This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:
Question: Alright hi guys so I’m Greg, 16yrs old and I weigh 166lbs. Now yeah this may not seem horrible except for the fact that I’m only 5ft 5.5in. With this info my BMI calculates to 27.2 which is considered to be overweight. I want to lose at least 16lbs and get to an even 150lbs, losing more if possible. I’m going to start to run over summer and I have been on the track team running an average of 4-5 miles a day but it hasn’t exactly been doing to much. This leads me to believe the issue is with my diet whih may be the case even though for the most part I think I eat pretty well. It could also be due to my family’s history of overweight-ness and slow metabolisms. Is there any tips to use to help me burn more calories and consume less calories like perhaps more filling lower calorie foods? I can’t do too much though since I don’t control what food items come into the house becasue my mom does the food shopping but if its maybe one or two things I can ask her to pick it up once in a while. Thanks for reading this ridiculously long message. Thanks in advance to all of your answers!
Answer: The best thing for you to do, is to continue running. But running alone is not going to fully solve the weight problem your having. You need to do many various activities. My daily workout is jogging for 30 minutes on a treadmill, or riding bike or the gym bikes and then another 30 minutes of straight weight lifting. This allows you to get your heart pumping and is making you sweat and raises your metabolism . Then when your lifting weights your doing short bursts of strenuous activity while also building muscle, which takes over the fat. But if your weight number is your problem, it shouldn’t be. I know your kind of short but if you looked the same you did now but with muscle people would understand. Then you wont have to worry about people thinking your fat, just take off your shirt and they will be like damn son!Also try to get an ab rocket. They are around 30 dollars I think adn they work great for full abdominal workouts and it even works your groin muscles (sometimes painful for us guys) but its worth it for sure. Food-wise you should munch on a lot of celery, just celery though don’t add ranch or peanut butter because that defeats the purpose. Celery is a negative calorie food. If you chew on celery for a long time until its like baby food you have burned More calories eating it than the calories the celery actually is. A good goal is to (for weight loss) keep a days calorie intake to about 1800-2000 calories a day. 2500 hundred being a healthy intake for a person your age not trying to lose weight. Good Luck!
