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I want to lose weight.
I really would love to lose weight. I'm 13/f, I'm 5'9 and I weigh 150 pounds, which is not too okay. I want to be around 130, and I'm really willing to do it, but I need some help. I'm eating Special K every morning, fruits for lunch, and regular dinners. If I have to, I'm willing to replace white bread with whole wheat more often. I have volleyball practice everyday, but there's so many people on the team that I'm only getting physical activity half the time. But starting next week, I'll have intense basketball practice every Friday night, and games on Saturdays and Sundays.
I have some problem areas. I want to have a flat stomach, and I have fat on my stomach that I seriously want to get rid of. My love handles annoy me a lot, and I want to have thinner legs. I've been told I have great legs, but I just want them to be a litle thinner I have big calves. I'm currently a C 36 and I have no problem in being smaller, because I want to have a great body. What can I do to achieve this?
some problems:
-I usually have a lot of homework, so most of the time it's hard to go to the gym with my mom.
-I have lunch really early at school, so the rest of the day I'm starving, so when I get home, I'm always stuffing my face.
I have a treadmill, so I'm thinking maybe I'd go on it every night while I watch TV. I also want to know what's best for losing that stomach fat I mentioned earlier. What happens is when I do ab workouts, it just sort of makes the fat under my chest stick out more, which I also want to get rid of.
Sorry everything's so scattered out, but please help me in any way, I really want to lose this weight.
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1.) Lets start with the meals. I have lunch early too so i know how that story goes. Try bringing a snack to school like slices of apples or grapes or triscit crackers to eat during the school day. Special K works for some people, not everyone so try not to be so dependent on it. You need alot of protein in your diet. try eating fish, white mean and some red meat. Try not to eat red meat all the time because its not so good for you. Make sure you eat alot of fresh vegitables and fruits. Dont go on those crazy diets like the grapefruit diet or apple diet and what not. And do not forget to cut down on soft drinks and any other drinks with high fructose corn syrup because that is the most worse thing that you could put into your body. Try drinking water, milk and juices that are 100% juice with no perservitives. And please DONT forget to eat all meals. skipping meals just make you gain more weight and it slows down the bodies metabolism.
2.) Exercise. Excercise is also very important. Its extremely hard to balance school, homework and what not. Try waking up early before school and take a 15 min walk. You could even take a 20-30 min walk after your done doing your homework. Not everyone could go to the gym or have time for it. So taking walks or taking a nice run/ jog everyday for abot an hour is very good cardio. Crunches or what not could work too. You could also break out that tredmill and use that for about a good 30-45 mins a day. Plus your starting to play sports so this will also help you gain more flexabilty, endurance and strength. DO NOT over work yourself because it would put too much strain on your body. Amd dont forget to get atleast 8hrs of sleep.
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Ok, first off good effort, you are on the right track. There are a few things that need to be tweaked though.
First lets start with the meals. If you eat too rarely, not only will you be "stuffing your face", but it will also be bad for your metabolism, making weight loss harder. So, try to eat every 3- 4 hours, and each time eat a small balanced meal. Prepare an extra meal from home which you can eat sometime between lunch and dinner.
In regards to what to eat, every meal must have a fair amount of protein, a moderate amount of carbs, and a small amount of good fat. This is very important otherwise your body wont have the fuel and building blocks with which to operate effectively.
Remember every meal must have this format. Good protein sources include things like tuna, chicken, turkey, lean meats, cottage cheese, etc. Good fat sources include fish, nuts (unsalted), canola, oilve oil, flax, etc.
Examples might be chicken breast, a potato, and a small salad with a bit of canola. Or 200g cottage cheese, an apple, and a few walnuts. You get the idea.
In regards to exercise, the treadmill idea is very good. You cannot target stomach or leg fat unfortunately (humans are unable to spot reduce fat despite many myths), so the best thing you can do is cardio. Area specific exercises really just strengthen the muscle. This is not bad mind you, and can have some benefit to your metabolism, but it will not make the fat there go away.
So, if you exercise and eat right you can get your overall bodyfat percentage down. Thats about it. The fat will be pulled from all over, with genetics determining if any area is empahised first.
The sports are very good also. Stick with that, and supplement with cardio on your treadmill in the rest of the week. Remember to take at least one rest day every week, perhaps more at the beginning. Your cardio workouts should be at least 20 minutes in length, at moderate intensity.
Nothing you can do about your calves (assuming they are mainly muscle). Using them for exercising will not make them any smaller (quite the opposite with explosive components in sports like volleyball and basketball). This is one aspect you will need to have to learn to live with. In the end its not that bad at all.
Ok, thats more or less it. Best of luck.
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Everything that you want to do is great. Keep up a positive attitude and have faith in yourself. You don't need to go to the gym if you're going to be doing treadmill and basketball. Doing too much exericise can actually be bad for you; do it in moderation. You can't change the 36C; it's just the way you are. You're not always going to be super-thin; by your descriptions make me assume you're larger framed. You probably do have great legs. There's two basic types of legs; thin and athletic. You probably have athletic. Do the ab workouts in moderation too; maybe every other day or so. Hope I helped!
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