"I have wanted to go on lots of diets. I was always the cheerleader/teacher's pet whom everyone liked. I would always be looking in magazines for the latest fashions. I looked at Victoria's Secret models and I was way concerned with body image. I noticed that everyone still liked me and how I looked, so I stopped the whole body image thing and have been good ever since."
--Sharae, 10"I can't stand that I am 140 pounds."
--Maianie, 11
"I wanted to diet because I am 110 pounds and I'm tired of gaining weight, so I want a diet but I can't get off food. I think I need some help."
--Devin, 11
"Kids make fun of the way I look and sometimes my heart hurts, like now."
--Linds, 11
"Yeah, I have wanted to diet because of my thighs and stomach. I just wanted to be skinny so my clothes look nice on me."
--Lissa, 12
"I have wanted to go on a diet a lot but it is hard. It is hard because u might see some really good looking chocolate and can't help but eat some. So I can't have much of a diet when I do that."
--Carson, 10
"I often thought about how I was fat, but I am really not. I am too skinny. I am 14 and 95 pounds. The problem was everyone said, 'Oh you're so skinny' so I just had to live up to what they said. I thought about a diet, but I did not do it."
--Anonymous
"I dieted because I was unhappy with my figure. It worked! I ate 3 healthy meals a day and no snacks, and I exercised and lost 5 pounds in like, 2 weeks!!"
--Anonymous, 12
"I wanted to diet 'cause I weigh more then my friends and look bigger."
--Andy
"Everybody in my class is in the best of shape. I feel that I stick out because I'm fat! I tried to go on a diet but my mom says I'm too little. I started working out but I would eat all day after that. I am really mad, but really sad."
--Lauren, 11
"I want to go on a diet because I think I am fat. I want to look good in whatever I wear. I don't really like wearing swimsuits. I want to look good so I can be kinda popular. I don't want boys to think I am fat. Please help!!!"
--Nicole, 11
"I have already dieted before, several times. Not because of peer pressure, but more because I wanted myself to look good. Well, it wasn't a great idea because I was really skinny in the first place. I have thought of something you can do though. The only reason I thought I was fat, was because I ate so much. I loved food. I ate all the time: at night, in the morning, at lunch and tons of snacks in between, so it was obvious that instead of dieting, I should only eat when I'm hungry! It worked! I only eat when I'm hungry, and I work out every night. I am happy with my body now."
--Alyssa, 12
"I think I'm a little over weight and I think I need a diet. I have a cousin and she is younger than me but she weighs 190 lbs. I want to help her but I'm scared she will get mad at me."
--Alejandra, 12
"Because all my other friends are in good shape and sometimes I just feel like I am soooooo fat when I am around them. People also talk about me at school behind my back."
--Lisa, 12
"Yeah, because all the rest of the cheerleaders were skinny and I'm skinny 2, but not as skinny as I want 2 be, like them."
--Porsche, 12
"I wanted to go on a diet once because I was a little overweight or maybe even a lot overweight. I ate everything in sight!"
--Alexa, 8
"I want to diet because I weigh 82 pounds and I am only 10 years old. I am 4 feet 9 3/4""
--Molly, 10
"I am tired of being a little fat and want to know how to lose weight fast so I can be skinny like my friends. Sort of like a tooth pick."
--Brittany, 11
"I think I should start following a diet because I'm only 8 and I weigh 83 lbs."
--Susan, 8
"I wanted to go on a diet 'cause I thought I was fat. I talked to my mom about going on a diet and she said, 'It's just your fat and you'll grow into it when you grow older so eat as much as u like now, but not too much.'"
--Lizzy, 10
"I can't fit into jeans without elastic."
--Janice, 11
"I have thought about going on a diet because I was overweight and never had a boyfriend. If my skinny friends would ask me why I haven't had a boyfriend I would tell them we were too young to date, but I knew it was because I was overweight. There was this one girl that was overweight too, but she would throw it in my face and make fun of me and in the 6th grade the boys were so harsh by calling overweight people 'biggie' or whatever came out of their mouth that was cruel. There was a boy I really liked and this one girl liked him too, so it was like a war between me and her. When she would be around me in school she would brag that he liked her more then me, because she sat next to him in class, but I wasn't even in his class so I was like 'Whatever!' But, when she asked me to go to the movies with her and 2 other friends to go see Signs and I had to call him he was all like, 'Hey what's up' and I wasn't nervous at all!"
--Samantha, 11
"I have wanted to diet all the time, like right now, because I think I weigh too much."
--Brooke, 11
"Once there was a boy who called me fat . I ran to the bathroom and my best friend Jessica followed me. I was crying. That's why I want to diet."
--Sierra, 10
"Well to all of the overweight people, I am also overweight, but recently I went to a weight loss camp and lost 25 lbs. in 6 weeks. It was so much fun and no one will make fun of you for being overweight. Remember everyone is there for the same reason and we all had a great time!"
--Lizzy, 12
"I'm not really fat, but I think I am so I'll skip a meal here and there or eat very little. Is this anorexic?"
--Abby, 12
"Because I thought I was fat!"
--Julia, 11
"I wanted to go on a diet because I'm fat. I weigh 85 pounds and when grow up I want to be a singer and wear a bikini and not have big body. Is there anyway you can help me?"
--Taylor, 9
"I am 130 pounds and I what to be skinnier but I want a diet where I can eat things that I like so what do I do?"
--April, 11
"Because I'm a little over weight and people don't like me."
--David, 13
"Because I can't stand looking at myself in the mirror. Disappointment is in my mom's eyes every time we go shopping and I can't stand it."
--Nikki, 12
"Once I wanted to diet because I thought I was fat. Then everyone made me realize that I wasn't and it didn't matter if I was fat or thin."
--Emma, 11
"Well I always wanted to diet because all the kids at school make fun of me and call me 'fat freak' and 'fat tub of lard' and stuff like that. I tried and tried but I stayed that way and when I go to the doctor they weigh me. I weighed 134 pounds at the age of ten and it is very embarrassing and I wish I were skinny. It would change my life. Every time I look for clothes with my mom I always have to look in the Ladies department and it's embarrassing! Mom says I need to try to go on a diet and I have no friends because of my fat. I have only one friend and she doesn't care if I'm fat or skinny or even stupid. She likes me for the inside. I wish I had more friends like her."
--Dana, 10
"Cause my mom always wants me to and it's probably better for my health! Sometimes I look in the mirror and I wish my body would just be 2 lbs. smaller. It's annoying! I hate being at the weight I'm at!"
--Rachel, 12
"Sometimes u look around and see all these skinny girls that attract more guys and are usually more popular, so you think that that will happen to you if you are thin. I'm not overweight or under, but I want to be skinnier. That doesn't mean I have to hurt myself, just get lots of exercise and cut out junk food. Eat a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Only three meals a day and no snacks unless it's fruit or something. It makes much more sense than to hurt yourself and it's all right if ur a little chubby. If you don't like it, change it, but God made you just fine the way you are."
--Lisette, 12
"I wanted to diet because I saw all these girls who were way skinny and I ain't that skinny. I guess you can say I am normal. Plus all these famous models and movie stars are so skinny!!"
--Sarah, 11
"Yes I want to cause I'm 11 and I weigh 200 pounds!!!"
--G, 11
"Yes, I want to diet but every time I do I always eat sweets anyway. Can you please help me?"
--Tara, 11
"I wanted to diet because whenever I used to look in the mirror, instead of seeing this girl with a perfect skinny body, I would see someone who is overweight."
--Leslie, 11
"I weigh 216 pounds. I need to go on a diet."
--Mikaial
"I always thought and knew I wasn't like other girls my age. To begin with, I am 11, 5 foot 7, and I weigh around 150 lbs. I am always thinking that I am overweight and when I talk to someone about it, they always say that because I am tall I am supposed to weigh a lot! I would sometimes be afraid someone was going to tease me about my height, and when I got teased, it didn't feel as bad as I thought it would. Now I'm used to people calling me "jolly green giant"."
--Layna, 11
"I want to go on a diet but I can't because if I do go on a diet I cannot resist eating fatty foods like ice cream. I weigh 151 pounds. I get made fun of in school. It is not fun. All the skinny popular girls in school can eat, eat, and eat anything they want and not gain a pound. I would like you to be my friend if you have problems like me."
--April, 11
"I had an eating disorder when I was 11 and so did my sister. She wanted me to diet with her so she wasn't alone. I got really sick and am now seeing a therapist for it. I hate it."
--Kimberly, 12
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