losing weight


NrrdGrrl! Discussion Forum: Q & A & Q & A: losing weight
By CAssie on Friday, August 7, 1998 - 03:08 pm:

Does anyone have any ways that worked for them to lose weight. PLEASE help me out here


By Anonymous on Friday, August 7, 1998 - 03:10 pm:

Is this working


By Alexis on Saturday, August 8, 1998 - 07:54 pm:

Cassie,
please, please, please, PLEASE don't get stuck in the "diet-trap". i started with diets a while ago and now i've been bulimic for four and a half years, and i'm trying so hard to stop. it's not worth it. it's really really not worth it. it's so, so easy to get stuck with and so, so hard to get rid of. and trust me, everyone that has it, hates it. simply eat when you're hungry, do a simple amount of exercise, and, most importantly, love and take excellent care of your body.


By Ema on Sunday, August 9, 1998 - 01:53 pm:

Hi i'm trying to lose weight and i'm on this fat reaction diet and it's really cool it's from the miami heart institute Email me for it on david@ddarwood.demon.co.uk this is my dad's email thing by the way so just put friendship so he does'nt get sussed


By Anonymous on Monday, August 24, 1998 - 10:02 am:

I really hate 2 say it but sittin in frount of this screen wont do anything 4 u.Get off yer ass and do something constructive.Why R u complaining?? I know loadsa people desparate 2 put it on.Dont bother doing aanything.Its f*cking POINTLESS!!!!!!



~ Anon 15 02.


By Gilmoure on Monday, August 24, 1998 - 05:09 pm:

You could look into martial arts. I started with a school 6 weeks ago. I couldn't make it through the first class, my legs were shaking so much and I was breathing so hard. This class is cool because it has people from 6 years on up to some old guy that can't kick more than a foot or two off the ground. Some people are over weight and some are these skinny folks that can streatch and do everything. The rest of us do what we can. The teacher is cool about it, saying "Push yourself, but don't injure yourself." I have a hard time exercising otherwise. Still have seen any weight drop off buy I feel better. Hope this helps.

G

Oh yeah, it's called Wah Lum Kung Fu.


By Anonymous on Tuesday, August 25, 1998 - 01:08 pm:

Don't do something just to lose weight - do it coz you enjoy it, and to be FIT - that's much more healthier. Which do you wanna do it for?

Believe me - It's not worth it to be slim, just consentrate on being healthy and fit - It makes more sense.


By Suki on Saturday, August 29, 1998 - 11:53 am:

people always say that - just be thankful for your health. But it's not always enough! I wish to god someone could help me but I think I'm always going to be plagued by my body until i get surgery and that is so fucking depressing. I wish I could get hold of some of those American diet medications. I do exercise but when you go to skool at 7.30, get back at 5.30 and spend all your waking hours studying, weekends or hols are the only time I can seriously do it. And I like sweet stuff too much to ever make a diet last. I've really got to points where I consider putting my folds of flab in a vice, axing them off and letting the surgeons do the rest. That's how warped it makes me feel. Because I'm not obviously overweight, people think I'm complaining over nothing. I tried to show them how I feel through self harm but they said I was attention seeking. It wasn't, it was a cry for help from someone who's tried fucking everything and who KNOWS she'd feel better if she could shed those final pounds.


By Blipp on Saturday, August 29, 1998 - 01:14 pm:

I am so with you here.I have tried sooo many diets all having failed.I know myself i am overweight but others do not beleive me such as my good buddy oirio.COZ MY DEAR BLIPP U R NOT OVERWEIGHT AT ALL D U H !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Point proven i reckon ok maybe you dont think i am fat but i do and i am not happy about it..


By Meg on Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 07:44 pm:

Don't go on a diet because it is really unhealthy and sometimes can lead to really bad things.If u just want to lose some weight exercise more
and eat healthy foods but don't starve yourself cause that is not healthy either.
*MeG*


By Anonymous on Tuesday, October 6, 1998 - 12:31 pm:

If you are a teenager, do not go on diets, it is not good for your body, you are still growing, and dieting will only ruin this and bring you out of balance. When you are older or stopped growing, be careful of what diet you do. Please do not do crash diets, I feel so shitty now. I'm 14 and I havn't eaten much in the last months. The most I eat is maybe an apple or an orange. I've lost 9kg's and my bones are sticking out. People tell me I am a skinny bitch (meant in a friendly way) but I wish they'd stop saying that. The bones are pissing me off now. I've started to eat properly now, health food and I'm doing sports at school and water sports out of school once a week but what really sux is that I can't do intense sport because then my knees fuck up. I'd just like to say, do not try crash diets, it sux, ya bones stick out and you black out everytime you try to stand up and do some exercise. Healthy food and sports is the way to go grrl! I know it can be hard for some people because of school and everything, but even stuff like walking to school every morning and afternoon makes a difference (dancing at a party helps too believe it or not)
Bulimia and anerexia is not the way to go grrls, muscles are cool :)
I feel better about myself too and my parents have stopped bugging me about the not eating business.


By Atarigrrl on Friday, October 30, 1998 - 04:16 pm:

First of all, don't be depressed, especially if you're not "obviously overweight!"
I found a great book called "No Fat Chicks." It mentions that women's magazines get advertising deals from clothing companies that rarely sell large-size clothes, and the companies make the magazines agree not to run any stories on large size acceptance! It's a forbidden topic and as long as the magazines are going to sell out like that, I'm not buying them.
Instead of articles about accepting ourselves, the magazines publish diet plans, often one a month. Then there's Teen and Seventeen, which say love yourself whatever size you are, but then they run those annoying "It feels so great to be thin!" ads that feature the anorexic model in a bikini who looks seriously underweight.
And how about stores that don't sell jeans in my size 14? I don't think I'm fat but they're trying to tell me I need "specialty sizes?" How can it be a specialty size if 95% of women fall into that category and only 5% actually look anything like the fashion models?
I lost a few pounds becoming a vegetarian. That trick where you eat an apple instead of chips or candy really works. And drink some water before you eat so you'll feel a little fuller. Definitely exercise: inline skate or jog, a little each day until you can go longer. (I had to start running only a half-mile at a time because I was out of shape.) But do not starve yourself. I have too many friends who tried that and are hurting from it. There's a big problem with bulimia on my dorm floor and that worries me to see puke floating in the toilets.

By the way, I had a friend in middle school who was a lot heavier than me but she could race me up hillsides and win. Being heavy might mean you're fit and that's your body type.


By Celia Gardner on Monday, November 9, 1998 - 08:06 am:

I weigh 10 stone (140 pounds - each stone = 14 pounds). I am 5ft 6ins. I'm no skinny bitch.

But it isn't affecting my health. If any of the people that think they're fat are actually getting ill because of it, my advice is to go to a decent doctor and try a medically healthy diet and exercise programme untill you are no longer suffering, health - wise, for your weight.

I may come across as patronising. If that is the case, please accept my apologies.


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