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This is my biggest flaw. I have a disgusting body, obviously. I am sorry if I have in any way disgusted anyone. My main goal is to lose my man boobs, and lose my gut. I understand I should post my exercise and eating plan, but, I don't really have one. Here is what it is :(

Food:
Usually a bowl of cereal for breakfast, such as honey nut cheerios or special K with 2% milk
A snack like a granola bar, or cherries.
Lunch would be anything my mom makes for example, taco salad, a hot dog, soup, chicken, etc.
Then dinner would be also what my mom makes, like the meat would be breaded ground chicken with mashed potatoes and sometimes broccoli.
The drinks would usually consist of: V8 Splash, Lipton Green Tea(bottles ones), or water.

Exercise:
I do not have a planned exercise plan, but sometimes I ride my bike in the morning before I eat breakfast, or usually household chores would be my exercise(mowing lawn,cleaning,etc.)

Now I understand I have a lot of flaws. I would just like to know If anyone had any tips for me.

My stats:
16 year old male, 222 lbs., 5'11 height, not too active :(

*PS* The pictures already on this site compared to mine are much more appealing, and I understand I have a long way to go before I reach any kind of major change.
 

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You have alot of integrity. No one here is gonna attack your starting point, youngman. I admire you for your faith and willingness to learn, and I am sure your gonna get positive responses. Welcome! We are here to assist you to meet your goals

and one last thing:

ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!

Keep your head up and filled up with knowledge your gonna need for your purposes. You have a supporting cast that will last here.
 
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you can do it, bro!!! i recommend you read around the nutrition section!
nutrition is far more important than what you do. it is the deciding factor.

if i were you, i would start a serious health food diet and start a lifting routine with some cardio in there too.

if you need any advice, feel more than free(super free) to ask anything here. you can private message me, or you can contact me on AIM or yahoo messanger.
my screename for both is
imfitbit

i would say good luck, but when you arm yourself with knowledge and use that knowledge to drive you towards your goals, you dont need luck. i know you can do it.

jonathan
 
PB you name is John?

Where did I miss that?......LOL.
Uh,,,,,chilllog time.....real quick....maybe a rhyme time....uh, er, yes, I think.



PUSH FORWARD MY FRIEND>>>>>>>>>WERE HERE TO HELP! (op)
 
Agreed. Don't be so hard on yourself. A lot of people here have started in a place they weren't happy with and are now achieving goals they'd never considered.

As ProteinBoy (Jon!) said, start with diet (the noun, not the verb). See if you can help your mother come up with some new dishes. Out of what you've listed, you've got room for improvement. Hot dogs, taco salad and fried chicken nuggets (anything fried really) should be avoided. I know you probably don't have as much control as you like, but see what you can do. Whatever you do, don't starve yourself. Just change what you eat. You don't list soda, which is great.

And again, as PB said...see if you can't lift some weights or add some strength training of some kind. Good luck!
 
It's great that you've come on here to start your journey to get back into shape, that's the first step sorted. Your next step is to improve your self esteem, you can start by not apologising for being overweight, you don't have to.

I think that you're in a great position to lose that weight, at 5'11" and 230lbs you're far from being a lost cause, you're just out of shape. Lose about 20lbs while doing a full body workout and I promise you'll look like a different person. You need to build a bit of muscle under the fat to improve your shape and then as the fat starts to go you'll look so drastically different you won't recognise yourself.

Try and avoid the temptation to go on severe diets though, you still need a decent amout of calories while cutting to fuel your body and give you the energy to perform all the exercise you're about to start doing

Good luck :)
 
Hang in there. At 16 you can totally change this. I think your biggest problem is lack of exercise. Start doing anything to get moving. You won't be where you want to at first, but you will there. Watch your portion sizes and you can make what mom makes work for you . Have you talked to your parents about helping you with your fitness goals? Obviously I know nothing about them, but maybe they could help you out as well. Good luck and don't ever call yourself disgusting, you are being way too hard on yourself. You'e taken a valuable first step in becoming healthy. Good luck
 
Don't worry mate, just wait a year, you'll look totally different, and in a few more you'll be just as lean and fulla muscle as anyone else :D

I totally agree with Missyv about talking to your parents. It's no good if you're trying to do something for yourself here, but they are not aware of it. My parents know for example to not feed me anything with a significant sugar or fat content, because I will never eat it :)

I suggest to cut all sugar from your diet, and eat grains, vegetables, meat and fruits - and get the most unprocessed ones you can.


Bike riding is an awesome way to keep fit. I'd recommend you go on 2-3 hour rides (or build up to them, by riding as much as you can) on weekends, and one hour rides after school.
Don't go slow, go intense.

And of course start weight training. If you prefer to do it privately, them buying a set of dumbbells would be the way to go. Works for me :D
 
Starcraftmazter said:
I'd recommend you go on 2-3 hour rides (or build up to them, by riding as much as you can) on weekends, and one hour rides after school.
Don't go slow, go intense.
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with all respect,
its not clear whether you suggest him to perform 2-3 hour long biking sessions, or if you suggest him to do 2 or 3 rides consisting of 1 hr each.
its also not clear on the number of days you said to bike.

even if you meant 1 hour bike rides, you told him to go intense.
i would not reccomend an intense one hour bike ride.

i would reccommend a slower and more sustained 45minute-1hr bike rides 3 times a week to suppliment a solid lifting routine which would aslo be done trice weekly.
because fat requires oxygen to be fully burned, during the slower, maintained biking, the body is aerobic and can tap more into fat storage for energy instead of using carbohydrates for energy if one went intensly(anaerobic).

obviously, there is controvoursy over whether HIIT is better than SS cardio. but a one hour intense(im assuming HIIT) bike ride is just overkill.
 
hey man, just stick with it, I was just like you when I was 16. Once I hit college I was dedicated to change the way I looked and started swimming and dieting, and within 8 months I lost all my highschool fat. (65 lbs).

Just stay dedicated and don't give up. the best thing for me was that I just kept on doing what I was doing, and after a while I got used to it.
 
Thanx for all the tips guyz, its really helpin me out. I will get my parents involved with helping me out(yes,they are good parents, considering they got me a Ballys membership :) I just have one last question. Is there a reason I sweat soo much? For example, I can lift one heavy stack of dinner plates, and If its literally not cool enough, I will start sweating :( Does anyone else here sweat basically uncontrollably? I'm wondering if I lose weight that I will no longer sweat so much because it is very embarrassing if I'm with a friend, they always ask me, You're already sweating ?! Thanx for all the help guys, it looks like I will start up a clean diet and exercising on a regular basis.
 
go ahead and do what you have to do to reach your goal,
you remind me my self i was 92kg when i was 16 years
but now i`m 71.6kg 178 cm
you will have great support here i bet you
 
I used to sweat a lot. After losing almost 80lbs now, I notice myself being much cooler. Don't sweat nearly as much.


It's great that you are deciding to make a change at this time in your life, rather than later. The only advice I give is it take it slow and stick with it. The only fitness plan that is going to do anything is the one that you actually follow through on. Don't try and lose weight too fast either, ideally you should lose 1-2lbs a week. I lost more than that the first few weeks, about 20lbs the first month. The rest has been slow and steady, which is the way you want it. What you really should be striving for here is a change that is going to be lifelong.


Good luck.
 
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