Member Since: June 16, 2005
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Last Update: June 16, 2005
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Okay, I'm 13, weigh about 160, and am about 5'1". I have a flabby tummy and legs and I'd really like to get rid of this as fast as possible!!! Can someone either give me a list or show me to a website that has a list of foods that are healthy for me and would help me lose weight? I know about fruits and veggies, but what about other snacks? I've heard pretzels are ok, but what else? Oh, and what are some good streches and exercises? Thank you guys so much!!!! (link)
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The best rule is that you have to eat FEWER calories each day than your body needs to keep ittself going. That way it will dip into your body's own supply of fat in order to keep running, which makes you lose weight.
http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/blcalcalc.htm
The above website is a good way to figure out how many calories you should be eating in a day. For a few days, keep a food diary of what you are eating, and then figure out afterwards how many calories each day you eat. http://www.calorieking.com is a good place to check the calories in food. You can also check on the boxes of most foods.
Also, you can cut out little things without hardly noticing the difference. For example, if you are drinking soda, switch to diet. Neither one is good for you, but at least diet has almost zero calories. Also, if you normally butter your bread when you make a sandwich, stop using the butter (or cutdown a lot). You'll hardly taste a difference, and you'll save 50+ calories on each sandwich! Keep an eye out for other tricks like that that can really help.
Good luck, and don't obsess, weightloss is a slow process. :)
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