I'm 14 years old and 182 pounds. I never feel comfertable in my body. It's hard to ask my mom or sis about it because they were both skinny when they were my age. And I cant ask my dad "cause he definatily doesnt understand (trust me I've tried) What are the best diets or exercises that I could try.
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The simple answer, of course, is eat less and move more. However, I'm sure this is not what you wanted. What I suggest is not going on a diet per se, because all diets are doomed to fail, and usually wind up with the user gaining more weight then they lost.\n\nInstead, you need to concentrate on portion control. This does not mean denying yourself anything. On the contrary, you can have whatever you want, so long as it is in moderation. One bite of fried cheesecake is not going to make you gain five lbs. \n\nMy tips - \nWhatever is the size portion you usually get for yourself, try to give yourself half. Eat it slowly, and drink plenty of water. Water is the only beverage you should be drinking on a daily basis, as it has no calories, and is NEEDED by your body. I know there are 'diet' drinks that have no calories in them, but they are not a substitute for water. NOTHING is a substitute for water.\n\nIf you have a craving, give in, but don't over indulge. Order a small icecream, then offer to share with somebody.\n\nAvoid diet foods like the plague. If it says no fat, it is almost gauranteed to be high in sugar. If it says no sugar, it is almost gauranteed to have high fat content. The reasoning behind this is simple. Fat and sugar make things taste good. Without one of these ingredients, it takes more of the other to still taste good.\n\n\nAs for excersise, I'll have to guess. I'm not sure how tall you are, but I can guess that at 180 it can't be too easy to do. What I'm going to suggest is to start out with something like yoga. Focus on the stretches so you can prepare your body to do some serious excersise. When the yoga postions are easy to do, I reccomend moving up to pilates. It's like a high intensity yoga. \n\nThe first step to solving any problem is to admit you have one. The second is to seek help. The third is to try that help, and see where it lands you. I wish you luck.
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You are right, what parent would tell their child they were fat!?\n\nDo one thing, next time you are at the doctor's office have the nurse weigh you and then ask the doctor how you compare to other healthy girls your age.  Then you will know if you are just being crazy or if you should watch what you eat.\n\nIf you should watch what you eat, then try this first:\n\nStop drinking sodas!(or pick the worst thing you do regularly, like eat french fries, or drink whole milk and stop that one thing).\n\nThen do this next:\n\nReplace your worst habit with a good habit.  Drink diet sodas (I know sometimes they taste bad, but it is better than nothing, even if it isn't quite as good as drinking a lot of H20).\n\nEasy right!  Just stop one thing and replace it with one thing.  Do it until you feel you love what you do.  It will help you to feel a bit skinnier, and successful.  You are being healthy!  Awesome.  Now, you can try another thing...like....you be creative.....always improving is what it is all about.\n\nOne last thing; if a new food or habit should come along (ie smoking) save yourself the trouble of having to quit it in the future.....don't start bad habits.  Don't start being addicted to cheesecake if you aren't already.\n\nLearn moderation while you are young, you will be so happy with yourself when you turn 30.  Haha.\n\nGood luck my friend
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Id recommend start working out, doing a little bit each day will really help.  Don't push yourself at first just get use to it and then progress.  You should do a little more research on that, situps and crunches are probably a good start... You could also try eating healthy cereal in the morning (Breakfest is important), and maybe sneak in some fruit before lunchtime.  DONT eat the cafeteria food if you can avoid it (at least from my experience).  And have mom pack a healthy lunch.  If you are close with your mom you should ask for her help... Just don't ask the question the way you do.  Remember You don't have to look like a model, just start off with simple goals (eg. 2 pounds per month), and work from there.
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Eat healthy well balanced meals, don't skip breakfast, increase your water intake, and make sure you do at least 30-45 minutes of aerobic exercise daily.  Your health is more important than the amount of weight your are losing.  From the information you listed, you seem to be in a fairly healthy range.  You are only 14 yrs old and that is when most young women start noticing a fluctation in weight and body image.  Don't start stressing yourself too hard about your weight unless you are unhealthy.\n\nIf you can, speak to your doctor and ask her/him about proper nutrition, weight, and exercise for your age.  Good luck.
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LISTEN honey.  There are no such thing, there are different body masses and bone structures.  Maybe I am coming in from a whole nother culture, but in the islands, when you are more than regular, you are 'healthy' or 'wealthy', fer real.  Thats one.  Two, at twelve, that should be the last thing on your mind, no joke.  It will rob you of your personality.  Please don't try too hard to fit in, REAL people will accept you for who you are.  I don't detect a bad eating habit, as I think that you would mention it.  But just try to eat the things that parents want you to eat.  Trust me, I am a parent.
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Relax girl, being 4'11" and 80 pounds is not too skinny. Maybe you just lived around big, heavy people and you comparing yourself with them. Today most people in developed countries are overweight. You're actually the ideal one, not them.\nSome girls are born to be skinny, it's in your genes. I bet you have a very small frame. This body type can't put much weight, even if you can, the proportion won't look good because the frame can't support that extra weight.\nMy suggestion is just keep the healthy way of life and just be proud with your body, unless you have any health problem because of that skinny figure, just keep it. Usually the weight scale up as you get older, so you have a good start because you won't get too heavy by the time you're 40. My mom is 5' and she told me she was only 80 pounds at college and now she is about 100 pounds.
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i think you should throw away your scales and judge yourself based on different criteria; how do you feel? when you bend over, does anything hurt or get in the way? are your clothes comfortable? can you run around the block without calling 911?can you go up and down the stairs three times in a row without collapsing half way up the fourth time? \nin other words, how much you way says nothing about your personal health.  you should be more concerned with what your body can do, since it is a tool for your spirit.  if your body can do what you want/need it to do without hurting or failing you, then you're at the perfect BMI for you\nalso, as a young woman, you don't want to be too thin.  many people think you're supposed to gain weight as you get older, but in fact, you are supposed to gradually lose it as you lose muscle mass.  If you're too thin to begin with, it may mean serious health problems later, particularly for women.\nfurther, your weight does not tell you what you are weighing.   i"m 5'6" and 120 lbs. but most of that is flab.  if i was in good shape, I'd weigh closer to 130 lbs, but i'd look thinner because the extra weight would be muscle rather than flab.\ni'm 46 and when i was your age, i was 135 lbs.  i was athletic then, and i have never had a problem or a concern about my weight until recently when i realised how much muscle i've lost and how much that has aged me.  just concentrate on being physically fit and you'll weigh what you need to\nkeep well
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I'm very much like you - not able to gain much weight, etc. What I have done (I'm 19), is swim (whole-body work-out), and play tennis (really builds your arms), and I run once a day (except on weekends - so that your muscles have a relaxation period where they are able to repair, and build themselves stronger) - the running builds your whole body (especially your legs). Your waist is fine, if you build up the rest of your body. My waist is very small as well. As for dieting, I've been eating eggs, toast, and stuff like sausage, and bacon for breakfast (only eat this kind of stuff if you are planning to work out, because it has a lot of protein in it, which will contribute to your muscle and weight gain only if used through working out), and eat things like a lot of meat, carbohydrates, like pasta is excellent as long as you use it to your advantage, and work out, so that it goes to your muscles, lots of fruits, and vegetables, energy bars with a lot of protein, but low counts of sugar, and milk (for your bones), and lots and lots of water. Make your workout routine different, and exciting (try biking, hiking, mountain climbing, etc.), and just strive your best to eat healthier than you have ever eaten, and you should definitely notice a difference in about 3-4 weeks. Also, if you feel more comfortable, you can join a gym, and work with a personal trainer a couple of times, and they will be able to give you a personalized routine, and diet based on your weight, and muscle mass, etc.\n\nHope this helps, and good luck! :)
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YOU ARE NOT OVERWEIGHT!!!!\n\nWhen I was your age, I was -- like you -- overly self-conscious about my weight -- always comparing myself to my skinnier friends.  I was so afraid of getting too fat, and thinking that I was fat, that I worried about things that now I wish I hadn't.  (I'm 43 now... and when I see pictures of myself at 13, I can't believe that I ever thought I was fat!!\n\nAt 13, your body is changing from a young girl's body into a woman's body.  In order to do this, you have to gain a little weight.   You will more than likely get a little taller -- and you will also develop more and more into a woman.  Whatever you do -- don't stop eating and go all anorexic in order to be thin.  It is dangerous and stupid!\n\nAppreciate your curves -- because, as I have learned as the years have gone by, the guys appreciate them, too! \n\nMy daughter -- who is 21 -- has always had a great attitude toward her weight.  She doesn't weigh herself -- ever.  She just relies on her clothing to tell her whether or not she needs to eat a little less and work out a little more.  She is healthy and happy!
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Honey, I know what it's like to have the smallest boobs and to fell like a loser, especially since I have a big butt. Part of the reason you might be underdeveloped is because you are undernourished. If you get up to a healthy weight you will feel a lot better and your body will start to fill out. If you love what you have, however little or much it may be, you will never feel disgusted by your body. And you're only 13, I know people that didn't grow until they were 21. Just be patient.
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i'm 12 too and i'm short so i ask that all the time. When i started to eat more protein and a little more fatty foods than i usually do and excersize a lot i started to grow more. Trust me it works. Just find a sport you like and have your parents sign you up.
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NOOO you are not overweight.  I think everyone feels like they are fat sometime or another and seeing all of the thin celebrities and models does not make it any easier.  You are still very young and your body will continue to be going through changes.  Just try to stay active.  When I was about that age is really when I started watching a lot of TV and just sitting around.  You are not overweight, but if it makes you feel better, try cutting out sweets and eating more fruits and veggies.  I am sure you are a gorgeous girl and if the doctor says you are fine than you are.  You are beautiful I am sure!!!
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Look child.  F that.  Stop trying to be a stick.  You did not gain weight over night and you will not loose it over night.  It will probably take you 3 times and long to loose it as it did to gain it.  I know.  I used to be super skinny, and I an now like a size 14/16.  I would love to loose 40-50 pounds and be a size 8, but I must learn to love myself no matter what weight I am.  I have lost and gained over the years, but I have learned from all success and failure.  You will derail your efforts if you stop eating or start throwing up.  Not only will you loose fat, but you will loose muscle.  You need to build up your muscle first by doing some resistance training so that you will burn more fat while you are at rest.  You may also need to try a diet program like weight watchers or myonlinefooddiary.com.  Remember we gain and loose sometimes because of stress or depression.  You need to heal your inside first before you focus on your outside.  Once you love yourself being big, you will see how many other people love big women too.  Be good, and think about it please.
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WHOA! You must be incredibly tall & solid muscle if you're skinny! If you feel you look good & are healthy, who cares about what your weight is?   I wouldn't care if I weighed 350 if I looked skinny!\n\nsorry to hear you're in pain, sweetie! Have you tried stretching and a hot bath before bed? If this is causing you this much greif, I'd have my parents make a doctor's appt and also look on www.webmd.com and check your symptoms.\n\nGood luck.
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I am 54 yo and have been skinny all my life no matter how much I eat.  People used to say things like that to me all the time.  Over time I learned to ignore them.  If you are healthy and feel good just be happy and ignore stupid people.
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Why can't your parents know? They know you have epilepsy, they know you take the medication, don't they? If it's giving you a problem you should tell them, maybe you need to switch to a different medication if this one is having such detrimental effects on your health. 109 pounds is waaay to low for someone your hight, most models weight more then that.\nThe two things you say, that your parents can't know, and that you l like being THAT skinny makes me think maybe you are developing an eating disorder.
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I DOOO!\n\nI'm 15 and never had a problem with my weight.. i was 127.. now, after starting birth contol i am 136 and i just started my second month on it!\n\nI'm trying to eat healtier and excersize more but its hard being around sweets all the time..\n\nTips on any great 'snack foods' and excersizes that are easy would be excellent!