here's a thought, instead of putting your child on a diet so they don't become obese why not just feed them food that's good for them and not 99% sugar?

My dad put me on a diet when i was in the 6th grade too. Weird. Since I was medically underweight at 12, I can see how that might screw someone up.

Totally. at least she learned discipline.

it's fucked up to tell a child they need to be on a diet if they're not obese. no wonder we have 12 year olds puking up every meal.

I've been on a diet forever too. We had public weigh in's for dance and cheerleading. Everybody knew if you gained weight. Nothing like a little public shame to keep you off the carbs. Luckily they aren't allowed to do that anymore.

Plus, you're setting up your kids for a special rebellious stage where they eat whateevr they want. Every time I wanted to feel free of my parents' control, I'd sneak food. OMG I sound like the people on those infomercials for Deal A Meal.

I have to be honest, I was a casual acquaintance of Ana back in the day. But it was mostly because I would have $10 in my pocket and have to decide if I wanted to eat or just get some beer. Budweiser is very filling y'all.

if you're going to tell a child to get on a diet why not just tell them "get on a treadmill you fat ass", it's pretty much the same thing.

Beer is kind of filling. Plus, how else do you get the courage to ask that cute football player out? You know, so he can try and makeout with you by licking your face.

Sar, you and me both. Yeah, my swim coach told my parents I was too heavy. I remember it so vividly, I broke through 80 lbs as a 9 or 10 year old. (I was muscular though!) So I was on a diet - which my mom didn't enfore too much (except NO junk food) - but I still felt like I needed to sneak food. When I quit swimming and I got hefty. Sometimes I still feel like I have to sneak food at my parent's house.

ET I think a lot of women were or are friends of Ana…for me it was 15 diet pills and then off to soccer practice. Much happier (albeit a smidge curvier) now!!!

I remember my track coach telling me in order to do well I'd need to lose some weight (had finally gotten boobs and ass as a senior, late bloomer )…and I was still only a size 2. What an a$$hole.

Is it just me or was dexatrim crap? You eat those things like cany but they never worked. OMG, please tell me somebody remembers those diet chocolate candies? They had the unfortunate name, ayds. It was right around the time Aids was starting to come out. Those didn't work either.

deimos, i was on an exercise regimen too, on and off for most of my teenage years. euughhh, childhood. fuck it… fuck it all!

Lisa for the record, 80 lbs is not fat even for a 9 year old.

evil and be a - i'm sorry you even got close to that. i know i know, but it needs to be said! that sucks for y'all!

I'm surprised I didn't keel over from a heart attack from all those diet pills…bad news

i was 105 pounds and they told me i had to lose 15 pounds if i wanted to make it big in modeling. needless to say, i'm not a model anymore. even at 13 i knew that was a bunch of bullshit.

I remember Ayds! They go in the category of unfortunately named food products. Like Nips. Which are on sale at my local grocery store - no lie - next to the marked down frozen meals called something Steamers. I don't know what they're aclled but I'm not buying any food called Steamers.

gross. i wouldn't eat anything called steamers either. if i had the ability to crap that name would make me think about taking a shit.

My mom lived on Ayds, Tab, and Kent III 100s.

I got into the Dexatrims, every time I felt a little hungry, I'd pop two, they were small.

Sar, I know that now! I remember having to get our fat percentage taken, and I felt like a hiefer because at 12, I had 12 percent body fat. The other girls had like 10. I WISH I had 12 now. Amazing how warped you can be.

Yeah I'd kill for my high school body now…but whatever, enjoy what you got while you can! There are more important things in life. Like midgets.

It's a good thing they didn't have, Red Bull when I was a teen. I was about the marlboro lights, I thought they had less calories than regular. What a nutt butt. Tab tasted like carbonated saccarhin. Nastiness.

my brother in law has 0% body fat…i hate him for that.

I hate men. They lose weight so easily. Stupid, estrogen.

I still like Tab, and Marlboro Lights.

i've lost 40 pounds in the last year and it was not easy.

ET will you please breathe on me? God I miss smoking sometimes.

Deimos nice job! I wish I had your motivation.

I have the battle of the 10 pounds. I gain them and then I lose them. It's never ending. I'll teach more when I gain them. I should just eat less crap but I feel as if I paid my dues as a teen. I will eat my cake if I want to, damnit.

For real Deimos! I get excited about my weightloss after a big shit. Sometimes it can be 2 pounds!

it sucked balls. i hate to exercise and i hate eating healthy but i had to do it. i weighed 105 until i got married and then almost overnight put on 50 pounds. stupid men ruin everything!

thank you by the way. :)

I love Tab, too! I even like their energy drink.

I am laughing so so hard @ the light cigarettes, juju

on a side note, little debbie's are the best freaking thing ever…..god i want a snack cake.

I just have shitty knees (2 surgeries) so the things I used to lover to do (and kicked butt at), I can't really do anymore (at least well). I've taken up walking, yoga, gardening, and midget tossing for exercise. Juju I know the 10 lbs you speak of, that's my problem too

mmmmm snack cake

People always give me weird looks when my daughter says "I need to lose five pounds." So I started giving her Alli. Just half a pill a day, 'cause she's only 3 years old. It's wreaking havoc on her undies, but it has already made a difference in her appearance, which is the most important thing.

brilliant, lale ;)

Well it is her best ally in the fight against obesity

Thanks! Finally someone who understands.

Lale, you should have started her before she was potty trained! But you are clearly a paragon of parenting, Mrs. Stephani could learn a trick or two from you. Fat-ass babies, eating all the time and not working…sheesh.

If that doesn't work, start putting the Master Cleanse in her bottles every day

I hear cayanne pepper is supposed to boost the metabolism.

You could teach her to count using Weight Watchers points. Just remember that an apple is two points, so if you show her 2 capples, she should count 4.

i changed my mind - don't show her capples.

capples? is that a cranberry and apple hybrid?

Are capples like rosebuds? That's dirty. Shame on me.

What are rosebuds? Enlighten please.

who's ever tried slim quick?? im healthy at 5'6 and 130 but hey I'm a gwen stefani fan and a former ballet dancer, why not lose 5 lbs for the heck of it?
this post might add more evidence to my boyfriends theory that "gwen stefaani is fucking crazy" damnit
ok seriously, slim quick people

What's the first part of your anatomy that comes gto your mind when you say, Rosebud? I need to get a new hobby. I know way too much about diet pills and sex. I should try macrame or some shit.

Slim quick is so tasty with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Dooooo youuuuuu likkkke maaaaa booodeeeee?

Jill: just drink a lot of coffee - I think its main additive is caffine, which in large doses speeds up metabolism and supresses appetite.

BeAd: rosebuds = nipples

Remember when Anna Nicole was fighting for the old dude's estate. Well, the maid said that to get oldie to sign something Anna was all "want to see the rose buds, sign and I will show them to you." But the maid got it wrong and said "rosebushes," which, given the size of Anna's bosom, was HILARIOUS.

Does this mean I have to drink more than my usual medium cup a day?
Also, agreed on the rosebuds=nipples

Jill, your going to have to go up to a large or in 4 bucks language, venti.

For Jill

The site may be biased, though. Just an FYI and whatnot.

I'm a college student, f this 4 bucks venti business! We can use our meal cards at the campus dunkin donuts I guess I know where I'll be spending all my monies now.
For anyone, who cares I love campus cards. It's like a real life mall madness…need coffee, put it on the card that I don't pay for, want a t-shirt at the school store, put it on the card I don't pay for. I guess the only person who it's not like Mall Madness for is my dad…oh well!

Lisa, you're so efficient!

I have something similar to a campus card. Instead of my dad I have a husband.

Me too, it is called massive overtime.

hahaha Mall Madness… I never would have remembered that if you hadn't put it in context.

I used to drink 16 shots of coffee a day. I looked FABULOUS but my life was a wreck. True story. I was imagining butthole for rosebud.

I'd never heard that ANS story Lisa, farking highlarious

I can't stop thinking of Orson Wells, Rooooosebuuuud.

Ahhh, the life of a college student I have my dad, my boyfriend and my campus card! Ok, gusy when I'm all done tho I'll be busting my ass as a nurse so no worries my time will come when I can no longer pretend I live in mall madness.
Be A, speaking of buttholes I always think of starfish, thanks to Limp Bizkit.

Ahhh, the life of a college student I have my dad, my boyfriend and my campus card! Ok, guys when I'm all done tho I'll be busting my ass as a nurse so no worries my time will come when I can no longer pretend I live in mall madness.
Be A, speaking of buttholes I always think of starfish, thanks to Limp Bizkit.

wtf

Do you have a evil twin, Jill?

apparently!
is evil twin my evil twin?

Has anyone seen the commerical for the new kids toy (looks like a modern day Mall Madness) where the girls are just swiping their credit cards and having a blast! Hahah start 'em young! Nothing beats teaching our youth that those great plastic cards mean everything is free!

You guys should try Mega L-Carnitine liquid. It helps boost metabolism, and is good for your heart. It's an amino acid.
I too, was a friend of Ana, but more friendly with the Buli side……..body image issues SUCK.
Thank Goodness I am much, much better now.

paris if you're hocking that stuff, i'll be mad after i spent 400 dollars on it or whatever. but if not, thanks in advance. okay google here i come.

I've tried the carnitine and omega's. I'm just so bad with consistently taking anything. Vitamins, supplements, birth control, say's the woman with 4 kids.

how did it work for you juju? i think i'm not going to take it - i don't want my seizures to come back, for reals, and wiki says it might bring them back. no thanky.

ha ha ha sar…NO, I just have taken it for years.

sar, I would not suggest it if you might have seizures! That's scary.

whew!

0%…sure about that, or was that an exaggeration? Because even the best personal trainers and gymnasts are like around 6% (men have less body fat - lucky bastards)

I cannot stand Gwen! I am from 'THE OC' also…I swear that ANA originated in Orange County, CA first! I had one friend in HS who was Anorexic, and the other was Bulimic…They took turns using the bathroom…A LOT!

and if she was over weight you'd be getting on her about that! Gwen is a healthy weight. I've seen her up close and she's perfectly healthy. Why dont you get on that fat bastard Perez Hilton to lose some of that weight…the human blimp that he is, and let Gwen be the fabulous diva that she IS!!!

I think everyone is pretty much saying they've been in the same shoes at some point in their lives. I don't really see the Gwen haterade.

And by the way, who hasn't jumped on, Perez about his being a fat ass and all around mangina face? Other than the random Perez freak who calls us stupid and leaves.

Speaking of which, we haven't had the pleasure of Garcon's company lately. Perhaps s/he went back to the swamps of Perezdom?

yeah i'm sure about the 0%. we took him to the doctor because he was so damn skinny and they told him he had 0% body fat and needed to gain some weight quick. the boy is like a walking skeleton.

Yeah, where is that shim? I want more iced tea muther trucker.

What happened to all the tweeny trolls we used to have? Baiting and arguing with deluded 13 year-olds is so much fun. Especially after a shot of Nyquil.
And just because someone appears to be a normal weight doesn't mean they don't have an eating disorder. I think even Cord showed some sympathy for her plight.

bedbugs, how are you this morning? Sorry I infected you.

She got, Kitchy, sick too. Can we just put her in some kind of plastic bubble with, Travolta?

Oh no, please not with Travolta, how about Jakey Gyllenhaal?

Better this moroning…just a little foggy headed. I'm leaving the typos in. Tom would be jealous…he wants to be the sole soul saver for Xenu. That would give Travolta too much time alone with her to HIS miraculous wonders. I want to see these two in a Scientology Smackdown to see who will be their undisputed messiah. I take that back…it might become too x-rated for my virgin eyes.

Yes! I vote for ET trying to convert Jakey-Pooh!

ohhh southie, we don't say fat bastard. we say "fat fuck" and we say it with irony. you fat fuck.

bedbugs - i am with you. i'll never forget being at a store when an employee was telling her boss she needed time off to deal with her anorexia, and that ignorant woman looked her right in the face and said to her, "you're not anorexic. i've seen anorexic people and they're skinny. and you're fat." I was probably in Jr. High and I remember thinking, "OK but wouldn't it take years and years to lose all the weight it makes you lose?"

I'd like to see that battle royale. I fear that Johnny boy may out ass, Tom.

I think it would a great "outting." They could make it a double outting. Cue the wedding march…
And I have known bulimics who weighed over 200 lbs.

deimos, I had a similar problem. I modeled as a teenager and at 5'9" and 115-120lb. I was a told I was too fat. Sadly, my mom never thought anything of it but, she was 5'11" and 115 lbs. and my BFF was a ballerina. My mom thought she was fat, and on several occasions I had heard my best friend comment on how she admired this girl whose ribs and hips stood out several inches from her abdomen. These were probably not the best role models for body image, and definitely weren't helping balance anything. Fortunately, my two closest male friends basically staged an intervention because they thought I had an eating disorder. When I told them it was just the diet the agency had me on they freaked out, which opened my eyes to the insanity I was being put through (or "through which I was being put," for the grammar gang).

When I think about it, the last thing I needed as a teenager was someone peddling neuroses while pretending to be the personification of the new style of female empowerment. Quite frankly, if Gwen is going to continue to tout herself as some kind of feminist icon she needs to get her shit straight. It's hard enough being a teenage girl without someone sending mixed messages.

Wow, yeah, ok, that sounded ranty. Please shoot my high horse and feed it to Gwen Stefani.

She can't eat it. How many calories are in an ounce of horse?

Lily you are troubled and effed up. And for that, you qualify for my admiration. :) Glad you had such great friends.

i'm with you lily. i'm very happy i quit modeling instead of losing the weight.