Help! Teen girl trying to build muscle

jailynn24hb · Jul 21, 2012

Help! Teen girl trying to build muscle

First of all, professional help is a must. I hope you are getting that help and following suit.

From your above posts you still have issues with disordered eating. You should not be a vegetarian, pale, or on any other kind of food limiting diet. Nor should you look at foods like french fries and pound cake as evil fitness or diet busters. They're not. You can work any food into your diet. You should be able to eat anything and easily maintain your goals. It's all about moderation.

Right now you're under weight and probably from your anorexia under muscled. Since you're cleared for exercise, lifting is a good choice. Cardio is not. My bet is you, like most, used cardio as a weight loss tool. And you're addicted. Now's the time to break that habit. You should be on a good full body 3x week lifting routine. All that's needed beyond that is some walking. But more importantly, a life that has nothing to do with exercise or diet.

Your professional help should include diet and nutrition. What are they telling you? Are you getting sufficient good fats in your diet? And seriously, drop the vegetarian diet. It's challenging enough when healthy to get all the nutrients your body needs much less when recovering from an ED.
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I am getting the nutrition I need to maintain. I had some butter & ice cream today feeling really guilty, but trying to remember recovery is best.

vijugati8g · Jul 21, 2012

Help! Teen girl trying to build muscle

I am getting the nutrition I need to maintain. I had some butter & ice cream today feeling really guilty, but trying to remember recovery is best.
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Why feel guilty? I eat dark chocolate every single day. More than one piece! If it weren't for my food allergies I'd be all over ice cream, pound cake, etc. You have to get out of this mindset. You ate nothing bad. Your body is trying to tell you something. It wants and needs more food.

Capone · Jul 21, 2012

Help! Teen girl trying to build muscle

Why feel guilty? I eat dark chocolate every single day. More than one piece! If it weren't for my food allergies I'd be all over ice cream, pound cake, etc. You have to get out of this mindset. You ate nothing bad. Your body is trying to tell you something. It wants and needs more food.
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Thank you so much. I am just afraid that eaing not so clean foods will not end at 1 day. I understand I have restricted those things for a while so my body is kicking myself for it.

jailynn24hb · Jul 21, 2012

Help! Teen girl trying to build muscle

Thank you so much! I just want to change my life with fitness. I am trying to find my balance. I have been overweight & underweight. So it's very hard to judge what is good & bad. I'm currently a sophomore in hs but don't know how to set realistic goals. I want to be fitness/bikini model bod ready by the end of hs but is that possible?
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Anything really is possible. I started at about 5'5" and 120... I'm still the same height of course, and I weigh about the same, but it's a lot more muscle now. I stepped on stage and I"m never looking back! Stick with it girl. You will see the results you want... just keep going!

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