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im obese and need to lose weight
im 16 years old,5'8" and i weigh 270 pounds and i want to be skinny again i would like to get down 170 pounds again. i have a lot of eating problems. im diabetic and dont know how to lose weight.what should i do?
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dont eat junk and eat low carbs. and totaaly run a mile every day. that works if I get anyadvice Ill tell you
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Talk to your doctor about losing weight and how your Diabetes might affect any diets. Ask him or her to put you on a safe diet that will bring you down to a more healthy weight. Good luck.
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My Dad had type 2 diabetes and got rid of it only through diet and exercise; now he's borderline but definitely not diabetic.
No matter how hard it is, or seems to be right now to lose that weight, don't give up. There are classes you can join that will give you exercise and eating tips, food manuals (what worked for my Dad was the G.I. diet, which stands for Glycomic Index, I believe), doctors you can visit, magazines on diabetes to subscribe to, internet pages to visit. It might be helpful at some point to just find out as much as you can.
The reason that you have diabetes is that you've given your system so much refined sugar that it doesn't know how to control dosages of refined sugar in your system anymore. Solution? Stop eating refined sugars. I'm not just talking about sugar as in the powdered white stuff, but sugars such as the things in starches and unrefined carbohydrates. To get rid of these from your diet, stop eating potatoes, white bread, that stuff that claims to have whole wheat in it but looks and tastes like white bread, white rice, white pasta, cookies, cakes, doughnuts. What helped my Dad was taking out everything with bread in it from his diet (though you should talk to a doctor before you do this). The best type of bread to eat is pumpernickel, or rye, you know, bread with really dark colours. I find, personally, that pumpernickel tastes the best anyway, so just see what works for you. Watch out for cereals in the morning. A lot of them claim to be low in something or other (fat cholesterol), but make sure you look at how much sugar is in the cereal before you eat it (the side of the cereal will list the order of ingredients and the sugar content). Look out for drinks; even juices have lots of sugars in them, but these are not nearly as bad as soft drinks, ice teas and lemonades. When you drink juice, drink it when your blood sugar is lower and make sure to get the natural, not from concentrate kind. Look for non sugar alternatives to things such as artificial sweeteners in everything from yogurt to soft drinks, and get jam sweetened with fruit juice from concentrate instead of actual sugar.
When you eat, don't eat as much red meat - stuff such as steak, lamb, or pork chops. This stuff, since you are diabetic, is probably not nearly as bad for you as sugars and starches, but try to not eat it everyday. Also, don't eat a lot of fattening cheeses. Some cheese, such as cottage and lowfat cream cheese is okay, but cheddar or brie try to only eat once in a while. Substitute butter for margarine. Eat lots of dark, leafy green foods. Tell your family you are trying to eat healthier (and maybe your friends) so that they will help you. If they get excited about you eating healthier you will have more chances of sticking with it.
When you eat, don't think you have to starve yourself. You aren't necessarily eating less; you are just eating better. It does help, however, if you don't eat until you are totally stuffed. Instead, eat until you are full, and eat snacks throughout the day. Not sugar or bread snacks, but snacks like celery, carrots, cottage cheese, instant vegetable soup (if you get really hungry).
Next, you'll have to exercise a lot. Try joining the track or cross country team ;it will really help you get motivated and anyone can join. Go for a long, slow jog every day, or get some weights and work out in your room every other day. Make sure that whatever you are doing is regular and that you will stick with it, and keep increasing how intense the work-outs are as you get stronger and stronger, faster and faster. Since you are diabetic, your blood sugar will get very low after you exercise. Be prepared for this with a chocolate powerbar or something of that sort to eat when you are done. It will make sure you don't faint or get too lightheaded afterward and it will probably help you get motivated to work out, knowing you can in some way get the food you crave afterward.
So I know it sounds tough, and that it won't be easy. Don't be discouraged if you can't loose all of that weight right away, and remember to celebrate small successes such as not eating a chocolate cake that one time (just don't celebrate with food!), or on managing to get your diet from whatever you eat now to mostly vegetables and leafy greens (not hard to cook either, just put on the stove in a pot with a little water for 15 minutes, or get microwavable for 4 minutes peas or corn, or stir fry something with lots of peppers and maybe some chicken). It's entirely a taste bud thing. Once you have been weaned off of what you usually eat, you won't feel like you're missing anything, and you'll find you feel a lot better emotionally as well as physically after you've exercised for a bit.
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well, its pretty obvious what you should do.
begin with eating healthier,
avoid soda, sweets, chips, etc etc.
then eat smaller portions,
and so on and it should be easy once you get used to it.
you wont even feel that hungry anymore.
then i suggest you join a gym or something.
24 hours fitness is a good one because they're open 24 hours and they're really good :]
if that doesnt help, see a doctor?
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you need to consult a doctor. they will give you a good eating habit and whatever. since you have diabeites [sp?] it will be hard so whatever you do. consult a doctor becuase you don't want to end up in the hospital do you?
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