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i did good today Sounds like you did do good today Star! Just remember to count your carbs and calories, and be sure and don't over do it with the exercise. At your young age, and not being particularly heavy, I wouldn't worry so much with the weight loss. Once you're able to get off the Prednisone, the diet and exercise should put you back to your baseline weight. Good luck!You're putting most of us to shame Star! You're making the changes you need to make so you will feel better and stay healthier. I am so very proud of you!!!! Isn't it amazing to see results so quickly?Yes I have been encouraging a diabetic with your results. Not that I expect him to do as well as you. Proud of you! Do not hurt yourself. Keep it up star!glad to see you're working to help yourself get better!! if you're still starving w/ 1680 calories maybe you aren't eating enough things low in calorie? try some salads and fruits!!

good luck!!

thnx ppl

yeah my blood sugar was GOOD last night, 96 i cant believe it

this morning i checked it and i was 97

I DID BETTER AT NIGHT THAN IN THE MORNING thats weird

anyways im ashamed at myself

i ate about 1,070 calories just for breakfast

thats ALOT, it was the corn muffin w/ 600 calories in it

so i just ate lunch and all i had was saltines w/ cheese

and a glass of crystal light lemonade

so i did 20 minutes on the bike already, cuz my *ss is so sore from yesterday i cant do it too much now, so i do it for shorter times but more often, like 20 minutes for like 3 times a day.

ugh, this is so hard

Very good job, star! Keep up the good work!

oh im TERRIBLE

for dinner, i ate pasta with alfredo sauce and a few meatballs

ugh, im so bad

i still stayed under 2,000 calories today tho

and my blood sugar tonight was 113

ive been under 140 all week

im doing good

keep it up!! you're doing well.Good news Star! Like a real Star, you are shining brightly! Keep it up honey.... You are a growing boy- I don't think 2000 calories is unreasonable. u dont? do u think if i eat less than 2,000 that would be bad?

cuz im not sure i'll be able to lose 5 pounds a week, if i keep eating 2,000 a day.

i had origanally planned to eat around 1,000 a day.

before i got sick and started takin pred, i used to eat around 1,500 a day.

so, idk what to do exactly. cuz its bad not to eat, anorexia and i could starve or something. but if i keep eatin, i'll just get fatter. i wish i had somebody to help me, lol.

ya know my mom used to be on nutrisystem, last year around this time she was doing it. she lost like 30 pounds i think. i tried that food tho, it isnt so tasty. but i did ask my mom if i could try nutrisystem tonight, and she sayd no.

i just dont wanna do this the wrong way, ya know what i mean?

Star- I jut went on a website called caloriecontrol.org- I put in your height and it calculated 142 to be what they considered a healthy weight. I put in that you are moderately active and it says it takes a little over 2500 calories a day to maintain a weight of 140. I did put in your age but this might be geared more for grown men.
No one should ever eat only 1000 calories a day- that is very unhealthy. I think you are fine at the weight that you are. I would try to keep at around 2500 calories a day.
[QUOTE=StarPerson121]u dont? do u think if i eat less than 2,000 that would be bad? Guidelines on calorie needs for teenagers seem to vary according to country. For example, American calorific guidelines suggest higher calorie intakes for teens than European guidelines. Thus both are included in the calorie charts below. Note however, that pediatric nutritionists and dietitians agree that a balanced diet, including foods from all main food groups, which contains enough calories to maintain a healthy weight, should meet all the energy requirements of healthy adolescents and teenagers. So counting calories is not strictly necessary. However, as an approximate guide, here are the basic teenage calorie requirements.

For older children - adolescents and teens - Calorie Needs For Teenagers are determined by gender as well as age. Boys typically need more calories than girls. Other relevant factors in calculating energy needs include a child's size, body composition and level of activity. An active teen at the top of the pediatric growth chart typically requires more calories than a smaller or less active child.

US Guidelines: Calorie Needs For Teenagers

wow 2,500 is ALOT

but i had been eating alot more than that

but, since the "diet", on my first day after i included night time snack, i had about 2,200 calories

and yesterday maybe around 2,400

so im close to the normal amount, right?

[QUOTE=StarPerson121]wow 2,500 is ALOT [QUOTE=JasmineRain] Really, you need to seek the advice of someone well-versed in adolescent nutrition especially as it relates to chronic disease. He/she can guide you and help develop an eating plan that is 'normal' for your particular situation.[/QUOTE]
I absolutely agree. Without a nutritionist to guide me through the tortuous intricacies of my prescribed live it I would have no idea of how to plan dietary intake on a daily basis. One important lesson I have learned is that all calories are not created equally;better to eat a large mixed green salad than yearn for a brownie and ice cream. Another is that I MUST change my ideas about what tastes good and what does not. Certainly I would prefer the brownie and ice cream, but I recognize the salad is both more appropriate and better for my long term health.
i dont eat things like brownies and ice cream everyday

i eat a banana for breakfast EVERYDAY, so isnt that good?

and eggs r good too, right? cuz they got protein, i think.

and i been tryin not to eat desert at every meal

I NEED SOME ADVICE, RIGHT NOW!!! ok so my grandma is here babysittin me, lol. and we're both playin on pogo.com, the same game. so we can talk with eachother. WELL, she's sayin she's a little bit hungry. and u know, im starvin too. BUT. i dont eat till 12 no matter what, so another 45 minutes or so.

BUT, she's a diabetic obviously and if she doesnt eat at her normal time she gets sick (hypoglycemia) she gets shaky and a bad headache and sweaty. so, she normally eats at 11:30. do u think she should wait for me or not? im sorta worried, but idk and maybe she'll be stuborn and not eat until i do.

so what do u think??

Star; I think you're doing great Buddy. You're on the right track and although I totally agree that you should discuss your diet with your doctor upon your next visit there's no time like the present to get started. One thing I want to stress is that you are not going to lose 5lbs a week in a healthy way. Please don't be pushing yourself to do that. You need to learn a little more about nutrition and fitness and make this a lifestyle you can continue long term. I know you hope to slim down before school starts but you can continue to slim down in the coming months. Don't push it too hard....or you'll just end up gaining it all right back. Learn habits you can maintain.

Are you searching diet ideas at Sparks? Space your calorie intake out through the day. I eat three meals and three or four snacks a day. It helps you not to feel so hungry if you're snacking through the day.

One more thing: Their really right about the amount you should be eating. Less isn't always best my young friend. Read up on the subject at sparks. With all that exercise you're body needs fuel to burn off these calories. I know at first we all think that the less we eat the faster we're drop the pouds; but that just is not the case. Enter your stats into Sparks and see what it advises. That place is defiantely your best tool for that subject; not here. Mingle with the teens there in your new group and see if they can help lead you through it.

Keep up the good work!! Proud of you.

Lovie2009-07-23 08:36:53yeah i guess i'll dicuss my diet with my doctor, my next appt. is august 19th tho, so that could be a while. too bad i didnt think of doing a diet, until after the appt monday. maybe it was cuz he was a little mad, that i hadnt been exercising. idk why i really wanna do the diet thing. i guess just so i wont be embarassed at school, fat kids get made fun of ALOT.

oh that is a good idea, having snacks throughout the day. altho id imagine theyd have to be very low calorie, if ur gonna do it 3-4 times. and then ur meals would have to be smaller too, right?

i wont be so mad if i dont lose it all by august 31st, BUT i definately have to lose most of it by picture day in october. OR ELSE, cuz that wouldnt be so nice if in my yearbook picture i looked fat, now thatd be embarassing. i never like yearbook pics anyways, but i wanted a nice one this year, wah.

do u think that skippin exercise today is gonna be a bad idea?

my knee is just so hurtin today, yesterday was mtx day. and since we lowered the pred, last time we lowered pred i hurt for a few days too.

i think my knee might be bad again, last time it had gotten red, and hot and swollen and it hurt like h*ll. but idk, i hope it doesnt get too bad. or else id be sad, me and my mom r gonna go to the movies again and i dont wanna be in pain there.

NO; I think skipping today is a good idea. You can skip every other day or do some sort of strength training instead of the bike. That's hard on the knees. I had one for a while; but couldn't keep it up at the time.

Search for exercise demos at Sparks. They have tons of ideas of thing you can do to build muscle and that too will aid in your weight loss.

Oh, and yes. My snacks are low cal. Usually 100 calories or less. If you like junkie type snacks you can find a lot of 100 calorie snack packs in the grocery store these days. There's a lot of the things you probable already eat but the portions are much smaller. That's an important key. Smaller portions. It's managable if you're snacking alot.

Fruits and veggies are good snacks.....and important for their nutritional value.

yeah i guess i'll look at sparks, and see what they got

yeah fruits seem like a good snack

except we dont got much fruit in my house

just banana's now

we used to have strawberries too

a while ago we had watermelon too

but i dont like watermelon

my favorite fruits are: strawberries, grapes, banana's and apples

i hate: oranges, cherries, watermelons and pears

How about carrots as a snack? I put some lowfat ranch dressing in a bowl as a dip and munch on carrots in the afternoon, because it fills me up and I like the crunch!thats a good idea...

but we dont have carrots either

Star- I am more concerned with your body image. I still think 140 for a 5' 6" boy is healthy and normal. Where exactly do you think you look fat?140 for 5'6'' boy is completely normal! nothing wrong with exercising and eating healthier, but be carefull ok. Dont go overboard, you should be doing it so you can feel healthier, not so that you loose a ton of weight, you are growing right now...foods important. so just make sure you keep a balance between dietting and staying healthy, learn good habits, dont restrict your food intake too much, well wanttobe, my tummy is extra chubby lookin now

when i bend over i can even hold it, and my face looks fat too

and thats EMBARASSING

in fact, i used to be able to see my ribs

now, thats whats gotta happen again

until i see my ribs, i gotta lose weight

i was around 110 pounds before, i could see my ribs and feel the bones in my neck, i cant feel my neckbones anymore

now, that means im too fat

Star- Wannabe has a PREDNISONE belly too! She is short and has thin arms and legs and looks like a Pygmy! (sp?) LOL

Losing weight is not going to help right now - especially not in your face. This is bloat you are experiencing from the prednisone. It will go away when you are able to get off the prednisone.

Seeing ribs is no good! That means scrawny!

Your OK- don't worry.

u dont think losin weight'll help? wah, that sux lol

i better be off the pred by october tho

when i go back in august, he's supposed to lower it to 25 mg a day

thats good i guess, so in september maybe it'll be 20 mg a day

he sayd he gotta go SLOW now, he sayd they usually only do a 15-20% drop each time

but he did a 25% drop, so he gotta go slower now, wah...

so anyways, my feet may hurt but now im headin to the stationary bike

i cant believe it, im such a piggy

i ate like 1,800 calories ALREADY and i still have to eat dinner

well, tommorow i'll be more careful, except tommorow night is out to eat night

ugh i can never win, well next week i'll do better

my blood sugars been under 140 all week, atleast thats good

You still have 700 calories- that's not too bad. What's for dinner?

Your taper will go even slower the lower you go. I think at 15 it slows to 2.5 mgs and when you get to 10 it's only 1 mg every 2-4 weeks...

I think at 10 I lost my moon face. My belly is part bloat and part weight gain.

If you have pain Star I would take it easy or forget about the exercise for the day. I was alwasy told to rest sore joints.

700 calories to go!!!!! oh my, thats alot

um dinner is pork chops, ewwww

and potatoes, yay

and some vegetable, idk what tho

those pork chops have 160 calories, im doomed!!!

then the potatoes, probably have 200 or so

vegetables, shouldnt have many

i gotta lose my moon face, soon i hope

my mom hopes so too

she sayd it looks less puffy now,

every time we lower the pred, it gets slightly less puffy

Star; your weight starting out didn't even register with me. I'm not sure if I over looked it or just assumed you were a lot over weight from what your doctor told you. What you guys just mentioned is really not over weight.

In my opinion; guys look better with a little weight on them. I'm not crazy about skinny guys; although My Mr. Lovie is pretty skinny in my opinion.

Don't go over board with this diet. Definately don't keep on withthis 5lbs a week mission. Their right about the predisone stuff. What you're seeing as fat is puffyness I think.

Eat healtier for your health and relax a little.

well i did end up doing 45 minutes on the stationary bike

my butt hurts a little now, but im sure i'll be ok tommorow

now its time for dinner

i added up and dinner is gonna be 345 calories

thats cool, cuz 3-4-5 lol, like a number line

yeah i guess its puffiness but i still dont like it

wah, i guess i dont have to lose 5 pounds a week

thats not safe anyways, even my grandma sayd

she sayd today, when we were at the grocery store gettin stuff

that her doctor sayd she can only lose 1-2 pounds a month, well maybe its cuz she's old (she's like 78) anyways, maybe thats why she cant lose too much

but i guess 5 lbs a week is sorta dangerous

OMG at dinner

my dad sayd stuff

he was sayin i should have around 1,500 and 1,800 calories a day (wowwee, id surely starve then)

and he sayd then, if im really SERIOUS about losin weight, i should see a dietician

he used the D-word, OMG i wonder where dieticians work

hospital? regular doctor building? idk where else...

so do u think i should get a dietician person?

nah i dont do upper body exercises, too hard

my arms are thin, but also other than my tummy and face

my chest is fatter too, lol. and im sure that its fat, not puffiness.

well we talk with the diabetes doctor monday

its the week to give her the numbers, yay

i got some good ones this time

yup another good night

we just checked, it was 114 tonight

even after eatin the mac and cheese for lunch, that was like over 70 grams of carbs

i guess i could eat anythin i want, BUT id have to exercise for almost an hour

still, thats good to know, like monday for lunch i ate:

pasta with butter, a piece of rustic bread, 2 glasses of strawberry lemonade and a chocolate cake and ice cream desert, BUT with a little exercise on the bike. i stayed below 140 that day, it was 137. even after eatin all that bad stuff.

hmmm, but now im on a diet, so i wont eat all that bad stuff. atleast not too often, i could go for a treat every once in a while, i suppose...

Star I think going to a dietician or nutritionist is an excellent idea! You know how you have all these questions, like what's a good carb or a bad carb, and how to balance your blood sugar? That is where you and your mom can learn about that kind of thing. And your mom and dad can learn how to shop healthy and keep things in the house that will help you. Did you know that there are ways to eat that reduce the inflammation in your body, and could help your joints feel better?

Seeing a nutritionist is an awesome idea, and then you can start working together on being healthy! It's always easier to do this sort of thing when you can share it with someone, and you and your parents could make a pretty good team! Why not tell your dad you thought about it, and you like his idea, and want to go as a family to learn how to eat well?

yeah ur right, it is a really good idea, this weekend, which is either tommorow night or sometime saturday, im gonna mention it to my dad. cuz thats when he's home (he works alot) so yeah, but its gonna feel weird tryin to be healthy by myself.

i highly doubt my parents would wanna change anything in their diets or such. my dad eats pretty healthy and he goes to the gym almost everyday to exercise. but my mom doesnt eat so healthy and she never exercises.

i guess eatin healthy and exercising makes a difference.

my dad does it and he's rarely sick, like almost never. maybe once or twice a year, with a slight cold.

my mom doesnt do healthy stuff, and she has so many problems.

so i guess its better to exercise and eat right, so i wont end up terribly sick. but it seems hard, i wonder what exactly a dietician would do...

probably just talk about food and stuff, and what to eat and stuff right? like how much to eat and what food groups, right? well, maybe... im not sure what theyd do exactly.

Star, you are worrying me. You are s 14 yr old boy, WHY are you counting calories???? You are fine! You need to eat healthy to be healthy, you should not be trying to limit yourself so much. 1800 calories for you is silly! If you are starting to obsess about this at 14, you need to be really careful later on. Please take care. dont worry, its not good to worry, ya know

im counting cuz i wanna lose weight

i was ALOT more obsessive before i got sick

i would count the calories of whatever i ate

i was only 110 pounds tho, but i thought i was fat

and no matter what anyone sayd, i wouldnt believe that i wasnt fat

and i made sure i wouldnt get fat, counting calories

and stuff, i didnt even finish meals, i would ask my mom if i could be finished when there was still half the food left on my plate

u could even see my ribs and bones in my neck, my face didnt look right either actually, i had been slightly too thin, i guess

like u know how i eat snack now? right, cookies, yogurt and pretzels every night

used to be more, before i needed to be careful about blood sugar

WELL, before my parents had to make me eat snack, the most i would WANT would be a few sips of a juice box.

i really didnt enjoy eating, the weird thing is i loved to look at food or be around it, but never eat it. idk, i just had PROBLEMS with food.

yeah i guess 1,800 is silly, it seems impossible now actually. today i ate around 2,300 or so. and tommorow is out to eat, for dinner, so 1,800 is impossible tommorow too.

AGAIN, dont worry, im sure i'll be ok...

Okay star I'm going to trust you to be smart about this, but I'm a mom I have to worry it's like breathing to me!yup thnx for trusting me

so i guess today is gonna be ruined, w/ going out to eat tonight

unless i dont eat much today, hmmm...

wah, i always eat too much for snack at night, its like a bad habit... thats the only thing im havin trouble with

id probably eat all the cookies, but i moved the cookie container thing away from me, before i could eat them all.

but my tummy feels so EMPTY and it hurts and stuff, but i guess thats what happens...

anyways when my mom gets home, i get breakfast, its sorta boring being home alone, but thats ok i guess... im not fully awake anywayshow long can this drag on yall have told him and he says ok then says I dont know.......

If you look at his picture he is not heavy his face is puffy from the pred but thats it. attention attention. Drama drama and yes I have kids and yes THEY LIKE DRAMA TOO even though they are boys but they dont drag it on, but if you let them they would.

see even u admit, my face is super puffy

thats why im embarassed

i dont want ppl to notice it

doodgirl~Seems the majority of us enjoy talking to Star....if you don't get out of his threads! No one else seems to have a problem with him but you keep picking on him for whatever reason.

Is it you that's seeking the drama? Give it a rest!

This board has been full of problems for years....but this kid isn't one of them.

Yes, I have read all of Star's posts and watched his videos. I think he is a cute teen-ager that is bored stiff. It can't be easy being sick. He should be out enjoying life. He is not fat. He is full of drama and questions, But he's 14 and so full of life. I enjoy him.

Now I have a question, why can some people, say anything they want to this child and it's ok, while others get attact everytime they say anything about him. This is an opened message board and everyone has a right to say what they feel ? With most of the drama gone (which I'm enjoying) I think we all need to try and not hurt feeling or step on toes. Please.

I can't speak for everyone....but for myself I tend to let things go at first and then says what I feel if I feel the need. This time I felt the need. I'm far more concerned here about the feelings of a 14 year old kid verses the feelings of an obvious mature adult.

This isn't the first time I've jumped to his defense.

dont get me wrong I read his posts thinking maybe I can help I by no means would be willing to chat with him to help him pass the time its just the same topic drags on and on with the same advice over and over. I am quite aware he is a kid and quite ready to be there for him but the same thing gets tiring. Maybe he could start a new topic after awhile

i meant i would be willing to chat i made a typo