my friends say i'm really skinny but sometimes when i look in the mirror i think i look quite chubby so whenever i eat it feels like i'm adding to the fat
2007-02-12 02:40:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
by the way i guess inside of me i know that i'm not fat but i dont know how to stop myself
i've never met my dad and my mum died of heart failure from being obese 6 months ago
i live with my great aunt who i dont know that well so i just sit up in my room mostly
i'm becoming a bit scared of food but i dont know what to do
anyway, i've probable gone on talking for too long so...bye
2007-02-12 03:03:13 · update #1
hello girl if you let me te you something I really feel for you so much. I can't beleive that there are alot of people that are going through a hard time dealing with there weight image or issues as you can say and basicly not knowing what to do. See all i would like from you is to go seek professional help. I really know for sure that you have an eating disorder. And trust me when i say this illness wil be hell. See girl i tell you this because I have an eating disorder for the past 9 years I have been struggling ever since. The illness have destroy me mentaly and physicaly. I am married and i have 2 wonderful children and i am trying to survive for them I am seeing someone professional about my eating disorder, and bipolar aswell. But if you only knew that this illness will sink in to a point that it will be to late to go out of it cause by that time the illness took control of you mind. You wont be able to function very well, You will feel sick at all time, you will start to lose you hair or completly, and you'll have tooth decay, You will probably block out at time. Trust me girl please much more bad things happen when you dont get treated at time. You could even die from this illness. I almost did and lost my family I have been going in and out of treatment and I have lost alot of good things in life dont you do the same mistake you r to young and you still have a wonderful life to live for. I understand your being afraid but dont be and even though you might think just because your father was not there for you and because you mom has an obese dont be afraid of eating you can eat and be healthy. Girl why dont you help your mom and she can help you wouldn that be great? I'm pretty sure you mom is not happy seeing you this way or is she? I know your going through a whole lot of things put don't give up in life and please survive just like i'm trying to survive and give your aunty a chance dont be stuck in that room in go get help be strong i know you are capable of alot of beautiful things good luck and chin up make your mom happy and me aswell i do care for you trust me
2007-02-12 04:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by mary o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty dang thin. I think the average for that height is supposed to be around 100-130 lbs. I'm 5'5", and I've looked really ill when I just got down below 115. Looking at it from a different perspective, you're about 20 inches taller than my 5-year-old, who is unbelievably skinny at 41 lbs. Thirty pounds over the 20 inches is not much at all.
If you look in the mirror and see "chubby", you may actually want to look into talking to a counselor about your self-image. I know it would hurt if someone suggested you were anorexic, so I won't say that, since you don't mention that you actually DON'T eat, but people with eating disorders DO see themselves as chubby while the rest of the world sees them as incredibly thin.
In my opinion, seeing yourself for the way you really are is more important than the number that shows up on the scale. It's just something to think about, a healthy self-image is very important and it's very VERY common for teenagers to have an altered self-image (they see themselves in a much more negative light than they are).
Also, talk to your parents or doctor (your parents don't have to be in the room when you talk to your doctor, if your mom is like mine is and is mostly interested in making sure you understand that everything that "crosses the lips ends up on the hips"). Ask your doctor what he or she thinks of your weight, from a medical standpoint, and work with them to make sure that you're getting all the nutrition that you need.
Good luck to you.
2007-02-12 02:53:40 · answer #2 · answered by CrazyChick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's plenty of weight to lose at this kind of younger age, however should you consider relatively strongly approximately it I might endorse you to play a group game that entails coaching, that approach should you begin to consider such as you can not be troubled anymore you are going to have an responsibility to do it to your group, it might even be plenty extra a laugh doing it with different men and women. With the weight loss plan as a substitute of getting a collection quantity of energy take a look at consuming on a smaller plate (it truthfully is helping when you consider that you are going to mechanically take smaller servings) or simply ordinarily lower just a little to your servings. A fast caution is that should you cross from consuming plenty to simply 1500 energy then your frame will suppose that there is not ample meals round so should you all of the sudden make a decision to stop and consume plenty once more your frame will take the time to retailer the entire fats simply in case "you can not uncover any meals" once more and you are going to come to be weighing greater than you probably did within the starting.
2016-09-07 00:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your quite underweight actually, a bmi (body mass index) under 18 is classed as underweight, and you have a bmi of about 11 which is quite drastic. Don't feel guilty when you eat, you havent developed properly yet and it will be helpful for your body if you get your BMI up to around 18 or over. So eat and enjoy it, afterall you are only 14.
2007-02-12 02:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have an eating disorder. Your mental image of yourself is not reality. It's time you seek professional help before your health goes down hill quickly. Right now you'd be horrified to know how much you should weigh. Since you are starving, expect to loose your teeth (that will be pretty won't it?), bones are not forming correctly and are becoming more prone to breaking and malforming (you'll look wonderful with curvature of the spine). Your heat muscle is growing weaker and damage is quite possible (you've always wanted a huge scar down your chest from surgery to replace a damaged heart valve).
My cousin had an eating disorder........I've seen what it can do. GET HELP!! You can't solve this on your own.
2007-02-12 02:49:23 · answer #5 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are underweight. If you think you look fat when you look at yourself that means you have an altered self image. You need to get some help for this.
2007-02-12 02:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im fourteen years old, 5'3 and I was sent to the hospital at 73 pounds because I was near death. Buy Ensure drinks if you cant get yourself to eat. That or GET HELP NOW
2007-02-12 04:33:50 · answer #7 · answered by Rachel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are way to thin...you should weigh at least 100 to be healthy!
2007-02-12 02:45:14 · answer #8 · answered by MEB 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You sound like your anarexic you should go see a doctor your severly underweight
2007-02-12 02:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal Blue 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am so sick of these stupid questions. What do you want us to do, feed your ego and tell you how skinny you are?????????????????????????????????????????
2007-02-12 02:46:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋