i am 17 years old, and i am 5 ft 2 and i weigh about 175 lbs. this is not normal weight for my height or age and i know this. i have attempted to lose weight but i can never succeed because i have like no will power. does anyone know any way that i can lose a bunch of weight before summer starts? i am not like huge or anything, i think so but no one will tell me i am but i know i am overweight. i want to lose like maybe 30 pounds or so before i go to the beach in june. and i wish i oculd do this without starving myself to death. but i am willing to try anything if it will work and make me lose wieght. i am open to suggestions, anything that has tried something that has actually worked quick. please, anyone who can help me. i would really appreciate it.
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Simply watch your carbohydrate intake.Look at the labels(yes I know that's boring)But,just once look at the container say on a soda pop can,what do you see? Most likely on that one can you will find from40-50 carbs.just on one can of soda pop.Your body was not made to process all the carbs it's most likely getting in one day. Try drinking only water as your beverage for a week or two and see what happens. How many carbs will you not get just by checking this one item.Then after a few weeks,start checking the containers of food you buy.Now look on the side of the can or box,how many carbs in in this item per serving? Cut back your carbs and you will most likely lose weight.
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well first of all i dont think that 130 for 13 is over weight. Alot of my friends are 12 and they weigh about 120+. But then again what do i know. i weigh 100. well im sure that alot of your weight must be muscle, but if you honestly want to lose weight then i suggest joining a school sport with your friends. That way you will be playing a sport (which is super fun) and you will be with ur friends. If that doesnt work then how about layin off all fattening foods for about a week. If you could get into the habit that would be best. If you can, try out for the swim team...if you have it, and that way you will be gaining muscle. right now my goal is to get flat abs. If you really put your mind to it then you can REALLY do it!! OK this sounds rreeeaaallllyyyy dorky, BUT IT WORKS....On a saturday or sunday when you have absoulutly NOTHING to do, put on some sweats and turn on the tv and go to the fitness channel or a channel that has one of those workout videos, and just follow those leaders. well i hope my advise helps you. Good Luck!!!!!
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Okay, you are a teen. OOOOOOOOOOOO BOYYYYY. You girls and your weight loss, for the most part you don't need it like you think you do\n\nYou are not going to lose 50 lbs by april 2nd and if you try it you are INSANE. It's not worth it, you will just end up making yourself very sick. I used to work in a school nurse's office and those dang girls would make me mad. They would come in feeling sick, dizzy, weak, the medics would be called and they admitted that they had not been eating because they were trying to lose weight\n\nMy advice to you, DON'T DO IT!! It's not worth it. You're young, you're engergetic. I am sure you do not need to lose 50 pounds. \n\nYou want to keep weight off and do it sensibly. Excercise, drink a lot of water, and eat sensibly. Don't go eating a lot of junk food. Let me tell you something whenever people go on these starvation diets, they either get addicted and become anorexic and end up looking awful, they go to hospitals where they are forced to eat, how would you like to have a feeding tube jammed up your nose??? Guess what else, IF YOU DO LOSE A LOT OF WEIGHT BY STARVING yourself or by going on some ridiculous diet, you will gain twice as much in return\n\nHey, it's not worth it, give it up , okay?\n\nI don't like to see people get hurt and the outcome of such foolishness can be tragic and at times even fatal. \n\nMaybe you need to seek some counseling. It really sounds like it to me.
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Look child.  F that.  Stop trying to be a stick.  You did not gain weight over night and you will not loose it over night.  It will probably take you 3 times and long to loose it as it did to gain it.  I know.  I used to be super skinny, and I an now like a size 14/16.  I would love to loose 40-50 pounds and be a size 8, but I must learn to love myself no matter what weight I am.  I have lost and gained over the years, but I have learned from all success and failure.  You will derail your efforts if you stop eating or start throwing up.  Not only will you loose fat, but you will loose muscle.  You need to build up your muscle first by doing some resistance training so that you will burn more fat while you are at rest.  You may also need to try a diet program like weight watchers or myonlinefooddiary.com.  Remember we gain and loose sometimes because of stress or depression.  You need to heal your inside first before you focus on your outside.  Once you love yourself being big, you will see how many other people love big women too.  Be good, and think about it please.
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Please INSIST on doing it a healthy way!  You don't want to sacrifice your health for ANYTHING...and yes, that includes your weight!\n\nAlso, NEVER resort to starvation dieting!  Not just because it is unhealthy, but because it doesn't work!  Your body will adapt to not getting nutrients and your metabolism will slow down.\n\nNEVER take laxatives or purge yourself!  This will throw off something called your electrolyte balance, and can lead to problems with nerve functioning and even your heartbeat!\n\nNow on the positive side...\nThere are generally two healthy (and lasting) things to do if you desire to lose weight.  Make healthy changes in (1) your diet, and (2) your lifestyle.\n\nIn general, you want to avoid or at least cut down your intake of empty calories and saturated fat.  Avoid soft drinks and the real sugary stuff.  Eat more grains, fruits & veggies, and fish; less red meat and junk food.  And you want to eat smaller portions.  It's better to eat 6 small meals throughout the day instead of 3 huge meals!  And you don't want to eat close to bedtime, because your metabolism slows down when you sleep.\n\nYou need to combine this with regular exercise.  Even doing things like walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator will help.  Manage stress; this can lead to additional production of something called cortisol, which traps excess fat in the mid-section area.\n\nFinally, don't do this alone!  Get together w/ a friend who is also trying to lose weight and encourage each other.  Join an online support group.  Join a weight-loss program or a gym.  If you can't afford that, go to the library and rent videos on healthy eating or with workouts that are fun.\n\nYour doctor, who knows your medical history, can also help you.  Some meds and medical conditions, like an underactive thyroid gland, can promote weight gain.\n\nThere's more, but I hope this is a good start.  I hope you'll change your motivation from losing weight to living a more healthy life.  When you become healthier, the pounds will naturally drop off as a result.  Best wishes for success!
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Coming from someone who just lost 20 lbs. and before would look in the mirror and want to cry. I have some advice. The first thing, stop eating after 7 oclock. Tell your self that you can always eat in the morning, you can eat as much as you want before 3 oclock as long as its HEALTHY and you move around during the day. Drink plenty of water. 50% of americans mistake thirst (dehydration) for hunger and also not drinking enough water can lower your metabolism as little as 3%. Dont go to bed super late, that always makes it worse. Give yourself at least 3 to 4 hours before going to bed after you eat. It will just sit in your stomach and turn to fat if you dont. Also eat healthy foods not junk food, that is the second reason people gain weight. I am a massage therapist and a nutrionist, and am also going to school for my DVM. I went from 150 to 130 (I am 5'8) in 4 months just from not eating late and switching to whole and raw foods. I dont eat fast food at all, maybe once a month at the most. I make my food and take it to work. Try a supermarket like whole foods or trader joes, which or more natural. And try dairy products without growth hormones, which actually contribute to weight gain. Being a naturalist and not eating after 6 or 7 has changed my life. Sure I get lazy, and dont want to work out, but because I have a healthy diet and I can sometimes get away with it. Also a good thing would be to find some kind of hobby or something you love to do and use that to work out, like for instance I love to dance, and I use that as my work out regimen. I dont feel like I am doing it because I have to but because I want to. Good luck. I hope you can use some of my advice. I know its hard but you can do it. Anyone Can. One more thing that might help is buying a scale that calculates your specific body fat, it will help you set realistic goals for your body and where you stand in losing body fat.
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Okay. Let me start this by giving my example. I lost around 20 pounds in 4-5 months. The good thing is i didnt gain anything.\nMy earlier life @220 pounds:\n-No breakfast or cup of coffee\n-Heavy lunch around 1800 calories with lots of fat.\n-After noon some choclates to avoid my work headaces.\n-Snacks and TV.\n-Dinner around 9 pm around 1800 cal ( Jack in box, burger, curly fries and a milk shake)\n\nI just made the below changes to get  to @200  for 4 months.\n-Breakfast an apple\n-lunch around 1000 calories ( subway sandwitch)\n-work out  evening( 30 mins wieghts, 30 min run + walk)\n-Dinner around 1200 calories.\n\nI came down to 200 and i eating pizzas and every other crap from last 3 months. I am not even exercising that often now.I just run twice a week for 30 mins.\nBelow are the tips \n-> Dont worry about losing weight. Worry about losing fat. It takes a long time to build/ lose fat in body. It takes a short time to build/lose weight.\n-> If you want to lose weight, simple strategy is eat around 300 cals less of what you regulary eat and run on thread mill ( 5/6 miles/hr) for 30-45 mins.\n-> If you want to lose fat, then its more bloody complex story. You eat 300 cals less. Also, make sure, you dont eat much fatty foods, but make sure you eat a little protein. And your exercise should contain more of walking ( 4/4.5 miles/hr) rather than running. You need to lift some weights. Do some streches.\n-> Also, good thumb of rule is if you are going to lose more than 1-2 pounds a week, it means you are not losing fat, you are losing the bone. Not good in long term ( 3/4 months after wards).\n-> Typically, what ever you do to acheive increasing your metabolism helps u in long term.\n\nSolution for you:\nNov 15- Feb 15. - 12 weeks. \nKeep a goal of reducing 24 pounds. That itself is a really good goal.  You wont feel like reducing more once you start seeing these permanent results.\n\nWell if you still like to go with ur plan. Here is something you can try.\n-Need to reduce 5 pounds per week. That means 1 pound per a working day.\n-1 pound is 3500 cal. approx. That means your diet + exercise should = Earilier eating + exercise - 3500 . \n\nThanks.
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I can't handle anyone else telling me what I can and can't eat.\n\nCurrently, I have lost 26 pounds by just doing my own thing.  I eat two Dannon Light n Fit yogurts, a bowl of raisin bran with 1/2% milk and a sensible dinner each day. I don't say anything is off limits, but I have to watch that I only eat ONE serving of things. I occasionally allow a treat.\n\nIf someone had told me to eat only that every day I would not have followed it. I think sometimes you just really have to figure out what works for you. \n\nA little exercise and a little less food works wonders. And no fast food! EEk, that stuff is horribly calorie-laden.\n\nGood luck to you.
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im going through the EXACT thing (same weight range, too!!) to lose weight the healthy way, drink lots of water (NO soda), do low impact exercise (so you wont build up lots of muscle), dont eat after 7, eat smaller portions, and remember that fruit is your friend!! GOOD LUCK
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Don't bother with fasting or starving yourself. Not only will this make you feel miserable, but it will actually hamper your weight loss by lowering your metabolism (your body's natural ability to burn calories). If you want to lose weight, here are some tips:\n\n1) Exercise! It's really a wonder-drug. You'll burn calories, build muscle (which helps your body burn more calories on its own), and you will feel less hungry. If you don't have much time, you don't have to do a lot. Any little bit helps. Pick up a jumprope for a few minutes a day. Do some situps and pushups a couple times a day. Don't worry if you can't go to the gym for an hour every day - you can still exercise.\n\n2) Eat healthy fats and proteins and lots of fruits and vegetables. Skip the refined sugars. Instead of popcorn, have an apple. Go for foods high in nutrition - not high in sugar and starch. Mushrooms and carrots are a great start, but what is even more important is a balanced diet.\n\n3) Eat frequently! Sometimes eating more is really one of the best ways to lose weight. No, not necessarily more food, but more often. Your metabolism will be higher when you eat six small meals or snacks as opposed to three larger meals. If you don't want to go overboard cooking, try putting half of each meal in a tupperware container for later. Eat your 2nd meals for snacks. Even if you eat exactly the same amount of food, you'll lose weight if you split it up into smaller portions. Plus, you'll be less hungry throughout the day.\n\n4) Drink lots of water! Most people don't drink enough water and drink a lot of sodas, juices, and other sugary beverages. Skip anything with sugar in it (milk is still good) and drink only water. Soda is a HUGE source of (unnoticed) calories. Forget the diet soda too - it is full of bad stuff. In fact, if you currently drink a lot of it, you'll probably be amazed how good you'll feel if you quit. It's very common to be constantly dehydrated because you quench your thirst with soda (which doesn't actually hydrate your body).\n\nGood luck! And be healthy. :)
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You sound like a healthy weight already.  Dont need to diet, but if so, just stick to the treadmill for a good workout three times a week and as far as eating goes, eat fruits/veggies/and whole grains and cut out fatty and greasy foods and cakes/cookies/things like that.  worked for me and is still working as I am 5'1 and have gone from 120 in the summer to now 110 and still dropping by doing just that. and i am never hungry! =)
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I tried to lose weight for a while, and no amount of cardio got off the last 30 or so pounds.  I was introduced to a cleansing and nutritional system by my mom, who lost something like 40 pounds in a few months.  Anyway, I got on this cleansing system, which cleans out toxins and impurities in your body and i lost 30 pounds in 6 weeks, energy is super high, and just felt awesome. It's been over a year now, and I've kept it off with this system and feel great every day.  If you're looking at a great way to safely and quickly take off fat and get healthy, you should give this a good look.  I'd be glad to share it with you, send me a message. Good luck!
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If you are serious and understand that there is no overnight way to loose the amount you are asking about maybe this will help. At about 5 lbs. a week it will take  about 10 weeks to loose the weight You would be better to set your sights on 2-3 lbs per week. NEVER, EVER eat anything after 5pm. Never eat just before going to bed. Eat only twice a day. Drink water, lots of water, and a glass of warm water before bed. Drinking water helps the body to flush out excess fat wastes and toxic body waste and helps with giving you a full feeling. It also helps with mental mentality. Have a bit of fat in some form early in the day, like REAL butter on a piece of toast, this will make the body feel like it is not being slighted. If you must eat sweets try the sugar-free kind, they cost a bit more but are worth it in the long run, pace yourself with them. Get out of the house every day if only to walk once around the block, don't rush, notice everything around you, think about what you see. Add more blocks as you feel as ease with, change routes. If you are pressed into feeling bad by someone near, start doing a chore, laundry, dishs, vacuuming, taking out the trash (and you can sneak that walk as you drop the trash in the trashcan as you go by), STAY AWAY from the ice box. Binge eating only makes the problem worse and you feel you are less of a person after it is over with. If you get weak when out and hit a fast food place and after ordering you feel you shouldn't be doing that, DON'T !!!!, pay for the food, walk OUTSIDE!, don't sit down, and drop the stuff in the trash can or give it to someone outside or an animal. You will feel odd doing this but then you will feel that you just took control over yourself and it will get you thinking about the other things in your life you should look into taking back control over, and you just proved to yourself that it is not impossible. Try taking yourself out of the circle you focus on all the time and place yourself on the edge and others in the center. When I was losing weight I found that taking Chromium tablets each day curtailed my craving for chocolate. I am a big choc-0-halic. Amino acids also helped for control (all over the counter stuff). Make sure you are not alergic to any of this though. And do not make a big deal of your trying to loose weight to others, keep low key, pretend to be eating so other do not try to keep handing you stuff to stuff in your face. I stopped smoking by not telling anyone and keeping a half pack of ciggs in my shirt pocket so all could see I had it and they did not offer me any. It was worth their bumming them from me to ward off any questions. Nobody near around you will help you if it is not in their best interest to keep you in the position that is more conveient to them. FAKE them out! Depend on yourself, in the end you are the only one who is there for you no matter what is said. O.K. eat more veggies, take them with you, snack on them, unlimited, try all the diffrent veggies at the store, take time out to go to the store just to see what is offered, strange to you or not, try it! And stay out of the other areas of the store. Well, that's what I can tell you for what it is worth. I gained a lot of weight after 3 surgeries and am an older person in my 50's, and now it is so hard to loose, so very hard. Do it now while you can, and like yourself, not what others want you to change into for them, you are not them, you are YOU, and control will come with practice over time.
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You are not overweight, you are the right weight for your height. i would combine everslim with regular exercise. You can take walks other kinds of exercise.Your doing good, maybe eat lot of veggies, \nbut no starve di&#92;ets.If you lose to much too fast\nchances are the weight will come back because your body \nwill think its starving .
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If you make a few life style changes you should be able to lose some weight, but you probably can't lose 17 pounds in 2 weeks. You need to have a deficit of 3500 calories to lose a pound, so don't try to do it too fast. This is a system that has worked well for me and several friends have also been successful with it.\n\n1. Eat three nutritious meals and three snacks everyday. Cut out junk food. You probably need about 1500 to 1800 calories a day. Many people make the mistake of not eating enough when they try to lose weight and then become discouraged.\n\n2. Drink lots of water - at least 8 big glasses as day. Lots of water is essential. Stop drinking soda and other drinks with useless calories. Eat fresh fruit instead of fruit juices - the juices are very high in calories.\n\n3. Begin a simple weight lifting program at home or at a gym. Ordinary household items (tins of soup, for example) can actually serve as weights for beginners. Buy yourself a good weight lifting book for women. Actually the "dummies" series of books has done a rather good one.\n\n4. Walk, walk, walk. Buy yourself a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day.\n\n5. Record everything you eat and all your exercise to make sure you have a "calorie deficit". Two of the sites I've included will help you do that. Basically buring more calories than you take in leads to weight loss. You need a deficit of 3500 calories to lose one pound.\n\n6. If you drive, do less of it and park at the back of the parking lot instead of close to the door. Always use stairs - never the elevator or escalator.\n\n7. A mini stepper is an easy piece to equipment to have at home and gives great results. I bought mine at a second hand store for $4. even if you use it for a minute or two several times a day it can make a big difference.\n\nI hope these thoughts help. You can do this. Good luck with it.
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More important is to eat properly and not over indulge in "useless" calories.  Eat well, exercise plenty and have a mental attitude that cherishes joy and serentiy and it does not matter what the other people say or what the scales say.  Health is different for diff people.  But joy and serenity are attainable and I hope you get there.  Being an ex-teen is hard too.
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I am in the same predicament you are in. My doctor is telling me stuff I already know and i have no will power. like tonight i ate 3 bags of m&ms and a king sized twix but i will start tomorrow a new and try not to eat that crap.  what I do is excersice with a friend always because if I didnt i would do it. Its motivation. and I use a smaller plate so it can look full for the eyes and when I cook I only cook enough for 1 serving so when I want some more its none so I have to drink water to get full. Yeah, sometimes I dont always follow my rules but I wake up everyday and try again and harder. I havent weighed myself in a while because when i do and see that I have lost weight, my mind goes " what are you doing? lets eat more" and i gain it back but the best thing is to Wake up everyday and start brand new each day. if you break a day, its ok, try again. What I have learned is to not stop eating what you eat(as long if its not too much junk)just eat less of it. and excercise like crazy. oh, I also have been eating alot of fruits. I really dont like all the fruit thats available to me locally but i eat what i like apples, oranges, grapes, watermelon, strawberries, i just eat a different one a day.its called food rotating. Lucky with my job, one of my clients love to walk so 2 days out the week i have a good walk and my other client has to excercise more, so i motivate her by excercising with her and get strength training incorparated into those days. oh, i try to eat at least 6 times a day. breakfast lunch and dinner and 3 snacks but i dont always succeed, but i am losing weight, something i am doing is right because i can feel it in my feet and legs and sides where my bra is. hey, if you want a person to talk to about your days to give you motivation to keep trying im here for you sweety. so good luck. if you want to eat fast foods, try nuggets instead of burgers. and eat tacos. the whole point is to burn more calories than  you eat. good luck.