What can I do to lose weight?
Question by Michael L: What can I do to lose weight?
I’m 15 and I weigh around 230 lbs, and am around 5’11. I really would like to lose the weight and I think I can do it. What kind of foods should I eat? I think one problem is my mom just makes lots of food and often high calorie things such as Spaghetti, Pizza, etc. I need to know what kind of foods are healthy and low in calories, and what kind of exercise I should be doing. I don’t think I can ask my mom to try and help out so I’m just gonna try and do it on my own.
I heard it’s good to eat 5-6 small meals a day to help metabolism, so should I eat some cereal in the morning, maybe an apple during break at school, not sure what to eat for lunch (any suggestions), then I don’t know what for another snack and I could ask my mom to make whatever is needed.
I don’t know what I could do for exercise. I tried running for a few days which was OK but I’m not much of a fan. I really would like to play Tennis but I don’t have a partner. I’m not into any school sports.
Recently I haven’t been eating too much. I rarely eat breakfast and then I never have a lunch and I usually eat something right after school and then later on.
Please help. How much weight could I lose by September if I did this? I think it would be really awesome if I could lose around 50 pounds by then… Is it easier to lose weight when you’re bigger?
I appreciate it.
Best answer:
Answer by Billy
Hey man. It sounds like you want to lose weight just through dieting. You can do that, but the most effective way to lose weight is to exercise and diet simultaneously.
You’re right several smaller meals will help keep your metabolism going consistently, which is definitely good for weight loss. Foods like beans, lentils, vegetables, and the like are great because they require lots of energy to digest.
You also might want to let you mom know that you are trying to lose weight. She can try to help out by making smaller dinners or healthier dinners for you.
There are two types of exercise when it comes to weight loss. The first is cardio. This is stuff like running and riding a bike. This is only good at burning calories while you’re actually doing the exercises and probably won’t help you too much.
The second kind is weight training. These exercises break down your muscles and as they rebuild themselves they tap into your fat reserves and burn up extra calories all day long. This is what you want to focus on for the best results.
I hope this helps.
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