Help with my everyday diet?

Question

Ok so i'm like...16

5'9" BUT around 230lbs. I really want to lose weight (obviously) but the only foods my parents buy are junk and really not so healthy. I don't eat a lot, which I think is one problem....and when I do its junk because thats all my parents buy. I'm really stressed out all the time and maybe its diet contributing to it? My parents are rarely around and my mom constantly tells me to excersize more (sometimes i'm exhausted from school and just feel like sleeping)

So yeah my question is...

how do I encourage my parents to start eating healthy so the rest of my family members can?

and

can stress make you gain weight?

if i cut back on eating....that would basically be like...a bowl of cereal a day

Answer 1

Food that cause you loss weight base on
low fat vegetarian diet

20 Foods You Can Eat in Virtually Unlimited Portions

Corn Celery whole wheat breads
brownRice Peas
Potatoes Cauliflower
Lettuce (all varieties) Tomatoes
Broccoli Cabbage
Carrots Oranges
Black beans Apples
Kidney Beans Grapefruit
Spinach Bananas

Plant-based diets promote slimness,
while Animal products promote overweight.

Foods to avoid
All vegetable oil, (Avocado, Olive oil)
Animal products & Dairies (milk- butter- cheese)
Sugar(honey)

Exercise Moderate

believe me i try it and i lost 8 -9 pounds in less than 1 months. I tried atkins or southbeach diet or all fad diets, and i was always weak and hungry and all the lost came back after i stoped. but with this i am feel full all the time and losing weight. first you start to loss sizes and then you loss on the scale.
try it and you wont believe it. Source(s) http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/2391929/used/Foods%20That%20Cause%20You%20to%20Lose%20Weight:%20The%20Negative%20Calorie%20Effect
This book is my bible
just try it for one months and don't scare to eat carbs( i was so scared) but not anymore

Answer 2

:-O
I totally understand. I'm your age, and was that weight a few months ago (in the process of getting to my goal)...except I'm taller, but..

I really do think that being extremely overweight can cause someone to be stressed out, depressed, and even angry a lot of the time. To encourage your parents to get food that is healthy, tell them that if you don't stop eating junk, you won't get to the age where you can see your grandparents!
Seriously though... it's dangerous to be that big. I don't know what you're eating but from the sounds of it, they have no food value, and because -chips, breads, noodles, cookies- are "simple carbs," they take longer to fill up someone's stomach than "complex carbs" (whole wheat, vegetables.. etc) do.

Eating healthy food is 80% of weight loss. Serious.
Tell your parents this, and they might just change their grocery habits. After two days of eating better, you can already feel a difference in your mood, you don't feel as tired, you feel less irritable, and you definitely gain more energy. This is especially true after just ONE week of eating "clean."

I think that stress CAN make you gain weight, because lots of people with eating disorders EAT when their stressed, depressed, or bored.. but, food is comforting to some (it definitely was to me). Maybe people don't realize it..

Um, you're definitely in a sticky situation.
Try eating less. Eat HALF of what you'd normally eat.. I know its hard to change what you normally do but, in the end, it gets better. Portion control is a definite yes-yes. And you'll have more of it to eat the next day, or the next time you get hungry.

Exercise... I suggest not doing anything so jarring like running, but swimming, riding the stationary bike (or biking in general), and walking are good forms of exercise.
You can start running more after you've lost some weight, because then its not such a big deal on your knees or ankles, or back even, if you don't have the proper running shoes.

Just, make your parents remember that, THEY are the ones who are responsible for their lives and their childrens'.... if they are going to keep feeding themselves and their kids unhealthy food with zero food value in it, without minerals and the vitamins growing people need, so be it, but they will suffer the consequences, and so will the kids, even though they didn't have much say.
Print this out even if you need to.
Hope I helped..

Answer 3

Ya, it truly is an excellent healthful foodstuff routine! you recognize, if through healthful you propose emaciated and on the verge of death. On popular, a healthful foodstuff routine might want to contain about 1800-2000 energy, regardless of the indisputable fact that your weight/body and different well-being aspects on your existence will confirm what the perfect quantity of energy will be. Sticking to the popular though will be fantastic. not basically that, yet you're critically lacking in version on your foodstuff. the position are all the different foodstuff you want? And one hundred or so energy for a breakfast received't keep you complete, and could do little or no for your metabolism. in case you've been to easily eat 3 significant foodstuff an afternoon, you'd be ideal eating 500 energy in protecting with MEAL, with round one hundred-2 hundred energy in protecting with snack (or you recognize, basically have some fruit and a handful of nuts) So sure, eating this wide-spread would help in dropping weight, yet your body will be pores and skin and bones, as your body will be counted on muscle and your fat shops to actual stay alive, and once your body runs out of gas, you'll develop right into a lot more desirable drained, torpid, your pores and skin and hair will in all probability struggle through very much as well (imagine boring and skinny), and also you would possibly want to really finally end up in a coma or die. yet at that aspect, you'll likely be at liberty to die because you'd be so repulsive and so ill that no man or woman will opt for to even verify with you, and also you would in all probability not even opt for to seem at your self interior the reflect.

Answer 4

CSIRO Diet. Very healthy lifestyle. Eating as a result of stress can cause weight gain. Walk everyday, drink water and eat healthy.

Answer 5

How to encourage- lead by example.
They eat junk because of its convenience mainly I guess.
So, they need to be taught how simple, fun and easy it is to make delicious, cheap, quick food. And less hassle than junk food.
This site is excellent (and there are many more):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/

Basically to loose weight, without too much exercise, you have to reduce you calorie intake to below you calarie expenditure- in other words burn more than you put in.
So, it's not about eating less, but eating more good foods and smaller sizes more frequently

Stress can make you gain weight.
How to cope?
No more sugar or carbs!
You have to completely cut simple sugars and carbs completely out of your diet.
That means no white bread, soda, white rice, white flour, deep-fried food, potatoes (only sweet potatoes allowed), crisps, chips, cakes, ice-cream, etc., nothing naughty!
That also means no more foods with very high calorie content such as non-skim milk, cream, fatty cheeses (cream/cottage).

Eat more fibrous foods such as whole cereals (wholegrain bread/farmer's bread) and brown/black rice.
Use a sugar substitute such as Saccharine.
No more fancy coffees for you! Have skinny caps, macchiatos and skinny lattes with an arttifical sweetener (these are safe and have 0 cal).
Coffee, tea and green tea are all fantastic as these will naturally boost your metabolism. Boost it further with vitamin
Drink only water at evening meal times and all artifical sweets must not be eaten past 7 pm.
You can eat some chocky first thing in the morning only though.
No more sugary cereals- muesli only or fruit & bran or toast or whatever. You can be less strict with breakfast- bu no more fry-ups unless you are prepared to miss lunch and dinner (it has enough energy to fuel your entire day)
Nuts are also extremely high in energy-so eat a handful as a main serving size.

Your meals should be three fist-sizes of food: one fist protein, one fist veg, the other veg/fibre. So an example would be grilled smallish chicken breast in a red-wine pasta sauce, steamed asparagus, carrots and squash. Easy- and cooked in 30 mins.

Roast, bake, steam or pan-fry your foods only. Nothing fried allowed.

Supplements such as ginseng and guarana (but not too slose to sleep time).
Eat as much fruit and veg as possible and keep red meats to a minimum.
Substitute whatever sweets you may choose to snack on with raisins, dried fruit (unsweetened) or fresh fruit. Your body will soon get used to complex sugars instead of glucose/sucrose and you will feel more rejuvenated and less craving for sweets.
Take multi-vitamins. They'll do more good than harm and you will within a week feel like a new person (trust me I went to uni too).
Keep away from sodas/soft-drink as these are loaded with oxidants and sugars.
If you indulge in alcohol- detox the next day by flushing your body with plenty of water, Berocca and juice (I like apple).

I think you're tired because of dehydration/malnurishment.
Best of luck- been there and done it and I'm lazy. So I'm sure you can do it too as you're young.

Answer 6

Men 1"=2.2lbs women 1"=1.76 lbs standard weight
FAT% men 16-39 -16% women 26%
Now you can guess where you stand
By replacing two meals with cellular nutrition -currently available in 63 countries only through an authorised consultant and having one meal of your choice you can lose 1 to 2 lbs per week by having water for every 44lbs one liter by making an observation on the first, 3rd, 7th,14th,21st,28thday etc till you axchieve your goal for losing weight,, after which you are expected to weight maintenance for the equal perido you took to lose weight as mentioned below:
whatever may be the situation one can maintain weight just by replacing one meal a day with cellualr nutrition and having two meals of one's choice meeting the standards of Recommended daily allowance-(RDA) optimum protein, low sugar, low salt, low carbohydrate, and with other essentail supplements, and having for every 44lbs one liter of water.

Answer 7

eat 5 6 small meals a day instead of 3

Answer 8

volunteer to deliver meals or help build housing

Answer 9

Download info on what unhealthy foods can do to a person. Show them to your parents. Alternatively, will it be possible for you to take charge of marketing instead of letting your mom do it? Stress generally causes one to lose weight.

Answer 10

Sparkpeople.com join it and give your mom the recipes and shopping list... can't really go wrong there.

Stress raises a hormone in the body which packs on the pounds.