Well, thanks to everyone who clicked on this, I appreciate it. Before I get down to the details, please understand I have a high self esteem and I'm very confident about myself. I don't want to be like "everyone else" and no, I don't feel the need to fit in to a size 0. I would appreciate true answers and things that don't say I'm still growing. I would like to lose around 10-15 pounds by mid March.
I'm 13 years old, I have a gym membership (weights, treadmill, step climber machine, yoga, open gym, things "like" treadmills, and just basically everything a typical gym would have.) I weigh roughly 135 pounds which I feel is not doing me too good right now. I want to feet thinner and it's only for myself, not for anyone else. And basically, I want to look pretty okay in a bathing suit. SO my question is, does anyone have any suggestions of weight loss ideas so I can reach my goal weight of about 115? I also have stretch marks around my upper inner thighs and I need a few suggestions on how to make them fade a bit.
Thanks to everyone who answers!
2009-01-17T08:39:25Z
I'm about 5'5" in height.
ny2009-01-17T08:38:41Z
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When you are losing weight, you should exercise and diet together. If you exercise without dieting, you will get bigger appetite, which will lead to increase of weight, or muscle grow underneath the fat layer, and make you bulkier. If you diet without exercising, you will become flabby and will have excess skin. For diet, go wheat free. No pasta, pizza, bread and so on. And no food after 7 p.m. People achieve marvellous results with it. Depending on your initial weight, you can drop upwards from 20 pounds a month. If you don't eat wheat then you don't eat all those sticky, fatty goey cakes, you don't eat junk food, and you don't eat biscuits. But your diet is still balanced. It costs nothing, and you do not have to calculate points or to buy special meals or plans. For exercising, start with walking, and then switch to running/jogging. Running is the most efficient and calorie-burn exercise ever. If you are overweight a lot, walk first or you may have health complications (heart attack, disjointed bones and so on). Weight lifting is a good means to target your problem areas for men and women. It's not necessarily to become a bodybuilder or even join a gym - a couple of dumbbells will help you to target your problem areas (stomach, butt, legs, arms, chest).
I would recommend doing aerobics to burn fat, at least 30-40min every session at a reasonable rate.
But i would recommend doing 10-20min of HIIT to build your fitness then try doing endurance runs.
Also a good diet of the right amount of protein, carbs, fat and also include a few green stuff with your diet.
After the first 1-2 week i would recommend getting a personal trainer to teach you how to use the weights, as I couldn't possibly tell you to use them as you might damage yourself, a personal trainer can help you start on your way to lose fat. Tell them you want to lose fat rather than weight. Because when you lose fat you will get slimmer and toned, whereas if you tell them lose weight they will just give you a programme to lose weight and not build muscle.
I would also recommend getting on exercise.about.com and read a few articles. They helped me throughout the years and I have lost around 50lbs+ and i am on my last length.
stretch marks come from gaining or losing weight too fast. as your weight evens out, they will dissappear. until then you could try getting a tan, that will help.
you should stop eating at least 3 hrs before bed, b/c that's when your metabolism is slowing down and the food that you at then will be straight fat. exercising is best down in the morning, on an empty stomach, b/c then your body is using the fat as energy, instead of your breakfast. eat small meals throughout the day, instead of big ones, and drink plenty of water. also, getting a good detox program to clean out your system would be good, otherwise just eat a lot of fruit for 2 weeks or so.
Stretch marks can be faded using Palmers Coco Butter and to lose weight i would suggest restricting the things you eat... cut back on fatty and salty foods booze and fags (not that you should do any of those last 2 things) ;) life is all fun and as long as you're happy then so should everyone else