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Obese Posted: 09-11-06 20:09pm


Yea....This is kinda embarassing but im just gonna say it. Im 14 years old and I weigh 250-60 pounds. Im very overweight but I dont look like it, im not enormous! Im reasonably chubby/fat. I dont feel full alot of the time and I go to the gym but I can seem to loose weight. Any help is appreciated, please.

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Re: Obese
Posted: 09-11-06 21:45pm

handyandy wrote:

yea....This is kinda embarassing but im just gonna say it. Im 14 years old and I weigh 250-60 pounds. Im very overweight but I dont look like it, im not enormous! Im reasonably chubby/fat. I dont feel full alot of the time and I go to the gym but I can seem to loose weight. Any help is appreciated, please.

hi handyandy,

you're young, you have the power to change and improve your situation.

It's not how much you eat, it's what you're eating.

Whatever you do, don't stop eating. If you cut down quickly your body will go into starvation mode. Everything you put in that can be stored as fat will be.

you need to eat often, but good food.
so breakfast, lunch and supper. In between meals have snacks (fruit, vegetables, granola, nuts) and carry a 2l bottle of water with you. By the end of the day make sure that bottle is empty.

Slowly reduce the amount of food you eat. It's a numbers game. Eg you took in 2000 calories and spent 1800. You have 200 calories left over. You want to be in the negatives. - = losing

most importantly, change the way you think.
i used to eat a couple of rows of cookies, milk, ham and chip sandwiches with no remorse. The more I learned about what I was feeding my body the more I began to improve my eating habits. Newsletters are amazing for this. They feed you small amounts of info daily.

get interested in nutrition.

i subscribed to mens health. It's like a cosmo for men with health facts. Dont let the half naked, flexed men on the cover deter you. But dont you dare let your friends see it. Lol

motivation is a must
surround yourself with motivators. The #1 reason for failure is lack of motivation. So do everything in your power to stay motivated. Here's what worked for me.

- pics of hot chicks in your room
- fast music (millencolin is amazing for this)

routine routine routine
work out the same time every day 6 days/week if you can. The more you work out the more you'll want to. The less you work out, the less you'll want to. So 6 days if soo much easier than 4. Maybe not at first but after 1 month you're flying.

My routine:
1) wake up, have breakfast. Hole grain bread toast. Peanut butter and an orange.

2) make a shake to bring to school with me. (1/3 plain soy milk, 2/3 orange juice, bananna, kiwi and blueberries) blueberries you can get frozen. (this shake is more effective than coffee)
3) eat around 10 (tangerines, apple, granola bar)
4) lunch. (sandwich with salad)
5) 2pm snack
6) work out
7) supper (high protein + veggies...Little carbs)
8) get enough sleep... At least 8hrs

here's what you can do today
1) no more white bread...Whole gain only (not whole wheat)
2) double veggie portions when eating a meal.

3) introduce soy milk. (you wont even notice it in the shake)
4) reduce pasta intake.

5) no more soda. It ****ing horrible for you.

6) eat more salads.(put all the veggies you can get your hands on in it)
7) limit your junk food. Allow yourself, lets say, chips once/week.

I was no veggie fan. Tomatoes were gross. Now I can drink soy milk, eat a tomato and I love raw broccoli. Take baby steps. You'll eventually like the vegetable crunch!

Dont forget...It takes 21 days to break a habit!

You can do it.

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Posted: 09-12-06 00:13am


Wow man you dont know how much this will help me. But, the things your said to eat like, kiwis and all that stuff. Most of the time when I try to limit my foods to healthier things, alot of the time if I want to make a healthy shake I dont have the essencials I need, b-berries, kiwis, soymilk..Etc. Its not that I cant afford it, its just that I never ask for those things. So thanks ill try to follow your routine and see how it works out.

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Posted: 09-12-06 07:30am


Handy, you don't have these essentials in the house at the moment. Here's a trick. soy costco has this killer soy mil called natur-a. They sell them in packs of 6. It's an enriched organic soy beverage...Get the original/flavorless one. The stuff at the local supermarket seems to be full of crap. Natur-a is high quality and can sit in your pantry without refrigeration for almost 1 year. A good soy beverage has about 1y shelf life. You'll notice the stuff at the supermarket expires a month later ;-) blueberries in the frozen section of your local supermarket you should find frozen containers of mixed berries or blueberries. Women use these for cooking. So year round you've got berries. Even when frozen you can easily break them apart and put in a shake. kiwi + banana this is something you'll have to get weekly at the store but bananas are super cheap and freakishly good for you. parents might annoy you're parents might give you grief. They might think you're going over board with soy milk and caca. Dont listen to people around you unless it's words of encouragement. Avoid the arguments....Just go about what you need to do. Routine is really how you'll make this all happen.

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Posted: 09-12-06 19:47pm


Yea thats it, its like when I ask for something healthy or whatever, see we never buy soy milk so when I ask for it theyre like....Uhh ok? Why?

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Posted: 09-12-06 20:18pm


14 year olds go through weight fluxuations. However, at 14 and to weigh as much as you is dangerous. Your bones, your muscles, your heart is not designed to carry around so much extra weight. You are on the right track by wanting to make a change!!! No soda. Period. Drink water. (i don't know why anyone would say to drink soy milk. Soy in an unfermented state is bad for you. If you must drink something other than water try almond milk or rice milk. Squeeze your own juices. Water is best--for your skin, your hair, your body.) walk, walk, walk. This is the easiest, non impact exercise available. It's free, it's useful, it's easy. Don't eat carbs like bread or pasta. This includes whole grains. Goodness, whole wheat bread is still just as bad (for weight) as white bread! If you must do grains-- spelt, kamut, and brown rice flour based products are best. These do not break down into sugars in your body. I get the impression that your parents are not in for the ride as far as you wanting to make a change. Are they overweight? Sit down with them and have a frank discussion about wanting to change your diet habits. It's so much easier to have everyone you live with on board if you do something like this. Also, allow yourself to "cheat" and be okay with it. Maybe for the first couple weeks, you could cheat once every other day...Then space it out more gradually. You'll find your tastes changing and you'll look at the crap you used to eat and be repulsed by it. Good luck! The biggest motivator of all is when you see the scale sliding down, and your pants sliding down your legs! :)

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Posted: 09-13-06 23:12pm


Thanks guys, I know im not so healthy but can someone tell me whats right to eat, maybe for a whole day? Day by day? Becuase im saying soy is good/bad and im getting different answers, I need whats right. And another thing, I run and walk, plus I work out my muscles, I have pretty buff...I guess, arms so some of the weight could be muscle mass, im pretty sure. And no my parent arnt overweight, my mom is a liiiiiiiitle chubby, and yea your right, my parents dont know that I want to commit to something, they think I slack off and all.

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Hi Andy Posted: 09-14-06 13:09pm


Here's the thing, there will always be conflicting opinions when it comes to nutrition. Http://ww w.Hsph.Harvard.Edu/nutritionsource/index.H tml http:// www.Hsph.Harvard.Edu/nutritionsource/prote in.Html h ttp://www.Hsph.Harvard.Edu/nutritionsource /carbohydrates.Html http://ww w.Hsph.Harvard.Edu/nutritionsource/fiber.H tml http://w ww.Hsph.Harvard.Edu/nutritionsource/fruits .Html look at the menu on the left. Educate yourself. - fruit in the morning is great because of its high source of natural sugars. - carbs before workout (at least 2h before you work out) - protein after working out (within 30min if possible) cheers,

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Posted: 09-14-06 20:32pm


Thanks but those links dont work

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Posted: 09-15-06 00:31am

handyandy wrote:

thanks but those links dont work

wierd...Here you go.
Http://www.Hsph.Har vard.Edu/nutritionsource/

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Re: Obese
Posted: 09-27-06 16:13pm

handyandy wrote:

omfg im exactly the sme bbz im 14 to but I weigh bout 70 pounds nd feel really fat

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Posted: 09-28-06 02:49am


You weight 70 pounds? You really need to improve your habits of eating and go to a doctor! Handy, how have you been doing?

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Posted: 07-15-07 16:32pm


wow i havnt been here in a while, im sorry for not responding i didnt realize you guys were helping out so much, im 15 now, i joined my HS football team..yay! We run alot and lift weights im hoping to see a change by the time summer is over and im trying to fix my eating habits but its not easy at all because i dont have everything i need on hand, im trying though, thanks for all the help!

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Re: Obese
Posted: 07-15-07 16:36pm

bby-barbie wrote:

handyandy wrote:

omfg im exactly the sme bbz im 14 to but I weigh bout 70 pounds nd feel really fat

wow...umm if you feel fat then...your....you need to see a therepist or something

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Posted: 07-16-07 12:08pm


So, there are many many good advice here. And you can see a dietician if you feel like you can't do it on your own. But don't feel bad. You'll make it, hun!

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Posted: 07-16-07 22:39pm


just keep wanting to slim down A LITTLE please do not do what i did i just stopped eating and now i cant seem to start again and its destroying me

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Posted: 07-16-07 23:07pm


w00t, football rocks, were running sprints left and right i hope to see results!

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Posted: 07-16-07 23:09pm

HandyAndy wrote:

w00t, football rocks, were running sprints left and right i hope to see results!

thats great!
running is a great way to loose weight!

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Posted: 07-24-07 19:21pm


since the beginning of spring practice ive lost a pant size lol, i wanna get down to a 36 by the end of the season im a 38