"I weigh 93 pounds and sometimes I feel like if I get any bigger I'll blow!!!"
--Tiffany, 11

"I wanted to diet and lose weight because whenever you turn on the TV or flip through a magazine there are always those models who weigh about 90 lbs. Sometimes you can't take it. You want to be as skinny as them or skinnier until you find out you have a problem, which is what happened to me. I regret it everyday and I am so happy that I am alive today. If you want to diet, do it right. Just eat healthier and exercise more often, but don't get out of control. While you're on a diet, talk to someone so you don't end up having an eating disorder."
--Mari

"I am on the All-Star cheerleading team and I just want to be lifted. I am so short, but people think I'm light because I am tiny. I'm not, so I don't want them lifting me all the time."
--Katrina, 9

"Yes, I have b/c ppl r always telling me, 'Sarah ur too fat. Get on a diet.' So I listen to them and I like a kid and I think I should get on a diet 4 him to like me!"
--Sarah, 9

"I want to lose weight because I'm going to 7th grade and all my friends are way too skinny. I'm not jealous!! I just want to lose weight!!!!!!!!!!"
--Anonymous, 12

"I had bulimia because I thought I was fat."
--Anonymous, 12

"I don't know if 95 pounds is normal for a 10-year-old girl but I really want to get on a diet because my pants don't fit me. Now my sister's clothes fit me and they are size 5 in adults."
--Fabiola, 10

"I just turned 11 and I weigh 110 pounds so I am fat."
--Lisa, 11

"I've wanted to go on a diet so I could lose weight!"
--Keisha, 11

"Yes, I have wanted to go on a diet because I think I am a little bit chubby, but then I finally realized that I look really good to some people. They should like me for who I am inside, not on the outside. Real friends like you for who you are, not if you are skinny or not."
--Erika

"I've been wanting to diet for a little while because I'm underweight, but I'm wider around the waist than any one my age. My mom says it's because I'm gonna grow but I've been like this for about 4 months now and I don't know what to do."
--Kelly, 11

"I think you shouldn't stop eating just because you see somebody thinner than you. Just be yourself. Don't try to be somebody else. I bet the person inside you is just fine the way they are!"
--Jovi, 9

"I have wanted to go on one for a while because I weigh 114 lbs. I look fine but I just wanna put on a 2 piece & have a flat tummy."
--Kia, 11

"No, because I like myself."
--Anonymous, 9

"Hi! Ppl say I'm fat and I try to lose weight but I can't and I really do think I'm fat. I try not to eat junk but I can't live without sweets. What should I do? Please help!"
--Beverly, 12

"I want to diet because I am fat. I am 145 pounds. I want to lose weight but every time I try, my mom or dad buys something so fattening. The food is irresistible. What should I do?"
--Olivia, 11

"Yes, I want to get skinny instead of buying things."
--Rebekah, 10

"The reason I want to diet is because I think I'm fat. Every1 thinks I'm not and says I'm not, but when I look in the mirror I see a chubby 12 year old and it hurts."
--Anonymous, 12

"I am not on this site because I think I am fat. I am on this site to talk to other girls that think that they are. One of my best friends says that she is overweight. That is her opinion. I am not her friend because she is skinny, fat, pretty, or ugly. I am her friend because she is funny, nice, and enjoyable to be around. To all the girls out there who think that they are fat, think twice. You are beautiful no matter how much you weigh."
--Courtney, 10

"I want to go on a diet because I weigh 160 lbs. All the boys I like make fun of me because I'm overweight. The hard part is that I have tried lots of diets and exercising but I don't lose weight. What should I do? How am I supposed to go on a diet?"
--Vanessa, 12

"You don't need to go on a diet, you should just cut down on all the chips, donuts, etc., and eat right."
--Abby, 11

"Yes I have, only because I thought that I was fat and everything in my life was going wrong so I tried to diet. That didn't work so I tried to starve myself so long that I would finally die. But after I met my friend Ryan, I no longer wanted to diet or die. "
--Miranda, 13

"Yes, I have always wanted to diet. My grandmother always bothers me about my weight because my whole family is overweight. I tell her to stop and I get mad all the time about it. So it makes me want to diet more and more but I can't, it's way too hard."
--Samantha, 9

"I wanted to diet because when I was 13 I was 135 pounds. I thought that I was left out of the best experiences of my life like wearing shirts that show your belly, like what models have been wearing. SO I started to lose a lot of weight and didn't feel good. So I started to eat right, like only eat when I am supposed to and eat a healthy snack. I now know I made the right decision because now I weigh 105."
--Paula

"Of course, I want to diet because I weigh 145 pounds and am wearing clothing that my parents are wearing. For once I want to be a size 3 again!!"
--Laura, 12

"I wanted to diet because I thought I was big, but I really wasn't. I'm actually really skinny. I'm 5'4" and I weigh 110 pounds. All my friends weighed 80 and 90 lbs. and they're all shorter. My mom said weight limits go by how tall you are, not how old. She's a doctor, so I lost the idea of dieting."
--Madison, 12

"I thought I could lose weight by eating healthy but every since I've been bike riding it showed a great improvement and I have been hanging around wearing size 2."
--Chirsty, 9

"No, because I am not old enough to want a diet. Have you ever wanted a diet? The reason I don't is because I'd hate to look really skinny. "
--Teirrasia

"Never diet! I've never dieted but I'm 11. I'm 5'1" and I'm not bulimic or anorexic!"
--Victoria, 11

"No because I am skinny and I am trying to fit in some of my clothes."
--Jennifer, 10

"Hi! I think that kids should learn that no matter how fat you are, you're still a great person. I am fat and I tried to diet 2 weeks ago but it didn't work. But I am trying. Bye-Bye for now."
--Glenn, 9

"I've wanted to diet because I weigh 112 and because the people at my school tease me. Others are so thin and I just wish I could be like that."
--Janey, 11

"No never! I got chubby when I was 8-9, then all of a sudden I'm so skinny. I started to eat a tiny bit more than normal and now I'm like never hungry. So now I eat three meals a day, exercise regularly, and sometimes eat snacks. But I'm still taller and really skinny LOL."
--Jessica, 11

"YES, because mostly everyone I know is the size of a toothpick and I'm very depressed about it."
--Sara, 13

"I used to weigh 135 but now I weigh about 105 and am very happy. I just don't want to gain it back so I watch a lot of what I eat. But I found out that u don't really have to so I eat and kinda just jog to stay healthy. I just don't eat a lot of junk."
--Brittni, 12

"I have wanted to lose weight for so long. I should weigh 90 pounds (for my age) and I weigh 130lbs. It's horrible!! I guess I have no other choice than to get on a diet but how do I start? My friends say I'm pretty and it would totally help if I lost weight. Now that I'm in the age where you start liking boys and stuff I should get my mind straight. I just need help!!"
--Stephanie, 11

"It's embarrassing to say, but I have been anorexic and bulimic before. I've stopped now, but I still think I'm too fat. I weigh 102 pounds."
--Summer, 12

"Yes, but we are just kids and we shouldn't be worried about that yet."
--Dakota, 11

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