Losing weight advice?

Question

I'm a fourteen year old girl. I am overweight. I'm 5'1 and 128 pounds. I really need to lose weight, I want to lose15-20 pounds. Can someone please give suggestions of food I should eat and exercise I should do? The only excercise machine I have is a treadmill. The only place I'm chubby is my stomach, so exercises that would help me lose weight there would be much appreciates. Also could someone tell me how long it would take to lose 15-20 pounds?

Thank you.

PS - please no rude comments.

Answer 1

Jog for 20 or 30 minutes a day and keep your stomach tucked in while you jog.  Also, whenever you think about it during the day tighten the muscles in your stomach.  Just eat semi-healthy and don't over eat.  Good luck.

Answer 2

hey i had the same problem as you and i was about the same size! now I'm 5'1 and 110 pounds i lost my belly by doing crunches (like a sit up but only slightly lifting off the ground) every night for a month, it really helped me and toned my stomach, hope this helps you and good luck with your weight loss! vikkie x

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You don't need to lose a lot of weight.  Focus on being active and fit and healthy.

Keeping a food journal really does help.  It will give you a much better sense of how much you are eating, and when, and why.

Make a few additional small changes - walk everywhere, always use stairs instead of elevators, walk on escalators, get up and move around at least once an hour if your work or your life in general is sedentary, walk every day, use a pedometer. Walking 10,000 steps a day is a really good idea. Build up to a long brisk walk everyday, or most days.  Be more active and watch less TV and spend less time on the computer.   Buy one piece of exercise equipment to have at home and be strict with yourself about using it.   Sometimes you can find mini-steppers or exercise bikes at second hand stores and thrift stores for just a few dollars.

Start a weight lifting routine. It will help increase your metabolism and make you feel and look better in so many ways. Join a gym. Possibly you can find one that has someone who specializes in weight lifting programs for beginners. Weight lifting will increase your metabolism as well as improve posture and appearance overall.  Even if you can't get to the gym you can work out at home using things around the house.  A couple of the links I've included explain how.

In terms of diet, cut out or reduce things like junk food, pop, fat, fast food. Eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, fish.   Particularly if you choose a vegetarian lifestyle include natural peanut butter, hummus, dried fruit and nuts.  Pay close attention to getting the nutrients your body needs to be healthy.  

Make your portion sizes smaller.   Use a smaller plate - in our society we have become accustomed to thinking that we need a large plate of food at every meal, and we don't.  About quarter of your plate of food should be protein and at least half of it should be veggies.  

Learn to count calories.  At your current weight and activity level, you may need about 2000 calories or more to maintain your current weight. So you will lose weight at a reasonable and healthy rate if you cut back to about 1600 or 1700 calories a day.  

Eat small amounts frequently, rather than three large meals.  Never skip breakfast.  Include some protein in your breakfast.  It will help get you through the day.

Drink plenty of water, at least 8 big glasses of water a day, and more if it is very hot, if you sweat a lot, or if you are exercising intensely, and eliminate fruit juices.  Fruit juices have too many calories, so get your vitamins from fresh fruit, not the juice.  You will begin to see changes in your body.

Check out websites about nutrition, exercise, weight training, etc.  Here are a few helpful links.

http://www.nutrawatch.com/

http://www.caloriesperhour.com/

http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_ea...

http://www.wikihow.com/Lose-Weight-the-H...

http://weightloss.about.com/cs/fitness/a...

http://www.thepumpingstation.com/trainin...

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/fe...