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About Chris
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I can answer any and all questions about you and your body. This includes physical and emotional changes you may go through. I can answer questions for boys and girls before during and after puberty and help with any problems or concerns you may have.

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I have helped teens with these types of problems for five years, three of which include this site, and I would love to help you with yours.

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I have five years experience discussing with teens, one-on-one, about their problem and finding answers to them.

 
   

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Topic: Teen Health



Expert: Chris
Date: 10/21/2007
Subject: WIEGHT?!

Question
OK..I KNOW I SOUND LIKE EVERY OTHER TEENAGE GIRL OUT THERE WHEN I SAY I'M NOT HAPPY WITH MY OUTSIDE APPEARANCE,BUT I JUST NEED HELP KNOWING THE BORDERS OF HEALTHY AND NOT! BECAUSE I SOMETIMES DO NOT GO HOME JUST BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL EAT THERE SO I STAY AT A FRIENDS HOUSE BUT THAT REALLY IS NOT SO BAD I HAVE LOST ABOUT TWENTY POUNDS BUT I'M STILL OVER WIEGHT FOR MY AGE AND BODY TYPE I JUST WANT TO LOOK AS GOOD AS ALL THE OTHER GIRLS OUT THERE I'M SIXTEEN YEARS OLD AND WIEGHT 170 POUNDS BUT I AM ALSO 5'10 AND I DO HAVE A SLIGHTLY MUSCULAR MAN BUILD...LOL BUT THAT IS OK I JUST WANT MORE I CAN DO TO SEE MORE RESULTS OTHER THAN MY DAILY WALK AND CUTTING DOWN ON EATING ...I JUST DO NOT FEEL LIKE I LOOK LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS!! BLEH JUST PLEASE HELP ME DO SOMETHING EXTRA I WANT TO BE A SIZE 9 I HAVE ACCEPTED I WILL NEVER BE THE SIZE ZERO EVERYONE WANTS I JUST WANT TO BE HEALTHY!

Answer
I am going to have to say that you are not at an unhealthy weight, but it is still slightly high for your body type. It is perfectly normal for your to be a little over weight at this stage of your life, especially if your are still going through puberty. It sounds like you are doing everything right, but can you tell me where on your body you want to loose weight so i can suggest the kind of exercise that your should be doing?

I want you to go to this web site, about half way down the page is a BMI (Body Mass Index) calculator, it will tell you if and how much you are over weight.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/nutrition/weight/weight_height.html

I hope this helps, let me know it you have any other questions!

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