I am a young female who is a bit chubby, not completely fat but chubby. I can definetely see the difference between me and other people in my classes. I need a way to lose weight so that I am not chubby and look the same like my classmates. Please no medication just eating habits and excersice.(I do more than enough excersice-I am very very very active) Help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-06-20 12:58:01 · 40 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Eat Veggies, grilled skinless chicken breasts, and grilled fish.
Cross training is really a great way to go.
Sunday - Try running a mile then walking a mile. If you can't do the full mile running that is fine. Push as far as you can.
Monday - Run .10 mile sprints 5 times. Cool down between each. Jog/speed walk .5 mile.
Tuesday - Ride a stationary bike for 45 minutes. Then do 35 of each.
Sit ups
Crunches
Bicycle Sit ups
Wednesday - Take off and let your body heal.
Thursday - Run again. Same as Monday. Push as best you can.
Friday - Weight Training. Work on your upper boddy and lower body.
Saturday - Take off.
A lifestyle of eating healthy and working out properly will change your body in dramatic ways. Be patient. Results come with time, not overnight.
Note - Increase your workout as you get in better shape. Go on runs of longer distance. Ride longer on the bike. Lift more weight or add more reps. Good luck!
2007-06-20 13:30:13 · answer #1 · answered by David B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't say how old you are but you must be in school. If you are going through adolescence then your body is going to continue to change rapidly over the next few years. Losing weight and maintaining a healthy take time, effort and discipline. It's all about calories and and calories out. You need to consume fewer, but healthier calories and also increase calories you burn. Limit your portion sizes. Most all portions are twice what they should be. Read the labels on the boxes. For example, if you ate a bowl of Special K for breakfast with 1/2 cup milk and maybe a small piece of cheese or a hard boiled egg, that would be a good breakfast if you actually ate a portion of cereal. The box will tell you one portion is only like 1/2 cup (I think). Point is, it's not much. Snacks in the morning and afternoon should be limited to a piece of fruit or a few raw vegtibles. Lunch could be some low-fat cottage cheese with fruit or add it to a salad. For dinner your meat should be no larger than a deck of cards. Watch the portions on potatoes and or other carbs. If you have steamed veggies, I say eat two portions if you're hungry. They're good for you.
Exercise: To start, do cardio at least five days a week for 30-40 minutes. Get your heart rate up and keep it up. And this is in addition to anything you currently do. After a while, once you start loosing, add in weights every-other day to gain lean muscle. Muscle will help your metabolism and help you burn calories faster.
I am not an expert and I'm not in the health field. But I did loose 120 pounds about four years ago and have kept it off. It's life style change, not a diet.
Good luck to you.
2007-06-20 13:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by THP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find daily calorie intake 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 - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio is the only fat burning exercise and burns fat all over your body 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta 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:)
2007-06-20 13:10:34 · answer #3 · answered by Natalie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat 5 6 small meals a day instead of 3
2016-04-01 05:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reduce your caloric intake
Exercise
My ex wife used the Atkins diet and lost a tremendous amount of weight. Read the book you may be one that can lose on that diet.
2007-06-20 13:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get an online weight loss buddy to lose more weight
2016-02-10 14:44:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep proper distance between meals
2017-04-10 09:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eat fruit instead of drinking fruit juice
2016-07-02 06:34:29 · answer #8 · answered by Mario 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alcohol has calories too you know sub three drinks a week for lighter versions to drop a pound a year
2016-06-29 04:58:08 · answer #9 · answered by Elnora 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guzzle water before your meal
2016-06-14 08:20:54 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋