Teenage weight loss group

I find it hard to find good dieting tips because people are always telling me i'm too young to loose weight and that i'm still developing. I want a complete lifestyle change, how can eating healthy and losing some weight in the process possibly be a bad thing? It's not as if i'm starving myself. I'm currently 5ft 3 and 123lb but i want to loose 19lb by November.

I want encouragement and motivation not 'you shouldn't do this you're too young'.

Anyone else have this problem?

OMG TELL ME ABOUT IT! I'm so sick of people saying that I can't lose weight because I'm too young. What's even worse is all of my friends discourage me and everything when all I want is SUPPORT! I know for a fact that if I had people to support me (like my family and friends- I'm not saying that CC isn't the best thing I've ever found) I would be at my goal weight. Sometimes I despise the people around me because they keep saying things like don't lose weight, even though I know they think I should! IT PISSES ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok sorry I had to vent.

I will help you until you reach your goal no matter what just so that we can show people that we can lose weight too!

i've been told similar things as well. people just tend to think i have some eating disorder because i'm concious of what i eat at this age (16). i just try to explain to other people that what i'm doing is benefital for myself, i guess.

I think it's up to a person whether they want to diet or not. I'm fed up to death of people turning round saying you don't need to diet, it's just a lifestyle adjustment alright! Atleast i have a supportive boyfriend i don't know what i'd do without him. Add me to MSN: jessica-kait@hotmail.com

Add me please! I'm 13 and desperately need to lose! 

They're just worried about us. You have to understand that. There are also an immense amount of teens who have eating dissorders on this website. They sneak around, and pretend that they're trying to eat healthily, and get fit, but really they're just looking for really low cal foods or something. What they say is true though. As long as you exercise and eat healthy you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Some of them treat us unfairly, and are quick to judge, but I'm sure that many of them are annoyed at the large amount of unhealthy starving teens. With that said good luck with your weight losses girls :) I hope you do it safely, and are happy with your end result. I'm trying to gain muscle mass. I want nice arms/shoulders/legs/buns. I'm not too concerned with my tummy though. I like that little bump. I think it looks cute.

I understand they're worried, but also some need to understand it's support we need not critisism. Although on this site everyone's been lovely, but with people such as parents they just don't support me in the slightest.

i'm here for ya, babe! Haha

i'm 17, 5'2", 129lbs.  my friends/family are always discouraging weight loss but i am determined to be 110 by the end of the year. if you need some encouragment, email me and i'll be glad to help (same goes for anyone else that reads this).

Let's get skinny!
-Adrianne

p.s.  random moment... you're EXACTLY a year younger than me... coolness.

I know what you mean. I'm 17, 5'5.5'', and 141 lbs. My mom says I look fine, and don't need to lose weight. Many others do, as well. While I know that I don't need to lose weight, the thing is that I want to. I want to be healthier than I am, more toned and slimmer, etc. I want to be happy with what I look like and currently I'm not. People don't understand that. Well, some do.. but still.

I want to weigh around 130 lbs. Maybe lower, depending on what I think of it once I reach my starting goal. The sooner it happens, the better.. just as long as it stays that way. :)

Anyway, I'm definitely up to supporting every one.

hi,

i know what you mean, i am 15 and all my friends are super skinny and i have always been the average one, so my goal over the summer was to keep fit and loss weigth. As soon as i mentioned this, they started given me lectures on eating disorders and how it could kill me. All i ment was going running and eat less, but now when ever i say no to a slice of cake or no to a crisp they start yelling at me!

i am with you,

I'm just greatful to all the adults on this site that are actually supportive, and all the other teens that are going through the same things as i am. :). Email me if you like: jessica-kait@hotmail.com :). I'd be happy to chat.

I'm sixteen, and I started counting calories, well because I didn't want to gain any weight, I started at around 105lbs, but now I'm 112lbs. I don't get it. :| I used to lift weights a bit, and i exercise ocasionally. But I keep gaining pounds gradually, I don't eat any sweet stuff or any 'bad' stuff at all either, it's getting me down, because I'm 5ft 2", and for my height, I feel like I should weigh less, especially as I used to. My body fat percentage is 23. Any advice, or any reasons why this has happend?
Do you think it's still muscle?

im 17. 175 who cut down from 250. feel free to add me

Chris

I know how you feel! I tell people I want to lose weight, and everyone tells me I am to young. Am I supposed to be fat until I am 20? And then  I can lose weight. How dumb is that???

I think  it's cool that we aren't oblivious like alot of people our age. Everyone tells me to eat what I want, which I guess, I do, but I always make up for it.
I still don't look or feel any better than people I know who don't count calories or anything though. Like I say, I've gained half a stone (more or less) and I don't even know why.
I might go see a nutrishionist or something. It's really annoying me.

I'm 19, and I seem to have the exact opposite problem from most--my mother started in on me when I was little about the dangers of obesity and how I had to eat healthy, otherwise I would be OMGLANDWHALEDIENOWPLZKTHX.  When I weighed 120lbs, she was on my case about being OMGOBESE.  I wound up developing bulemia to deal with it.  And, like most bulemics, I wound up GAINING weight.  I'm now just shy of 200lbs, and trying to fix the damage I did in middle/high school.

Haha. They don't mean stay fat until you're 20 and then start losing weight. They simply mean you don't need to stress too much. You should start by eating healthy, and exercising. If nothing changes THEN you can start calorie counting. At least that's what one of the people that were on my case told me.

I'm 18, I'm currently is maintenance mode. If you ever have any questions, feel free to ask! I'm just here to support the teenagers in their weight loss!

hey errrbody :) im 15 and im trying to lose a little weight too, 5-10 more pounds. if anyone neds any advice or some motivation im here :)

hey everyone.

i trying to lose the weight i gained back after i lost it the wrong way. im extremley hard on myself and so knowing that im not the size 0, 103lb girl i once was kills me. it would be nice to have people on my case about getting in better shape. its just so frustrating because i NEVER eat high calorie foods and i dont eat that much either, on top of that, i work out practially every day. i go to the gym 3 times a week and my workouts are pretty hardcore. so it doesnt make sense. if what eveyone tells me is true -eat healthy and stay active- then the lbs should be melting off. but no. *sigh*  very discouraging.

so yeah, add me or talk to me. we can lose/ maintain together. :]

I know what you mean, I tend not to tell people I'm trying to lose weight, just trying to eat healthy and be active...my parents are pretty supportive of that goal, and my family has always eaten pretty well. My goal is more to get healthy than lose weight, because I'm not officially overweight, but at 5'9" and 145 (from 150) I know I have some extra body fat that I wouldn't mind making into muscle.

I do understand where adults are coming from though. There are a lot of teens, especially girls, who do very dangerous things to lose weight. There are a ton on this site. I read one girl's profile who admitted to being a recovering anorexic, who was underweight yet still trying to lose at 117 and 5'7, and she said she "looked like she weighed 125". Now I only have 2" on her, and If I looked 125, I'd be skin and bones! everyone's body is different I guess, and I'm not here to judge. But don't obsess over your weight loss- we are still growing! Try to be healthy, not so much skinny! Good luck!