Any teenagers on here struggling with eating habits?

I'm in the same place. I'm not overweight but also not very "skinny," which is what I'd love to be, but maybe not really feasible. I'm at college now, too, and have actually lost weight since I'm (1) not really into a lot of the foods available on campus, and (2) no longer eating with my family, who are all themselves a bit overweight and have been for some time, and who I sometimes tend to either eat very little with (out of being overwhelmed by their own habits) or trying "keep up with" them. I'm adding you!

I do, I always eat the fattening stuff, and too much of it. I've gotten a lot better though.

i've said it before and i'll say it again, getting involved ina sport played a big part in helping me avoid many of the traps that most of my female friends went through during their teens.

if you can find something intramural or for fun then it might be a good way to start to learn the value of eating to keep your body fed and properly functioning for what you need it to do.

good luck!

I'm there with you! The difference is that I used to be borderline diabetic and borderline from having a stroke and high cholesterol. I lost 25lbs and dropped to 200, but then I stopped caring about my diet and went up to 210. I also have a history of fasting and binging. Well, I fast, but a healthy kind. It's called "intermittent fasting". Won't get into too much detail, but you essentially get all of your calories in an 8 hour eating window then don't eat for 16 hours. But anyways, I'm a student so here are my tips.

1) Have a cheat MEAL (not day) once a week, and that meal should be your only meal for that day. In that cheat meal, eat as much as you can until you're so full that you wouldn't mind throwing up, but aren't going to throw up. It keeps you from not going insane. My cheat meal usually consists of a whole pizza and a protein shake. Yesterday, my cheat meal were 6 deviled egg halves, 10 pieces of sushi, and 10 frosted sprinkled cookies.

2) This is pretty obvious, but vegetables are your best friend. Find your favorite vegetable and eat a lot of it! Veggies are low in calories and filling. My favorite vegetables are sauteed bell peppers with a bit of soy sauce.

3) Drink 1 bottle (16 oz) of water before every meal, and 1 cup during your meal. The 16oz fills your stomach with water and makes you feel fuller faster.

4) If you need sauce, it's better to put bad sauce on healthy food rather than healthy sauce with bad food. It's easy to limit your sauce, it's hard to limit your food intake. It's better to get in the habit of healthy food rather than a habit of "healthy" sauce. Ex. It's better to eat grilled buffalo chicken with regular ranch rather than fried buffalo chicken with light ranch.

5) If you have cravings, go upstairs and lay in your bed. It's easy for me to eat healthier during the school year because I'm at school with textbooks rather than a home with a refrigerator and parents who don't understand nutrition.

Hello! I'm in a similar situation. I sometimes can't eat 'like a normal person' I can't control myself from binging and fasting. I'd like to add you