Monavie Health Club

Question: Health questions about diets?

(Posted by: Disconnected on 2010-03-13 10:40:53)

I'm 145 lbs, 5'5' and a sixteen year old female. I'd really like to get down to around 120, or 115, or whatever seems thin, yet healthy. But, I don't think that I should cut my calories because as it is I only eat around 1200... but I have a really poor diet. So, if I start eating fruits and vegetables and what not, and work out three times a week by running for a half hour, how much weight do you think that I could lose in a month? And, any tips?

Posted by: Eric on 2010-03-13, 10:44:17

What you need to do is forget about timeframe, forget about the scale, just look at the mirror and eat better and work out till you look the way you want to in the mirror.

Posted by: Ang on 2010-03-13, 10:50:00

You should lose 5-8 pound in the first month on the routine below exercise for 1+ hours four times a week. join classes with friends/ siblings. jogging, cycling to work/ school/ town, swimming, surfing, dancing, aerobics, a martial art, ice-skating, roller-blading, tennis, basketball, go gym, yoga, orienteering, trampolining or garden work example healthy menu for breakfast always start with fruit like watermelon, pear, chopped pineapple, kiwi with wholegrain cereal and low-fat milk or brown toast with topping like beans, egg, peanut butter and banana lunch can be a wholemeal sandwich, bagel, roll, wrap with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, sweetcorn, pepper, beansprouts and either tuna, chopped avocado, hummus, ham or cheese(no butter or mayo) or a pasta and vegetable dish and a tub of fruit (strawberries, figs, peach, grapes, apricots) or a smoothie dinner should be 1/ 4 protein(beans, egg, meat, fish) 1/ 3 carb (potato, brown rice/ pasta) and the rest vegetables(salad, boiled, roasted). eg. pepper and meatballs in tomato sauce on spaghetti, roast beef dinner, baked fish with boiled potatos cauliflower and asparagus supper can be carton veg soup, bruchetta, crackers, veg sticks dipped in peanut butter or salsa or a yogurt and a piece of fruit eg. mango, cherries, orange segments drink lots of water- with every meal, carry a bottle and try get 1.5l daily only snack on herbal tea eg. apple, ginger, chamomile make your parents a shopping list each week don't drink calories- soda, milk, fruit juice, tea and coffee