How Do You Lose Weight?

[peace-love-couture]

I'm 16 and would like to lose 10-15 pounds.I understand working out,but I am completely confused about the whole amount of calories to consume and calories to burn.

Normally,I eat around 1500 calories or less.I don't eat breakfast because it upsets my stomach,and I hate eggs:(((Yuck.I eat lunch,never anything heavy and dinner and with a snack or two in between.I will admit,I have this thing for a late night snack(sorry).

I am trying to create a workout plan,I get bored very easily,so I like to switch it up,and I can't join a gym:(((I'm underage.I just joined Sparkpeople(yes lied about my age) and havem't done anything yet.

-So help,explain the calorie issue.If I eat around 1500 calories a day,how many would I have to burn to start losing weight?

-I'm in no rush,1-2 lbs a week is good?

-How can I lose water weight fast?(I usually retain a lot of water)

My info:

5'3 1/2

Around 135 lbs

Girl(duh)

16:)

Thanks

Any tips and advice would help

[katherrrrine545]

Okay 1) you NEED to eat breakfast, even though you hate it you really should. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and it will slow down your metabolism if you don't eat breakfast so you wouldn't be helping yourself at all. Find something that you like maybe like cheerios, oatmeal, whole wheat toast, fruit but you really should eat breakfast

2) If you want to loose water weight work out with a sweatshirt on or a long sleeve shirt it will help you loose water weight

3) For a workout plan

Monday: run(1-2 miles, depending on what you are capable of)

Tuesday: power walk ( " ")

Wednesday: Rest.. But try and do something that will burn calories such as walking somewhere instead of driving

Thursday: Run/Jog( 1-2 miles)

Friday: Power walk or go swimming or go for a walk

Saturday: Run/jog (1-2 miles_

Sunday: Rest.. But again try and still do something

-also with exercise cardio is the best to help loose weight but you also may want to lift some weights or do something that will tone and give you muscle

- try and exercise at night also because you will burn calories that you ate throughout the day but it is okay to work out at any other time but at night will help you burn more

- go crazy with fruits and vegetables

- don't drink soda or any other sugary drinks try and stick to water

-look at the serving size for everything and measure everything out

-count your calories throughout the day, try and have about 1300-1500 calories

- DONT skip meals

[ladyrara26]

i think your weight is fine !

but , I think the amount of food intake girls should eat is actually around 1200..

The thing most people do, is have SNACKs allllllll day !

so when it comes to meals they don't have big ones.

Try to cut carbs. (bread, pasta etc.. it sucks cause its one of my favs ! )

Eat meat , like fish or chicken , have lots of veggies for snacks,

& drink lots and lots of water !

Snack all day will keep you full and not let you binge eat ( eating a lot all at once )

& will keep your metabolism up!

the water is great for digestion too and get you full.

And for the work out, I usually work out at home. You just need to do crunches, push ups and all that.

Then you need to do cardio so you don't stay bulked up.

You would need to run/ jog 30 mins a day. ( I use an Elliptical)

and try not to eat after 7 !

Thats all the advice I can give you , hope it helps.

[Andy90]

Unless your currently eating A LOT of food then they key to losing weight isn't really eating less, youve just got to change what you eat and when. Your diet should be fairly low in carbs and higher in protein. However, you still need some carbs for energy especially if your going to be working out. Breakfast or lunch should be your biggest meal of the day, avoid eating too much at night as its not good for your metabolism. You should try and eat 4-6 meals a day so the idea is to spread your calorie intake out over the entire period of the day. This will speed up your metabolism. Drinking water will also help speed up your metabolism and help you lose weight. Don't worry about water retention, when you start working out regulary it will not be a problem.

Hope this helps

[heyitsrae831]

okay, so in order to lose weight, you really have to change up your diet.

- eat breakfast! - it jump-starts your metabolism so that you can lose more weight.

- eat a lot of fruits and vegetables - they are a lot lower in calories and more filling than most other

foods.

- write down everything that you eat - this will help you see what you're doing wrong. you will also

probably make better choices because you know that you have to write it down.

- drink lots of water, especially before meals - it will help you stay fuller

- try not to eat too late at night - your body won't have time to burn it off, so it will just end up turning

into fat. you don't want that! if you still want your snack, then make sure you eat it 3-4 hours before

you go to bed.

as for working out, you might want to buy some exercise dvds. there's lots of different ones out there, so you can definitely switch it up. you could also try running or going on walks. anything to get your heart rate up will be beneficial.

try entering all your info in here at this link to see how many calories you should be eating.

to lose water weight fast, read these tips at this link also, try to eat foods low in sodium and sugar so that you don't retain water.

one thing that really helped me ( I lost 30 pounds ) was weighing every single day. you will be able to see your progress and want to eat good and exercise so that you can see a change. it also helps you to determine what you're doing right and wrong.

P.S. did you know that there's a website called sparkteens for teenagers?

i hope this helps :) good luck!

[peace-love-couture]

Thank you!I had no clue there was one for teens.Thanks haha

[toulouse]

to loose one pound a week you need to burn 35,000 calories (approx. one pound of fat) so, if you cut 500 calories from your daily intake you should loose about 1 pound a week...u will lose more at first because every 500 calories is about 1 pound of water weight, so 35,000 calories is about 7 pounds of water weight 1 pound of actual weight.

so on 8 weeks you should have lost about 10 pounds of actual fat, more or less depending on your activity rate, but it may come out as much as 20 pounds, by body weight.

(the water loss slows down so you will not lose like 50 pounds in 2 months lol)

[Trihill]

cut 200 calories from your daily intake

if you want to cut on your water intake, drink less

[Softballchick92]

You have to drink ur weigh tin water to lose weight

[EddyMetal]

I don't lose weight. I'm steadily gaining. :D