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I need help finding my way
I have bought a treadmill, healthy food, and I plan to do exercises. But I still can't get rid of the feeling that no matter what I do, I won't be able to lose weight. I've been fat for so long I just don't feel like this will do anything to help me. I guess what I'm asking is, will it?
Will a half an hour-an hour of going on the treadmill as well as healthier eating help me lose weight? I know that a pound is 3000 calories, and I guess it just seems impossible to me. I'm only 15... please help.
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First of all, you need to relax and have a motivation. Do you want to lose weight because you're fat, or do you want to lose it to be healthier, and be comftrable in your own skin? Find the right reason to do it and if you belive that you won't lose weight and that you can't do it, you won't succeed. Sheding off those pounds won't take a week. It will take time, but think of the results and keep focused. Half and hour on the tredmill isn't a lot .. I do an hour & half every night and I burn about 650-700 calories and I eat healthy. So anyways, do about an hour every night and do exercises in between. Try jumping rope, if you have stairs that's perfect. Run up and down 10 times and it will help your legs. Push ups, sit ups are also very good. If you do that and eat really healthy you will lose about 2-3 pounds a week and that's really great!! You shouldn't be losing any more than that because it wouldn't really be healthy. Eating healthy doesn't mean you should eat veggies and fruits 24/7! You should still have some of your favorite things. Have a handful of chips, but don`t make it a habit. Eat 3 meals a day and make sure they're smaller porportions and eat snacks in between and drink a lot of water!! If you stick to this, you will lose weight and be happier.
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Try to focus your attention on how your body FEELS as opposed to looks. If you obsess about weight, this will be a very long road for you. It takes a while to start losing weight, but you will notice a change in how your body feels in a relatively short period of time. 30 minutes of exercise 3 times a week is the lowest recommended amount of exercise for optimum health, so yes, the treadmill will be good. Try to make it fun so that you will keep it up; listen to music, for instance, or if you have a television within range, walk during a favorite show as you watch (you won't notice the work as much!).
One final tip I can give you from personal experience is to weigh yourself once a week (NO MORE!) in the morning before you've eaten anything. This is your mostly true weight.
Have fun! You'll get there ;-)
-WBL
P.S. Remember that muscle weighs more than fat!
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Everything EricStar said is right, I just want to say, try and get a friend to exersise with you, it will be so much more fun, and I don;t know how the weather is there, but when the weather gets better try running ouside instead of the treadmill, for a change of scenery and a breathe of fresh air. Just make sure you have the right shoes (i diddnt have the right kind and got a stress fracture in my foot, so make sure you have the right shoes for the right surface)
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Yes it will help you loose weight. Plan on loosing only 2 to 3 lbs per week. Any more will cause muscle loss and the yo-yo diet effect.
Exercise every other day,and run the tread mill on the days in between. Eat 5 to six small meals a day of healthy food. about 250 calories each meal. Don't expect results over night, its usually about 3 to 4 weeks till you start to see real results if you stick with it. Your body has to adapt to the fact that you are exercising and have a constant supply of food before it starts to let go of the fat its "saving" for a rainy day so to speak.
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