Help me PLEASE? - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

~*Crazed out*~ · 02-17-2002, 09:40 PM

Okay....I'm 12 years old, i'm really mature for my age. I weigh 280lbs as far as i know..it's been a REAL long time since i've weighed myself. When I stepped on that scale I was scared cause i knew that i was really bad. I never really ate fatty foods or anything. Now, I'm in 7th grade and i was just surfing all the sites thinking about becoming a vegetarian or anerexic. I know it's a real big step. But i have to do something. I haven't eaten hamburgar for a very LONG time, reason to a nasty disection. I always look at magazines and i see things like what to do when you are a vegetarian, and things not to do. Then they have tips of loosing weight. I really want to go extreme. I don't just want 15 pounds here and there. I want to loose it all. You know what i mean? I am looking still to find information about loosing weight and still maintaining a healthy body. I don't want to be like dying or anything from loosing too much weight. I just really need some help. This has taken my life too far. I'm real scared, of what is going to happen to me in the future. I don't want to end up being one of those people that can't even fit out of their doorways. I just don't want that. I dont know what to do. Please if you know anything that will help me.

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~*Malesha*~

blondiebiker · 02-18-2002, 11:55 AM

you should start by discussing with your doctor...there may be some other issues besides diet here and because of your age, you are still maturing and growing and nutrients are vERY important for you body.
get to a doctor and they should be able to recommend what would be a good start for you.
good luck to you.

andreaphilip3 · 02-19-2002, 06:01 PM

welcome.
anorexia is not a joke

Naxis · 02-20-2002, 06:53 AM

Crazed doesn't seem to be joking. Anorexia is not a diet plan. It's deliberate starvation and it can do irreparable damage to your body and even kill you. Vegetarianism isn't _exactly_ a weight loss regimen, but it can be so long as you dont think that 7 Layer Burritos are healthy because they have no meat.

I definitely agree that you should see a doctor or dietician and try to increase activity in the mean time. Go for walks, try rollerblading, biking... anything to get the blood moving and get your body's furnace hot and ready to burn calories. Good Luck!

andreaphilip3 · 02-20-2002, 07:36 AM

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Originally posted by Naxis:
Crazed doesn't seem to be joking. Anorexia is not a diet plan. It's deliberate starvation and it can do irreparable damage to your body and even kill you. Vegetarianism isn't _exactly_ a weight loss regimen, but it can be so long as you dont think that 7 Layer Burritos are healthy because they have no meat. I definitely agree that you should see a doctor or dietician and try to increase activity in the mean time. Go for walks, try rollerblading, biking... anything to get the blood moving and get your body's furnace hot and ready to burn calories. Good Luck!

i agree, thats what i was trying to say. that its not a weight loss plan