Monday, June 16, 2008

How to lose weight in my circumstances? -

I am 17 years old, and I am starting to get love handles and chest fat. I m not obese or even overweight according to my BMI --I can even dress up casually and not look fat at all--, but I don t want this increase in mass to go on any further. What are your suggestions on daily exercise routines? Or do you have a website where I can find info for teens? I know teenagers burn calories faster than adults, so most of the routines I ve found I don t think apply to me. Currently I am running one to two miles every day, doing 50 sit ups, and 25 push ups. I am planning on doubling the sit ups and push ups just as soon as I get used to the current amount. So please guide me in this if you can.

Get Lean with the Magnetic Diet Seven Step PlanCombined with strength conditioning, energization exercises, pranayama life force control and meditation the magnetic diet seven step plan will when followed guarantee that you achieve a low level of body fat in a predetermined period of time. Ultimate leanness is defined as single digit body fat percentages for men and low teen body fat percentages for women. This is the level of body fat necessary if you want to be able to actually see the definition of your abdominal muscles. The magnet diet in combination with the right amount of physical activity will create the necessary calorie deficit to achieve ultimate leanness. The time it takes for you to achieve that will of course depend on how much fat you have to lose.For example, if you currently weigh 200 pounds and are at 23% body fat and your goal is to be at 9% body fat you have about 25 pounds of fat to loose. To loose 25 pounds of fat while maintaining or even gaining muscle should take you approximately 6 to 7 months. You can lose 25 pounds in a much quicker time frame, but will it be 25 pounds of fat? No it will not, remember when you lose weight too quickly much of the weight lost can end up being muscle. And as we learned earlier if you lose muscle you will create the condition for a boomerang weight gain of fat down the road. Now 6 to 7 months may sound like a long time but in reality its not. In our society we want everything quick and easy, but the truth is that nothing worth having comes quick or easy. 6 to 7 months of your life will pass by no matter what you do, you cannot stop time. But by following the magnetic diet seven step success plan the difference will be that 6 to 7 months from the time you start you will have achieved your goal, you will have attained your desired body fat percentage, you will look great and most important of all you will have achieved a very high level of health and vitality. Remember the goal is to lose fat and maintain or even gain muscle so losing the fat slowly is the way. Here is the plan:Step 1. Determine your current body fat percentageGet your body fat measured by a personal trainer or health professional, or purchase Tanita body composition monitor or other similar device.Step 2. Decide on a goal body fat percentage:What��s it going to be 15%, 10%, 5%? They are all achievable, you just have to decide. Once you have decided then calculate the amount of fat that you will have to lose. Take you current body fat percentage minus the goal body fat percentage and convert that to a decimal value add 1 and divide your current weight by that amount. The difference between the result and your current weight is the number of pounds of fat you need to lose. For example a 200 pound person at a 23% body fat who wants to achieve a 9% body fat would do the following: 23 percent minus 9 percent = 14 percent14 percent = .14 .14 +1 = 1.14200 pounds divided by 1.14 = 175 pounds200 �C 175 = 25 pounds of fat to loseStep 3.Determine your current resting metabolic rateDetermine your current resting metabolic rate using the formulas on page 112.Step 4.Determine your maximum daily caloric intakeRemember you want to create a calorie per day deficit so maximum daily caloric intake is equal to your resting metabolic rate plus any additional physical activity as measured in calories minus 500 calories.Use this as a tool: http://www.magnetic-diet.com/calc/daily_��Step 5.Adjust the diet using portion sizes and snacksAdjust the portion sizes slightly in the main meals or add or subtract snack portions to get to the maximum daily caloric intake.Step 6 Determine the length of time to achieve your goal The amount of fat you need to lose divided by a pound a week = the number of weeks it will take to achieve your goal.Step 7Follow the Magnetic Diet Seven Day Success Plan Not only will it result in your achieving your goal but it will ensure life long health and vitality. Adjust your caloric intake and activity level as your weight drops. Remember as your body weight drops so do your caloric needs. You must reduce your caloric intake or you will reach a plateau.More info online - Read the book free of charge at:http://www.magnetic-diet.com/book

Ok, I m alittle thrown by the chest fat part. But, anyway, the best way to lose weight/be healthy is to eat less than you currently are and exercise more than you currently do.Switch from drinking soda drinks/juices for water (drink 6-8 per day or more when you are working out, especially in humid weather).Eat your 3 healthy balanced meals a day plus a snack between lunch and dinner.Take your vitamins (multi-vitamins).Check with your doctor about your weight/height BMI numbers and for a maximum calorie number for the day, the amount of vitamin/mineral ratios you should be taking and how much you should be exercising (not necessarily everyday, but at least 3 times a week....strength training with light weights, cardio such as walking, biking,...).A great way to do all this too is through a good personal trainer if you can afford one or your parents will pay for one. They can set you up on a good program that should be healthy and constructive. Good luck and take care.

I think your best bet would be to do activities that you enjoy. I personally jump rope alot or go bike riding. Dont keep doing the same exercizes over a long period of time, switch it up with new things.

Dude, one to two miles isnt much, you should increase it, even if you have to slow down from a run to a jog. You should go at least 45 minutes to an hour, not more though. The pushups and situps arent going to make the fat on your chest and stomach dissapear, they will just build a little bit of muscle under. I think if your really serious, you should do high intensity interval training (HIIT) or jump roping. HIIT training will keep your metabolism up more than other types of cardio, it will keep it up for up to 24 hours. An example of HIIT would be running fast for one minute, then jogging for one minute, running fast for one minute, jogging for one minute, etc.... Look it up online for more info. Also, doing pushups everyday will lead to overtraining those muscles and less growth, you should do them maybe every other day, but you should be doing way more if your not planning on doing weight training, but weight training would be best. Situps can be done 6 days a week. Or 7 if you alternate between upper and lower abs daily. Actually it would be better to do that to build abs, but its more advanced and kinda difficult, also dont focus so much on situps and crunches, focus more on lower abs, the upper abs show more easily than lower when you get your body fat low enough. Bodybuilding.com has good info, dont goto the store, goto the forums. Also steroid.com forums and http://bodybuilding.about.com/ . All those web sites have more than enough info about training and weight loss and diet.