My friends think I'm going anorexic.?!
Question:
My friends think I'm going anorexic.?
But I'm not.
I'm not heavy, but I could defintally use a good couple of workouts. I want to be skinny like my friends.
I've cut down how much I eat, and I do about 200 crunches a day. I eat a fruit for breakfast, and then whatever my parents serve for dinner.
I feel I'm smart about my losing weight, but my friends are starting to suggest more food to me. Because I'm not eating the same way I used to.
How do I tell them I'm not?
Answers:
you are not being smart about this at all!!!
first of all - crunches will not make you lose any weight - they build muscle (do not burn fat) and you will gain
second - when you deprive your body all you lose is water weight and muscle NOT fat and slow down your metabolism - basically you are losing muscle and gaining fat at the same time.
find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio is the only fat burning exercise and burns fat all over your body (running, jogging, swimming, spinning, elliptical etc) 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)