Hey, I'm chloe, I'm 16 from England
I'm not going to explain my life and convince you to ask me questions, but i hope all my advise helps you, because that's why i'm here:)
I will answer any questions the best i can however hard it is:)
If you need or want to know anything just ask
A little about me:) -
sports : Lacrosse, hockey, tennis, running&sprinting, fitness and i love watching polo:)
Music : Ask or i'll be here forever:P
Fashion : Ralph Lauren, A&F, Topshop, Urban outfitters, and my Prada sunnies:)
Makeup : Bobbi Brown, YSL, L'oreal, Chanel, Sephora, Urban Decay.
Subjects : P.E, History, Sciences, Art, English
General interests : all the above, politics, health&fitness, shops, design, travelling.
Dream jobs : Barrister, Doctor or Fashion designer
Okay that was A LOT about me, but oh well :)
I want to help you with your problems, but if you need any general little things needing to be answered, just privately ask me:) I'll always answer however random the question!:)
E-mail: Sweet_cheeks3192@hotmail.com
Gender: Female
Location: England
Occupation: Student
Age: 16
Member Since: July 5, 2007
Answers: 83
Last Update: November 27, 2007
Visitors: 8031
Main Categories:
Fitness
Nutrition
Fashion and Styles
View All
|
| |
|
i checked my bmi. if your bmi is 25 or over, you are overweight. i am at 25.1. is it possible to be overweight but not "fat?" is .1 a lot? (link)
|
Overweight does not mean you are fat.. There are two types of 'over....'. Overweight means you are heavier than the recommended weight for your build/height etc, but this isn't necessarily fat content. As the person said before muscle weighs a lot more than fat, so if you are a mesomorphic body type then you carry a lot more muscle content than fat meaning you'll weigh more than say a person who is the same size as you but has a higher fat content (endomorphic). Weight is determined by a number of factors and .1 on the Bmi scale is only a few pounds anyway. Overweight doesn't necessarily mean you're on the way to obesity! On the other hand the second 'over' is overfat which does mean you are carrying too much fat in the body which CAN lead to obesity. But i don't think that applies to you! Your weight being over the normal range on the bmi scale could be down to lots of normal things like water retention, muscle etc. I wouldn't worry about the .1. Anyway if you are worried and want to lose weight to get to 25, you only need to lose a little bit:)
Hope that helps
|
|
how do i get a skinnier face? how long will it take to see results? seems like eating healthy and walking aren't doing much (link)
|
Eurgh, my face always bloats etc, it's a pain!
What i try to do is keep away from salt! It always bloats my face and my cheeks. Also drink lots of water (only water if possible) and green tea.
Getting active is a good idea and eating healthy, i know the results are slow but gradually your face will go down:)
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/diy_fashion_beauty/67376
Your question made me think more about it so i looked at that website, it gives some tips etc on how to slim your face down :)
You should see results in a few days if you drink the water and keep off salty foods (not drastic results) and things that contain caffeine.
Hope that helps
|
I have realized that I need to become more active, which will result in a whole liefstyle change.
I want to start riding my bike, and become more lean and fit. If I ride my bike for about 30-45 minutes, say a few times a week, at a pretty fast pace- will I burn a lot of calories?
What places on my body does riding my bike target, because I want to lose the fat on my stomach, and thighs. So, will biking help me with my goal, and will it help me get a flat stomach?
I am also eating very well, and incorporating crunches, and sit ups in my routine, as well as squats. (link)
|
Yeah, that sounds pretty good to me. Cycling acts as a whole body burner in the way that it doesn't target a specific area, it does the whole body, just lik running, swimming etc does. The only thing i found with cycling is if you go too fast for that long you will eng up building big muscles in your quadricep area, so will end up with muscular legs. Don't go too fast and intense and you should be fine:) Apart from that your method seems all good (bar the fact you shouldn't do sit ups as they don't do anything apart from giving you back pain!).
Combine the biking (or running) with exercises like these:
http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/3/cmi_1254614
http://www.flat-stomach-exercises.com/ab-crunches.html
and it should deff work out for you:)
As you are eating very well i don't need to comment on that!:)
Good luck!
|
are there any effective excercises that make your stomach and thighs smaller? or toned?
-thanks (link)
|
woahh sorry to the person below but don't do sit-ups....They've been proven to do nothing to your stomach, they only cause back problems etc. Firstly you can't just tone an area, you have to burn the fat away from it by doing cardio exercise 30-45 mins 4-5 times a week, for example running, biking, cross-training, swimming or anything else you can think of.
After you begin to burn the fat and start seeing that your stomach and thighs are getting more shapely, you start toning them by doing exercises like crunches
(http://www.flat-stomach-exercises.com/ab-crunches.html)
and leg exercises
(http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/cmi_1254614)
This combined with a good healthy diet and drinking plenty of water should see you tone up and lose weight off all areas.
Hope that helps:)
|
15/f. when i look at my stomach from the side i look thin, but then when i look at it straight on i feel wide.
what are some exercises i can do to reduce the size of my sides? besides bicycles which i already do.
here is a picture of my stomach and i highlighted the part i don't like.
http://i13.tinypic.com/67s8lm0.jpg (link)
|
Um i'd say the best thing to is run which will tone the sides a lot and add in a few side twists while you're doing that.
I know it says it's for love handles but i think the exercises at the bottom of this page will help in the area you don't like :
http://www.flat-stomach-exercises.com/love-handles.html
But combine cardio exercises with the twisting exercises and that area should disappear. Eating and drinking foods and drink that reduces water retention like green tea helps that area too.
Hope that helps:)
Sorry just to add a bit on this may decrease the size of your middle bit of stomach too but it should get rid of the side bits :
1. Walk/jog for 30 minutes at least 3 times per week to boost your metabolism in order to burn that fat.
2. Eat a small handful of almonds (at least 6) every morning. Almonds are one of the healthiest snacks you can eat and the protein is good for burning fat.
3. Purchase a Pilates DVD and do the exercises at least 2-3 times per week. Pilates works on toning your entire body with concentration on your powerhouse (middle section) and will improve your flexibility.
4. Add fiber to your diet and cut down your intake of the bad carbs. Foods such as white bread, pastas, potatoes, and white rice should be limited. Eat brown rice and whole wheat bread instead. To get that needed fiber increase your intake of fresh fruits and vegetables (especially the leafy green ones).
5. Drink skim milk instead of whole milk. Keep your dairy intake at a minimum because these products often cause bloating and gas.
6. Perform proper crunches at least 3 times a week to train your abs. Avoid sit-ups because they really do very little to firm your stomach. Sit-ups work your hip flexors more than anything else.
7. Drink plenty of water. You should be drinking 6 to 8 glasses per day. Not only will it help fill you up so you eat less, but it aids in digestion.
8. Stop eating within 3 hours of bedtime. If you have to munch on something, eat a small portion of vegetables or fruit. Not eating late can make a huge difference.
9. Eat smaller meals more often instead of 2-3 big meals per day to keep from having that bloated look and feeling. Eating more meals actually kicks up your metabolism.
10. Take a break from healthy eating once and a while and treat yourself to your favorite dessert. If you completely deprive yourself of the foods you love you'll run the risk of going back to your bad eating habits. Moderation is the key.
|
(sorry its kinda long)
im trying to run 1 mile every tuesday and thursday so i get better in gym class but i get out breath so easily because i have some asthsma but i dont need an inhaler anyway in gym when we run the mile it gets hard for me to breathe and so i get a really bad score which people make fun of me fo and when i tell them i have asthma they dont belive me because i dont have an inhaler and people just dont understand of why i cant run and why i hold my breath under water long and why i cant bike 2 miles so what should i do when people tease me? (link)
|
You know you say you don't need an inhaler...I think you should get one because your asthma is obviously causing problems. Unless you're realllly unfit these sorts of things shouldn't be such a problem to be honest. I'm extremely sporty and i have asthma too which at my fittest times can make breathing hard depending on the weather etc. Once i have a puff of the inhaler though it goes. I've found that the last year has been great with my asthma as i've trained extremely hard and it's like my lungs are working properly again.
I would seriously ask your doctor for an inhaler, telling them all your symptoms as you can't go on the way you are. Also set your running up to 3-4 times a week and go at your OWN pace, you don't have to be the fastest to begin with. I'm lucky enough to have a treadmill at home in the gym which is great for training as you can monitor your speed. If you can go to a gym even just once or twice this week (or next) and go on a treadmill and do say a 10-15 minute run which would probably be about a mile for you to start with, just go slowly to begin with like 4 which is a very slow jog then increase the speed to how you feel comfortable and keep to that for the 10-15 mins. After you've done this when you go running you should know the speed that your body is comfortable with and be fine:) then slightly increase the speed each week as your body with become more comfortable with each speed and your lungs will work better. I know it sounds like a gradual thing but to get a good fitness it takes atleast 6 weeks. I don't want you to go and collapse but you really have to push yourself to the limit or your fitness won't increase. If you stop when you get out of breath then you will always do that, you have to get to the point where your body actually feels like there's no way it can possibly do anymore, this is called overload and without it your body wont get fit.
Give it a go, just make sure you have a rest day between each session to begin with as your body will become exhausted otherwise:)
If you have an ipod too you could get a nike plus sports monitor, i have one and love it! It tells you how far you've gone, calories, pace and gives you a real boost when every week you look at the time and pace and it's gone down for the mile:)
Hope that helps!
|
|
hi,i have got a fat gut but my arms and all that are a bit muscle couse i just use to work out on the parts that i liked but now i want abs... its jus my gut if i run would my arms go smaller? (link)
|
Um well running DOES lose weight over your whole body but you still need to tone them up. [Sorry if this tip isn't any help but if you can access a gym you can use an ergo (rowing machine) or a cross-trainer machine which i find kills my arms after a while, but really helps the arm area as you have to move them at the same pace as your legs.] If however you don't have access to a gym you can try buying wrist and ankle weights which give extra work for your arms and legs to do so they tone up faster. When it comes to weight training if it's toned arms you want i recommend doing light weights fast instead of heavy weights slowly (unless you are just looking for muscle) as heavy weights don't lose the weight they just turn it into muscle which means your arms will be big and muscular (If you want that though, then that's fine lol). If you can get to a gym though i highly recommend doing ergos cross-training and a treadmill as they'll do your arms and stomach.
http://www.weightlossforall.com/exercise-tone-arms.htm
http://www.weightlossforall.com/exercises-tone-stomach.htm
Hope that helps:)
|
well i weigh 140 pouns/13f.
im trying to lose weight this summer, but im going to do volleyball for my school wich starts aug26.
we wear like tight spandex shorts, what can i do to like get rid of the fat onmy legs, like they have muscle, but like fat and its gross so i never wear shorts.
so if i like jogged, would it help, would it also help my arms,butt, and stomach.
thankss. (link)
| |
Yeah, running is the best way to lose weight all over and combined with weights and toning will help too to tone your legs bum and tum. http://www.ivillage.co.uk/dietandfitness give you some get tips and diets to follow to tone up all over and lose some fat in the problem areas. Hope that helped:)
|
|
14/f 138 lbs. 5'9". about how many calories should i eat to lose about 5-10 lbs.? (link)
|
Your weight is fine for your height. Your body mass index is 20.4, the healthy range is between 18.6 and 25 so you are completely fine. If you were to lose 10lbs you would be 18.9 which is quite skinny but sill healthy:).
That's to find out your BMI
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/?bmi=20.4&htf=5&hti=9&wt=128
|
|
OK, everytime I think someone else is prettier than I am, my bfflad, Bethanie, always says the ones I say have no boobs. What and the heck is so important about big boobs!!?!?!?!?!?!? I mean i dont mind having a bigger chest than them but wats the point if they do or not. I mean big boobs arent everything are they? (link)
|
Everyone wants the things they don't had it's human nature. People have their own opinions on the matter, some girls like having a big chest and some like it small, same with guys (girlfriend wise not on themselves!). Big boobs aren't everything but as we are girls we want to feel like be believe a woman should look like eg. good size boobs, smaller waist and nice hips etc like the hour glass figure so we feel womanly. Guys are just the same..But they get annoyed and worried about other parts obviously not their boobs! I personally think any girl can be pretty big boobs or not. There are people out there who just believe in big boobs or the other way round. But to answer your question no, boobs aren't everything..But they're just another thing we can moan about! If it wasn't our boobs, tums, thighs, bums etc it would be something else! As long as there's atleast one man saying big boobs are best, every woman will want them, it's just like weight.
I think we spend more time thinking about our bodies and comparing ourselves with others than doing anything else lol!
|
|
You know that under the bra fat? Like its a roll underneath your boobs? How do you get rid of it??? Do you know any exercises that will get rid of it? (link)
|
I don't think there's any reason for a 'roll' under your boobs, you just carry it more there than the rest of your stomach. All you can do it get a healthier diet: exchange unhealthy foods for fruit, seeds, veg, brown rice&bread and cut down on dairy products which make you store fat in the stomach area. Take up running which loses pounds all over the body(as you can't target an area) this will definitely help to flatten out your stomach and get rid of that 'roll', combine that with toning exercises and you'll soon be smiling again! The best ones i find are shown under this paragraph. The exercises help to flatten all the stomach. BUT you can't just do the exercises as they TONE the stomach not lose pounds. You have to do cardio to lose the fat before you can tone up.
I hope that helps:)
1) Crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on a bench/or floor
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs (straight out) about 45 degrees in the air
-Then return them slowly to the resting position (without touching the ground)
-Repeat as much as you need to
2) Half crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor
-Hold your stomach in
-Slowly lift your head to do a sit-up, BUT only go half way
-Hold for 10 seconds
-Lower yourself again and repeat as much as you need to
3) Body raise(i find this one great for the area you're describing)
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor with your arms, palms facing down beside you
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs up until your lower back has risen too, then lower again, you can do this at any speed you feel..The quicker the better
-Repeat as much as you can
4) Plank(this will feel like its hurting but that's how it should feel)
- Facing the ground, rest yourself on your forearms keeping your back straight
-Now, contract your stomach(holding it in) and hold for twenty seconds then release
-Repeat this four to five times.
|
|
OK, I wanna know if sucking in my stomach is bad for you. Because if I do it to long it hurts my stomach. All I wanna do is look skinny. I'm scared to show my real stomach. (link)
|
If anything..It improves your posture and if it hurts it's probably because your strengthening your muscles in that area:) If you don't like the way your stomach looks, do some exercises and cardio to give you a flatter stomach instead of having to hold it in and give yourself pain. Combine running with stomach exercises to tone yourself and help flatten it. I told a few people these exercises so i hope they help you too:)
1) Crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on a bench/or floor
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs (straight out) about 45 degrees in the air
-Then return them slowly to the resting position (without touching the ground)
-Repeat as much as you need to
2) Half crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor
-Hold your stomach in
-Slowly lift your head to do a sit-up, BUT only go half way
-Hold for 10 seconds
-Lower yourself again and repeat as much as you need to
3) Body raise(i find this one great for the area you're describing)
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor with your arms, palms facing down beside you
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs up until your lower back has risen too, then lower again, you can do this at any speed you feel..The quicker the better
-Repeat as much as you can
4) Plank(this will feel like its hurting but that's how it should feel)
- Facing the ground, rest yourself on your forearms keeping your back straight
-Now, contract your stomach(holding it in) and hold for twenty seconds then release
-Repeat this four to five times.
|
|
Ok so you know how underneath your belly button theres like that fat? Its like a band of fat around the bottom of your stomach? How do you get rid of that? Do you know any exercises to get eliminate that? (link)
|
They say you can't target where you lose weight with cardio exercise but you can tone up specific areas for example your abdominal area, you can't exactly say 'i want to lose fat off my lower stomach' but if you do cardio to lose fat everywhere and combine it with the following exercises, you will start seeing results:) :
1) Crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on a bench/or floor
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs (straight out) about 45 degrees in the air
-Then return them slowly to the resting position (without touching the ground)
-Repeat as much as you need to
2) Half crunch
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor
-Hold your stomach in
-Slowly lift your head to do a sit-up, BUT only go half way
-Hold for 10 seconds
-Lower yourself again and repeat as much as you need to
3) Body raise(i find this one great for the area you're describing)
-Lie down flat on your back on the floor with your arms, palms facing down beside you
-Hold your stomach in and lift your legs up until your lower back has risen too, then lower again, you can do this at any speed you feel..The quicker the better
-Repeat as much as you can
4) Plank(this will feel like its hurting but that's how it should feel)
- Facing the ground, rest yourself on your forearms keeping your back straight
-Now, contract your stomach(holding it in) and hold for twenty seconds then release
-Repeat this four to five times.
There's a few i find really useful for the lower stomach area:)
Also try not to eat too much starchy foods like white bread, white rice and potatoes as they cause bloating in that area. Try changing to brown or soya bread, borwn rice and sweet potatoes, green tea is good too. You don't have to go on a diet, just cut down on foods that bloat you:) Just remember when exercising, you need to do both cardio and toning to get a good stomach not just one or the other:)
Hope that helps!
|
17/f 145 lbs 163 cm
I finally got registered at a gym (after weeks like wowww) and I was wondering how long I should be spending there, 3 days a week, and if I can push it, 4 days. If it's any help, I want to lose atleast 15 lbs by the end of summer (20 is preferred). (link)
|
Hmm 20lb in about 8 weeks? i'm guessing...It is extreme and could become unhealthy like i said in another question. Depending how active you are already tells you how much you can do at the gym.. 3-4 days a week ( 4 more effective obv.) giving yourself 2 rest days (not next to each other, say sat and weds). It's good to do a mixture of cardio a weights throughout those days though to help weight loss, speeding up the metabolism. Increasing the time periods in the gym each week with help in making you fit too and doing interval training when running will boost your weight loss. Controlling your diet will help too.
I have answered a question like this on another page, take a look at my advise column :) Good luck
|
I've heard that if the more overweight an individual is the faster they'd lose weight, same if they're short (I don't really understand how the short one applies though). This is my question: If an individual is not necessarily overweight but is pushing it, and has a lot of flab, would it be faster to lose the flab by means of a healthy diet and exercising, than a person who has a healthy weight?
- thanks =) (link)
| |
Hmm it's true that heavier people lose more weight than lighter people as they weigh more obviously, the height thing isn't really true you just notice weight loss more on a shorter person than on a taller person. The individual who is 'pushing it' is probably eat ingmore and exercising less than a person who is lighter than them generally (obviously there are exceptions like if they do lots of sports they may have muscle or they may just be naturally thin..), but my point is if you eat more, you can find it easier to cut out say 500 calories if you eat say 2000 a day whereas a thinner person may only eat 1500 already so would find it hard to change their diet; the same applies for exercise, if you exercise less then it's easier to increase your exercise whereas if you already exercise 45 minutes a day it would be a lot harder. Also if you have a 9 stone person and a 20 stone person, the 9 stone person can only lose 1-1/12 stone maximum within going anorexic so they have a limit making it a slower less effective process, the 20 stone person however can lose up to 12 1/2 stone so hasn't really got any limits so the process is a lot faster and more effective. I hope that helped a bit:)
|
|
ok well im 5'3 and im 13/f and i weigh 122 pounds. I want to weigh 103 and i have about 1 1/2 months to do it. is that possible? also what are some excerises you can do at home that will decreses your fat in your buns, abs, thighs, ect. if you dont have any excerise equipment. picutures would be awesome if you could find some. thanks in advance. (link)
|
Just to point out 105lbs is the real minimum weight you should be for 5'3, But you want to lose 19lbs in 6 weeks which is quite drastic. The only thing you can really do is cut your calories A LOT and workout 4-6 times a week running, biking and weights. Running burns fat through the whole body and is probably one of the better cardio exercises you can do as it targets the whole body, doing interval training helps to speed up the process too, for example:
If you do a 20 minute run on an average of 5mph, every 2 minutes increase the speed to 7/8mph for 30 secs then return to 5mph, this will burn fat faster and speed up your metabolism.
Also weights help to increase weight loss as they increase your metabolism, so aim to do them 3 times a week as they help burn fat AND tone your thighs, abs etc. I know it can be hard to do 'weights' when you don't have any but your own body is one of the best weights you can use! Doing tricep dips on a bench, the plank and many other exercises help tone certain areas.
http://diet.ivillage.com/ has some great exercises you can do. (look round the site)
1-2 weeks before you need to get down to your ideal weight, you COULD go on a juice fast detox and only drink juices for that time with one solid meal a day, this can lose up to 10lbs and is very effective, but you have to be careful about eating too much after obviously lol.
http://altmedicine.about.com/od/detoxcleansing/a/juice_fasting.htm
So yeah, cut calories, sugar and carbs alot (about 1000 calories a day) and do lots of exercise and you'll probably manage it, if all fails at the end, juice fast for a week. I lost a 16lbs doing this for a couple of weeks, to be honest it's a quick fix, but if you want to keep it up you can:), if you find it hard to keep to..Have one day where you're allowed some treats so that you don't lose all luxury lol!
Drinking green tea 3 times a day helps to boost metabolism too and other foods you can find on websites help.
People will probably argue that you shouldn't be dieting so extreme and weigh so little but i'm only answering this because you asked, so i hope it works out for you:)
Just keep healthy and make sure you don't go toooooo extreme.
|
|
ok,at the time i started getting breasts,i was overweight,and then i lost weight,now that im 14.i wear a 34c-34d size bra,and my breasts are kind of saggy.im just wondering if there is any exercises i can do to get them to look normal.u always see the girls in magazines & such with prefect breasts,so thats what guys expect.this is bringing my self esteem & confidence down alot.please,any help would be highly appreciated.thank you. (link)
|
There may not we any exercise you can do to make them 'perfect', but there are exercises you can do to firm them up
sorry this is quite a long extract:
But the good news is that you can tuck that twenty dollar bill back inside your bra -- there is no magical product, cream or device that will help you put your best breasts forward. I'm going to recommend three exercises for you to do at home that won't cost you a dime and will put more boom in your boom-chicka-boom in 6-8 weeks. Simply do 1-3, 8-15 rep sets of each move, 2-3 times a week and I guarantee you'll see results! Have fun.
1. The Modified Push Up
Lie on your stomach, bend your knees, and cross your ankles. Bend your elbows and place your palms on the floor a bit to the side and in front of your shoulders. Straighten your arms and lift your body so you're balanced on your palms and knees. Tuck your chin a few inches toward your chest so your forehead faces the floor. Tighten your abdominals.
Bend your elbows and lower your entire body at once. Rather than trying to touch your chest to the floor, lower only until your upper arms are parallel to the floor. Push back up. Don't lock your elbows at the top of the movement and don't do the dreaded "head bob." That's when you dip your head toward the floor without moving any other part of your body.
2. Soup Can Press
Lie on your back with your feet flat on the floor and a soup can or dumbbell in each hand. Push the soup cans up so your arms are directly over your shoulders and your palms face away from you. Pull your abdominals in but don't jam your back into the floor; don't let it arch way up, either. Tilt your chin toward your chest.
Lower the soup cans down and a little to the side until your elbows lightly touch the floor. Push the weights back up, taking care not to lock your elbows or allow your shoulder blades to rise off the floor. (Note: Use soup cans of equal weight. When those get too light, you can fill two Pinesol bottles with dried beans or pebbles.)
3. Incline Fly
Lie on the floor with your head, neck and upper back propped up against several large pillows. Hold a soup can or dumbbell in each hand and press the weights directly above your chest, palms facing each other. Tuck your chin to your chest to align your neck with the rest of your spine, and maintain your natural back posture, neither arched nor flattened.
Spreading your arms apart so that your elbows travel down and to the sides, lower the weights until your elbows lightly touch the floor. Maintaining a constant bend in your elbows, lift the weights back up, imagining that you have a barrel lying on your chest and you have to keep your arms wide to reach around it.
I hope those will help you:)
There are lots of websites that tell you how you can firm up your bust by working and toning your pectoral muscles:)
|
What are some Cardio exercises I can do at home without using a bike I don't have one :(
Also how long should I do this a day and how many times should I do it? (link)
|
Running, steps, swimming are great cardio exercises and high calorie burners. You can google these for the average calories burnt per 30 minutes (If that's what you're trying to do). If you're just trying to get fit it would be good to start at 15 minutes running or steps etc then gradually progress up to increase your fitness level. That combined with weights is great for both fitness, toning, and weight loss.
Hope that helped a bit
There are many websites that tell you all the kinds of exercises you can do, just google it:)
|
|