I am a female girl and I am fourteen. My doctor and my mother tell me I need to lose weight, I am 5"1 and I am 248 pounds. Am I too fat?
2006-11-04 09:14:55 · 10 answers · asked by Robert 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
wow thats fat!
2006-11-05 04:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you need to lose weight your doctor and mother are right. Your body mass index is 46.9 you are obese (you are concedered obese if your bmi is greater than 30) Being overweight is very unhealthy. People who are overweight or obese have a greater chance of developing high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol or other lipid disorders, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers. Plus, once you lose weight, you will be suprised who light and full of energy you will feel! don't worry, your doctor should help you lose weight and come up with healthy plans for you to eat and excercise
Good luck, you will be suprised how great you will feel once you lose the excess weight!
2006-11-04 17:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by terra_chan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should be about 100 lbs for the first 5 feet and about 5 lbs every inch after....so you should be about 105-110 lbs....Yes, you do need to lose weight, but there ARE ways to do it, and it will take time I lost 54 lbs (see my before and after pic here http://www.healthandstrength.net )
Here is what I did. Hopefully I can help
1. NEVER EVER ate sugar. It's a poison that makes us older, sicker, fatter and tired...all things we dont want. Seriously, sugar is the one who does the dirty work in weight gain. Stop eating it all together. You can see my list of ingredients to avoid when shopping here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweeka.htm...
2. Drink ALOT of water. 2-3 liters a day. The more the merrier! We need about half our body weight in ounces JUST for regular body functions! When you feel thirsty, that means you are already dehydrated and lose brain function. Water flushes toxins from your fat cells and keeps you younger.
3. Exercise!!! So very important. Here http://www.healthandstrength.net/abexe.htm... are my favorite ab exercises. I also do cardio 4-5 days a week for about 30 minutes a time.
4. Eat less. How many calories do you think is in that burger or that plate of fries or in that handful of chips. What about overfilling our plates? If you go here http://www.healthandstrength.net/qofweek.htm... I wrote something about saving on calories and losing weight.
5. Go to sleep before 10pm. Your body starts repairing and rebuilding and speeding up weight loss while you sleep only if you sleep at about 10pm. If you are awake and go to bed at 12, you miss out on that very important time.
6. BE POSITIVE. Be thankful every day and love yourself
7. BE CONSISTANT! That I think is the KEY to losing weight. So what if you went a week and only lost a pound...or didnt lose any...KEEP going. DON'T stop. This is a lifelong commitment, so stick to it and one day you will open your eyes and need a new wardrobe!
8. Eat more veggies and skinny friendly foods. I have my list of my top ten foods that I ate to lost weight here http://www.healthandstrength.net/tenfoods.htm...
80% veggies at every meal including breakfast will keep you young and help you lose weight.
Remember...you CAN do it, I believe in you.
2006-11-04 17:20:28 · answer #3 · answered by pinkcinnamon3 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
honestly the best thing to do is get support. Go to Sparkpeople.com. They are a diet site that works with you to lose weight. There are support groups, recipes, exercises, calorie login. It is a great site. I have already lost 10 lbs on there. Tell them Firemansgirl001 sent you. YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT
NOT TO MENTION IT IS FREE!!!!!
2006-11-04 18:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by firemansgirl001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes not being mean but you are indeed very overweight. you will want to loose weight as a child because it gets harder to loose weight the older you get. and you need to do it because its highly unhealthy. plus in a few years you gonna want the guys to notice you and they probably aren't if you re that big. hopefully you make the right choice.
2006-11-04 17:19:45 · answer #5 · answered by fat_al_404 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sweetie i dont wanna be mean but yes you are. I am 15 almost 16.I am short(5 feet strait up) and 90 pounds. I am older then you but more skinny.You are suppose to be smaller in size.
2006-11-04 17:19:37 · answer #6 · answered by .:♥ Fire Within♥ :. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honey, you are dangerously overweight. In fact, you want to work with your mother and doctor about making it come off. Otherwise, I see an early funeral in your future.
2006-11-04 17:20:45 · answer #7 · answered by Tigger 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
finaly ur age,lolz jk!
i think u should loose a little bit of weight...it will make u feel really good!
but check ur blood sugar...u could have diabetes!......type 2!
i have type 1
lolz
2006-11-04 17:56:13 · answer #8 · answered by ~paige~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i weight 135, and im 6 foot... so your a little over wieght!
2006-11-04 17:31:57 · answer #9 · answered by TastelessFish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you are a lot overweight if i were you i would exercise
2006-11-04 17:17:02 · answer #10 · answered by jessica-amy b 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋