I weigh around 165 pounds and Im 5 feet and 9 inches tall. Also, Im a 15 year old girl. School starts like always, around September 7,8, or 9. I can’t remember. That gives me about 7 to 8 weeks starting today, July 13. I want to lose around 25 pounds at least, just to show myself I can do it. I know it’s not just about pounds and it’s also about weight. I’m probably a size 13 to 15 in jeans and want to shrink back down to at least a size 8 because that normal for people my height. My abdomen is ok I guess but it also needs some work, it’s really just the arm flab and small rolls on my belly. I talked to my doctor already and she just told me to eat healthier and exercise. I plan on doing so.

I’ve researched it and there are a lot of people who say that if I try hard enough, that I can even lose more. The most a person can lose a week without becoming ill is about 5 pounds. This is coming from my sister, who is a RN, and my doctor. So that’s pretty much perfect for me. I just need a little help.

I know what Im going to be doing exercise wise:
I will be running 30 minutes every day. While running, I will alternate my speed. 10 minutes normal speed, 5 minutes as fast as I can, 10 minutes normal, and the last 5 minutes as fast as I can go again and Im done for running that day.
I will also PROBABLY just take 2 bottles of water and weight lift with them because I can’t get actual weights. If I do end up doing this, after a week or so I will move onto soda bottles, the big ones, not the per person bottles. And I might start doing push ups the third week.
The last part of exercise will be 25 crunches every day, right after the running. When doing the fitness tests in gym, the pre recorded track we follow only goes up to 160 and I could go even more, but since Im doing 30 minutes of running, Im cooling down with some crunches from running.

Here’s where I need help:
I know Im going to eat 6 small meals every day with some fruit, veggie, or granola bar as a snack. Also, before I start drinking just water, Im going to put some pink lemonade powder in a water bottle and train myself because water is gross to me. Then after a while I will just stop using the powder and drink plain old water. But that’s all I know for food.

Can you give me the names of a few recipes that’ll help? Something I can eat maybe even everyday. Like I said, Im a 15 year old teen so I cant do a lot of hard cooking. The hardest thing I’ve made on my own before was spaghetti and meat sauce, but that’s not very healthy to eat everyday. I can’t have a lot of carbs or fattening foods. I like eggs but never raw and I definitely d not eat a lot of meat. I can eat a few chicken wings before I think about a little chickie. That happens with all meats.
ALSO, I DO NOT EAT PORK! IT IS AGAINST MY RELIGION! SO ANYTHING WITH BACON, PORK CHOPS, ETC IS A NO!

You dont have to do much, just write the names of the recipe and I’ll look it up. Again, small portions 6 times a day, so it cant be something big and DEFINITELY cant be something unhealthy.

ALSO, do you have just any plain old tips for me? Or advice? Im not one to stick to my goals so maybe something that will motivate me?

Please and if you help, thank you!

I just started a raw food diet, which means i can only eat raw fruits and vegetables. I’ve just been eating them like a snack, but i wanna know if there are any recipes for a raw food diet?… Also, is a whole piece of sushi raw, or just the fish part?

MY QUESTIONS

1. AM I MISSING ANY KEY ITEMS? do I need bread in my diet?
2. are any of the items down there bad for me? aka junk food or bad foods?
3. are any of my meals too big?
4. enough fruit/veggie items?
5. enough water
6. overall what do u think?

I chose one of each category so I dot get bored of my diet plan

breakfast
A. a cup of water BEFORE the meal
1. 1 cup of cereal (healthy cereal) 1/3 cup of 2% fat milk
2. two eggs only the white.
3. some type of protein (chicken etc )

snack
A. a cup of water BEFORE the meal
1. 2 fruit/veggie items
lunch
A. a cup of water BEFORE the meal
1. sandwich (2 slices of toasted wheat bread, lettuce, mustard OR ketchup, turkey bologna or some type of patty bbq or something )
2. fish i have this bag with fish in it i just garb a fish peace the nutrient facts on it are very good
3. salad (a handful or two of that premed salad you can get at the store, maybe some hardboiled eggs whites only, pickles, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, rarely cheese, very light Italian or ranch dressing, chicken strips)

snack
A. a cup of water BEFORE the meal
1. 2 fruit/veggie items
dinner
A. a cup of water BEFORE the meal
1. fish i have this bag with fish in it i just grab one fish peace the nutrient facts on it are very good
2. some type of protein (chicken etc )
3. sandwich (2 slices of toasted wheat bread, lettuce, mustard OR ketchup, turkey bologna or some type of patty bbq or something )
4. salad (a handful or two of that premade salad you can get at the store, maybe some hardboiled eggs whites only, pickles, garbonzo beans, kidney beans, rarely cheese, very light italin or ranch dressing, chciekn strips)
5. 1/2 can of garbonzo beans + 1/2 can of kidney beans

snack
A. a cup of water BEFORE the meal
1. 2 fruit/veggie items
oh yes ok changes so far

2% milk to skim
my wheat bread to a wheat bread with less calories
turkey bologna to real turkey might be hard to do
cereal to oatmeal

Morning-A bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios or Special K with fat free milk. Glass of water and Vitamin.

Lunch-A Salad with light or no dressing or half a ham and cheese sandwich on whole grain bread. A snack baggy of something and/ or a cup of yogurt and a piece of fruit/veggie. Water.

After School- Something with protein (e.g. left over lean meat, nuts) Glass of water or milk. Piece of fruit/veggie.

Dinner-Meal and a glass of water, milk or juice.

WEEK 1
Sunday-20 minutes of jogging; Gym Ball Video
Monday-25 push-ups; 100 crunches; 10 pull-ups; 30 minutes of weight training
Tuesday-100 Jumping jacks; 25 lunges; 10 minutes of jump rope
Wednesday-25 push-ups; 100 crunches; 20 minutes of jogging
Thursday-100 Jumping jacks; 25 lunges; 10 minutes of jump rope
Friday-25 push-ups; 100 crunches; 10 pull-ups; 30 minutes of weight training
Saturday-20 minutes of jogging

I would switch Gym Ball video with pilates every week, it would be light weight training. id eat healthy.
i want to gain muscle mass and tone up. Nothing to drastic, ill be doing everything at home!

I’m 12, turning 13 in August, and my eating habits are horrible. I’m not fat, and I don’t want to lose weight, but I do want to get healthy. :)

I don’t have breakfast, I don’t have a planned meal schedule and I often snack throughout the day.

So, tell me, what can a picky eater like myself eat for breakfast and lunch?

I really only like:
Tacos
Cookies
Milk Chocolate (Yum)
Cashew and Mushroom Chicken (But I hate Mushrooms)
Salmon
Broccoli Stalks (Dipped in ranch to mask the taste XD)
Grapes
Milk Chocolate Covered Cashews. XD
Grilled Cheese
Turkey Sandwiches
BUT, I’m willing to try new things. :)

I hate all vegetables and most fruit, but I do like Fruit and Veggie juice, which is made completely out of veggies and fruits. (No sugars added)

Exercise wise, I do crunches every night, because I’m unable to run up and down the stairs and whatnot due to Shin Splints. I had to quit dance for the year because of them. I’m going back next year, though, so I’ll get more exercise then. No exercise that involve putting pressure on my legs, please.

But, yeah, just kind of give me a rough diet/exercise plan.

Again, I’m NOT doing this to lose weight. I like how I look. I just really want to be healthier and able to run down the street without running out of breath. (Haha)

I eat no more than 1200 calories and do 100 reps each of inverse crunches, leg lifts, and "jack knives" a day. about 3 days a week, i swim laps for about 20 minutes. a daily meal plan for me is:

breakfast- serving size of special k with a splash (literally, i dont like a lot of milk in my cereal) of 2% milk and a peach or apple.

lunch- light n’ fit yogurt with about 1 tbsp of grape nuts mixed in and another piece of fruit.

dinner- depends on what my parents are making haha but usually pasta or chicken with some sort of veggie…it ends up being between 300-500 calories, no more or less. sorry thats vague.

i only drink water and don’t really snack at all but if i do it fruit, pretzels, rice cakes, etc.

oh and im 16, 5′ 3". i started almost a month ago and i’ve gone from 147 to 140 lbs. my goal is to be 130.

i’m sorry if this is too much of a mouthful haha.

I have a friend who basically all she eats is junk food. She has mc donalds or other fast food place like almost everyday and takeout. She doesnt drink any water or she might have like less than 1 glass a day and just drinks soft drinks. she doesnt do ANY exercise whatsoever, she just sits at a computer/desk or watches t.v all day. She doesnt eat vegetables or anything green and she eats like double the amount of me which is a lot. She doesnt eat breakfast or if she did it would probably be like heaps of bacon or pancakes with icecream and cream or some chocolate muffins. then she might have like a packet of chips for snack or chocolate and then french fries or a combination of lollies, chocolate, chips, etc (basically every junk food you can imagine) and then she might have like some more fatty foods throughout the day and then for dinner she will prob have mcdonalds or kfc or some takeout and then she has like chocolate, chips or basically a whole range or fatty foods before she goes to bed. Yet she is one of the skinniest people I have ever seen – shes 5’4 and weighs just under 90 lbs. Why is her matabolism so fast and just doesnt slow down at all?
By the way no one else in her family is thin she is like the only one.

And as a side note, how MUCH does it matter whether we eat at 8PM or 1AM? If we snack at 6PM is it a lot better than snacking right before you go to bed because we can process this energy before we fall asleep? Do the excess calories turn into fat overnight or at the end of the week?

Does metabolism slow when we sleep?? I heard that it doesn’t matter what time of day you eat, but how many calories altogether. How then are calories turned into fat and at what rate?

Thanks :)

or is it too much?
I am 5’3, about 110 lbs, 18 year old female
Exercise – biked 6 miles

Breakfast –
Australian fat free yogurt – 140 cal
Granola bar – 120 cal

Lunch –
About 1 cup of couscous with cranberries, carrots, and peppers in it
Apple

Snack –
100 calorie pack
Sugar free pudding – 60 cal

Dinner –
Veggie burger on 100% whole wheat with mustard and 1 TBL fat free cream cheese
1 cup fresh mango
Baby carrots

Dessert –
Lemon mouse
oh and i usually have a kiwi before bed (they are good for sleep and digestion)
i’m also hypothyroid! but i take meds for it!

I am 5’3, about 110 lbs, 18 year old female
Exercise – biked 6 miles, walked dog 1.5 miles

Breakfast –
Australian fat free yogurt – 140 cal
Granola bar – 120 cal

Lunch –
About 1 cup of couscous with cranberries, carrots, and peppers in it –
Apple

Snack –
100 calorie pack –
Sugar free pudding – 60 cal

Dinner –
Veggie burger on 100% whole wheat lite bread (90 cal for 2 slices) with mustard and 1 TBL fat free cream cheese
1 cup fresh mango –
Baby carrots –

Dessert –
1 slice of vanilla cake with strawberry filling – it was pretty petit

Before bed –
1 kiwi

I am 5’3, about 110 lbs, 18 year old female
Exercise – biked 6 miles, walked dog 1.5 miles

Breakfast –
Australian fat free yogurt – 140 cal
Granola bar – 120 cal

Lunch –
About 1 cup of couscous with cranberries, carrots, and peppers in it –
Apple

Snack –
100 calorie pack –
Sugar free pudding – 60 cal

Dinner –
Veggie burger on 100% whole wheat lite bread (90 cal for 2 slices) with mustard and 1 TBL fat free cream cheese
1 cup fresh mango –
Baby carrots –

Dessert –
1 slice of vanilla cake with strawberry filling – it was pretty petit

Before bed –
1 kiwi

Right now i am eating over-easy eggs for breakfast (without toast), 1 special K bar fruit crisp for a snack, another fruit crisp for a snack a little later (A serving is a pack of 2) and then a salad with chicken and veggies for dinner… I saw results within the first 4 days.. i now weigh about 112 pounds, before i was 116.. I want to get down to 105 because im only 5’3". If i continue this i think i will be able to reach my goal weight.. But my Question Is: After this diet i am going to eat healthy all non processed foods.. i should only gain a couple pounds back right? And while off the diet just healthily living eating non processed foods, if i eat crap food once a week will it ruin my weight? I would probably have eggs for breakfast nachos for lunch, a normal dinner and then a starbucks coffee and cookie on the crap day once a week..
Thanks for the answer but yeah i thought 112 would be perfect too but im petite and im uncomfortable with my stomach area

My twins are about to turn a year old this mo.. I have no idea what I should do for their meal plans and how to get them off of the bottle!?

Here is where they are at now:
*7am(when wake up)-7oz bottle
*9am b’fast:
1/2 pc toast each and infant oatmeal mixed w/ pured fruit
*9:30am(after bfast)-am nap
*11am-6oz btl
*1pm-Lunch:
Gerber turkey/chicken sticks(look like mini weinies;), pureed veggie, pureed fruit. (Sometimes throw in some cooked noodles, rice, or gerber graduates meal..)
*1:30pm(after lunch)-afternoon nap
*3:30-4pm-6oz bottle
*6pm-some sort of snack..ie: unsalted oyster crackers, gram crackers, gerber cereal bar…
*7:30-8pm 7oz bottle
*Bed time… they usually fall asleep down stairs w/ us shortly after bed time bottle.

I just dont know how to get them off of the bottle…especially the bed time one. Would just putting vit d milk in it work?? Or I suppose that wouldnt then get them OFF of the bottle then huh…
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank You all!:)
Emily

i am 16 and i would want to build some sort of tone, right now i am pretty much skinny.
i am a swimmer but lately i have only been running and doing very small ab and arm workouts. i am eating CLIF bars daily but just as a snack. I do eat healthy and i wouldnt mind gaining a bit of more muscle mass.

Should i stop eating CLIF energy bars and be better off drinking whey?

And about how much should i work out?
i want to stay fit for swimming.

I started getting pretty big working out every other day and then taking 3 days off for the weekend, but now I just can’t finish a work out! I feel like I just don’t have enough energy to finish.

Can you guys give me some foods to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a snack that will give me extra energy?

Thanks a lot

I cant eat breakfast i dont like it also i cant drink juice i can drink water but it has to be a brand of water that my doc said i should try and it does not have a funny taste to me so yea

breakfast
a soda and a few bites of left overs from dinner

Lunch
veggies and a soda

dinner
veggie burger or meat less Stroganoff
with a glass of V8 Splash: Smoothies Wild Berry Juice, 46 Oz

snack
Nacho Cheese dip or cheese dip

dont say omg eat something for breakfast i can eat early and i dont have time too 6.45-6.55 i have to eat and it takes me 30 mins to eat
i need soda and i ant gonna cut it out so yea
i dont eat nuts or anythign like that
i cant eat fruits

Breakfast- 1 cup special K cereal with red berries(120), 1/2 cup vanilla soy milk(50), an apple(80-100)= 250-270 calories

Lunch- Tomato soup(190), veggie thin crackers(150), and a pear(100)= 440 calories

So far= 690-710 calories

Snack- Applesauce(90), 1 cup light cranberry juice(40)=130calories

So far=820-840 calories

Dinner- Morning star griller patty with french’s mustard(170), 4 morning star ChiK’n’ nuggets(190) and some light string cheese(70)= 430

Altogether=1240-1260 calories for the day.

What should I replace/not eat, and is that a good calorie range to aim for?

I’m 5’7"
151.5lbs.

Breakfast:
-oatmeal (100 cals worth)
-medium orange
-digestive enzyme

Lunch:
-Special K bar (90 cals)
-Boost drink (240 cals)
-digestive enzyme

Snack:
-orange

Dinner:
-Veggie burger (one with 100 cals)
-digestive enzyme

Before Bed Snack:
-orange

Basically I am bulimic and in recovery. This is a mealplan my nutritionist and I came up with. I am 5’6.5” and 132 lbs. I will be doing about 30 minutes of light cardio a day. What do you think-will I lose weight, maintain, or gain?

Breakfast _nothing but soda to wake me up
lunch noddles with red sauce and a soda
dinner veggie burgers or mealess meat loaf or veggies and a soda
snack cheese dip with coco milk
i drink 3 sodas a day and been for the lonest time cuz i cant drink jucie or water

I am not a morning person at all. I don’t like to eat breakfast because I’m just not in the mood to eat early in the morning but I get so sleepy and drowsy through out the day. I heard by eating breakfast I might have more energy through out the day. So my question is what do you eat for breakfast and does it make you feel any different then if you don’t eat breakfast? Also I don’t eat lunch its more of like a snack, would eating a whole lunch give me more energy? And please don’t say drink coffee because I can’t stand the taste of it.

I’m starting a raw food diet on monday and I’ve read tons of articles and spoken to a fair few people that have a raw food diet but I was just wondering if someone who has been on the raw food diet or still eats just raw could give me an example of a typical days menu. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and maybe drinks and a snack or two. Just so I know I’m on the right track.

Thanks in advance

breakfast – organic oatmeal, 1sm banana, 1tsp. natural peanut butter, 1sl whole-wheat bread, 1cp skim milk

snack – 10 whole wheat crackers, 1oz fat free cheese

lunch – veggie burger, salad

snack – apple, 1cp skim milk

dinner – 1cp low sodium chicken noodle soup, 1sl bread, mixed greens

snack- 1slice honeydew melon, 4oz lowfat cottage cheese

Breakfast-
instant hot cereal
banana
1% milk

Lunch-
lean turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread
apple/ or veggie
small bag of chips
water

snack-
yogurt and nuts

Dinner-
salad w/ chicken breast
fruit
water

Dessert – (Occasionally): 2 scoops lowfat ice cream

i am 13 and i usually eat:
breakfast- cereal or oatmeal

lunch- sand which or salad

snack- maybe a fruit, a veggie, or crackers

dinner- spaghetti or meat or fish with rice or salad

I am always tired especially in the morning but after school I have football practice. Before football we get a study table to do homework They let us bring a snack and drink what could I eat to give me energy for the rest of practice? Practice last about 2 hours and a half. So what could I eat in the morning then later before football to give me energy?