Im gaining weight! What should I do?!

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Eat less? As a teenager, you've got a pretty large window to aim for in terms of healthy weight. Check your BMI to make sure you aren't underweight or overweight. Try putting on a bit of muscle, it will increase your metabolism and fat burning.

It is very hard to resist peer pressure. One minute, you express good intentions. The next minute, you are eating poorly, or smoking, or texting all day, not even moving for you betterment. Well, at some point, you will have to take time to research and examine what is peer pressure. See how it feels, how it works on the mind, and how it changes your decision making skills and independence. So, if your rationalization is that everyone eats junk, but you don't like the effects on your appearance, then, you will have to figure the solution. If we create a plan for you, you as a normal teen, will reject our plan, and follow the activities of your peers. You stated, you are inclined to do that. If you wish to change, surely, there is a track team, a baseball team, or some school activity. Surely, you can speak to your parents about a good family eating plan. However, if you get your period, you are a woman. As a woman, you take control and do what is best; or relinquish it to follow group mores.

do a combination of cardiovascular exercises and weight lifting that helps but you probably want to do more cardio than weight training I'm not talking about grabbing dumbbells just use your own body as resistance so like do push ups and what not and if you can get a friend to exercise with you do leg raises where your on the ground face up and your holding their ankles you raise your legs toward them and they push your legs back down and you have to resist your feet from touching the ground this is one of my favorite ab workouts to do with my girlfriend.

cut down on the junk food, go to the gym for atleast 40 minutes and do a little of everything. or maybe just have 1 day a week for junk food...dont pig out on those days though.

Detox. This is perhaps the most important step in the whole process. Before you even begin to burn some calories you need to clean all the toxins out of your body. A usual detox program should be atleast a week long. A good tip is to drink plenty of water and eat light meals during your detox program. This will aide in flushing your system. Plus you would be suprised. Many people lose 5-10 pounds on a typical week long detox program.

2Water. You need to start drinking water from day 1. Water should be your drink of choice becuase of many reasons. One is it helps breakdown food and aide digestion. Second helps hunger. Many times people confuse hunger for thirst so always have a big glass of water when you feel the urge to eat or snack. Third reason is there water is zero calories! Substitute soda for water and you can lose 3-5 pounds in no time.

3Vitamins. Go down to your local vitamin shoppe and get a quality multi-vitamin. This will ensure you are getting plenty of nutrients and help weight loss.

4Exercise. Ahhhhh! Now comes the fun part! Don't worry. You don't need to go to the gym and lift every weight. You want to start real easy. Start with one body part a day and go real light. Your initially just looking to build up a tolerance and get used to the motions of working out.

5Get a personal trainer. It is wise to have a professional show you the exercises and proper form to make sure you don't hurt yourself. all gyms have personal trainers that they can set you up with and they are reasonably priced.

6Consumption. This is the hardest part of the whole process. First thing to do is cut out all soda, juices and other high fructose syrup drinks at meals. Most people say to cut them out entirely but this will set you up for disaster. Permit youself to have one of these drinks a day no later than 3pm. This will give you plenty of time to burn it off. Next cut out all fast food, cookies and cakes. You need to eat foods that are as natural and healthy as possible. This means plenty of chicken and lean beef and vegetables.

7Cardio. This will help speed up the process. Some of my favorite activities are running, riding my bike or swimming. You should also look to use the cardio machines at the gym. Your goal is to burn atleast 500 calories each time. Since 1 pound of fat equals 3500 calories, the more your burn the quicker you lose.