Best way for teen girl to lose weight. Any advice?

Question

Well, I am 14 years old (i stopped growing taller and i have a medium body frame), I am about 200 and I know i am overweight. There is an ab lounge in my house and I do have a bike. I want to be able to lose at least lose 50 pounds. Whats the best way to lose weight over the summer!? How can I lose and keep the weight off during school?

Also I don't eat a lot of junk food and I hate fast food, never skip meals and I don't eat big portions. I barely excersise. So is it just a lack of excersise?

Answer 1

Horse back riding has probably taken twenty five pounds off of me in two months. It also could of been the humid climate, but that's a good start. Find yourself a good horse program in your city and have fun. Swimming is good exercise, as is hiking and riding bikes. A better diet might help you to keep off the extra pounds when school comes back in to session.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A couple of things I know. Don't stop eating!! Thats the first thing. Whatever that might do for you will be outweighed by the harm it can do. Besides, it doesn't encourage a healthy lifestyle. Here is what I know. You need to come up with a mix of a healthy diet and good exercise. There are many different ways to do this, but I advise that you watch your portions, avoid 'sweets' and 'candy' even if it is 'just one bite' or 'just a little bit. Stop the pop as well. You should be drinking lots of water, at 200lbs you should be drinking about 100oz of water per day. I can't offer you too much in terms of working out, but your best bet is to join a local gym where you can enroll yourself in free classes and use a variety of gym equipment [Ask your mom and dad about this one]. Another thing about diet - eat a healthy breakfast. Check out the link below and it will give you some good information concerning breakfast. One thing though is if you get some protein in your morning diet you won't be as hungry later in the day. The best way to --not loose weight-- is to skip breakfast. So eat in the morning! That's all I got for ya =P

P.S - Be serious and don't give up. Losing weight and being healthy take work.

Answer 4

Because you're looking to lose so much you should see a doctor first and come up with a plan.

A plan on how to eat healthy and what types of exercise would be best for you while putting the least strain on your joints.

You need support so make sure friends and family understand and don't try to sabotage your efforts. I recomend signing up for a women's magazine called Fitness. They appear to realize that we come in all shapes and sizes and not everyone works out every day.

That mag has recipes and exercises and focuses on making you feel good. I also subscribe to Shape magazine which is okay. Environment is everything so you want pictures of healthy people and recipes for healthy meals around you.

I wouldn't worry about setting too many goals right now or what will happen when school starts. Just take it a day at a time and come back to us if you need some moral support, okay? :)

Answer 5

hi there, i used to think the exact same as you.
Try checking your BMI, it helps, I found out that I am ideal weight and could be slightly entering the underweight which is not good.
I recently figured out my situation. I eat food and then exercise it off but to lose weight I need to exercise more than I eat. Frankly I hate myself as i dont get any guys or anything but at least im not a slut. I may not necessarily look good in a bikini but i dont mind as i like myself now.
Im size 8 in my trousers and weigh 119 lb but im only 13. Im 161 cm tall.
I did try dieting but you just eat more after and stopping eating is the same.
The best way is to exercise. Admittedly everyone wants to be skinnier and I do as well but I am fairly happy when i look in the mirror. I do aspire to lose weight and i exercise a lot but try doing some workouts that can tone your body as this will give it a slimmer apppearance and its better for you.
Hope this helps,the key is to exercise -DO NOT DIET!

Answer 6

allright, first let me tell you that the worst thing anyone could do is stop eating, so if anyone says that, ignore it.

Second, you will stop growing at around 25.

So, during this summer, you want to limit yourself to one junk meal a week, that's only one trip to Mcwhatever, lets face it, it is not fair to just plain cut off our junk food supply.

Try to drink as little soda as possible (Gatorade also has too much sugar). I recommend you to make your own green tea or chai tea, in a small jar put five or six tea bags and add honey instead of sugar (splenta is also bad for you). Then put it in the fridge and you got yourself a tasty cold sweet beberage. Water is always good too!!!
Avoid pastas and rice and potatoes (specially the ones found in chinese food) because they have too much carbs, you want to burn what you got already. Also avoid too many cookies and white breads, get yourself full grain bread and maybe some jelly spread. (I limit myself to two oreos a day, may sound ridiculous but I really like oreos, however they have quiet some fat there)
Get skim milk or soy milk instead of regular.
Good foods are eggs, any fruits, vegetables, legumes, chicken (grilled, not fried) avoid any fried foods. Tuna is also good, I despice it but oh well. So tell your mom to cook more healthy.
Take your bike here and there, you are fourteen, too young to do any weight training, I don't recomend you to lift any weight but your own (that is, if you want to do push ups and standing lounges or squats). Ask someone how a body squat is done if you dont know what I am talking about.
Do abs to avoid your tummy to sag due to the weight being lost. Abs you can do them one day on one day off using your abd lounge.
Once the summer has passed, try to keep on like that, you will start to enjoy it as you see the changes.
Check fitness magazines for women (not stupid teen magazines) and get into it.

Have fun!!!

Answer 7

Simple math... you have to burn more calories than you take in... it's simple really. At 200 lbs, and I'm going to assume you are 5' something you probably burn about 2500-3000 calories a day. You need to take in less than that and increase your daily activity can help you burn even more. A great way is to say you can only have a "bad-for-you" treat if you did activity that day. It can be done, monitoring what you take in is the fastest way to lose weight in a healthy way and keep it off.

It's not easy, but knowing is half of the battle. You can do it!

Answer 8

The diet is too much to handle because you're making yourself uncomfortable. If you make yourself uncomfortable with dramatic lifestyle changes, you wont stick with it. I think what will work best for you is one or two small changes at a time. That is how a lot of people do it. My mom used to be big as the side of the house and she started with small changes. First she gave up candy bars and after a week or so she gave up cheese burgers then after another week or so she started walking a little bit.... and just gradually keep adding those small changes. Shes fit now.
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I think you could benefit a lot with some nutrition or fitness coaching. Most people need that because they want to change and have all the drive to do it and stick with it, but just don't know what to do or how to start.
Small changes make all the difference. I don't know what you do all day but one small change could be to just start taking stairs instead of an elevator... or if you have whole milk with your cearal, switch to skim or 2% just things like that. Or, if you eat breakfast as school, instead of having the biscuits and gravy, have fruit and oatmeal or whatever else is available that's a better choice. Or stop having ketchup with your French fries (its all sugar). It really does work.
I've spent lots of money on diet clinics and stuff that use drugs or put you on a really strict diet and the results never lasted because it was just too dramatic and I went back to the same bad habits. The only things that ever let to lasting resuts was the small changes that I stuck with... like parking far away from buildings and walking through the parking lot rather than parking as close to the door as I could... I've even joined extreme fitness classes like crossifr and never stayed with them because it was just too much all at once.
One thing you can do that you wont really notice is don't eat everything on your plate... leave like 20% of it. At the end of the month, all that food really adds up.

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Answer 9

Get on that bike! Unfortunately, I will have to agree that for your age, 200 lbs. is probably a bit much for your frame. Try to get on your bike and ride as much as you can - riding your bike will help you burn calories by using those big muscles in your legs - your legs and back end will get toned also. Safe weight loss is about 2lbs. per week - weight loss any faster than that will put your body into "starvation mode" and if you begin to start eating in your normal way after you diet, it will regain your weight and possibly become heavier. Lose weight by watching what you eat - choose smaller portions and eat more often so that you don't feel hungry. Educate yourself about what foods are healthy for you - since you're still growing, don't cut out protein and choose foods that are low in fat. You need some fat in your diet (good fat) to help you feel full when you eat, but also to keep your body functioning normally. Stay away from fast foods or only eat fast foods as an ocassional treat. See the movie "Supersize Me" and you'll find out why fast foods are really bad for you. Good luck in taking care of yourself. You'll realize later that taking good care of yourself now will help you as you get older.

Answer 10

OK well at breakfast time u could measure the cereal with the exact measurements 1 cup and 1/2 cup when u start early in the morning healthy you will be able to lose weight thrust me i use to be190 at 15 so what i did is also stop eating junk food because when i did that i lost 10 pounds and also u should look at the healthiness of your dinner and lunch. is it healthy you should also drink lots of water take a water bottle to go and keep refiling it at school.u could also start light jogs and u could tell ur parents to park farther from your destination,and also make sure u don't eat food to relax or calm Ur nerves that's how obesity develops make sure u don't eat while ontv/computer,make sure ur not distracted while eating. and make sure u get at least 30 min a day of exercise. ohh and just be doing this i lost 25 pounds in 1 months.good luck on losing weight p.s. don't vomit that will mess up your liver and kidney and also weaken your teeth my biology teacher told me that.