I don't want to be a body builder. .I just want a defined body. . .sort of like a swimmers body. . .what do i need to do. .I can't go to the gym. .no time, no way to get there and can't go without my parents. only for a little while longer. . .but I'm always busy so even then i won't have time to go.
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Just do some pushups, and go for walks.  Eat more plant protien -- it absorbs better into the body.  So try getting chocolate soy protien bars, or putting some tofu into your stir-fry.  Also, try Silk's Chocolate Soy milk.  It's the best selling chocolate milk in America.\n\nTry excercising every other day, and make time to do it.  Excercise while you're on the phone, or get a friend to partner you and to hold you up to it.\n\nThe best way to keep a diet or excercise up is to reward yourself and be realistic.  Don't punish yourself.  You're making yourself healthier.  This should be something you enjoy.  So enjoy what you're reaping.  \nGo dancing, buy something that shows off your new body, indulge in a health snack -- like dark chocolate, or an occasional ice cream.\n\nYou need to still have some fat in your diet, and you do need to have some cholesterol, you just need the good kinds.  So don't hesitate to eat avacados every once in a while with a little salt, or gucamole, or chocolate.  Find something to reward yourself, and you'll be better at sticking to it.
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It sounds like you might have some sort of emotional problem and that food is your escape. Try going to counseling. \nIf this is not the case, them maybe you need a hobby since all you do is think about food. You definitely need to change your mentality about working out. \nYou try Weight Watchers you might enjoy that programs since you are allowed to eat what you want and your not deprived. \n\nGood Luck & Stay Strong.
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Yes. i just went through it a few days ago. you just have to do it. get your mind set and go for it. especially if you're over weight because that's just plain old unhealthy. start a good regimen and stick with it. it would be hard at 1st, but you'll start to get used to it. going to the gym doesn't do anything if you're not eating correctly too...just a heads up.
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Well, it really depends. If you're a female body builder, it's pretty understandable why you're intimidating. If you are a blackbelt in most forms of karate, and most of your friends know that, then it could also be pretty understandable. Just an outgoing personality, I can't really see why... But then again, I'm not the people who are telling you you're intimidating. Certainly different people have different opinions.
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I own a gym and I have to tell you that to me, fat is the new "f" word. I hate it. It is very hurtful and demeaning. Tsk Tsk Tsk on your mom for using it. You are young and maybe a little inactive with bad eating habits. That stuff is so fixable! Eating lean and clean, 5 - 6 small meals a day will begin revving yourengine. Do not skip breakfast!  Avoid all whites (sugar and flour)... they go straight to your butt. This really really works. Start into a gym program (weight training burns more and for longer then just cardio). Being only 15, I promise and double extra promise that you will lose weight. When you do, do it for you and take pride in the new you and the hard work you have put into it.
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hi, keep making sports, have a regular diet twice a day , and do not worry u are still young and ur body is growing and changing. if does not work the extent u want . u should ask a specialist . it is ur body. and do not worry it is just a body.
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I notice you say you don't like your body type. There is really no workout that is going to change your body type short of becoming a gym rat and lifting weights for 4 or 5 hours a week, which is not practical for you, and not a well balanced work out. \n\nIMO you should focus on accepting your body type as you are.  There is nothing wrong with tall and thin. \n\nStill, you should work out for all around good health, and the most practical, time efficient work out for all around fitness is to do at least 20 minutes of aerobics, 3-5 days a week. Find the time. You can do it. It will be hard at first, because as you say, you don't have the energy. But the reason you don't have the energy is because you are not fit. Once you become fit, working will give you energy, not cost you energy.\n\nFor the best info I know of on developing an effective, practical, exercise routine, read The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being, by Kenneth Cooper.
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my husband used to be a personal trainer - \nbasically you shouldn't do the gym everyday \nyour muscles get torn when you do exercise - so you need to go to the gym one day then do something else like swimming the next so you exercise different muscles\n\nalso eat lots and lots of pasta - this turns into muscle the quickest.\n\ngood luck
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Well that narrows it down a bit.\nI could say swimming like most of the others but I'm not going to.\nI think you should do the best sport out there for getting you fit,which is SEX and plenty of it.\nEnjoy your new fitness plan! lol
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I would say you have to pay attention to your weight. I am totally convinced that having a healthy weight is a must. I am 30 years old and is now that I have started to be concious of how important this is. When I was 14 I never worked out. Try to be as active as you can, run, exercise, work out; it will make so much of a better woman when you are 30, you will feel so good. But take this piece of advise, if you are going to change your looks, just do it because you really want to or because what you are about to change really bothers you; never do it to satisfy a society based off looks or just because we need to look in a certain weight. I am telling you this because I was somebody would have told me this when I was your age. Good Luck!
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When I was a lot younger, I wanted to go on a diet....and then in high school, I wanted to be taller.  Eventually, I reached acceptance.  I like to think that being short is endearing, and I feel that my weight is fine.  Yes, I can still be self conscious, but I think I'm fine the way I am...  I wish that other people would feel comfortable with their bodies instead of reliying on plastic surgery to help make them feel better about themselves.
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you shouldn't be on the same workout plan for over six weeks, for starters. you need to periodize your routine, change it up at least every 4 weeks. that will not only keep it more interesting, but it will also force your muscles to grow more, because if you're doing the same thing for 6 weeks at a time, your muscles have long since adapted & are not being challenged, and therefore are not growing. if you're trying to gain weight, have you tried a lean bulking diet? if not let me know & I will be more than happy to send you one that I've put people on & they've had great success (I've never done it simply because I've never tried to bulk, being a female, I just don't want to do that personally). Also, what kind of routine do you normally do???
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First of all, congratulations on wanting to take up bodybuilding.  I understand you have some body issues, but you know... bodybuilding just may help correct some or all of that.\n\nAlso, I think you are wise to be consulting with a doctor.  Let them be your sounding board as you go about this endeavor.  You didn't explain where you live, but hopefully you have a local gym where you live so you can get a personal trainer.  You need someone to help coach you.  Have them come to a doctor's appointment with you too.  If there is a serious medical issue, both of them need to agree on how hard you should train and what exercises you should be doing and not doing.\n\nOf course, you may have to pay your coach for the time spent at the doctors office, but it will be worth it in the long run.  The key item here is communication.  If you, your doctor, and your coach are all on the same page, working for the same goal, then you shouldn't have any worries.  If either one of them seems to be out of the loop with what your heart is telling you, then it's okay for you to ask someone else for a third opinion.  Remember, it's your life.  You gotta please yourself, first.  Just try to stay safe while doing it.\n\nGood luck.\nVT
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If you cant go to the gym,just eat healthy and drink a lot of water.Stop eating any sweets.It's tough,but it's worth it.
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You can do it but i do not thing without a personal trainer. So go out and hire one.
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I felt a little guilty reading this. You are right. We say that we just want a good man, but we look at the abs too. I am short and have a lot of boobs and junk in the trunk, but no junk anywhere else, so thank you for giving me and other women like me respect. I am not fat (fab abs.. gotta brag a little work hard at them) but educated, but I do see your point. (@blonde coley) For all the trash that you just talked, honey you better be a perfect dime peice. To talk that much trash, you need to make at least 100,000 a year, have a PhD. and be the most desireable thing that ever walked the earth. My guess is that you probally are not. I wonder how many heads that you turn at the beach..What makes me sick is when an inadequate person tries to find fault in others. You have to be lacking to be so angry. Before you say that I must be heavy, no baby, I have DD with a 25" waist and booty, but I am confident enough in myself to not have to put someone down to feel better about myself. I have a feeling that you are the skinny, pale guy at the beach that have his shorts pulled up really high in the front, with the swim flippers on.(or the girl that looks like the skinny pale guy)
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As a mom to a girl who is your age, I think you all sound pretty normal to me!  I don't think that girls your age should be so obsessed with your weight!  Sweetie you all are still growing, and your bodies will continue to change for a few more years!  My best advice to you would be to let nature take its course, and to eat healthy and stay fit!  If you are good to your bodies, they will be good to you!