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Loosing weight
OK I am about 5'0 or 5'1 and I weight about 140 ilbs. Im big and I know. I want to get a flat stamach the fastest I can. I love coke but i am willing to give it up. I just can not stand water. So what is somthing I can drink? I do not like most vegies, but I love all kinds of fruit. I do not own a bike. I would be willing to walk alot each day but it needs to fit in between homework and computer time. I love the computer so like yeah. LOL. How many crunches should i do also? I rate 5's!
Thx! *** Michelle
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okay, if you absoulty dont like water, try crystale light. and do go for long walks, try doing around 500 crunches EACH night, it might be hard at first, try not to sit on the computer all the time, go outside and just walk around the block or somthing. some computer time is fine, but how your saying it, it seems like you must be on alot. okay well i hope you can do this.
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First of all, losing weight "fast" is never a good idea. It's not healthy and more often than not, the weight comes back on.
Yep, I'd give up the Coke and not substitue any other soda for it. I know you say you don't like water, but if you think about how good it is for you and that it can help you lose some weight you'll eventually - believe me - like the whole idea of WATER! Try to get your priorities in order and think about walking as soon as you finish your homework, before you get on the computer. You don't have to walk for long - 20 to 30 minutes is good, but start slowly and build up, like begin the walking at about 10 to 15 minutes and walk at a normal pace. Be sure to do some stretches before you walk! You also don't need to walk every single day. My doctors have said repeatedly that walking 3 to 4 times a week is good for the body and losing weight, AND it keeps you from burning out on this (or any) exercise. When the weather is bad, try first walking, then running up and down steps - wherever steps are conveniently found (school or home, for instance) - again, stretch first. Even walking around and around your house is better than not doing it at all.
About being on the computer: Sitting for long periods of time at the computer isn't the greatest because your body is completely inactive. When you ARE using the computer, set a timer for about every thirty minutes or so, and get up and do some stretches. This will be good for your body because it will get you moving around instead of being a computer-potato!
Eat the veggies you DO like and definitely include fruit in your diet. It's often good to eat a piece of fruit an hour before a meal and then again before bedtime. Before a meal, it helps to fill you up. Fruit helps to rid your body of toxins and is a healthy night-time snack. If you like yogurt - and there are SO many to try these days, I'll bet you'll find a few brands/flavors that you like - eat it for a dessert or a snack (the flavored non-fat yogurts taste just great and are better for you). It's not only tasty, but it's good for you too. One way I like to eat yogurt is to put a carton in the freezer, and then let it sit a little while in the fridge or on a counter until it's a little less frozen (freezer - 1 to 2 hours or longer; fridge or counter - maybe 30 minutes to an hour). It's not ice cream, but man I love it this way and it's the closest thing I've found that tastes like ice cream (you can also buy frozen yougurt, but sometimes it's hard to find non-fat frozen yogurt). Another way to eat yogurt is to put it in a blender, add a little diet 7-up or Sprite, and some ice cubes. (You can add fruit such as bananas to strawberry or vanilla and it's great!) This makes a yummy drink and can be a good snack, or if eaten with something light, a nice breakfast or lunch.
Try doing some things like crunches and leg lifts but always start slowly before you begin any new exercise. (Do as many as feels comfortable. Do NOT buy into the "no pain, no gain"! You do NOT want to experience pain at all! If you begin to feel pain...STOP!) Both of these exercises are good for flattening the stomach. There are others, and you might want to look up exercises on the net, ask your doctor, or browse through books at a bookstore or the library. There are SO many things out there to help a person with getting started on exercising. You could rent a video/DVD or buy one that has good stretches, aerobic exercises, and strengthening exercises. Most of them have pretty cool music.
Do you know how to swim? Do you like swimming? Does your school have a swimming pool? How about a local recreation center or a YMCA? This is something you could maybe do before you go home as long as you're committed to doing your homework AS SOON as you get home.
As far as drinks go, again, I'd work on getting used to water. There are some flavored waters out there, but read the labels because a lot of them are filled with some form of sugar. You can also drink low fat or no fat milk. Research is showing that drinking about 24 oz. of low fat or no fat milk a day actually helps a person lose weight! There are some great no-caffeine herbal teas out there. Some are good cold and poured over ice. (Try Celestial Seasoning teas - there are a lot of good flavors.) Hot tea is another good thing to drink before a meal because it helps to make you fill up faster.
If you can, eat several (more than 3; 6 is recommended) SMALL meals a day. Even a piece of fruit, low-fat cottage cheese with a few crackers, carrot sticks, etc. can be considered a "meal" IF you eat several meals a day, including at least two small, but nutritional "real" meals with either all or most of the food groups included. Believe it or not, nuts and seeds are good for you and will provide a good snack. You can carry nuts and seeds around with you quite easily. Eat plenty of fibrous foods.
When buying food, look at labels and compare. Try to stay away from as much salt, sugar and SATURATED FATS as possible. Our bodies need certain kinds of fats so note that polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats are good for you.
I know you can do this if you're determined. But please, please don't try to do this too fast and push yourself into a state of unhealth or even anorexia! Losing weight healthily takes determination, will, and patience. And one more thing, this may sound incredible or unbelievable to you, but thinking POSITIVE thoughts about yourself and envisioning yourself as healthy, slender and agile will help your state of mind. If we think negative thoughts or listen to them and take them to heart, we are jeapordizing our inner energy and strength.
Lots of luck to you!
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Well, I sometimes will play a CD and do crunches till the CD is over. It's a great way to forget about how many you do and focus on the abs that you want.
♥ cali and angela
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You're fat. HAHA
I'm sure you only rate me a three, what a bitch.
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Haha, I'm great @ this stuff. :)
I'm 15, and I used to be overweight. Most people wouldn't believe it after looking at me and stuff, but tis` true. =] I lost like 30 lbs easily, and still am, SAFELY. I've never made myself throw up, or starved, because that's just physically impossible for me.
Basically, you need to STOP drinking coke. Treat yourself like once or twice a week, with a DIET coke. But, regular is a big no no. Water is the best thing for you, but since you don't like it. Try juices, milk, & flavored water.
Exercise daily for atleast 30 mins. Like brisk walking. The idea is to use up more calories then you eat. =]
Fried foods & fatty deserts can quickly use up your daily intake of calories and most foods like this won't provide the nutrients your body needs on a daily basis. [Cakes, chicken fingers, fries.. all that.]
Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits, and grain products like bread & rice. Eat only small, single servings of foods high in calories & fat. Eat less sugar & fewer sweets. Choose foods from the store labeled: low, light, or reduced. Choose 1% or skim milk.
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I didn't do this, but when my sister started losing weight she joined WeightWatchers, which you can basically do at home, by;
- Counting up how many calories you eat in a normal day. That's right, wake up and eat like you usually do and keep track of everything single thing you eat.
- At the end of the day, count up how many calories you have aten/drank.
- Starting the day after you counted calories, eat 500 calories LESS then you normally do. So, say the day before you had 2,000 calories, then the next day you'd aim for 1,500 calories.
- Instead of eating three big meals a day, [brkfst, lnch, & dnr.] spread your meals out into 5 smaller meals. Eat one meal for every 2 - 3 hours. Doing this will speed up your metabolism.
- Cardio. Running, walking, jogging, swimming, dancing.. whatever. Atleast 30 minutes a day.
- At the end of the week, weigh yourself and you'll hopefully notice some weight loss.
Also, I suggest joining a gym or a support group or somewhere, where you can compare to other people in the same position as you.
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you should just walk around the block a couple times a day or not even that much but just keep it a habit, and for breakfest or lunch you can make a fruit smoothie to replace a food, its healthy and full of vitamens, you dont have to quit drinking coke just excercize and eat other healthy foods to balance it out
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you should eat in the morning but not after seven. thats the worst thing you can do. You can still eat junkfood but but 1/3 of what you used to eat. eat fruit, or make your self a salad. Trie to not starv yourself its not worth dieng to get skinny. Then try to excersice. Walk around the park or something like that. You have to sacrifice some of the stuff you do now for example u have to devote yourself to atleast 30min. to exersise EVERY DAY. I hope i could help!
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ok well you should try drinking juices and/or milk...those are the next healthiest things to water probably. yeah those fruits will help and walking is definitly a plus. try to do 100-150 crunches to start with each night
xoxohelpachick
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im trying to lose weight too cause im on the computer alot. i think thats what happens to people when they are on the computer they want to lose weight but get so wrapped up on the computer and with thier hw they dont have time to exercise. So i would suggest that you do as many crunches you can between comercails when you are watching t.v. or even when you get bored on the computer. you could even jog around your block. its going to take some time to get a flat tummy but it will help. it might even take up to a about 3 months. but its better than doing nothing and getting even bigger. I hope this helped and im sorry if it didnt!!!! :)
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michelle,
milk, and water are the best drinks oyu can drink, i know oyu hate water but it will work the best! no carbs... and you should do about 30 crunches morning and night for a few mo. and see your results!
hope i helped!
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