text: help me out? i have a cousin, she is a student and ahe want to lose weight over the summer she weights exactly 185 and shw wants to get down to a reasonably weight for her age. what is a reasonable weight for a 12 year old, what workouts could she do, and can she pull it off over the summer. wow. 185 is extremely overweight for an average 12 year old.   show her a picture of her in 20 years. that will scare her into losing weight.  also, what do you think about this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=amrgidgyw9mnwfxlnonksxnsy6ix?qid=1006052000004