Dear Tyra,

I am 16 years old. Im a junior in high school now, but back when i was in middle school the summer between 7th and 8th grade, i lost about 25lbs. which brought me down to like 155 i think if i remember, so before that i was really overweight for that age of course and when i lost those 25lbs i still thought i was to fat. now at 16 and a junior in high school im only 5'3 and i weight 230lbs. now at this weight i would give anything in the world to be back at that weight at least, to even be at 200! i just cant believe its got this bad. I try to eat healthy, but im not really sure how. Im scared to go to the gym because i dont know what to do that works and what people will think of me. I do think im pretty, but i know i'm not healthy, and im definetly not happy with how i look. I just dont know what to do, and if i did then i would for sure do it. so if you could PLEASE HELP ME!!!

hi tyra...i really hope you could read this this would be the 2nd time i wrote you about my problem... i really wat to take a challenge of your show of gaining weight...I am 19 years old and it's been my problem that girls even guys used to teased me that i am a bamboo. like i am too skinny and the only way to survive from this misery is by your help...i wish you could read this and make you think to help me,,thanks!!long livbe to you and your show....

HEY TYRA...AND ANYONE THAT READS THIS! I WATCH THE TYRA SHOW ALL THE TIME AND AGREE WITH ALOT OF IT. I AM 18 YEARS OLD AND USED TO THINK I WAS FAT. MY FRIENDS ALWAYS TOLD ME I AM NOT FAT..I AM JUST THE RIGHT SIZE. I NEVER BELIEVED IT. THOUGH I WAS NEVER TEASED OR TOLD BY PEERS THAT I WAS FAT, I INSISTED THAT I WAS AND WANTED TO LOSE WEIGHT. I COULD NEVER FIGURE A WAY TO DO IT, SO I EVENTUALLY JUST QUIT EATING. I WOULD GO 2 WEEKS WITHOUT EATING, AND AFTER THAT IT WAS HARD TO GET MY APPETITE BACK. MY BODY WAS USED TO NO FOOD I GUESS. AFTER I WENT FROM 130 TO 110LBS..PEOPLE STARTED SAYING I WAS TOO SKINNY. BEING THAT I DO DATE BLACK GUYS AND THEY LIKE THICK GIRLS..MY BF STARTED SAYING I WAS TOO SKINNY AND NEEDED TO GAIN WAIT. I AM NOW TRYING TO GAIN WAIT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS HARD. MY ADVICE TO ALL GIRLS WHO HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE THEY THINK THEY ARE TOO FAT...YOU'RE NOT! DONT LET OTHERS WORDS MAKE YOU FEEL BAD ABOUT YOURSELF! GOD CREATED EVERYONE IN THIS WORLD TO BE ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES...SO JUST BE HAPPY WITH WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WANNA BE..NOT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE WANTS YOU TO BE!

Hi ttra my name is veronica and i am 16 years old and i wheigh 160 pound and i really need your help so could you pleas help me i whach your show every day and you really inspier me to push hard

i am 13 im in 8th grade. i weigh about 130-135 and i am only 5 feet tall. i am really short compared to the other ppl in my skool and having these extra pounds isnt helping my self esteem at all. i have acne i wear glasses and i dont think im skinny or good looking. although one of my good friends tells me not to worry about it i just cant take being made fun of for being short and chubbie. sometimes i am embarrassed to go out in public or even just to skool. kids dont always say to my face but i've heard ppl talk about me and it hurts. i understand that i should love my body for the way it is but sometimes i just dont. i watch ur show all the time and no matter how many women u help feel better about their body image im just not able to believe all the advice u give no matter how hard i want to. i've tried alot of things to lose weight and it works for a little while but then i give up or try something else. but i give it months i dont just give up. i've tried running, not eating, eating less, eating just vegetables. it just doesnt work. i would really like ur help becuase i wanna see myself the way i did before i gained these extra pounds. please tyra help me. i really need it. im sure there are other women and men who need it too but i feel im too young to be having these sort of issues with myself and i want to turn it around before i go to an extreme length like perging. i just want to live a healthy life and feel like i am healthy not just medically wise but with the way i see myself. please tyra take this SOS and be the inspiration that u r. please!

Dear Tyra,
At my school there is a certin group of people one of whitch is my friends boyfriend, he is always making fun of me( just me ) becuase I am not as skinny as my friends,he has said " why are you mad? becuase you missed your daily twinnky?" or asked me if I could waddel faster down the hall. I believed that I was perfect until he started making more comments in front of everyone in the hall, scared I ran into the bathroom stall and started crying. The part that bugged me the most was my friends laghed too. I am only ten pounds over weight and am told I am fine just the way I am but since then I have begun to doubt all of that, I try hard to ignore the people, but how do you do that when your friends from kindergarten laugh as well?

I am a mother of twin boys, I go to college and I am a proud member of the U.S. Air force. I weigh 160 lbs. I look great! I am telling every woman out there I have seen all body types and muscle weighs more than fat 100%. I wear a healthy size and very proud of it. I can say that there is a point where skinny is way to skinny and it does NOT look good.So, here is my advice, Eat seven small meals a day,cardio and weight train every other day 20 mins a day 5 days a week, and know that loosing weight takes TIME(3 mos. to six mos. depending on what you want to loose). I weighed about 200 lbs when I had my boys and all I have to say is SCREW THE SCALE!

Ive tried doing that soo many times... it hard when ur an 8th grade girl and ppl can be cruel and theirs so many reasons yhuu want to look good for... Its sadd and it lowers ppl's self esteem.. its lowered mine cuz im one of the youngest and one of the heaviest girls in my grade :( Ive tried lots too.. i tried not eating and it was hard... All i want is to loose wieght but it seems impossible

Hey Tyra

Let me just say i admire you for doing what you do. i have been the same weight since i was 12 yrs old i have just turned 22 this past december and have tried everything to lose weight from pills to diets. i don't know what else to do please help.

tyra,

I am 12 years old and i feel like i am over weight, i weigh 120-125 pounds and i hate it.My boyfriend was telling me the other day that he laughed when his ex-girlfriend had a roll and im worried he`ll do the same with me do you have any suggestions?

please help:)

PS:I LOVE YOUR SHOW

I have the opposite issue of most african american females. I eat alot but cannot seem to gain weight. I can't even get to one- hundred pounds; I stay right at ninety- five pounds.I am 24 years old 5'6'' and I want to pick up a little more weight for myself. Any suggestions? I understand you too also had the same problem. Help!

Tyra,
I need your help. I have gone through so much in the last 2 years with family issues. From that i have started to eat just to make myself happy. I feel so much bigger than i should be. I am 15, but all my friends say i am so small but i really am not. I cannot wear tight t-shirts or cute jeans because my gut hangs over. Its so embarrasing. Please help me tyra!!

Caitlyn

tyra,,
i try to think the way you think. not carring about my weight and stop thinking about it.but its always on my mind and i am redy for a change! please help me change the way i look and not be ashamed of my body. i want a cute flat stomach and nice thin thighs. i have all thin friends and i am sick of being the only big girl. i invy your confadince but thats not me.
i love you TYRA
helppp

i try to think the way you think. not carring about my weightant stop thinking about it. its always on my mind and i am redy for a change! please help me change the way i look and not be ashamed of my ody. i want a cute flat stomach and nice thin thighs. i have all thin friends and i am sick of being the only big girl. i invy your confadince but thats not me.
i love you TYRA
helppp

I just recently read your diary entry about your awfully dry skin...Well...I do not have dry skin, but my fiancé has really bad Eczema on his back...so therefore, I have it because he is my other half...I have to deal with it too! Well, we found a slight solution...I mean...I don't think you have eczema on your hands so I think it will be a great solution for you! We tried this product called RENIEW by the company Maleleuca...it is a company that most people have to buy a membership to but we just find it on EBAY...it is a concentrated lotion so it lasts a long time and it does not contain alcohol so it works out... I think the best solution is low alcohol-no alcohol products! I also found that Johnson & Johnson makes Aloe Vera for babies that does not have a lot of alcohol so it works wonders...I had to use it after I had a bad reaction to a waxing...WOMP WOMP! I got some really bad dry skin, it was so terrible! Good grief, right? It happens though and both of these worked out really well...me and my fiancé are also looking into other products for healthy living so I will keep you updated! Good luck...lemme know how they work out if you try them!

My name is Lariza and I'm 17. I live in South Africa. I know the odds of getting a reply from you is low coz you're so busy, but sooner or later we all have to take a chance. I recently wrote my metric and I'm waiting for the results. I shaw your show about “screw the scale”. But I find it hard to do, you see a when I was 13 my dad passed away due to his weight. He was only 37. The older I get the more I panic. Currently I’m 77kg/169 pounds. There are days I cry because of heart and back pain. I hide it away from everyone around me. Doctors and I don’t really get along. The more I gain weight the more my self-confidence falls. I have tried and tried to lose weight but can’t seem to do so. I don’t want to end up like my dad, I have too much ambition. How can I lose the weight without making things worse?

Thanks and take care.

Dear Tyra,
I was wondering what size is considered a plus size if you were to be a model?
Love,Kristen of Sulphur, Louisiana

Hey,Tyra I'm a big fan I try to watch every episode of both of your show. Well to the point I am a military wife and I have two kids my kids are seven years apart and I gained alot of weight with my son.I know you said that your brother was in the military he knows how hard the wifes are judge with me working carring the home full time. I just don't fell up to working out and I don't eat alot just the wrong thing if there is any encouraging thought you could share please do Iam so stress!!!.
Thank You Love
Christina

hello tyra, im from philippines........ actually, i just drop by to read some comments about your show and make some reports for our school program. im a big fan of yours. sometimes i go to school late just to watch your show. im 15, and at this age, im so conscious of my body. im the youngest but im the biggest. i dont feel pretty everytime i look at the mirror after i ate. i join beauty contests, but a week before that, i always skip meals. im not comfortable of the clothes i wear. i took an hour just to change clothes that will fit me and wont notice my baby fats. im so glad i open this prob to you, hope you can help me... more power to your show.. people loves you so much..........

hey tyra
i love your show. i am 22 and have a 2 yr daughter. i bnever been over weight but now that i had her it is too hard to lose the weight i am so depess and i need ur help because ithe only way i had lost the weight before i had the baby was because i was doing drugs. and i dont what to go back and do that to lose the weight. so please hlep me i had try everything and it is not working. thank you.

Hey Tyra,

My name is Cassie, I'm 17 going to be 18 in April. Let me jst tell you I always fight for the T.V. with my brother just to catch ur show even though it comes on again. I just love watching it... haha. Well, I have a biggo problem I weigh 200 lbs and i used to weigh 169 about 3 months ago. I dont kno what to do i tried exercising, dieting, and staving myself i even thought of throwing up just to get a little bit thinner. My mom makes it worse by telling me i look fat and and i would look so beautiful it i lost 40 lbs. Then she says that by the time im in my 20's I'll be almost 300 pounds. I know I'm supposed to love everything about me and i do but, I just don't like my weight. I need help!!

PLEASE TYRA CAN YOU HELP ME?? =[

p.s.
I love the clothes that you wear =]

Man, its crazy how much we rely on those numbers. You know whats funny? How its more expensive to eat healthier than it is to eat the not so healthy stuff (fresh vs. processed). If you look in the grocery store the plain pasta is cheap compared to the wheat pasta. Dont get me wrong, I definately think that it is worth paying that extra bit to get the healthier food, but if health is one of the concerns of America today, why dont they try to reduce those prices? Also, I do think that people are definately not as active as we have been in the past...we have to many luxuries - remotes, cordless phones, elevators and escalators, etc...not that I dont absolutely LOVE those things, but if we never had them, I wouldnt know what I was missing. Sorry about the "rambling" but I just thought I would give some comments - I do love your show - Im so glad you embrace your curves - more women NEED to do that!!

Dear Tyra,
I am 22yearsoldand my weight is 185 I am so unhappy with mysef

Hi, Tyra I have always had a problems with my weight and sometimes I get depress about it. Now at 33 I have a goal of eating right and exercise. I want to lose about 40 to 50 pounds. The reason for this change is because i have a 12 yr old daughter that is overweight. She weights 196 and I am trying to get her on the right track so she can lose weight. It starts with me because you lead by example and I am her example. I know that this is a long road, but I am welling to do whatever it takes to be health and help her to be health too. I love those shirts that say "Screw the Scale". How can we get one. Keep doing what you are doing because you are a wonderful person at heart. Love your show!!!!!!

Hey Tyra!

I am 15 years old and i weigh 165lbs. I am proud of my body except for one thing since i loose weight and then in a few months gain weight i get stretch marks on the sides of my hips and thighs, even though i feel great about myself, i would love myself even more if I didn't had stretch marks...bcuz when i wear a bathing suit i get very discomfortable and i would rather wear a shirt and shorts. When i saw your show "Screw the Scale," i loved it bcuz it helped me not to feel that whatever the scale would say, the most important thing is how u feel about yourself, I would very appreciate if u can give me some tips on how to get rid of stretch marks..
Thanks Tyra Love you!! xoxo