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Hi! My name is Rick (Eric is my middle name) Im an average guy who has been lucky enough to raise 5 wonderful children. 4 girls and a boy, and Im proud how they all turned out. I don't know what, but I must have done something right LOL.
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I'm 5'8, 158 pounds, 15 years old, not active at all.
On this coming monday, im starting a diet which will hopefully help me lose 1 or 2 pounds a week, but I need to know if it will work. Here is my daily plan:
Breakfast: Honey bunches of oats cereal, 1% Milk
Lunch: Fruit salad, water
Supper: Anything my mom makes (healthy)
I will also be running on the treadmill for about 20 minutes at 4m/h. I've sort of been using the calorie-counting method.
Anyways, will I lose weight with this, or is it a waste of time? What can I change?
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Good job on planning before starting your diet.
I can offer a couple tips that will help you succeed. First, looking at your plan you need to add more protein. Your body needs protein to maintain muscle which burns fat. If you cut protein too low, your body will start using protein from your existing muscle, thus reducing your metabolism. I would ad a portion of protein to your breakfast and lunch.
Second, rather than eat 3 meals. try to eat small meals every 3 to 4 hours. Remember, you want to keep your metabolism in fat burning mode, your body has to know you have a constant supply of nourishment or it will slow down your metabolism to conserve fat not burn it.
I a nut shell, the best way to loose weight is to eat 5 to 6 meals a day, consisting of 250 to 300 calories with a 40% protein, 40% complex carbs and 20% healthy fat balance. Exercise with some muscle building exercises every other day, do some form of aerobic exercise on the other days. Drink 8 glasses of water a day (you body needs water to burn fat), and get plenty of rest because your body repairs it self while sleeping.
Good Luck and Good health!
Added later per request of Questioner.
You asked what Proteins you can add to your meals. For breakfast you could add a couple egg whites, I like to boil several eggs, remove the yolk and stuff them with a mix of water packed white albacore tuna with a dollop of miracle whip "free". For other meals I choose a portion of tuna, Salmon, broiled skinless chicken breasts, turkey, cottage cheese, and kidney beans. If I can help any further feel free to Email me or ask me at my column.
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Thank you, but is it possible you could respond to the additional info I added to my question?
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