Why don't I lose weight?

Question

Ok...i wish i did hav a pic...but eh, i dont feel like taking 1. so heres tha facts.

Im 14

5"2 lol im seriously short. Makes me feel bad =(

Im on the range of 135-140 (depends what i eat)

My diet for the summer is...

cereal for breakfast, and a banana or some strawberries

lunch mainly, moms homemade filipino food or a turkey breast sandwich a cup of water

Same thing as lunch... but smaller portion and maybe some broccoli and a few cups of water.

I do work out probly 3 days a week(this is lifting light weights, sit ups, crunches, and maybe i'll jog for a while...but i rarely jog). I play Bball every once in a while.

My girlfriend doesnt want me 2 lose weight...i guess she likes em meaty haha.

I just dont understand how i can't lose weight. I feel overweight...my doc says that im overweight but just barely.

Answer 1

For a very long time I varied from slightly to really overweight.  I tried every diet.  I stayed on Weight Watchers and never lost a pound.  People didn't believe that I stuck to the diet, but I did.  Anyway, one day, out of sheer frustration, I prayed to God.  "God, I guess you must want me to be fat, because I can't lose this weight.  OK God, if that's the way you want it.  Thank you for my fat.  I'll just live with it."  You know what happened?  I lost 20 pounds very quickly.  Then I lost another 20 with a reasonable diet and got down to a point where everyone (male and female) praised me.   Ask your higher power for help.  

Answer 2

You should be eating 6-7 small meals a day the size of your fist. If you can't do that, you have to work out more, and for at least an hour.

I love swimming, because it works out pretty much your entire body.

Choose a healthy breakfast cereal, like Special K (I love the ones with strawberries).

Drink more water, and make sure there's healthy ingredients in your turkey breast sandwich - like tomatoes, lettuce, NO mustard and absolutely NO mayo. Or butter. Try peanut butter - it's quite healthy, provides protein. Since I'm allergic to peanuts, unfortunately I cannot eat them. =(

Not sure about the Filipino food.

There are many healthy recipes, though, for it.

Answer 3

-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