When Calories Attack?Someone give me some advice!!
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AMYKIMIKO 9/24/08 12:16 A
There are plenty of overweight vegetarians. It doesn't make you any healthier than anyone else. I eat meat, but lean meat (no fatty cuts of beef for me...I always pick off the translucent, rubbery, squishy stuff anyway), and I lost weight. It's all about moderation. Talk to your family about making healthier choices. If anything, tell them you're competing with another country. Chances are, their generation got plenty of that. (Hah. No, don't do that.)
Tell them about Spark, and your choice to become a healthier individual. Show them your calorie calculator, your fitness tracker, the blogs and message posts of others, heck, even show them this message! The whole point of your decision is to be healthier, and that's something worth commending, supporting, and enforcing. Your parents should be there to ensure that you keep your promises to yourself, and they should be there with an ice pack, a Band-Aid, and some helpful words (NOT an ice cream sundae) to aid you when you slip up.
If you absolutely must, tell them that it's their job to help you. Because, in all honesty, it is. I'm lucky; my parents, who were already healthy without really trying much, are completely supportive of me. Granted, I sometimes do go for the Klondike bar, or the Big Hunk, or sometimes I just pig out on cereal. But I can bounce back, and so can you.
Point out that being healthy is a family effort. As it takes a village to raise a child, so does it take a family to help one.
CRYSTALTIGER 9/23/08 9:17 P
Today, I thought I was going to be healthy. That's how it always is. Thinking about calories, fats, protiens, carbs, always. Whenever I feel hungry I plan WHAT I'm going to eat. But then, I never stick to it!
Today, I had a tostada salad for lunch at school. There's only so much a vegetarian can eat, right? Well, I had some bread when I came home, some yogurt for breakfast, but it all went wrong when dinner came around. My goodness, I swear it was horrible...Nothing like pizza hut to ruin a diet. I don't know what's with me! I can't have the cheese on pizza, but we ordered breadsticks, and I ended up pigging out on that! It's terrible! I don't see how I'm going to loose weight if I can't control myself! When I put my dinner in on the calorie tracker on SparkTeens, I wasn't shocked, but I WAS horrified. Over 3000!!! I feel like crying, but I know that won't exactly help. It's not like I can't live without high-calorie food, it's just not EVERYONE in my house wants to loose weight, so there's always junk food around. And when it's there, it's tempting, and I don't know how to counter it! Please, someone help me! I feel so horrible! I don't know if I should go vegan or something, or just stuff my face with celery all day! I mean, I don't see why I can go vegetarian, but I can't give up junk food! Someone talk some sense into me, please, PLEASE!!!
