18 and under club!

hey, I just thought I'd start a little club for people that are under 18 on here and are trying to lose some weight.  I myself, being 17, feel like I can't really relate to the older people, so I hope that you youngins out there can post your sucess, goals, tips,  and ideas, and maybe even find a CC twin!

Hey i decided to post since i just registered.. well I'm a 16 year old male and am pretty happy with the way i look, except for my pecks. Arghh.. it upsets me having 'man boobs' or being called names.

My current weight is 180 lbs and I am aiming for 170 lbs, and then from there, probably around 162 lbs. I'm 6 feet tall, in rather good shape now.

My success story was 2 years ago when I was a freshman in highschool. I was 5'9, and weighing in at around 218 lbs. That's quite a bit for my height... so I started a calorie diet of about 2000 a day, with 30-40 minutes of cardiovascular excercise 6 days a week, and light resistance training. This started on July 1st, 2005, by August 28, 2005(the first day of school) I weighed in at 190 lbs and was 5'10. Over the school year I kept the same diet, but was less strict on the foods I could eat, and by June 1st of 2006 I weighed 180 lbs. and was 5'11.

In total I had lost 38 lbs in a one year period and also grew a few inches. It really changed my confidence in myself and my attitude towards everything. While I'm still a guy who suffers from Low Self Esteem, I think my self esteem is higher than what it used to be :). Plus hehe the ladies are  a good thing :)

My Motivation : Health, the way I see it, I want to die not having to have someone feed me or have someone help me use the restroom because I can't clean up for my self (if you know what I mean)

Hihi! I'm 17, 5'1'' and I currently weigh in at 131.2, which totally sucks because a few days ago I was 130 flat but I assume i'm retaining water (which speaking of, i've been drinking the recommended 8 cups/64 oz a day for the past few days).

I was never the fat girl. Elementary and most of middle school I was thin but I guess in 8th grade is when I started to gain weight since I hardly went out anymore (my best friend and I broke up and I also broke up with my first boyfriend) and I just hung at home alot. Having 2 brothers that can eat anything and not gain an ounce also contributed to my weight gain since I always compared myself to them. I considered myself "one of the guys" so I ate like them, but I didn't play like them. My daily activities from 8th grade through 10th grade included eating, watching t.v., and being on the computer. At the end of 8th grade I weighed 106 pounds (sounds little but I was/am short). Then we went on a 2 month out-of-the-country trip to visit family who insisted on feeding us 10 times a day. We visited different family everyday and when they came to see us, there were sweets. In their country, feeding your family like that is a sign of love and I didn't want to be rude and refuse food from them. Also excercise was not an option. So when we came back home, I started my first year of hig school 10 pounds heavier at 116 pounds. My self confidence was low and I hid myself in hoodies and jeans everyday. Also I started to starve myself and got into an ugly starve/binge cycle where I dropped those 10 pounds but gained the weight and eventually shot up to 124 pounds.

Anyway to make things short, I didn't take up any form of excercise until my junior year of high school when I was required to take a form of P.E. So I did off campus and signed up at a gym. At first things were okay. I continued starving myself and worked four 2 hours everyday at the gym and it got the point where I would practically pass out in the showers). The binging didn't help at all except get me to where I am now.

...and now, I'm trying to do things the healthy way. I haven't resorted to my old ways of binge/starve for about 6 months now so that's good.

Sorry for the long post but anyway that's my "about me".

i am 15 years old and i am 5 6 at about 135 pounds. my ultimate goal is 125. A year and a half ago i weighed about 175 pounds so i very proud of my sucess so far!! Great to hear from people in my age group and everyone keep up the good work!!

I am 15 years old and im 6 foot and about 220! i've lost about 5 pounds. I thought i was really young to be on this site but i guess im not! im trying to get down to 160 by summer next year.

I have never really been teased about being fat and i have always had a lot of friends and played a lot of sports. I have put on about 20 pounds since two summers ago and i ran the mile in 6 minutes but now im like around 10 so im trying to lose weight and get in shape because im starting to play college exposure tournement in softball and volleyball. 

HEY EVERYONE. IM 16, and trying to lose weight. Im currently 135 (errrrr) and 5'3.
 I hope to get down to about 115 before my sister's wedding in March (2008).
every once and a while i will get teased for being 'chubby'. I have tried to diet SO many times and have blown it off. Hopefully this time it will work. WISH ME LUCK  & GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!


ANY ADVISE (ANYTHING)?

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I'm 15, 5'4", 112 pounds [down from 150]. Working on losing just TWO more pounds. grrr

I'm 17, 5'7" (I think, or a bit taller), and 158 lbs. I've gone down from 176 which was what I weight early last year I think, I used to be really really fit, but I got into computers (Funny cause I never had one until I was 12, which was when I started gaining weight, and once I got one I really got into them, I mean, now I'm a programmer and all), but I realized I missed (Duh) my old body so I'm working out to get it back, of course I also eat a whole lot better now. I've been waiting for the summer (Friday is my first day of summer for me) so that I can really work out like I've been wanting to.

Unfortunately, I'm fifteen and weigh 140 pounds. I'm a mere 5'4," and I'd like to weigh around 130-125. Any suggestions on quick, healthy weightloss? My target is to lose as much as I can in the next six weeks.

i'm 17, 5'8 and around 132. looking to get down to 125ish..

people have been asking about ways to lose weight, i've been counting all my calories and aiming for 1200-1500. then working out 3-5 times a week with 40 minutes or cardio (burning 400 cals) and then weight training. i've lost about 10lbs since april. there are days when other things are going on and eating is bad but just remember everyday is a new day and chance to start over again.

good luck to everyone! =]

Hey-this is my first post!

Anyways, I'm a 15 year old girl, 5'6" and weigh 133-135 or so, I'd like to get down to 125.  Just being in the 120's would be amazing-I haven't weighed that little since probably 5th or 6th grade.  I'm okay with how I look but I'd really like to lose some of my flab-so I'm more concerned with that than the number on the scale.

Do any of you guys swim to work out?     

Hi!  Im an 18 year old girl, 5 foot 4 about 228 lbs.  I've been on this site for about a month and someone just told me today  that it looks like I lost weight  (YAY!!).  

A tip that I would give to my fellow youngins is to play the game DDR  (Dance Dance Revolution).  Its so fun, addicting, and it is a killer workout.  You will actually enjoying working out--weird, I know.

I don't swim to workout, but it's a really great workout. I once dated a swimmer and he was LA-ZY! But his body was amazing because he was on the highschool's team- flat abs, strong arms.. they also made the team jog/run alot, so that might have contributed as well.
I run SOMETIMES (because I hate the Texas heat), and work my abs, arms, and use the ellipticals RELIGIOUSLY, and people have noticed that I've been toning up since starting that a couple weeks ago. I've lost three pounds (maybe more, I haven't weighed myself in two weeks), and it's really helped. Plus, I hear that the elliptical is BETTER than a treadmill, because it burns 2x calories, since it works both your upper and lower body.
Sorry to start rambling, but I thought it might help you out! Good luck!

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I'm 17 and 5'2", I'm 127.8lbs now! I've lost 7.2lbs since April 9th. I'd like to get to 110lbs. I set a goal date for late August but really I dont care if I take things slower, as long as I keep progressing and slowly improving my eating and exercise habits :p Well .. I wasn't going to give any tips but.. I'm reading this book on healthy eating and what it takes for people to stay thin and healthy for life, one thing I really learned was to stop beating myself up at all and stop negative thoughts when they come because that can really screw up your progress. I'm trying to learn to stop negative thoughts like "im fat" and "i ate so much, i'm gonna fast tomorrow" and try to turn them around and think "okay i didn't do so well today but tomorrows a new day" It took a LONG time for me to just accept how I am NOW and move on from there, knowing I can improve. I know people who try to think more positively are a lot more likely to succeed.

hey I'm 15 and weigh 150lbs currently. When i first started healthy eating (i h8 the word diet) i was 11st 3 and now I?m down to 10st 10. I'm aiming to go another 6 months so i can reach 135lbs. I'm tired of adults such as my mum always going on about how i don't eat enough but i generally have a problem with eating more calories.

I don't eat over 1000 on average, not because i don?t want to but what i eat, which is based on oatmeal, fruit and veggies, just doesn?t total up to that much even though i eat 3 meals a day and snack in between, i don?t feel bad or ill for it but i want to know what other people around my age think or if they have similar problems. if anyone has any good tips to boost my cals up or something I?d be grateful!

I'm 18, 5'5'' and 190lbs. I've lost 53lbs since August. This has been a long journey LOL I just found this site today. Its nice to know that I am not alone! :)

My life story: Sadly I have been overweight forever it seems. I've been teased and discriminated for my size since elementary school up to JR high. But in High School it was different. I made alot of friends and I was known as the big funny girl that lived life to the fullest. I had a ton of guy friends. But guys only saw me as the girl to talk to about their girl problems. I was never seen as the potential girlfriend... only the friend. Senior year I knew this had to change I didnt want to be the friend anymore. Also I wanted to become fit for marching band season and collge band.  Anyways, Im still the guy's best friend. :P But I've learned to love myself and I have more confidence. Just recently I shopped in Misses clothes. GOD I was so happy and I felt like a hott woman! LOL xD I was like dancing in front of the fitting room mirror. Yeah I got alot of stares LOL :P

My goal is to stay fit and gradually lose more weight. I would like to be 130lbs in the future.

@rifka3: I swim sometimes. I try to change up my workout so I wont get bored. ;)

I follow the food pyramid and exercise 5 days a wk 60-150minutes.

|'m 16, 5' 4", starting lbs.125-130ish, & currently 108 lbs. ~Just trying to get to a weight where I feel comfortable with myself.

It's amazing how many teens are popping up around here! >_>

I'm 15, 5'5, 168 pounds. My goal is 130-140 by the end of August. I want to finally have a little self-confidence.

Im 16 and 5'3'' 130 pounds....I would like to be 120, but I just dont know if that is physically possible for my body structure because i am built like a man. I hate my body and I am totally obsessed with losing weight when my friends party on the weekends  I ususally wont drink because there are too many calories. UGH for the past 17 months I have been dieting and excersizing and Ive lost 51 pounds....but now im totally sick of it I dont eat during the day because I tell myself I dont need it and then I come home and Im so hungry I just eat whatever i can get a hold of so (mainly peanut butter, damn stuff) and I think I am at the early stages of bulimia but I dont want my parents to find out. I hate what dieting has done to me but at the same time I still want to lose weight its so gay!

I love these posts. The only thing I don't like is that I never seem to keep up with them.. partially because I'm lazy and don't like trying to start conversations in fear that they'll be considered stupid, and conversations never seem to last. Hopefully this one will be different. :)

Anyway! Lol.

I'm 17 years old, am bout 5'5.5'' -- it varies depending on where my height is being measured at -- and I'm fluctuating between 139 and 140. Though I got down to 138.. so who knows. I've kind of hit a bit of a plateau, which sucks, because I have two more weeks until my senior year of high school starts and I want to be at least 135. Lower than that would be awesome but.. oh well. This year my highest weight was 166, and I got this low mainly due to "starvation", I think. Eating mainly fruits and SlimFast. I'm beginning to like my body though, and figure that once I tone up I will be perfectly happy, even if I don't get down to my goal of 130.

Rifka: I don't swim for work-outs, on account of I am not the best swimmer and don't like being seen by my peers at public pools. If I had more self-esteem, which I really wish that I did, I would def. work out there! I did a bit on my vacation recently, which was nice, so hopefully when I'm not as self-conscious, I can start doing that. Right now I focus more on biking and muscle toning/sculpting. Stuff where I don't need to be seen in something that reveals my "problem areas". Lol.

 

Edit: Whoa! Just realized this post/forum/topic/thing hasn't been posted in since June.. Damn!