How to lose weight?

[Anonymous]

But I am a 17 year old female in her junior year of high school and I weigh 220lbs. Iv come to the conclusion that I DO NOT want to be a 2x-3x in my high school grad gown. My goal is to be at least 150ish I know its probably not possible but I want to lose this weight it brings me down as a person. I just don't know how to go about losing weight. Ex: what exercises to do, when to do it, how long to do it. I want to do this the healthy way and I don't have money to pay for special food/equipment/work out program. I just need help getting started?

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im 5'1 by the way

[WoIIie]

1. Fix your diet.

2. Sign up for a gym.

3. Take advice from a fitness guru.

For step one, throw away all that processed packaged crap you're eating. Stick to vegetables, lean proteins, complex carbs, and fruits. Drop the Oreos. Drop the Doritos. It's time to get serious. The best way to truly fix your diet is to gain knowledge of what's okay to eat. This link gives a fairly good breakdown of what to avoid. link

For step two, sign up for a gym. If you can't afford it (most likely you can't), tell your parents that you want to change your life. If they don't want to help you, then there is still hope, don't worry. If you managed to get a gym membership, set a time every single day (such as 7pm) where you HAVE to go to the gym. Make it a part of your daily schedule to go to the gym from 7pm-9pm and don't you dare leave a second too soon.

For step three, find a fitness guru who can give you advice and walk you through things. I know, this sounds expensive. Well, it's not! Try YouTube.

Mike Chang's Six Pack Shortcuts Channel.

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Scooby's Workshop Channel.

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Both of these guys are legit. Don't just watch one, watch both. It doesn't matter if you don't want to build muscle, you still do the exercises because tone is good, and muscle helps boost your metabolism and burn more fat. Scooby has some videos that show really quick and easy meals, Mike Chang has plenty of AT HOME cardio routines you can do. Work hard and good luck.

[guy532]

a person on a diet can loose 4-6 pounds a week and be considered to be on a healthy diet, so you have more then enough time to loose the weight. However the problem with loosing the weight isn't what exercises you do, but your outlook in life; I'll give you an example of what I mean:

"I know its probably not possible". Why don't you think it's possible? This was just in one of your questions, in a paragraph describing your life, that means you are constantly thinking like this, about everything. You have to realize that you can accomplish what you want in life and you'll be amazed at yourself with what you can do when you apply yourself. It's nobody's fault but yours and no one can fix that but you, and you can fix it if you believe in yourself. Don't say I want to try to loose the weight, say you will loose the weight. Start off with little victories that will show yourself you're capable of doing things you didn't think you could do. It doesn't have to be anything major, just something small to get the train moving. Once you have the right mentality, the weight will come off its self and your life will get so much better and not because you will be skinnier, but because you will discover what you really are capable of doing in life when you don't doubt yourself. Good Luck!

[TheGoodTheBadTheHOT]

Sigh, I just type out a huge answer but the website timed out and my f***ing iPod refreshed.

Anyway, basically all you need are determination, planning and motivation. You don't need any fancy groundbreaking workout or diet. No.

I'm going to direct you to the website of a guy I've been follow for about a year now, he knows what he's talking about and he gives help for basically free - link hell, I'd go as far as to call him a genius. Have a look around his website, he has some really helpful sections.

Something that might interest you is his latest post - link

Enjoy getting fit ;)

[kheserthorpe]

I actually think it might be possible. You're talking ... almost a year and a half from now? 70 weeks at a pound a week. TBH, FASTER then pound/week is quite possible when you're very overweight.

If you're 5'1 220 lbs, walking is probably a pretty intense workout for you. How far can you walk?

The rest is going to be diet.

If you send me a msg, I can flip you some e-books on weight loss and nutrition. I'll also recommend a forum.

[Asker]

i can walk 4 miles I like walking its just with school I'm so packed with work

[SnackG]

Cut out high calorie drinks.

Walk/Jog/Run at least 3 times weekly.

Try and cut back on processed foods. If you can cook for yourself.

It's possible to lose 70lbs in a year. Actually a little over a year. That gives you 5lbs a month or less. I don't have any crazy awesome advice, but a lot of simple things can make you lose that weight in a year and it should be fairly easy.

[Xx_DRE_xX]

Your calorie intake is 70% of the battle.