Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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bouncer3322
bouncer3322
Posts: 31
Joined: 2002/03/02
United States
2002/03/28, 04:44 PM
Ok, i got a problem.. This morning I went to my doctor and I told him that I was on a strict diet and want to loose alot of body fat...well anyway, he weighed me and it read 168. He that you are overweight for your height (my height is 5 feet 7 inches) anyway..he also said if you drop 8 pounds over the next year..you should be fine, because in 2 years he says, I would be 5'9 and that would be normal weight for 5'9. I look fat now, and I want to loose weight...but I dont know weather to drop down now to where I look good, or should I wait and drop 8 pounds over the next year so I would look good at 160, at 5'9 inches.

But the problem is I want to look good for the summer...And my lean weight for my height now (5'7) is around 150-155, please help!
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2002/03/28, 05:26 PM
How old are you bouncer? If you're under 18, I would recommend that you wait as your doctor suggested, or take up sports or something physical to help you burn some fat. Otherwise, losing 8 pounds could be done in a month or less. It's not good to lose too much weight too fast as you'll just end up gaining them back even quicker.

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Lumina20
Lumina20
Posts: 966
Joined: 2001/10/31
United States
2002/03/28, 09:58 PM
I would go with what your doctor says or at least just not do anything drastic to lose the weight, just make gradual changes to your current diet and keep working out.