I am 15, 5′5, and 147 pounds (67kg) . I keep a very healthy, Russian home cooked diet. I haven’t eaten at McDonalds since I was 9, and I drink pop maybe 3 times a year. In the summer, I went to the gym alot and did alot of cardio and weights for 3 hours, 5 days a week, I did not lose weight and looked pretty much the same except I felt more muscular. My diet isn’t high in fat and is pretty healthy. I am generally a happy person, and am not stressed out.
I don’t like the "low-fat, low carb" whatever type foods because I believe fresh and healthy is the best way to go. I am also someone who gets more pleasure from the taste of the food, rather than knowing its low calorie. I am still not accustomed to many foods in America such as cereal, muffins, scones, peanut butter and jelly etc
I don’t have time now in the fall to go to the gym as I am now going to school and receive high grades. I look good in clothes and it is not a huge issue, yet I still have a bit of weight on the tummy.
By the way, I do drink 8-10 glasses of water a day
and I have asked my friend how much she thinks I weight and she said I look like I am 130.
I do not look that heavy, its just the scale

Here are some tips that have served me well:

eat slowly/chew more than normal
(you will enjoy the food and you will *poop* it out of your system faster- which is good!)

put your fork or spoon down (that means on the table!) in between bites

use a smaller than usual utensil or even a straw for drinks and yogurt

drink water throughout the day. no excuses.

don’t sit in front of the TV
(studies say people who eat while watching TV will eat more than people somewhere free of stress)

put lots of effort into preparing it
(don’t just open a wrapper and dig in)
** if i am eating at home and not on-the-run, i will take my yogurt (for example) and spoon it into a glass dish and make it look pretty. for some reason, i enjoy it more

don’t feel obligated to fill your plate or swipe it clean at a restaurant. you won’t be wasting food because you could always carry it out. you’ll actually save money because the leftovers could make a good lunch the next day

cut your food. no need to take ginourmous bites. it doesn’t look right and this rule goes back to the "prepare" rule

i will like to lose some weight before my wedding in dec. i’m currently wearing a size 14 but i want to wear a size 12, i cant seem to control my craving for food!please help ,i need genuine answers pleaseeee.

the best drug on earth is a bicycle. i 3 weeks ago i weighed 320lbs, I started running 2 miles a day and riding my bike 20 miles on the weekends and now i weigh 290…

thats 30 pounds in 3 weeks. im sure you get wat im saying.

but incase you dont… excercise is the best way to lose weight

I’m a 17 year old boy. I’m not fat at the moment. But i am just trying to uncover my abs a bit My mum just made dinner and since i am NOT able to exercise for the next 2-4 days due to an injury i want to eat the food which will make me gain the least weight. The options are lasagna with no cheese, or i could make myself a bread stick with salad and maybe so ham in it, or some soup with some toast. or weetabix with low fat milk, i normally have 6 weetabix Which will have the least affect on me?

salad and broth based soup would be the best

Obvioulsy i know its hard work eating healthy and exercise but any advice anyone can give me would be awesome. My mum said if i lose 15 kilos she’ll buy me a WII so thats my incentive lol. I’m actually addicted to food though the same way that a druggie is addicted to drugs, whats the best way i could train myself to stop thinking about food everytime im bored. Also excercise tips for beginners lol!!

Hi There -

There is a community for teens on a healthy lifestyle and it has many helpful tools on there such as calorie counters, teen groups to join, exercises, workout programs, etc This site also has other people your age that are asking the same questions and facing the same challenges that you are experiencing.

www.sparkteens.com

Hope this helps!

w8losschick

i need to know some good natural foods or drinks that help prevent weight loss, and man boobs. I hear green tea extract is used alot, so i have started having this. Any others that help accelerate weight loss? thanks.

First off, Garret sent same answer to my qustion….. dont listen to that. secondly, water water water. Im also hittin the gym alot trying to get in better shape. you should go to the gym and drink plenty water. also go to ur local GNC shop and get some whey protein. i drink that before and aftter you work out to re plenish all the stuff u burnt out. and you should try to eat 6 small meals a day, a real good, filling snack is a white meat turkey (has protein) sandwhich on wheat bread. throw some light ranch or mustard on it. as for drinks, water is the best way to go. not satisfying? add some crystal light to it. that stuff doesnt have much bad crap in it and you still are getting water. hope it helps!

Hi, I’m not going on a diet, it doesn’t work for me, but can you tell me the best foods to eat in order to lose weight and keep it off? I over-eat a lot at times and I’m trying to stop this but I don’t know how, I’m 18, 5"7 and about 170 pounds :(… I use to be quite athletic in the first 14 years of my life but now I’m like a couch potato :(… Can you tell me what can I do?

Thanks..
x

Eating and sleeping actually helps you to lose weight. So…

Do eat breakfast to get fat burning started right away. Fruit or cereal is good. Eat reasonable sized meals every 2 1/2 hours, this keeps your metabolism high.

Do engage in some form of exercise daily. Your body continues to burn fat 4 hours after completing exercise. Take an evening walk after dinner.

Do go to bed early and wake early. If you go to bed on an almost empty stomach, your body will burn fat while you sleep. Don’t eat 3-4 hours before bedtime. If you go to bed having recently eaten the body stores the food as fat.

Do not diet or skip meals you will slow your metabolism and than risk over eating later.

Follow the basic rules above and you can eat anything you like. However you will loose weight faster and be healthier if you eat more vegetable, less red meat and cut out delicacies and sweets.

Hot spicy foods increase fat burning, Oatmeal requires a lot of energy to digest. Complex carbohydrates boost metabolism so eat Milk, and Whole-Grain Cereal.

Chemicals in peppers, Green Tea and Coffee speed up your heart rate. Fish or fish supplements increase leptin which increase your metabolism.

Eat white meats which contain proteins that require more energy to digest.

I am 27. I’m 5′10" and weigh 146 pounds. Female!
I am a smaller build, and most of my weight is gathered around my tummy from becoming a mommy of 3 over the past 7 years.
I am NOT in good shape as far as endurance and having a set work out plan. I am active– as active as a mom of 3 can be. We walk about 1 mile each evening, but I need to loose my baby fat and build up my endurance.

I want to loose about 15 pounds, don’t say I can’t because I can. If I gain back muscle, great..I just don’t want the 15 lbs of fat.

I GET TERRIBLE headaches when I run, I have a treadmill, and was running about 1.5 miles per day to start up, but after my run I would get extreme migraines. I drink a lot of water, eat very healthy (I love fruits & veggies and whole grains) and really never eat junk food.

Can someone help me get a set workout plan that I can loose weight and gradually build up to running? Why do I get the bad headaches from running? My muscles don’t hurt terribly, just my head!!

Thanks for all the help.

Hey sweetheart!

So, to answer your last few questions first! -
Why you get migraines when you run could be caused by various things. The most likely, however, is nutrition. I know you say you eat healthy (which is awesome!) but there are certain things you should be eating, at certain times of the day. So, I’ll just give you a little background information on what you should be doing as far as nutrition.

For starters, you should be eating 5-6 small meals per day. Snack, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Supper, Breakfast. Each "main" meal (Breakfast, lunch and supper), should contain a carbohydrate/starch, a protein, and a good fat. For instance, you could have 1/4 cup cooked whole wheat pasta, 1 oz chicken, and cook your chicken in extra virgin olive oil. Along with that, add lots and lots of green veggies. Color is good for you, but be careful how much color veggies you put on your plate- Corn is a starch, for instance, so you will have to moderate.

In each snack, you NEED a protein. Especially when you are planning to lose weight. Protein is EXTREMELY important while losing weight and/or building muscle. It provides your body with the necessary nutrients to perform at it’s best. It gives you an extra source of energy, too! But most of all, if you do not eat protein during your snacks, then you will more than likely end up losing muscle tissue, as opposed to fat.

Each meal should be between 2-3 hours apart. Some snack ideas are things like 4-6 whole wheat crackers, and 1 tsp peanut butter or 12 almonds, or 1 oz cheese, and a fruit. My personal favorite (and a favorite of many trainers) is apples with peanut butter. It fills you up, and gives you a great source of vitamin and protein.

Now, you should make sure that you have had some sort of protein at least a half hour before you work out, as well as after your workout. I know you are drinking lots of water, which is awesome. Make sure you keep a bottle around you while you’re working out, so you have access to it if need be.

Another reason you may be getting these migraines, is because you are doing too much, too fast. Pace yourself. It seems like a reiteration that we hear all of the time- But it’s VERY important. I would like you to start at 4.1-4.3 mph for a period of 30-45 minutes. Try that for one week. If you find it difficult, keep working at it for the rest of the week- It’ll get better. If after a week you feel it is not enough, increase it to 4.5 mph. Every week, increase the time you run by 5-10 minutes. Never exceed 90 minutes of physical activity, however.

Now, some food for knowledge

You want to lose about 15 lbs (which is TOTALLY possible!) The trick to getting the weight off, and keeping it off, is strength training. You want to build muscle in your abdomen (because that is where you are concerned about losing the weight). Essentially, you want to replace the fat, with muscle. Muscle in itself, burns fat, which is definitely a plus for us women! Also, although it weighs the same as fat does, it takes up much less room in your body, thus you lose inches, but you may not lose pounds. This isn’t to say you will not lose your fifteen pounds, by any means. Do the strength training (push ups, sit ups, crunches, lunges, planks, wall sits, etc), and add 4 days of cardio to your exercise regime. That way you can combine inch loss, and fat loss.

The muscle you will build acts as a supervisor- It makes sure you keep that weight off. Instead of burning muscle tissue, you will build it, ensuring you lose fat.

Hope this helps sweetie!
Make sure you drink lots of water, and get that protein!
XOX
Alycia

I need to have lunch and only have a few options, I could have some plain toast, some cereal, which is also plain with low fat milk, a tuna sandwich, or a bowl of rice. Which will have the smallest effect on my weight? as i am currently trying to loose some, also is there anything i can do while or with eating? such as drink green tea to increase metabolism? thanks

i’d say switch it up. don’t stick with just toast or cereal every lunch time. toast=not a balanced meal because it’s just carb. you need some fat, protein and fiber in your system as well.

how much of these foods you eat - or any sort of food for that matter - will determine the impact on your weight. ie you can say, have toast every lunch time but find that you’re not losing any weight because a) you’re not eating enough and your body is clawing onto all the calories you ingest because it’s in starvation mode or b) because you’re eating waaay too much toast.

if you’re really interested in losing weight, eat balanced, high fiber meals and exercise regularly. there are no short cuts to weight loss, and the "easier" methods usually leave you down, depressed, and not to mention, unhealthy. instant gratification isn’t all that it’s cut out to be. gluck!

I’ve read that fibre has a low calorie content but is also the most satisfying component in food.Does this mean that in order to lose weight one should boost your fibre intake?Are there any other methods or recommended foods?

Eat things that are high in non soluble fiber it will fill you up and not have much food value.

The best way to lose weight is to burn more than you consume.
Keep track of everything you eat and drink and total it up so you can see how you are doing.

It takes 3500 calories to gain or lose one pound.

I wanna get rid of some weight and am wondering what the best food is to eat well doing this?? any extra tips would be great thanks

Here are the best weight loss foods to use for quick weight loss:

1. Protein.

The source of protein will vary by individual preferences, but the guidelines to protein as an amazing fat loss food are as follows: It must be a lean selection of protein, containing little to no fat. This will include many fish selections, tuna fish without the oil, chicken breasts, turkey breasts, and even lean red meat.

Protein is absolutely excellent as a weight loss food because it serves an important function in keeping you strong, aiding in muscle development, while not making you fat. That’s why many people sometimes go to the extreme and eat almost nothing but protein. They shed massive amounts of fat, but they sacrifice their health as they are missing out on other much needed nutrients. But adding protein with the following weight loss food can actually form the perfect diet.

2. Vegetables.

This is highly overlooked by many of the so-called diet gurus, yet it should be an absolute staple to your weight loss program. There is a specific way to eat vegetables to encourage weight loss. It is by eating a lot of them at one sitting.

What that really means is making vegetables 50-75% of your meal. The reason for this is that you don’t get fat off vegetables, even by eating a large amount at each meal. In fact, vegetables encourage weight loss to take place, as by eating a lot they fill up your body, while not interrupting the fat burning process. So the end result is that you are feel satisfied, full, and energetic after your meal, while still staying in the fat burning zone. Can’t beat that as a weight loss food.

3. Green Tea.

To top it off, we will drink green tea to put us further in that important fat burning zone and provide us with amazing anti-oxidants which will keep us healthy and free from disease. Many people have heard that coffee can serve as a fat burning stimulant, yet most of the time people drink too much and don’t like to be wired all day long. So the answer then is, green tea.

Green tea still has some caffeine in it and provides that fat burning ability, but it also contains ingredients that will keep us healthy and cut down on sickness and disease. And you can generally drink it throughout the day and stay in that fat burning zone without becoming over stimulated.