How can ii lose weight?

Question

I know this might be an easy question, but im 14 years old, and i need to lose about 10-20 pounds. I guess i just need some motivation..=] Plz help.

Answer 1

-If you eat less calories than you burn, you'll lose weight;

-If you eat and burn the same amount, you'll stay the same (balanced).

-If you eat more than you burn, you'll gain weight.

Experts say a healthy weight loss is 2 pounds per week.

The misconception is that if you barely eat anything AND work out, you'll lose weight. It's might be true, BUT very dangerous/harmful to the body system because if you don't have enough energy to do the work out, then you're going to wear your body out and pretty soon, you may end up in a hospital bed. Because you don't eat, your body will go into minimum metabolism rate, where it will burn as LITTLE fat as possible to retain fuel sources. So by eating lesser, your body will retain that you eat longer and you won't achieve any weight loss long-term.

Check this site out to see if you should be concerned with losing weight: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/. It's your BMI (ratio of your HEIGHT to your WEIGHT), set by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute to the standards for males and females. Healthy weight is not set using age and weight.

What you should do is change your eating habit to a healthier one and start exercising (people tell you this over and over because it WORKS!). Even if you're not overweight, if you have a bit of flab in unwanted places, you may want to do some exercise to tone your body. Even if you don't have any flabs, you'd still want to exercise because it's a great habit for a healthy life.

Disclaimer: I don't recommend any diet to you or anyone, but I just wanted to share my experience. You should talk to your nutritionist/doctor before making any drastic changes to your body.

What I did was I went on an "eating-only-corn-flakes" diet. xD I lost the weight really quickly (~25 lbs). After a 2-3 weeks of eating only corn flakes with regular milk for breakfast/lunch/dinner (NO snacks whatsoever). (You can try it with skim, 1%, or 2% milk to lose even more weight.) I went off the diet and started eating normal, and healthy foods, with A LOT of water and tons of fruits. I'm able to keep off the weight I've lost for ~6 years now. At summer camp, I've also went on a cereal-salad-and-skim milk "diet". For breakfast, I would only eat grain cereal with skim milk and drink another glass. For lunch and dinner each day, I had only a salad and two glasses of skim milk per meal. Camp was only 5 days, but I lost a considerable amount of weight for my father to notice my weight loss. xD

Currently, I've been exercising on my "air-stepper" at home, and I get on it for 15 minutes each day to get my cardio workout. I take my pulse at 5 min. intervals for 15 minutes to see if I'm improving. ^_^ Then, I get on my Total Gym and start working on my arms and legs (pulling, pushing, etc.). To tone my abs, I do 200 crunches (I lay on my Total Gym at an incline, so it's VERY easy and no back strain!); they are much easier than sit-ups. ^_^ Lastly, I do 100 of those "standing-up" crunches. I don't know what to call them, but I saw it on Hip-Hop Abs. You can see a sample of it here: http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness...

The lay down crunches and the standing up crunches that I do gave me the flat stomach I have now. ^____^ Very happy with the results. You can do as many as your body can tolerate for ONE day and feel your stomach flatter immediately afterwards (at least for me)! It's incredible!

If you do not have gym equipment, just jumping around and running place for 15-30 minutes will get you your cardio workout. Eat yogurt, fruits, and other health foods. Drink tons of water and your daily dosage of milk. ^_^

Good luck! :D

Answer 2

I See, You Need Foods With HIGH FIBER but LOW CALORIES + Exercise

You Need a Proper Plan To Do this! Be Focused & Serious! That's How I Lost Weight. I tried a guide to lose weight 2 weeks ago & it worked =)

Try this: http://KillWeight.info

Answer 3

(Motivation is very powerful. See #5.)

If you're 14 years old, you are still growing and should not sacrifice any part of a healthy diet.

However, you can continue with a healthy diet and follow some basic guidelines that will help you lose weight.

1) Exercise (yes sorry, I said it.)

To lose body fat, you will have to cause your body to slowly break it down over time.  One healthy way to do this is to perform some good cardio.  Try going for a gentle walk for 30 minutes to an hour before your eat a meal, or use a treadmill or bicycle for at least 30 minutes.

However, start SLOWLY, and don't overdo it.  This will mentally want you to not perform future exercise events.

2) Eat smaller portions / eat more meals.

Try to eat five or six smaller meals, than two or three larger meals.

(Yes, this means you can eat healthy snacks between your normal meals, and will allow you to be satisfied with eating a smaller portion of your smaller meal).

3) Set a food curfew - try not to eat after a certain time in the evening.

Example: If you go to bed at 9pm, try not to eat after 7pm.

4) Drink water.  Drink a glass or two of water with your meals.  Drink water between meals.  You can google for how much water you should drink per day.  This helps you feel fuller, and allows your body to function better.

5) Set goals, set rewards, and monitor/measure your progress once a week.

If you meet your goal, reward yourself. (Try to avoid using food as the reward).

If you don't meet your goal, review what you need to do to meet that goal - even if it means reducing your goal (a small goal is better than no goal at all).

To assist with your motivation, try this method of thinking;

If you don't want to stick to a segment of your diet or exercise plan, try to just accomplish a very small portion of it.  In whatever you to, try to think that even the smallest babystep forward is better than any step backwards.

If you don't want to exercise or walk on a certain day - try promising yourself that you'll at least walk or exercise for a small amount - like 5 minutes.  (In that 5 minutes, you may have changed your mind and want to do 10, or more)

With enough motivation, you can accomplish whatever you want.

6) Diet.  Alright, I hate this part.  I love food.  If I could give you one tip, it would be;

Try to avoid foods in which more than 1/3rd of the calories come from fat.

(Example: "Calories 300, Calories from fat: ???" - the "from fat" should be 1/3rd or less, so 100 in this case.)