hey im 14, 5′4", i think i weigh about 220. so as you know im very overweight and need&want to lose weight. not only that, but my family suffers from heart disease and other stuff from obesity. i pretty much dont do anything active and my mom is always at work so there cant really be meals so i end up just over eating. and none of the stuff are healthy. i need a weight loss plan that will work and i can be able to lose weight not exactly "fast", but not so slow either. like losing 1-2 pounds every ten days? a bit faster please. i need some changes i can make into my food(white bread to wheat, whole milk to lowfat milk, etc.). and along with a not-so-strict exercising plan. Im doing a little thing, not exactly a diet, but im just watching what im eating over the past few weeks. basically ive been eating things that reuglarly dont have much fat and im eating smaller portions of it. this was my menu for one of these past days:
breakfast:
1 bowl of special K cereal with one hard-boiled egg and a glass of OJ.
lunch(4 hours later):
1 chicken sandwich with one handful of baked lays chips.
snack(1-2 hours later):
2 small cups of 5 calorie jello
dinner(2 hours later):
whole grain pasta, with ceaser salad, followed by 1 cup of low fat frozen yogurt.
1 hour later i walk my dog for about 30 minutes. (remember i dont eat that everyday, that was just one day).
i also take a fish oil pill, if that helps. and i drink 6-7 cups of water throughout the day.i dont drink soda anymore, not even diet soda. i drink juice along with my meals, the rest of the time i drink water. i eat wheat bread now, and lowfat milk, i have the lowfat yogurt once every 3 days. and other small changes like that. im also going to start walking 1 hour per day, and maybe some jumping jacks along with it.
i am feeling less hungrier but i dont feel like im loosing weight. and im probably not. so i would like to know better changes i can make to my "diet" or maybe some other exercising routine i can do.
Im really sorry for this being so long and unclear, but i dont really know how to explain this lol. please help me, i really need to lose weight. oh and if for some reason you want to email me about this, email me at fash12345@yahoo.com . any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi,
I can understand ur problem, but you need to get urself into some kinda of daily exercising routine along with Strict dietary regime.
Eat as much raw veggys and fruits. Add Melons- muskmelon, watermelon, cucumber to your diet
About exercises - join some kinda dance- salsa, merengue, aerobics
or any sports like tennis, baddy etc
Drink only 100 % juices as they dont have extra sugar added. Also for the time being turn to a vegetarian diet and avoid all non vegetarian foods including eggs
here is a website which helps to decide your calorie requirement, help you plan your diet and also track it down. Just try it
www.lifemojo.com
September 15th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Drop the juice as well, sounds like its adding around 200 calories per day.
Also, the hard boiled egg, chips at lunch and the frozen yogurt. If you are hungry during the day eat something healthy like raw carrots which only have 30 calories for a whole 8” one.
Basically you’ll lose weight by being more active and eating less, which results in a smaller calorie intake per day.
One of the main problems I can see in your diet is that you eat lots of carbs, such as the chips, cereal, pasta and sandwhich. I’d only recommend having two of these choices per day as your most likely getting too many…and if you think about it what do they feed animals that are slaughtered for meat?, GRAINS which = Carbs.
Good luck.
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September 15th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Well that actually sounds really good!
But you need more fruits and veggies in and between your meals.
Eat five meals a day, and try to not eat at night. Also, if you could add in a little bit more exercise that would be fantastic! Try loosing weight first, then once you start a good pattern you can start toning up!
If you have a local gym start to go there, swimming helps a lot, and slow jogging, because you can work up to a faster run. Im glad your drinking all that water! (: It will do wonders.
Try cutting out those potato chips though.. go for light popped pop corn or a side salad. And not many fruit juices, if your eating fruits you don’t need them.
Hope I helped!
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Lost 70 lbs.
September 15th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Hi,
I can understand ur problem, but you need to get urself into some kinda of daily exercising routine along with Strict dietary regime.
Eat as much raw veggys and fruits. Add Melons- muskmelon, watermelon, cucumber to your diet
About exercises - join some kinda dance- salsa, merengue, aerobics
or any sports like tennis, baddy etc
Drink only 100 % juices as they dont have extra sugar added. Also for the time being turn to a vegetarian diet and avoid all non vegetarian foods including eggs
here is a website which helps to decide your calorie requirement, help you plan your diet and also track it down. Just try it
http://www.lifemojo.com
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September 15th, 2009 at 8:33 am
no juice,try avoiding pasta also,and cut everything you currently eat in half,uber-lowcal.diets work
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about 6% bodyfat and 137 pounds=me