I want to lose some weight

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Roc Solid

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Im 15 and I started football 2 weeks ago. I practice for 3 hours a day and am soaked with sweat after every practice. I usually eat 2 meals a day, around 1000 calories per day. I thought under these circumstances I would lose weight rather fast.

Im not really fat, but fat enough where my veins dont stick out and I have a little gut.

Its been 2 weeks since I started football and I have noticed nothing. Im not losing weight.

What am I dong wrong. Im eating healthy and getting a lot of exercise.

Have any ideas/ tips?
 
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WHAT?! 100 cals a day? I hope you meant 1000, which is still unbelievably small. Eat more man. The thing about losing weight from exercise is you have to eat. To take out, you have to put in. Right now, your body is probably slowing itself down, something you don't want to happen. To speed up your metabolism you have to work hard and eat right. And eat often. Start looking in the nutrition/diet/fitness section for more details.
 
dude 1000 cals and working out hard!?! of course ou're not loosing fat, your body is in starvation mode and is storing everything it can as fat. plus doing that you'll burn out in no timethen you won't be able to do anything.

veins sticking out is partly determined by genetics.

double your calories AT LEAST then you'll start loosing fat
 
If you really are only taking in 1k calories and are only slightly overweight you must be making yourself sick.

Its not healthy even if you weren't in football practice.

2 weeks also isn't a very long time. Especially if you just started highschool football. Typical high school programs ease everyone in. You probably didn't start playing in full pads until week 2. Its probably been light calesthenics and conditioning on weekdays with mostly organizing and basics learning. And track meets on saturdays?

If you keep a healthy diet, up the calories or recheck them- make sure its low fat and high protein/high carb. They shoved pasta down our throats before every game.

The practice itself combined with the 2 or 3 mandatory weight room days you have will burn it for you as long as you don't cheat yourself and work at it. But it will likely take longer than 2 weeks of hard work for significant/noticeable improvement my friend. If it was that easy physical trainers would be pressed to find work. Really wish it were that easy myself...

Give it time, stick with it and see how you look and FEEL after a month. I capitalized FEEL because its the most important, since getting healthier and building your body from within is what leads to that "ripped" exterior.

Just curious. Whats your height and weight? And what position are you training for?
 
Thanks guys

So the main thing is that you have to eat alot, but eat the right foods? Stay away from saturated fat and sugar, etc.?

And im 5,10, 180 and im playing LB.
 
Yeah, pretty much. Don't waste your pallette on sweets and sugary stuff, eat a lot of wheat, pasta, meat, dairy etc. If you have a craving for sweets, eat an orange or have some fruit. And by "eat a lot" I mean atleast 2x-2.5x what you are now. Drink a lot of water as well. Water, water, water. You're a plant, Roc Solid, remember, you're a plant.

Oh yeah, and at 5'10'' and 180, you don't need to loose that much weight. And don't get dicouraged and go back to the way you were eating before if you gain some weight. Muscle weighs more than fat and if you're working hard like you should be, then you're definately gonna build some.
 
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OK, so yesturday, I had 3 eggs for breakfast, a turkey, cheese, and bologna sandwich for lucnh and spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.

Today, I had 2 of these pastry things for breakfast, another sandwich for lunch and a hamburger for dinner.

I get a lot of water everyday and usually eat 2-3 cucumbers a day also. Since footbll started I havent had a sip of soda and havent had any junk food.

Is this closer to how my diet should look like.
 
Here's a trick I know that works from experience. It's a protein based diet so that means alot of meat, alot of protein shakes (whey), oatmeal and egg whites in the morning, and chicken chicken chicken (and if your unlucky enough to be like me... the hormones in chicken just might make you a little drowsey).

Eat about once every 2 hours minimum. But just eat a little. What alot of people dont know is that your body (depending how big you are) can only take in a certain amount of protein (about 30 grams) every certain increment of time (about 45 minutes). So just have a few chicken sandwhiches (not McDonalds of course) with you at school and snack in between classes, or during if you can. Youll notice that your body fat is begining to burn off and your packing on muscle. This is because your body will get used to getting energy so frequently and will start burning your fat instead while storing the protein.

This diet takes a bit of effort as far as making alot of meals to eat throughout the day, but it works.
 
If you're going to eat pasta and large meals eat it at noon. So you're body uses that fuel during practice. Eating carbs and taking in calories at night isn't well spent. Should have a small meal, mostly protein at night. Then its carbs/protein in the morning and through-out the day. You'll need the carbs for practice but if you have days where its video/meeting and weight room, gear your diet differently for that day. Don't need to stack up on the carbs if you arent going to use them.
 
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Here's a trick I know that works from experience. It's a protein based diet so that means alot of meat, alot of protein shakes (whey), oatmeal and egg whites in the morning, and chicken chicken chicken (and if your unlucky enough to be like me... the hormones in chicken just might make you a little drowsey).
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Hormones break down to amino acids and fats in our digestive system.
 
I'm surprised your football coach doesn't have you on a special diet.

Like was said before, your meals should primarily be protein based, aim for maybe 50grams of carbs with each meal. Also think about weight training on your off days, linebackers need to be strong as you know. Extra muscle will keep your metabolism higher and you'll burn more fat throughout the day. Eat some carbs before and after each workout or practice for energy.
 
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