Help!! I need a suggestion to help a 15 year old girl lose about 15 to 20 pounds relativley safely yet quickly
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walk and hour every day it speeds up the metabolism and buy some dieters slim tea or super dieters tea, it cleanses the system alowing you to eliminate twice daily what you've eaten and breaks down and desolves fat! and drink at least a gallon of water everyday after six weeks you will begin to notice the differences and also "rebounding" if you don't like walking.  A mini trampoline that you do exercise on search rebounding on the net to read up on its health benefits and there are sights that offer video exercise programs you can do with it, its great and in the privacy of your own home you can strenghten, tone and loose weight!
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Any form of exercise is good.\nWalking is very effective and not the only thing you have to do to lose weight.\nFactors must include:\nDiet - Keep it low carb (I said LOW not NO).\nThe pace of your walk - Make it brisk; saunter if you want to lose weight by 2020.\nTime - Don't think you'll lose weight right away.  Give it time and keep at it.\n\nI've only gained 15 pounds in 20 years, simply by eating right and exercising.
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Somebody esle on here figured it out by calories a while back.. The upshot was, by conventional methods, it will take you a while.\n\nUnconventional methods (the different surgeries and radical diets) contain varying degrees of risk, and should be implemented and monitored by a doctor.\n\nAvoidance of sugar will help you lose weight, almost guaranteed. The other poster correctly identified soda as the worst offender. Foods that are heavy in carbohydrates are also sugary. You could try going to the doc's and having them give you a typical diabetic" diet plan, which will serve you well.\n\nI use to play a a bit of golf, but the slow walking didn't help. A stair stepper or running machine would serve you well - if you use it almost every day faithfully. I found that somewhat boring and switched to Tae Kwon Do (with judo/hapkido). After 20 minutes of kicking back and forth, your heart will DEFINITELY be beating faster. I suppose kickboxing or similar would be just as good (but TKD and the like can also possibly save your life). Just don't ry to do too much too soon. Ease into it.\n\nSomeone I love was very depressed with her life situation. She went to stay with relatives in Maine for a few months and so far (since February) has lost 30 lbs. Depression and eating comfort food is like a  silent assassin. Perhaps a change of routine or scenery would help as well.\n\nBest of luck!!
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Ummmm. i dont think its wise to tell a 14 year old to use laxitives:-l. First, its very dangerous sweety..don't do it.  I suggest drinking 8 gasses of lemon water every day and eat a salad before lunch and dinner. Eat as much as you can of salad and you wont eat alot of the food. Also, there is never a quick fix to losing weight. If you lose too fast it can hurt you as you lose muscle not fat. You could even die if you follow a silly fad diet...Just be sensible and realistic. don't skip meals as it slows weight loss.
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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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You're just like me. I'm going into the 7th grade and I want to loose 20 pounds! My name is Kourtney. E-mail me so I can help you and you can help me.\nwww.redprincessqt@yahoo.com\n-how tall are you?\n-wieght in pounds\n-your age? probably 12? \nIf your tall then you should wiegh more and if you're short like me then you should wiegh less.
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Can you go to your family doctor and ask for a healthy diet?  I am not sure how old you are, i will take it that you are still in school, but take your time getting the weight down.  Set a goal to weigh 120 pounds by June...that gives you over 6 months to get down to the "goal" weight.  Just make sure you eat healthy and exercise.  REMEMBER!  if you are a young female that it is very important to take good care of you body..this is the same body that will carry babies on day and become a mother one day.  It is very important that you take GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF GETTING DOWN TO YOUR GOAL WEIGHT!
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losing weight quickly is never a good idea..\nto lose weight in a healthy way it has to be a lifestyle change, not a quick-fix...\nstart eating healthier and working out... cardio is good, and use light weights to tone, not heavy weights.. \nDON'T restrict your food intake, just eat healthy food... try to eat several small meals instead of 3 big ones, and dont go to sleep right after eating...\noh.. and if you work out in the morning, eat something small before working out -- it gets the metabolism going, which will help you burn calories throughout the day :)
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make her stand in front of your car then start driving so the bumper touches her while doing this hold a 10 foot pole with her favorite food on it  this will make her walk thus lose weight
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I've heard say that if you build up to a sweat at least once every day you will stay healthy.  Just don't be over concerned whatever you do.  Given that you are 15 I would say to exercise your mind a bit more re giving yourself the benefit of the doubt.  At 15 girls worry too much if they are pretty enough.  They are always prettier, slimmer and healthier then they imagine.  You are probably comparing yourself in the mirror to models in magazines who have been airbrushed beyond recognition anyway.  Be sure to enjoy your food, with the occasional treat, and don't feel guilty about it.  You can't go far wrong then, as you will be tuning in to your own body pattern.
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the truth is its almost imposibble to lose weight as a kid. it may be possible but very hard. i would weight till ur 15 cus it more easier. but u can get a start on this.\ntry 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 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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Ok. So no doctor, first know that I am not a medical professional so keep that in mind. \nNext: throwing up will not help you lose any weight. Your body will slow your metabolism down because it thinks (and it's right) that it's being starved. It will latch onto any calories that it gets. \nStarving yourself will definitely make you lose weight but it is dangerous and certainly not healthy. \nSo here's where to start:\nFirst, the fact that you're under 18 (I assume from your diet pills comment) means that you are still growing. Please don't compromise that. \nStart taking a multivitamin each morning. You know, like a regular Centrum or something like that. \nSecondly start eating three to four meals a day, but make them smaller. \nEating smaller but more often does two important things:\n1) It makes sure you’re not hungry and that means you’re less likely to hit junk food and snacks between meals \n2) It tells your body to speed up your metabolism which will help you lose weight. \n\nNext, eat a diet that is high in FRESH fruits and veggies. If you need a snack, hit some carrots or an apple or a plum, whatever, just as long as it's a fruit or vegetable. \nThese foods are healthy for you, plus they are all no-fat and most are fairly low in calories. Also remember to get enough protein to build muscle (muscles burn fat! Really!). So eat lean meats like chicken, turkey, or lean cuts of beef. No hamburgers, lunch meat, etc. \n\nFinally, start to exercise. Nothing crazy, but make sure you work out for one or two thirty minute sessions a day. \nDon’t try to push too hard, make your workouts do-able and make sure you stick to them. \nSomething cardio is helpful like light jogging, you might want to talk to a coach or a gym teacher to work out a good plan to get in shape and to make sure you don’t hurt yourself. Remember to stretch before, during and after too.  \n\nLastly, find people who are happy with who they are, for who they are. I know that is a nearly impossible task but the things that hurt exercise plans and healthy diets the most are people who tell you that you can't succeed. If they are holding you down, find new friends. Healthy happy people are surrounded by healthy happy people. \n\nOh and as a final note, please use common sense. Don't eat junk food, avoid fast-food entirely, stay away from things Ritz Crackers, Cheese Its, any of those things you can get in the snack aisle of your grocery store. Stay in the produce section for any snacks. Just remember, don’t starve yourself, what you need to shoot for is not a number on a scale but being a healthy person.
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You're young, your metabolism will be easy to boost. First you need to increase your activity. Put on the radio and dance, ride your bike, anything to get that heart rate up and keep it there for at least 30 minutes. You gotta do this everyday. And you don't need to diet honey. You just need to use common sense when you eat. Cut out the sugar. You know sweets aren't good for you. Eat the stuff you know is. Yogurt, fruits, veggies. I know it sounds like it sucks, but right now at this age you are building toward future habits. If you correct it now, you won't have to struggle with this your whole life.
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If you have a lot of weight to lose you might be able to lose that much safely in that time frame, but it nmay not be easy.  I will include an answer I wrote recently about a person whose friend needed to lose over 200 pounds.  Take from it whatever makes sense for you ....\n\nYour friend definitely needs to see a doctor when losing this much weight. Yes, good nutrition and exercise will work, but your friend needs medical support to rule out and/or control some medical issues that could be going on as part of obesity - type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart problems, to name a few.\n\nYour friend will need gentle exercise at first. He may need to start simply by taking a five minute walk. For weight loss purposes several five minute walks throughout the day to start are better than one 40 minute walk, for example. Gradually as he gets more comfortable and more fit, increase the length of the walks until he is able to do 2 or 3 walks of 30 minutes each every day. As this is happening he will also automatically gradually increase speed as he gets fitter and so he will get more exercise. He will also need to begin, in time, to incorporate some weight training (lifting) into his routine to build muscle.\n\nYour friend needs to focus on better food choices - lots of fresh fruit, vegetables, lean meat and fish, whole grains, skim milk and low fat dairy products. A person who weighs as much as your friend does can actually eat considerably more food than a person of normal weight, especially if he is getting a little exercise. He needs to learn about the calories, fat content, protein and carb content of various foods so that he can figure out how much is ok. There are many great websites that will help. Two that I especially like are www.nutrawatch.com and www.caloriesperhour.com. They are both free. \n\nLosing this much weight is a complicated process. Your friend must really want to do this. It takes a lot of motivation and will power and self control, especially in the first few weeks. He needs to be ready to change his life style, his behavior, his eating habits. He may be eating for emotional reasons, so that might need to be addressed through counselling. It will be a long term process, not a quick fix.\n\nGood luck to you and your friend. Remember that the longest journey begins with the tiniest step. \n\n\nThe website www.nutrawatch.com may help you.
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Eat a huge breakfast, a medium sized lunch, and a tiny healthy dinner and eat your last meal before 7 pm every day.  Do that, and walk at a brisk pace twenty minutes a day four days a week and you will lose weight.  Not necessarily quickly, but you will.\nAnd no soft drinks!  Water, fruit juice, and skim milk.
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Yeah the fastest and easiest and funniest is swimming... I know I know... maybe you don't have the money to do it... But if you live where a YMCA is you can go there anc get finacing I only had to pay 20 dollars a month for myself and my three other family members a month not bad and I lost the weight and it wasn't really work as I love to swim... another way is to walk in your free time... every other half hour or hour.. for 30 mins walk anywhere hills flat land what ever just do it.. sometimes your worse problems will be solved through walking plenty of timet o think.. and the wieght comes off. Drink 8 glass of water each day and then on top of that drink a glass and a half at least before every meal.. it fills you up faster... make your meal portions no bigger then your fist as your stomache is only supose to be as big as your fist.... so limit your protion sizes.. DOn't eat out to much once a week is fine to treat yourself stay away from the chocolate once a week is fine give yourself a treat for your work.. Don't deprive yourself when your hungry find a heathly snack canned fruit is good.. if you want to lose the weight fast and keep it off then do as I say and you will lose.. I weighed 199 lbs at 14 years old I lost 100 lbs in two months walking every other half hour drinking plenty of water before and after meals and 8 glass of water a day beyond that... I looked felt and sounded great. good luck to you .. I am now also on this diet trick again myself.. and fighting to lose my baby fat from my two girls I had I am 31 now.. and at 138 lbs... I have never gotten back up to the 199 lbs and don't plan to either but I would defently like to lose 30 lbs.... to get to my actual love weight lol. 110 is my goal.. wish you lived near by I would walk with you and we could keep each other company and going .. I ll pray for you and I hope you do the same for me.