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I keep gaining weight. NEED HELP!?

I'm a 14 year old boy, I'm very active. I'm doing lots of exercise throughout the week, I run 3 and a half miles 3 mornings a week, I do lots of cycling and I ride up to 30 miles on most rides. I eat healthy too, I allow my self one small chocolate bar a day, but I eat healthy meals. I try to include plenty of protein for muscle repair and growth. I do this all week but at the weekends I can't help eating a little to much and I don't really do much exercise either I just chill. I'm gaining noticeable fat on my belly but I don't see why this should happen, I'm working hard all week then I let myself go for the weekend and I gain weight! Please explain this and give me some advice. It will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Dan.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    Rather than eating healthy, then eating whatever, try eating a balanced diet throughout the week and save letting yourself go for holidays and special meals (birthdays etc.). You could get one of those calorie charts. Don't worry about it too much, your body goes through a lot of changes around your age, it'll be easier to keep a specific figure when you reach adulthood.

  • 8 years ago

    You sound like everything you do on the week you lose on the weekend.

    The equation is simple :if you need 2000 calories per day, eat 1500. There are sites to calculate how much calories YOU need per day. Look that up on google.

    Also, continue exercising and stop eating too much in the weekends! It's ok to chill and eat just a little bit more, but don't overdo it. Just for the sake of what you do during the week :D

    Moreover, it is very important that you learn to ENJOY the healthy lifestyle, otherwise you won't be able to make it ;)

  • DeAnne
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    You don't have your full height yet, so don't even think about your weight. You'll continue to grow tall thruout your teens, so you will need to weigh more, too.

    Here’s a good low-carb food/exercise plan:

    Breakfast: Cook 9-grain cereal (from health food store) in water with rolled oats and wheat bran. Make a pot of it on weekends and nuke 1 cup each morning. Then stir in low fat milk or yogurt, banana, walnuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine. Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day to raise blood sugar level which falls during the night.

    Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey sandwich on multi-grain (not just whole wheat) bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts, yogurt, fresh fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich on whole grain bread (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham, or beef stew.

    Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit. Nothing ever from a vending machine.

    Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, green or red peppers, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it.

    Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.

    Or grilled fish, steamed veggies, au gratin potatoes.

    Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes and green or red peppers.

    Avoid junk food, fast foods, pastries, desserts, anything with sugar (cancer cells feed on sugar), gluten, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fat/grease (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza, chips, fries), pasta, potatoes, ramen, popcorn, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, soda, chips, tobacco, alcohol and coffee. No oil except olive and mac nut.

    To keep your skin clear, drink water, tea, unsweetened veggie and fruit juice.

    Go hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming, rowing, jump rope, play tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer, jumping jacks, lift weights, trampoline? To tone your tummy, do sit ups, push ups, pull ups, leg lifts, butt raises and crunches.

    For more energy, take Super B complex.

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