Joseph asks…
Help with Weight Loss…I’m about to give up?
I have made it my goal to lose weight ever since I was in 6th grade (I’m a sophomore now). I have always been chubby, even as a toddler. It wasn’t my diet or anything because I was a very active kid (did soccer, baseball, and gymnastics, but I was still fat). And through the years I have just gained more and more. In eigth grade I reached my maximum at 198 lbs and was extremely depressed. The year before I actually was diagnosed with low thyroid, and I started taking the medecine, but it didn’t helped. Since I was so big, I really wanted to lose weight. I even joined the girls on the run team at my school. Made a fool of myself running around a track, behind everyone else, and a whole practicing football team watching. I quit the team because I didn’t see any results at all, even pushing it my hardest and having the coaches help me out.
In the last two years I have tried everything, cutting out soda, cutting out junk food, cutting out sugar, doing water diets, buying exercise dvds and doing them for months, going on walks everyday, exercising on a stationary bike, I even tried the Slim Fast diet about 6 moths ago….nothing has really worked.
In the last two years I have managed to come down from 198 to 176, which is what I weigh right now,and in that time frame I have grown about an inch or two taller (I’m 5’5” now). I guess after trying all these different things, this is what it got me…but it took 2 years just for that…and a lot of money waisted. (Slim fast was super expensive, and to get on the Girls on the Run team I had to pay 120 dollars in membership fees. Oh and DVDs are like 10 dollars a piece)
Its like, no matter how I change my diet, no matter my eating schedule, no matter how hard I work out it gets me NO WHERE. About two weeks ago I bought Jillian Micheals 30 Day Shred DVD and have been doing it. I feel a little stronger….but now I am soo bored with the routine that I can’t put my heart into it.
What the heck should I do??? Don’t say eat small meals, drink lots of water, eat lean meat, eat vegetables, because I DO all of that. Right now I’m think I will switch from doing the boring DVD and go back to taking my dog on 30 minute walks everyday. But that will probably go no where like it did before. Am I just meant to be fat or something? I have three older brothers, and two of them were diagnosed with low thyroid as well. One was kinda over weight before, and when he was 17 he lost 40 pounds by just exercising on that stationary bike I mentioned before. I followed him and his routine, but that got me nothing. He is now very fit and active. My other brother who was diagnosed was also extremely big his freshman and sophomore years, but then he grew about two feet and all of a sudden was as thin as a stick. It was rediculous, he literally when from HUGE to slender, and he just sat on his butt all day.
Anyways, sorry for this long explanation, but I want you to understand what exactly I have tried and done. Has anyone else had this problem there whole life? What did you do about it? What should I do? Me and my mom are about to start nutrisystem in a few months since all else is failing.
guest blogger answers:
When you are losing weight, you should exercise and diet together.
If you exercise without dieting, you will get bigger appetite, which
will lead to increase of weight, or muscle grow
underneath the fat layer, and make you bulkier. If you diet without
exercising, you will become flabby and will have excess skin. For
diet, go wheat free. No pasta, pizza, bread and so on. And no food
after 7 p.m. People achieve marvellous results with it. Depending on
your initial weight, you can drop upwards from 20 pounds a month. If
you don’t eat wheat then you don’t eat all those sticky, fatty goey
cakes, you don’t eat junk food, and you don’t eat biscuits. But your
diet is still balanced. It costs nothing, and you do not have to
calculate points or to buy special meals or plans. For exercising,
start with walking, and then switch to running/jogging. Running is the
most efficient and calorie-burn exercise ever. If you are overweight a
lot, walk first or you may have health complications (heart attack,
disjointed bones and so on). Weight lifting is a good means to target
your problem areas for men and women. It’s not necessarily to become a
bodybuilder or even join a gym – a couple of dumbbells will help you
to target your problem areas (stomach, butt, legs, arms, chest).
Susan asks…
Son’s weight problem?
My wife and I recently adopted a boy, Josh, who is 12. Josh is a great kid, polite, very bright, funny, is great with our younger kids, you name it. Unfortunately, he’s morbidly obese (it’s not just cosmetic, it’s a health concern at this point). We took him to the doctor for a physical and it really is just the result of poor diet and no exercise (that is, he COULD be thin). By and large, we eat pretty healthily, but we do keep stuff in the house like ice cream, chips, etc, and we’ll catch him sneaking that stuff at night sometime. I think he must also be getting stuff at school, because when we do laundry we find candy wrappers, etc. in his pockets. We’ve talked to him about it, but he seems unable to help himself, and he has a HUGE appetite even when it comes to healthy food – I’m a grown man, well over 6 feet tall, and he eats at least 3 times as much as I do. He also is extremely reluctant to do any kind of physical activity, which I believe is due more to embarrassment over his body than laziness. He’s actually quite fast for his size, but he jiggles when he runs and is very self-conscious about that. I also can’t imagine that it’s easy on his body to cart that much weight around, and I’d heard that swimming might be a good form of exercise since it doesn’t put so much stress on his joints, but again he’s very self-conscious about his body – even a tee shirt or a rash guard is too revealing for him – generally he sticks to very baggy jeans and sweatshirts.
So I really do feel for him, and if he were just a little chubby or it were due to something beyond his control I wouldn’t push it. But as it is, he needs to lose at least some of the weight. Any advice?
guest blogger answers:
I am wondering how much you have talked to him about healthy eating? Does he truly understand the benefits? Also I am wondering where he adopted this habit of eating too much (quantity) rather than just eating the wrong things (quality). Generally when people eat too much it’s because somewhere in their head they’re thinking “I better eat now, because I may not get to eat later.” Did he come from a really poor family that only ate one meal a day for example? I could see that habit developing. You really ought to consult a nutritionist for something like this, because there are a lot of psychological factors that can play into it.
There is a book that I love and recommend to everyone, but you may especially find it helpful also…
Http://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Your-Kid-Eat/dp/0915950839
It will be difficult because he is 12 and has lots of habits formed already which is why I think it’s probably best to see a nutritionist who has a lot of experience in this area and can deal with his particular issues. But children are so malleable just be patient and keep modeling good behaviors and encouraging him, it doesn’t have to be permanent.
Maria asks…
Basketball for 8 year old?
OK – Strange question I know LOL
We live in Melbourne Australia – Basketball was never very big here when I was growing up (brothers all played Football – Aussie Rules & Cricket) so really don’t know much about it as a sport (other then unlike netball they can bounce the ball and run with it! LOL)
My son – 8 years – is interested in playing (with kids at his school – making up a team!) … I think this is great (sport = active – ball skills, exercise, fun, social etc).. also not as much contact as footy!
BUT … what do I need to know? If anything LOL
Does it matter that he isn’t very tall? (just on average for his age)
Do they lower goal ring for kids?
guest blogger answers:
Give him a basketball, go to the nearest court and see if he can shoot the ball into the basket. If he can do that, he’s ready for 8 year old basketball. Don’t have to worry about his height unless he wants to play competitive basketball in High School or College. Great exercise because your constantly running back and forth on the court. He’ll be a sweaty kid, though so be ready to do a lot of laundry.
Donald asks…
Is a 34B-cup a good or bad size for a girl about to turn 13? Too big? Too small?
I’m going to be 13 on August 1st, and I need some advice. It’s kind of a story actually, here goes:
I started growing breasts at 9 years old. I was almost eleven when I got a training bra. I was eleven years and 4 months old when I got an A32 size bra. When I was twelve years and 4 months old I got new bras, size A34. I am now 12 years old and almost eleven months, and my bras felt too small around my breasts. So I told my mom, and she had me try on my sisters old 36B and “model” it for her. She tightened it around my back because I was too skinny for a 36, and tightened the arm straps. The left cup was fine, but there was a little bit of space in between the right one, but it basically fit perfect.
So I am almost 13 and I am a 34B. Is that good? Bad? Small? Big? I need to know!
Also I am 5 feet 1/2 an inch tall (I’m Italian, it’s common for us to be petite)
And I weigh 113 lbs but the doctor said I filled out good (whatever that means).
Also I was wondering if it’s normal that one of the bra cups is just a teensy (and I repeat TEENSY) bit too big? Are they supposed to both be the same exact size? Because they practically are.
And I KNOW that I’m not done growing. Most people in my family end up being D cups, sometimes C cups. That’s just genes.
And I KNOW I’m just a kid. I’m just a kid who is concerned about her health.
And is there any certain way I can get the right one bigger? Certain foods and exercises? PLEASE.
Thank you for your time 
guest blogger answers:
Your 13 dont worry about it
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. If I will wake up early everyday this summer to go to the gym and do hanging exercises will it help? I’m planning to reach 5’11 and my dad and uncles are tall so I inherited their genes… PLEASE HELP ME! any suggestions?
