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I need advice on how to lose weight(PLZ HELP) - 2/25/2007 4:44:57 PM

andreita2719

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Hello,

I weight 185, im 5'5 and im 16 yers old. I really really need to lose weight. I have no idea on how to get started. I want to join a gym but before joining i want to know what i have to do in order to lose weight. Any advice is WELCOME

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RE: I need advice on how to lose weight(PLZ HELP) - 2/27/2007 1:15:05 PM

Imanerd

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In short: Eat better, eat less- more often, weight train before cardio.

Long versions: clean up your diet. You need to be eating real whole foods. none of this McDonalds processed everything crap.

Eat less, more often: The more frequently you eat, the higher your metabolism stays. Most bodybuilders/fitness freaks eat about every 3 hours. Eat small meals at these times. Once you know your average daily caloric expenditure, you want to cut that by 500 and thats how much you should eat. say you expend 2200 calories a day (including exercise), you would want to eat about 1700 calories a day. This would theoretically net you a lb of fat lost per week. if you're not losing, cut it a little more, by say... 250 calories.

Lift weights before cardio: If you do cardio first, your body burns the glycogen in your muscles, not just fat. If you weight train first, your training will have burned out all that glycogen, and then your cardio will be all fat loss.

If you have any more questions, try posting in the nutrition/training forum. Be prepared to post a complete diet and training regimen. We need to know as much as we can about what you're currently doing, to help you do better.

Best of luck.

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RE: I need advice on how to lose weight(PLZ HELP) - 2/27/2007 6:48:33 PM

thehardway

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Hi,

I'm going to direct you to some excellent links that should get you started, once you have read them , you can post questions about what might confuse you (every one gets confused, at some point and time).

http://www.discussbodybuilding.com/m_111175/mpage_1/tm.htm

That is an excellent primer on how to lose weight healthily and how to strengthen and build a nice body.

Don't worry your not going to hulk out as a female you can't put on extreme amounts of muscle. So when I say "build a nice body" I mean make yours very shapely and sexy.

good luck, post any specific questions you have in the appropriate forums, and keep us updated!

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