Diet during the new year, please help, I need to get ready for highschool.?

Question

Hi. I'm thirteen. I've lost some weight, but gained it back. I'm not anorexic, I want to be healthy.
I want a tight stomach with abs, toned legs and arms, and i want to look good!
How many calories should I eat?
How long do I need to run on the treadmill?
How do you do the right situp? I cross my arms over my chest, and go up off the ground only about 5 cm, is that about right?
Kay thanks!!
SO MUCH!<3

Answer 1

your too young to worry about diets. exercise is fine, your calorie intake shouldnt exceed 1200.
stay away from saturated fats.
no no no no MCDONALDS!

Answer 2

I am 15, and you don't need to be worrying about dieting unless you aer extremely overweight, which I highly doubt!

If you are serious about this dieting thing then your calorie intake depends on your height, weight and how much you plan on exercising. It should be around 2000-2500.

To start out you should run about a mile a dya and as that gets easier see if you can do more. Push yourself but not to hard. And don't just run on a treadmill, get outside if it's not to cold! Running outside is better than running on a treadmill.

About sit-ups/crunches, shake it up a little! Don't just do the genaric "crunch". Go online and look up some workouts that you can do that target all of your abs, not just the upper ones!

I hope this helped you! Good luck in high school and stay healthy!

Answer 3

You are on the correct path. Be healthy and the weight will take care of itself.

· It is important to maintain a good diet so you don't compromise your health. Damage done because of lack of nutrition is not worth a nice body. Some diet damage cannot be fixed.
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· When you deprive your brain, the brain will take other body cells to convert to the elements that it needs. And the cells it takes are BRAIN cells. OOPS. I don't want to lose brain cells to have thin legs. But I would like to have both.

Also, a quick weight loss is usually a water loss and that loss will come back ASAP. You cannot loose FAT more than 2 to 3 pounds a week. Any more than that and you are loosing water and muscle mass (not good)

AND DON'T GO ON A DIET. DECIDE TO MAKE A LIFE CHANGE TO A HEALTHY LIFE STYLE.

1) fruits and veggies, all you want, organic, raw, vine-ripe if possible. Steamed is OK, sautéed is OK even canned or frozen is OK, but lots of them.
2) limited or no meat. Linked to heart diseases, high blood pressure, cancer, arthritis, etc.
3) nothing fried, sauté in olive oils
4) no FAST FOOD- is junk, no nutrition, empty calories
5) NO PROCESSED FOOD. if you can't pronounce it don't eat it.
6) nothing white, salt, sugar, mayo, milk, (or at least in moderation.)
7) NO DAIRY-dairy is great for baby cows; your body does not even digest it properly. check out www.notmilk.com
8) EXERCISE- and be sure to refresh your body with water and fresh fruit
9) NO PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS. Muscle is made from water, replace the water. You get enough protein from the food you eat, You get more protein from spinach than the supplements you take and your body does not get toxic on food protein the way it will with supplements. Supplements can really tax you liver.
10) Good supplement would be Omega 3, B-12 and Juice Plus+
http://www.juiceplus.com/nsa/pages/Home....
11) NO CARBONATED DRINKS, or at least limited. They actually dissolve the calcium in your bones.
12) Calories in calories out.

AND DON'T GO NUTS, MODERATION.

Answer 4

you could eat like 1500 and have a balanced diet. Do not eat junk food. <3
Cardio is very important! so running/jogging is a must. Oh and do crunches. Squats are good too. Lift weights, and check out some work out videos they really are a life saver, and they'll teach you some good routines.

Overall i think you should get in like 13 minutes of running/jogging a day.
Hope I helped :)