So, I've never posted here before, but I am a 16 year old girl. I've not struggled with my weight for a long time or anything, but nobody ever explained to me how calories work, so I have gotten overweight. Two weeks ago, I went to the doctor for a physical. This woman told me I was overweight and throughout the entire appointment, kept making reference to me being overweight and asking me why that was and everything. Nobody had ever been that blunt with me, and I realized that maybe she is right. I am 5 feet and 7.5 inches tall and, at the appointment, weighed 170.8 pounds. Honestly, I wasn't upset with the way she handled it, and it made me realize I should handle this now before I get older and possibly heavier. I didn't even realize I was overweight.
I've been doing at least 30 minutes to an hour of physical activity every day and going on 6-7 mile hikes or 20 mile bicycle rides with my dad once a week. I would do those more often, but I cannot drive to places myself. However, my parents tell me that the doctor was wrong for being so blunt and that they should have had a work with her. They say I just need to keep being active and my weight will be fine. But I've been active for a while and clearly my weight is not fine. So, since my physical, I've been counting my calories and am eating about 1,200 a day. It wasn't hard to do and I'm not going hungry or anything, and I've lost four pounds in the two weeks since, now weighing 166.5. Once I get to a healthy weight, my plan is to consume enough to maintain it. Today, however, I asked my mother if we had a kitchen scale to more accurately determine how many calories I am eating, and she was upset. She said I am tall and strong and that the doctor was wrong. She said that counting my calories is an unhealthy diet and she is furious with the doctor for "putting these ideas in a sixteen year old girl's head". I don't have issues with how I look due to my weight or anything, I just want to establish better habits. However, she is completely opposed to this and clearly is upset with me.
Now I'm kind of confused. Is it unhealthy for me to be losing weight and counting my calories? It isn't much of a hassle and I would much rather address this problem now than in the future when I could possibly have health problems from it. The doctor didn't tell me to do this either anyway, I decided to do it myself after realizing my weight issue. I just don't really have anyone to talk to about this and I want to make sure that I'm not screwing something up here. I hope this post is appropriate for this subreddit, and I apologize if it is not.
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