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dieting
i really need help.
i am 16.. about 5 foot, 4 inches..and about 120 lbs.
i woke up this morning and felt and looked really fat. i work out everyday. i run about 2 miles, do uphill bicycling for about 20 minutes, some weight lifting, and different ab exercises. i drink alot of water, take apple cider vinegar tablets, and ive been cutting back on my food intake. im pretty sure i eat less than 2,000 calories a day. im pretty toned until my belly button. i STILL have extra fat around my lower abdomen, hips, thighs, butt.
i don't understand what i am doing wrong.
i confess to sugar cravings though
if im up late at night and craving, i will eat a bowl of frozen yogurt or sherbet.
can you give me some dieting tips or an good example of a good food regimen for a few days?
and also some healthy alternative snack when i feel like snacking or am just craving?
please only reply if you really want to help. please don't tell me i am alright how i am because when i feel fat, its all i could really think about and it haunts me. thanks
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What you're doing wrong is that your exercising too much and eating too little. You may feel too fat but you're not. You're probably just right. If anything you're too skinny because that workout you do should be eating away vital body tissue because you are getting enough calories to supplement your exercise.
Do you think that you may think you're too fat because of social pressures or because you're on the way to a disease such as anorexia?
By the way, I know what I said isn't something you want to hear, but it's something you need to hear.
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Go to www.ediets.com and they can help you plan a menu that includes snacks.
You have to vary your workout routine and not do the same thing everyday or you will plateau and not lose anything else. Try cardio every other day and weight lifting on the alternate days.
Stop taking the cider vinegar tablets until you consult a doctor as they can cause kidney damage if you aren't taking them correctly. 5'4 and 120 lbs is actually about right. This site will give you a height and weight chart so you know where you stand.
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If you replace food intake with water your body will eventually start using muscle to burn for energy instead of fat since you aren't providing it fat to burn. I'm not saying eat a vat of pork everyday but eat healthy and stop skipping meals. When you go to the site below it has some great information about abs and the way you carry fat in that area.
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Good luck and I hope I helped a little.
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honestly, you are right on your weight level, because when you are five feet you should be one hundred pounds and for every inch you should be five pounds heavier.
some people are as toned as they can get and can't lose anymore weight..
but;
when you eat late at night, it's like eating something but the calories are about twice it, because you should not go to sleep on a full stomach, so if you do eat at night you should have AT LEAST two hours for your food to digest before you sleep. instead of eating ice cream every night drink a bottle of water, because the water will probably fill you up more than the ice cream will and will save you A LOT of calories, I'm not saying NEVER eat ice cream, treat yourself once in a while.
good luck.
and hope i helped.
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