or get close enough to it where I'm happy) I'm going to get my belly button pierced. I really hope I can do it, that would be an awesome reward :)

I've been trying to be extra active in little ways. Like today there was a "Senior Luau" with games and stuff and I made sure to play a bunch of twister and go on the giant trampoline, just because I know stuff like that is good for you. That's my favorite thing about summer.

My least favorite thing about summer is how my friends constantly need to go get ice cream :-P

Hehe oh well, at least I'm happy, I just want my body to be a little tighter

weigh in tomorrow :)

I'm (again) kinda nervous about this one. haha. I've been slacking on recording what I eat and had a HUGE lunch today. But, it's a good thing I eat small breakfasts. All I had to do to compensate for lunch is not snack and maybe have a lighter dinner. I'm going to start recording body fat in my weigh ins too now. My grandparents have a body fat scale and I go over to their house on fridays.

Hm... This morning I did my weigh in and I haven't gained or lost anything - my weight is exactly the same as last time!   Then again, I did have a bit of an 'indulgent' week. Oh well. How did everyone else do?

I slept at a friends last night so I couldn't weigh myself this morning... I will do my weigh in tomorrow morning!! How about everybody else!!!

Ugh I made a gain. I am at 115.8. I'm very upset about it, I hope next week the pounds start going down again!

124 :)

it went down from last week's gain! hopefully it'll keep going down too now that i've started swimming again :D

oh, body fat: 24%. wow.....aghhhhh. gotta get THAT down too.

Woah .. ok so I just got home this morning .. and I've been out with friends all weekend so my calories have been a bit higher .. but I weighed myself and the scale said 122? .. that would mean that I'm down 3 lbs this week which makes no sense .. so I think I'm going to weigh myself again tomorrow to see if it was maybe just a fluctuation!

oh wow... sorry I haven't been on for a while! I think I might have lost a pound or so, but I'm not sure. I had a soccer tournament this weekend (we got third place! yay!) so I wanted to have lots of energy ... but I'm not sure. I'll try to post more often ;] good job everyone, by the way! <3

Ahhhhh you guys I'm so mad at myself. i just finished a two day binge. i honestly thought i was over all that .. i have never felt so ashamed of myself. oh well i guess i just need to carry on and get back on track with my goals .. i just hate feeling like i have no self control. i dont even like the taste of the foods i binge on. junk food doesnt even appeal to me. i hate depression and i hate that i suck at dealing with life. One main cause of my depression has been my mothers illness and it really isnt helping that everyday i see her getting weaker and weaker. I feel so discouraged but hopefully I havent done too much damage. I still have a goal of 124 lbs by the end of June which is definitely reachable .. because I was at 122 .. and even with the binge I hopefully will be able to get back down to 124 as soon as i lose this water weight. Sorry for the rant. How are you guys all doing?

I've doing pretty good so far. For the most part, I've been decreasing in weight. I had a minor relapse, but I'm back on track.  When I started I was 215.  Not I'm down to 205.  I'm trying to get to 180 by December.

I'm sorry about your binge, sunshine_smile, and I can relate. I overate yesterday and I still feel awful about it. I went on the scale this morning and it says I gained 4 pounds! Is one bad day going to ruin everything else I've done all week?

Agh. I've been progressively falling off the wagon this past week. I'm kinda mad at myself for eating carelessly. >.< But, this upcoming week and beyond I'll try to be good. :D