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Please...Help me Help Myself!

nikky31 Posts: 1 Joined: 2005/08/01	2006/01/08, 04:02 AM Im 16 from a very small town and no trasportation to a gym. I have small weights at home and im working out there. I want to lose weight. Im at 180 and im 5'3. Im overweight and trying to do something about it. Im following the plan and i was just wondering are there any special diets specific workouts or just tips in general that would help me get the results im working for? ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED !!!:) -------------- `~!-* nIkKy *-!~`
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/01/08, 09:13 AM Diets as in cutting calories is not always a good thing. By that cutting them to low can actually retard the weight loss. That said, you do need to lower them a bit to loose the weight. 500 calories a day for 7 days equals 1 lb lost. 1-2 lbs a week is a safe loss amount. HOWEVER becareful of cutting them to low to speed this up as you will losed muscle and that is bad. There is a nutrition board here that has a list of foods that you can use to help out. Just eat 4-5 good meals a day and weight train as well as some cardio and you should be good. Also at first you may drop weight and that is a great thing. I always tell new people this; Remember that you are trying to lower the bodyfat and increase the lean muscle you have. So while you may lose body weight there may be a time that you actually gain. However this is not always a bad thing. What is usually happening is that you are trading fat for muscle. So, you ask, why AM I gaining? Simple. 1lb of fat and 1lb of muscle whiling weighing the same take up different room. Think of it this way, A 5 lb bag of sugar and a 5 lb bag of potatos weight the same but the sugar takes up way less space. Muscle is like the sugar, and fat like the potatos. Hope this helps! -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com