i weigh 230 somethin pounds and im 13 years old i want to lose weight without gaining muscle wat would.......?

Question

i have to do to meet my weight goal of 130 pounds in 4-5 months..wat would u subscirbe to a person my age im (5 feet 2 inches tall)

Answer 1

find calorie/fitness calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have lean meat (protein) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min, light weight training
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, past etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)

Answer 2

Without gaining muscle? You have a long way to go before you have to worry about muscle mass. That comes AFTER you reach your goal weight and begin working to maintain.

Cardio, weight training and restricted diet are absolute musts if you are trying to lose 100lbs. Cut out white bread, pasta, sweets, red meat and white potatoes.

Things you can eat: egg whites, whole wheat bread (no more than 2 slices per day), boneless/skinless chicken breast, turkey breast, fish (no talapia or herring and limited shellfish), all the fresh veggies you can handle that aren't cooked in oil or butter, some fruit... there's a lot out there, so you won't starve.

Visit this forum for help making food and exercise choices along with great support: www.healthyweightforum.org

Answer 3

The diet is too much to handle becaue 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. 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.

Answer 4

The best way is to get a gym membership. Many fitness gyms will give you a free session with a personal trainer to get you on a right exercise track. I know that the YMCA does, for sure. Keep track of your workouts so you can look back and track how you are doing, or if you are slacking.

The best way to burn fat without building muscle is to begin with a warm-up (stretching and five minutes of cardio on a treadmill or cross-trainer/elliptical machine), followed by lifting free weights, but using lighter weights with more repetitions (to build muscle, use heavier weights with less reps). Then follow the strength exercises by 30-45 minutes of cardio. Do this four or five times a week and you will lose weight in a healthy way.

Also, you should follow Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating, try to follow it as closely as possible, concentrating most on eating many fruits and vegetables.

Answer 5

Build Ripped Muscle Fast

Answer 6

I think you have set a very unrealistic goal for yourself. You should give yourself at least a year to lose 100 lbs.

You need muscle to metabolize fat. You can develop strong lean muscle by doing Pilates. You won't look muscle bound, just fit.

Eat 5-6 small meals during the day high in lean proteins, fruits and vegs. Drink lots of water.

Most of all teach yourself to enjoy the process of getting healthy. You will be amazed of what what your body can become if you care enough and don't accept defeat.

Answer 7

Your goal is pretty high, you should only loose about 5 lbs a week to maintain health. Working out (walking, running, aerobics) will help you with out gaining muscle mass.

Answer 8

Before you do anything talk with your doctor. I do recommend trying the South Beach Diet. Your whole family can be on this diet and not feel like it's a diet.

Answer 9

hey im 13 also i used to way 137 b4 school started then i joined football and started goin to the gym and STOP DRINKIN SODA and now i way 122.5 and im 5ft 7in. but i stel got some stuff eat less i stoped eatin lunch drink shakes/smoothies

Answer 10

i would suggest you push yourself away from the table,a little sooner. did you ever notice all the pickup trucks have,150,250,350,on them?it's because they design them to carry certain amounts of weight. your frame was designed to carry a certain load,also.if you keep overloading that 150, it's not going to last as long as it was meant to. see what i'm saying?