I am 13 and i need to lose about 50 pounds serious and basketball is starting but i need to lose weight.......

Question

before february because i have a dance coming up. i am 175 pounds 5'4" i no discusting right anyway.. i dont want to work out outside of basketball (we do LOTS of running!) but i would like to lose 20-50 pounds in 5 weeks HELP PLEASE!!!!!

Answer 1

Figuring out a strategy for losing weight is a great first step! I have several tips for you that not only will help you lose weight, but help you to keep the weight off for a lifetime.

1. Forget blame and guilt: It is important for you to make sure that you don't blame anyone -- either yourself or your parents -- for where you are right now. Feeling guilty about your appearance is a negative feeling that won't help.

2. Take the long term approach: Look at what you are about to undertake not as a short term, quick, weight loss, but rather a change in lifestyle to last a lifetime. You will begin to make more nutritious food choices, add exercise, and cut back somewhat on your eating. If you falter along the way, you don't need to look at it as a failure because you know that you have a long time to make the changes. For example, if you go with your friends to eat at a fast food restaurant, and you indulge in a large order of fries, there is no need to feel guilty because you know that eating them is not a regular habit, and that at the next meal you will eat more sensibly.

3. Set reasonable goals: Losing one-half to one pound per week is very realistic. Don't drop your calorie intake to below 1,300 calories because it would be hard to get all the important nutrition that you need in less than that, plus, you probably won't feel satisfied.

4. Add daily exercise: I suspect that you may be caught in a vicious cycle of not exercising, eating and not having energy. Exercising actually makes you feel more energetic once you have made a habit of it. If you don't feel like you have energy to exercise now, start out with some physical activity that will get you moving, but won't require a lot energy. How about taking the dog for a walk? Or, if you don't have a dog, take the neighbor's dog for a walk. Once you have done some walking, every day for a couple of weeks, try running for a short distance. Get out on your bicycle, or roller blades, or shoot some baskets in the driveway. If you are at a loss for exercise ideas, speak to your gym teacher. I'll bet they would love to help you out. Most teachers are thrilled with kids that are self-motivated to improve.


5. Enlist the support of your family: Have a serious talk with your parents and ask them to help. They should be able to help you find materials on nutritious eating, and can help purchase the foods that will help, such as fresh fruits for snacks and whole grain cereals for breakfast. And they can avoid purchasing foods that will tempt you with poor choices, such as sodas, chips, candy, donuts or cookies.

6. Find measures of success besides weight loss: This isn't just about losing weight, it's about getting healthier for good. So, don't measure your success merely on how much weight you lose. Other things you can look at (for example) may be the amount of time you spent being physically active and not watching television, an increase in endurance (for example, biking for a longer distance or jogging for a longer period of time), or a week of making nutritious snack choices (for example, after school you picked a yogurt fruit smoothie instead of cookies and a soda).

7. Block out cultural messages that emphasize being thin: Decide not to focus on the television shows with actresses or actors that are too thin, as well as fashion magazines with overly thin models. In the real world, most people don't look like that. In fact, it is hard to look like a model and still get the appropriate nutrition from an adequate amount of food. Instead, take a look at high school and college athletes. Most of them are muscular, full bodied and brimming over with good health! You don't have to be a full fledged athlete to look or feel that way, but once you have developed an active lifestyle and good eating habits, you will.

8. Schedule a visit with your health-care provider: If you think your energy level is unusually low, have your mom or dad call the doctor. It may be that some health problem is contributing to how you feel.

9. Find your motivation from within: Weight loss won't happen unless the desire comes from inside you. No amount of outside pressure will do the job.

Good luck to you and have fun developing a happy and healthy lifestyle

Answer 2

I would say if you are 13 then you should go see a dietitian. Don't listen to any crackpot advise from a forum. You are at an age where your body is changing a lot and crash dieting could really hurt you. 50 pounds is a lot for anyone to lose, especially if its 1/3 your body mass and you are 13.

Portion control and cardio are recommended. You need to know what your body needs to absorb in a day, but only a licensed dietitian can build you a menu. Talk to your parents and be sure to be absolutely honest with the doctor, they won't be able to help you unless you really are honest about your eating habits.

Answer 3

Many hospitals have a died program that really works. When the doctor told me that I had less than a year to live and that I had better my affairs and insurance in order, I went on the UAMS diet program. In addition I had to walk briskly thirty minutes a day. Because I'm a guy, I lost 4 pounds a week until I attained my goal weight. Girls lose 3 pounds a week. The diet consisted of foods the hospital provided. Each candy bar contained 125% of my daily intake of vitamins. Each milk shake, 125%. Both the candy bars and the milk shakes came in many flavors and tasted wonderful. I could have two each per day plus eight eight-ounce glasses of water plus all the raw vegetables and fruit I could eat. I had to have a medical check up once a week.

That was 21 years ago.

Answer 4

It's diet and excercise. There is no way that you can lose weight without excercise. Basketball is fine but may not be enough. Walk fat a fast pace for 40 minutes a day. The diet you are accostomed to may actually be excessive. Try eating somewhat less and particularly avoid that one thing that you know is fattening. You can walk into that dance at 12 pounds less and people will really notice you.

Answer 5

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The plan was so refreshing and so simple to follow. I did everything plan said and lost 23 pounds in the first three weeks. I'm now starting the diet again to lose 7 more pounds. This plan has changed my life.

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Answer 6

It will be hard, but along with basketball eating right will help. Make sure you eat several small meals throughout the day consisting of whole grains, lean protein, and lots of fruits and veggies. Talk to a parent and get some advice and help from them too.

And no matter what your weight feel good about yourself, you are not disgusting!

Answer 7

Losing weight very fast unatuarally isnt healthy, just stay excersising and lose the weight gradually, find something else you enjoy doing, take a walk evey now and again or something, go jogging so rather than becoming an excersise you can actually have fun.

Answer 8

I have lots of friends like you. They all feel the same. I am in shape and I lost my weight by joining a swim team. I also heard yoga and morning workouts help alot too. If you have time, try to work out in the morning before school for like 15-20 minutes every day. Not til you are sweating but just to make you work a little. Dont be ashamed, just think of it being somthing that you just have to get rid of. Lots of my friends get picked on and they find it easyer to just act like it was nothing and keep going. Just work on what you are eating and whatching for fatty foods. Follow the food pyramid and eat healthy. I think people look up to me for working out and being fit. I know that if any one works at it, they will succeed. I hop I helped.

Answer 9

since all u do is bball, i'd change ur diet, eating vegetables and fruits with occasional handfulls of nuts eachday. This will have u lose, oh i don't know 2 pounds per week.

2ndly, I would work out outside of bball, doing crunches and pushups build up muscle tone, making u look skinnier.

3rdly, dance, to ur fav music, bouncing and moving around works ur cardio, and after a while, will done ur body, and u'll lookand feel better.

good luck

Answer 10

well sorry to break it to you but 20 pounds in 5 weeks is to short of a time period. this doesnt mean stup trying though if u start a healthy diet u could get rid of more than 20-50 pounds! i'm in 7th grade and feel the same way though. i would sugest asking a teacher...mabey ur gym or health would be best :)