i am 13 and i am 80 lbs overwieght.i want to lose 50lbs in 5 mon w/o dramatically changing my diet.?
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the fact is, pinkywinky, the only way you've gotten to being 80 pounds overweight is because of your diet.\n\nit will be pretty impossible to lose 50 pounds, in 5 months or in a year, without changing your diet.\n\ni'm sorry to sound pessimistic, but to maintain an overweight body, you have to feed it enough calories.  if you keep feeding your body the way you've been feeding it, you will continue to gain weight.  it's unfortunately a pretty simple arithmetic.\n\ni agree that exercise can help.  before you start on a vigorous exercise regimen (which you really should), get a doctor to check you out and make sure your heart, your lungs, and your bones can handle it.\n\ni applaud you for wanting to lose the weight.  it's the best decision you'll make.  good luck!
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life style change is the key to weight loss not some fad on TV.  try setting up a diet and exercise routine that you could see your self living with forever, not just a few months.  you do not have to give up all your favorite foods, just eat them in moderation as treats once in a while.  try only buying healthy food when you go to the store, stay out of the cookie or potato chip isle.  try buying most of your food in the produce section.
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You have reached a place that you truly need a support system to get you on track. Reach out to a good friend and let them help keep you on track.  It will be a challenge but once you get your life style changed you will be able to do it.\nThink of one meal at a time, do not think of the entire task.  Set small goals. Ten pounds at a time would be manageable.  If you fall off and eat something you really shouldn't, forget about it and get back on task.  You can do it, you just have to get started.\n\nYour metabolism is so bogged down it won't burn all you are eating. Stop sodas first.  My son lost 50 lbs just by stopping all soda.  Drink water only and add lemon, it will help keep your blood sugars level and improve your metabolism.  Green tea two or three times a day is good also.  We drink a mix of cranberry concentrate before every meal and it flushes fluid off of you like crazy. \n\nGo to a health food store and get Cranberry concentrate. It is $17.00 a pint and the pint makes two gallons, 8 oz per gallon.  Drink 8  oz 20 min.before every meal and between meal. You will peep your brains out and begin to shrink the excess fluids off your body.\n\nNo white food, no pasta, potatoes, rice, breads in any form, no sweets' no starches NO JUNK FOOD OR SODAS. Once you stop carbohydrates the cravings for starches will go away.  Interestingly enough when we stopped eating white foods, we stopped most all butter.\n\nFresh vegetables, portions no larger than a deck of cards, lean meat, chicken breasts, fish.\nSkip eating pork of any kind until you get started losing.  Fresh vegetables. Use splenda as a sweetner.  Have Oatmeal every morning for breakfast,  not the sweetened packages, they are high sugar. Microwave 1/2 cup oatmeal with 1 cup of water with splenda a few raisins and cinnamon.  Its good. Oatmeal every morning will  give you fiber, fill your stomach and get you off the sweetened boxed cereals .\n\nClean all high calorie junk food and packaged food with preservatives out of your pantry.\nClean all sweets and ice creams out of the freezer and refridgerator. All the unopened food can go to a food bank.\n\nLEARN TO READ LABELS.  IT IS MANDITORY.  \n\nGo to the Library and get either the books The Adkins Diet or the Fat Flush Plan.  They are both very good.  \n\nGet started walking every evening.  Just on campus is not enough.  You need to get up to at least 10,000 steps a day.  My hubby and I walk 2 plus miles every night.  He lost 60 lbs on Adkins.\n\nThis is important, NEVER GO TO AN ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET.   At very least until you have learned to control your eating.\n\nI wish you good luck, I know you can do it.\nSet the goal in your mind and work on it 10 pounds at a time.   Best Wishes.
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If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules for weight loss: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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You are on the right track. You won't lose weight overnight, if you lose a pound a week you are doing great. \n\nI used to be a model/actress as a teenager, I still worry about my weight levels. \n\nWhenver you lose weight quickly, let me give you an example: Putting on your heaviest sweat suit and running 5miles, while drinking water. You lose 10lbs instantly. Those 10lbs however are water-weight. Which is not good to lose that quickly, because you risk dehydration. \nAlso, you tend to gain 20lbs back just as fast. \n\n9 out of 10 over the counter diet supplements don't work. I have tried them first hand. This includes the Hollywood Juice.\n\n\nKeep up with a healthly balanced diet complete with meals that inlcude something from the 5 basic food groups. When you want Ice-Cream eat frozen yogurt or enjoy some home-made desserts. If you love Oatmeal, make some oatmeal rasin nut cookies, cut the sugar from the recipe in half and use brown sugar. These cookies are so healthly you can plastic wrap them indivisually on like a Sunday and eat on them all week for Breakfast. They are packed full of nutrients and they are cheaper than Store bought health bars. \n\nIf you want more adive feel free to e-mail me at: Diamondheart16@yahoo.com I am 22yrs old. Female living in Honolulu, HI!
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Change your eating habits and your diet. Cut out all the junk foods, sodas and unhealthy snacks if you eat them. If you have a snack, make it a piece of fruit or yogurt, or jello. Make sure you have something for breakfast always, you could have  a salad with a piece of fruit or yogurt for lunch and then have dinner. Drink lots of water. Trim most of the fat off meats and remove the skin from poultry. Take your time when you eat so that your brain has time to signal when you are full. I'm not joking. If you eat in a hurry you are overeating and by the time you feel full you have actually eaten too much. If you don't walk a lot, go for a one half hour walk 3 times a week. In addition to walking, you can also exercise at home for 20 mins. several times a week, do this on the days you are not walking. The exercise does not have to be strenuous exercises (such as lifting weights), just firming and toning ones. Once you lose the weight you want to, don't go back to your old eating habits. Once you lose the weight you want to, you can modify your walking or exercise but don't give it up completely. If you go back to your old routine and diet because you think you have solved the problem, your weight will most likely return.
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i need a diet plan also pls. (for a 12 year old male, 4' 6", 85 pounds)
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there is no way cuz ur to young. it would be harder to do it now then later. but if u want advice. try taboo\nWHAT to eat for losing weight\n\n• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, especially NC (negative calorie) food.\n\n* Print these lists. They will be your ... "Bible", from now on !\n* Dill and parsely - include them in all your salads. Also ognion + garlic.\n* Try eat mostly fresh vegs & fruits (whenever possible, of course)\n* If you really want a book, then check this out: The Negative Calorie Diet Workbook & Cookbook - eBook (Win95/98 only). Read more about this e-book here.\n\n\n• Eat fish, chicken, beef, pork. (preferences are in this order)\n\n* If you are a vegetarian, then ignore this!\n* Avoid fat meat\n\n\n• Eat 2-3 slices of bread/day. Don't EVER exclude bread from your diet!\n\n• Snacks between meals (if needed): apples, oranges, grepfruits and other NC fruits\n\n* Don't cheat ... NO cookies, chips, candies, brownies etc! \n* EVEN if they have "low fat" indication... They might have low fat, yet they can have lots of CALORIES !!!\n\n\n• About rice, potatoes, beans, [xxx]nuts, pastry, pasta... you know!\n\n* Don't eat too much of those, at least during the first weeks of the diet. I'm not a low carb addict, but I've noticed weight gains if consuming those in large quantities, especially when associated with other foods.\n* If you like them a lot, try and eat them like one meal. A nice delicious plate of spaghetti could be your lunch (never dinner!), followed by a nice big apple. These rich starch foods are not good for dinner!\n* At dinner time, chose mainly large mixed veggies salads... with fish, lean meat or cheese (if you are not a vegetarian). \n\nif u want to lose weight the best food to it are baked potatoes with nothing on it. no salt no nothing just plain. u can eat a 10000000000 baked potatoes till ur stuff and not gain a pound. i heard that from a weight loss tape. the best drink is water or gatorade. thats a start then when you work out do some taeboo. if u want a macine. run with dumbells on a treadmill. u could do the rocky workout. but thats a new story. u could use a butterfly macine i think it works the abs\n\n1) It is not just the amount you eat, but what you eat. Lean meats and vegtables that snap are a good place to start. And by snap I mean fresh and not boiled or doused with better or whatever.\n\n2) Exercise moderatly but for about an hour every other day. Spend half of that walking or running at a good enough pace for you to feel labored. The other half of the time use weights, or exercises such as push ups or situps to get a muscle "burn". A gym is also an option, but I don't know if you have the money for or want to spend the money on it.\n\n3) Sleep well. To bed earlier and up earlier. Exercise in the morning when you wake up, not in the evening before bed. 7 hours of GOOD sleep is a must.\n\n4) Occupy yourself with a hobby that keeps your attention for a long period of time. A hobby like this keeps your mind focused and gives less of a chance for snacking from boredom.\n\nThat is a good place to start... if you see good results, keep it up and modify to fit you... if it does not, see a doctor AND a trainer \n\nKeep working out, drink water a lot, eat 5 to 6 meals a day but in small quantities, vegtables are important specially cucumber and lattice, fruits not be eaten after meals except by 2 to 3 hours, minimize the starch quantities in your meals lots of salad is important, your last meal must be before you sleep by 2 to 3 hours\nthe most important thing is you don't lose patient wait and have a strong will to be as what you want\n\nyou might have some more ideas from www.ivillage.com\n\ngood luck
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You are young and need to take into consideration that your body is still changing. I have a plan that works so use this with caution. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. You can do a circuit class but this counts as one weights session. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, boxing and spin. If your classes are less than 1 hour top it up with cardio before and after classes. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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Here is a copy of what I found on MSN.health web site, hope it helps you.\nGood luck.\n\nThe Last 5 Pounds Diet\n\nLosing the last five stubborn pounds requires three Ps: a plan, persistence and portion control. We give you the plan, and it's up to you to stick with it until you've reached your goal. Eyeballing portion sizes isn't enough -- you've got to measure foods to avoid overeating. Losing the last five pounds is more difficult than losing the first five pounds! As you get closer to your goal you'll need to fine-tune your eating plan to nudge your body toward giving up the last bit of unwanted weight. At this point, every calorie counts!\n\nBreakfast Suggestions\nOption One\n½ grapefruit\n1 slice whole-grain toast, spread with one tablespoon peanut butter\n1 cup skim milk\nOption Two\nEgg white omelet made in a non-stick skillet with 1 ounce of cheese and 1 cup of mixed veggies\n1 slice plain whole-grain toast\n1 cup skim milk\nOption Three\n1 cup cooked plain oatmeal, made with skim milk\n½ cup berries on the oatmeal\n1 cup skim milk\n\n\nLunch Suggestions\nOption One\n2 cups tossed salad with fat-free dressing\nSandwich made from 2 slices whole-grain bread, 2 ounces turkey, tomatoes and raw veggies of your choice\n1 fresh apple\nOption Two\nVeggie Lentil Soup\n1 cup raw green pepper, red pepper and cucumbers\n½ cup grapes\nOption Three\nTuna salad plate: Mix ½ cup water-packed tuna with 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise and ½ cup diced raw vegetables (celery, green pepper, carrot, etc.). Serve with one sliced tomato and 1 cup dark green lettuce\n2 tangerine oranges \n\n\nDinner Suggestions\nOption One\nGrilled Ginger Teriyaki Tuna\n½ cup brown rice mixed with ½ cup broccoli\n2 cups tossed salad with fat-free dressing\n1 cup skim milk \nOption Two\nItalian Marinated Chicken\nLynn Fischer's Bean Salad\n½ cup raw carrots\n1 fresh pear\n1 cup skim milk \nOption Three\nOne veggie burger served on a whole-grain bun with lettuce, tomato and onion ½ cup cooked spinach\nOne fresh peach\n1 cup skim milk \n\n\nSnack Ideas\nRemember to eat a snack or meal every three to four hours during the day. Stop eating at least three hours before you go to bed. \n1 whole grapefruit\n1 cup plain yogurt mixed with ½ cup unsweetened applesauce and 2 tablespoons low-fat granola\n6 low-fat triscuits\n½ cup chickpeas mixed with fat-free Italian dressing, chopped celery and tomatoes\n2 tangelos\n1 cup grapes (freeze them first for an icy-delicious treat)\n1 cup pretzels\n3 cups air-popped popcorn sprinkled with 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese\n6 mini rice cakes\n6 baby carrots with ¼ cup fat-free ranch dressing to "dip"\n1 apple with 1 tablespoon peanut butter\n\n\nTop Ten Need-to-Cheat Treats\nSometimes, you just have to have that treat. There are ways to satisfy your sweet tooth -- without blowing your diet: \n12 animal crackers\n2 small chocolate chip cookies\n2 Oreo cookies\n½ cup fat-free, sugar-free pudding\n1 peanut butter cup candy\n25 chocolate-covered raisins\n1 lollipop\n3 caramel candy squares\n½ cup fat-free ice cream\n1 fat-free fudgesicle ice cream bar \n\n\nTop Drop-Five Tips\n• Limit alcohol. Alcoholic beverages add calories but not nutrients. Keep your consumption to one drink per week. \n• Drink more water. Carry a water bottle with you at all times. Drink at least five, 8-ounce glasses of water throughout the day and drink 8 to 16 ounces of water with every meal. \n• Eat slowly and steadily. Eat a meal or snack every three to four hours to avoid being hungry. Eat meals and snacks slowly, savoring every delicious bite. \n• Stop eating two hours before you go to bed. \n• Curb your sweet tooth. By avoiding sweetened beverages such as soda and fruit drinks, you curb your cravings for all sweets. Choose water instead of diet soda\n• Keep up with your exercise routine. You might consider longer or more intense workouts to increase the calorie burn. \n• Measure your porti
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Hey Dale Im in the same predicament I am 260 and Im only 5'8 so I need to loose about 120 pounds.  Now tomorrow I am going to begin with my diet which includes counting calories under 1200 a day but you just need to make sure you eat three healthy meals a day and dont waste them with stupid stuff like sweets or eating fast food. I dont know how much exercise you get a week but try to get some walking, jogging and if possible about 15 minutes of aerobics every other day.  Its good that you quit the soda now make sure drinking lots of water....Good luck maybe we can motivate each other Richtorres_2000 IM
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Take a dance class or karate, or go out on walks with your friends or mom.\n\nEat a healthy diet (cereals, fruits, veggies, fish, chicken, olive oil) in good portions.  Water is important (but too much can make you sick)  \n\nAsk a doctor or nutritionist, because I guarantee you, no matter how smart you are, a 12 year old will not choose the proper diet and portion level (you'll do either too much or too little).  \n\nYou need adult guidance.\n\nBut *do not* try to lose weight.  Just do healthy things (not to excess) and your body will do what it needs to.  If you are 17 or 18 and still think you have a weight problem, then go for a change in diet or exercise. \n\nIf you try to change numbers on a scale now, instead of changing what you do and what you eat, you might jeopardize your growth and development.
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Think about it...if diet pills worked, would there be any fat people??  No way!  Now for your age, I'd say all you need to do is eat correct portions, stop the fast food and drink alot of water (no sodas) and up your activity to about 30 minutes a day.  And you can do that in 10 minute incriments.  Say you ride a bike for 10 minutes, then walk 10 minutes, then go walking in the mall for 10 minutes....it all adds up to 30 minutes and is the same as doing 30 min. at the time.  Look up "Exchange Diet " on line and you'll find one that will fit your life style.  You have to burn up 3500 calories in order to lose a pound.  So if you're losing 1-3 pounds a week, you're doing good.  Just stick to a wholesome variety of whole grains, fresh fruit/veggies and lean meats and the moderate activity and the pounds will melt off.  Don't be so hard on yourself.  If you lose just 5 lbs. that will be a great accomplishment!  God bless!
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Make up your mind to do it. It's totally within your control, you just have to want to do it badly enough. Will power and self control.\n\nI've been where you are...raised by a Mom who was a great southern cook...we ate well, but not healthy. I topped out at over 230 pounds a number of years ago...\n\nThrough watching what I eat, and exercising regularly (5 days a week, an hour a day) I got my weight under control and now am an acceptable size and can fit into those size 8's I'd always wanted to.\n\nMake a lifestyle change...do it for you...leave the excused of how you were raised behind. Good luck!
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Well. See, I used to be 150, and i went to 130 in THREE MONTHS. that's twenty pounds in three months. I am about the same height as you too. The first five poundsyou try to lose are the easiest, although the rest are kinda... you gotta be determined.\nNO SUGAR OR GREASY FOODS for a while. just cut all the fatty stuff out. If you need something sweet CHEW ON SUGAR FREE GUM. or fruit. =] cut down on carbs and meat and pile on the veggies and fruit. don't snack in between, chew gum and drink water.\n\ngood luck
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According to weightwatchers.com,\nYour BMI is 19\nThis is below the BMI range of 20-25 which medical experts generally consider to be healthy. Based on your results, you should consult your physician or other medical advisor to discuss whether weight loss is suitable for you.\n\nPersonal belief, and from different health articles I've read, you are too young to worry about going on a DIET. seriously. Just eat healthy, choose fresh fruits and veggies over a Big Mac w/ cheese, and go walk the mall rather than sit and game all day, and you should be fine. It's more about a healthy lifestyle, instead of a quick fix trend.\n\nI applaud you for wanting to be healthy, but please don't go too far and obsess about having a body that is unrealistic and unhealthy. If you want a more detailed plan, talk with you doctor. S/he will be able to sit down and talk with you and come up with the best answer.\n~*~ Love and smiles
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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!!!!!