Not long ago, I had planned on embarking on a full lifestyle change to lose weight and start looking like a healthier human being. However, I ran into a problem, because I was still undergoing physiotherapy for a patella dislocation back in January. This hindered my ability to do workouts and focus on exercise to accompany a nutritious diet.
Now, all of that is ready to change. I have been given the go ahead from my physiotherapist that I no longer have to be restricted and can now engage in full motion with my legs, including leg presses. However, I have now gone from bad to bad, as I've recently discovered that aging isn't great for me. I'm 15, but 16 next month, which means that the cost of a gym membership will be more expensive than it is currently. My family can no longer afford the gym membership, so I now have to find exercises to do at home. A friend of mine has given me a home exercise plan to do, which consists of:
Mountain Climbers
Sit-Ups
Twist Sit-Ups
Jogging on the Spot
High knees
Sprint on Spot
Burpees
Butt Kicks
Press-Ups
Leg Raises
He has had massive success with this workout that he has given me, which has more specific details on reps and sets and breaks, but I've just included the basic exercises that I will be doing. I will be doing these in my front room and I plan to use music while I'm doing it to keep me going. I will do this 3 times per week and in between, I will swim and walk for cardio exercise because I'm pretty overweight and need it to be very low impact to start but that's not where my concerns are.
My main problem/concern now is my nutrition. When I was a baby, I suffered a problem where my food consumption started with milk and then I went on to liquids and then solids, but I then had a digestive problem, and my parents had to revert back to liquids and start again. Because of that, my tongue and brain had never adapted to all sorts of regular foods and the food I liked as a child, like steamed and roasted vegetables, don't taste nice to me whereas they used to taste really nice. The doctors thought I had a food intolerance, but they couldn't figure it out. When I became a toddler, I then refused to eat any foods at all and it created problems with my digestive system and my taste buds that impaired my food development. I'm now 15 and, quite pathetically, I'm starting to expand my tastes into more vegetables, but honestly, most of them taste pretty bland or horrible. When I put them in with sauces and foods, like in chili and garlic rice pans, they are more tolerable, but I find it difficult to manage the nutrition where any normal human might find it more simple.
I also struggle with hunger. When I had been to the doctor, he told me that I'd reached a point in puberty that a lot of boys reach, where their bodies need for calories means that they get hungry at the worst of times. I can eat well and still be hungry afterwards, and have no way to combat that hungry feeling. I also snack a lot, and when I try to stop, I get cravings for unhealthy foods. If I can't best those cravings, I would at least like substitutes for things like crisps to more healthy alternatives, in the whole "lesser of two evils" sense.
Lastly, I'm a being of order and rules. I can't handle myself well when I am given freedom. I make the wrong choices and have poor judgement, so I need some document like a food menu or chart to tell me when to eat and what to eat, so I have no excuses. Instead of a cheat day, I'm having a cheat meal to reduce the consequence and avoid binging for the whole day. I might also require a document to mark down my weight, height and weight over weeks or days or whatever to keep track, since I'm pretty forgetful. I do have a little book where I can write in reps and sets for exercises, which I planned to use for the gym but I can adjust for home exercises and when I start to introduce dumbbells and barbells, I can write the weights in there as well.
If anybody can help me with any of those things, I would be forever in your loyal debt. Other than that, the only thing I have left to say is this:
I know this kind of advice for teenagers isn't exactly common knowledge or anything, but should I be monitoring my calorie intake, fat or sugar intakes? Because at some point, I'll not be able to do much more exercise and then the food will have to change, so will I need to start measuring calories or anything?
Besides all that, I'm going to try and update this frequently. I don't know if many of you will read it or follow it, and I know the thread disappears as new ones come in, but I'm relying on this online diary to be my main source of confession to allow me to see where I'm going wrong and hopefully gain some input from any of you. If you do see any problems with what I'm planning, please point it out so that I don't injure myself or harm myself in any way.
Thanks for your time reading and, if you are, helping out. I understand the difficulty with helping out teenagers and that there's a lot of rules with weight loss and muscular gain for them, but any and all advice you can spare to make this weight loss journey easier would be incredibly appreciated. Thank you.
Now, all of that is ready to change. I have been given the go ahead from my physiotherapist that I no longer have to be restricted and can now engage in full motion with my legs, including leg presses. However, I have now gone from bad to bad, as I've recently discovered that aging isn't great for me. I'm 15, but 16 next month, which means that the cost of a gym membership will be more expensive than it is currently. My family can no longer afford the gym membership, so I now have to find exercises to do at home. A friend of mine has given me a home exercise plan to do, which consists of:
Mountain Climbers
Sit-Ups
Twist Sit-Ups
Jogging on the Spot
High knees
Sprint on Spot
Burpees
Butt Kicks
Press-Ups
Leg Raises
He has had massive success with this workout that he has given me, which has more specific details on reps and sets and breaks, but I've just included the basic exercises that I will be doing. I will be doing these in my front room and I plan to use music while I'm doing it to keep me going. I will do this 3 times per week and in between, I will swim and walk for cardio exercise because I'm pretty overweight and need it to be very low impact to start but that's not where my concerns are.
My main problem/concern now is my nutrition. When I was a baby, I suffered a problem where my food consumption started with milk and then I went on to liquids and then solids, but I then had a digestive problem, and my parents had to revert back to liquids and start again. Because of that, my tongue and brain had never adapted to all sorts of regular foods and the food I liked as a child, like steamed and roasted vegetables, don't taste nice to me whereas they used to taste really nice. The doctors thought I had a food intolerance, but they couldn't figure it out. When I became a toddler, I then refused to eat any foods at all and it created problems with my digestive system and my taste buds that impaired my food development. I'm now 15 and, quite pathetically, I'm starting to expand my tastes into more vegetables, but honestly, most of them taste pretty bland or horrible. When I put them in with sauces and foods, like in chili and garlic rice pans, they are more tolerable, but I find it difficult to manage the nutrition where any normal human might find it more simple.
I also struggle with hunger. When I had been to the doctor, he told me that I'd reached a point in puberty that a lot of boys reach, where their bodies need for calories means that they get hungry at the worst of times. I can eat well and still be hungry afterwards, and have no way to combat that hungry feeling. I also snack a lot, and when I try to stop, I get cravings for unhealthy foods. If I can't best those cravings, I would at least like substitutes for things like crisps to more healthy alternatives, in the whole "lesser of two evils" sense.
Lastly, I'm a being of order and rules. I can't handle myself well when I am given freedom. I make the wrong choices and have poor judgement, so I need some document like a food menu or chart to tell me when to eat and what to eat, so I have no excuses. Instead of a cheat day, I'm having a cheat meal to reduce the consequence and avoid binging for the whole day. I might also require a document to mark down my weight, height and weight over weeks or days or whatever to keep track, since I'm pretty forgetful. I do have a little book where I can write in reps and sets for exercises, which I planned to use for the gym but I can adjust for home exercises and when I start to introduce dumbbells and barbells, I can write the weights in there as well.
If anybody can help me with any of those things, I would be forever in your loyal debt. Other than that, the only thing I have left to say is this:
I know this kind of advice for teenagers isn't exactly common knowledge or anything, but should I be monitoring my calorie intake, fat or sugar intakes? Because at some point, I'll not be able to do much more exercise and then the food will have to change, so will I need to start measuring calories or anything?
Besides all that, I'm going to try and update this frequently. I don't know if many of you will read it or follow it, and I know the thread disappears as new ones come in, but I'm relying on this online diary to be my main source of confession to allow me to see where I'm going wrong and hopefully gain some input from any of you. If you do see any problems with what I'm planning, please point it out so that I don't injure myself or harm myself in any way.
Thanks for your time reading and, if you are, helping out. I understand the difficulty with helping out teenagers and that there's a lot of rules with weight loss and muscular gain for them, but any and all advice you can spare to make this weight loss journey easier would be incredibly appreciated. Thank you.
