I'm 14 and are my workout routines and eating habits good enough?

Question

Well, I'm 14 years old, 5'5 and 108 pounds. I'm not trying to lose weight, I just want a toned body. I do 60 ninety degree sit ups, 60 crunches, and 10 push ups every morning around 5 or 6 am and evenings at 6pm(sometimes even more). My eating habits: cup of water every morning and rice for breakfast, nature valley granola bar for lunch, sandwich after school, and rice for dinner (before seven pm, of course). I kind of take a break every weekend and eat junk food :/, is that really bad. I also swim for 35 minutes, three times a week. I just can't get the results I want. My arms are still kinda flabby, and my stomach is big, especially if I skip workout for a day. Does anyone know how to be toned, especially in the stomache without cardio (i don't get to go out of my house alot). If you know a workout that tones your butt, that'd even be nicer :) Thanks for reading all of this!!

Answer 1

You need more veggies and fruits added to your diet!
Rice, breads and pasta's are fattening.
Your not getting enough water at all according to what you said.
You sound like you really have a lot of exercise daily. That's good!
Your 14, don't worry so much about your arms being flabby.
being 5'5 and 108 pounds, THAT is not BIG at all!
and actually, you don't NEED to do so much exercise.
An hour of cardio every day can have GREAT results. along with leg, butt, thigh, tummy toning.
Toning the tummy without cardio is crunches, those are the best. Not entirely 90 degree SIT UPS, just crunches are wonderful for toning that tummy up!

Good luck.

Answer 2

Unfortunately your eating habits aren't very good. You need a balanced diet to help your body. Eat all the food groups morning, noon, and evening, just keep the proportions small, plus never eat after 7 pm. You need cardio to tone your body, weights to sculpt muscle. Jumping rope is a good cardio that you can do at home. As for weights, use what you have in the house, an old gallon milk jug filled with water can be used for bicep/tricep exercises. Squats are good for the butt area. Kickboxing/boxing exercises will help with the stomach area, that's where all your power comes from.

Answer 3

Your workout sounds fine, but in order for you to lose fat and get toned you need to include cardio. There is no skipping that fact, no matter how well you diet. Swimming 3 times a week for 35 minutes is great, but if you want to target your legs and butt try just brisk walking for 40 minutes and mix up your workouts.
For 5ft5 and 108 lbs, you sound like you are in great shape already and it might just be a self consciousness. Your stomach can't all of a sudden get big if you miss a workout.

Answer 4

At 5'5", you are underweight. You said you drink a cup of water, up that to about 2-3 liters /day. Also, I didn't hear you mention fruits, vegetables, or protein. It sounds as if your body is using muscle tissue for nourishment. I can't imagine how your stomach can be big, or your arms flabby. The occasional junk food can't hurt you unless you eat it everyday, you have to be sick of rice. My doctor told me that in order to lose weight, you have to eat. I didn't listen, and I messed my insides up so much, that I can't eat the good stuff: no spices, nothing with fat,certain oils,etc. I'm down to steamed chicken, and raw carrots. spinach, raw squash, and whole grain bread.Please don't do what I did. I know you said you don't get out of the house much, but swimming,(which you already do), walking, and riding a bike are the best forms of exercise, and fun too. Good luck with your workouts, and eating, but have fun too. That's also good for you!!!!!

Answer 5

Lots of fruit and vegetables. If you get bored of them, maybe add some hummus or peanut butter for dipping. Protein bars are good energy, but nothing else that your body might need and they're not the most tasty. A bagel, too, might sound horrible but it will give you carbs and you can get it in whole wheat or egg.

Answer 6

I'd say find some(more) diffrent sports or physical exercise to do on the side in free time to work all diffrent body parts, I don't know about eating the way you do as healthy where's the fruits and veggies? why so much rice? you need milk/calcium(even tho you might think it will make you fat) so you won't have osteoperosis when you get older. You might be "starving" your body the way your eating which means you will actually put on fat also your ONLY 14 your still growing it's probably baby fat.