08 Jan, 2009
What is the best diet for a teenager living at home and not in charge of the food that is being bought?
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3 Responses to "What is the best diet for a teenager living at home and not in charge of the food that is being bought?"
1 | anatevkamae
Try to keep the weight loss to no more than 3 pounds a week to do it healthily and to keep the weight off permanently. It can be hard to go on a diet in a house where you are not in charge of the food choices and purchases. Avoid fad diets. Just remember portion control, choose water over soda and sports drinks, and fill most of your plate with vegetables instead of meat and starch. Good luck with your weight loss.
2 | fantastic_mommy
January 13th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
You can get close to 50 lbs by Sept. You really shouldn’t lose more than 2 lbs per week. Check out sparkpeople.com - it’s free and has a great calorie counter that can help you monitor your portion sizes. You can lose weight eating anything, you just have to watch how much you are eating.
Would your mom be open to suggestions for a few healthy meals per week? There’s lots of sites that have healthy recipes - maybe you could print off a couple and ask if you could make them if she buys the ingredients. I know if my kids ask to make something new (and healthy) I say yes!
3 | Jungle T
buy fresh, whole foods, like vegetables, meat and eggs. make sure you have a good spice pantry and you can do simple things like stir fries.
you’re not gonna lose any weight if you eat junky foods. junky foods in my opinion are sugars, breads, grains… remember that grain, sugar and starch carbohydrates are the ones that put your body in “starvation mode” and make you gain weight. avoid those if you want to lose weight.
keep in mind weight loss needs exercise. fad diets don’t work at all. eat lots of fresh, raw vegetables to help you lose weight–live enzymes in raw veggies help you digest your food so it doesn’t bulk up–and drink lots of water. exercise is a key component.
concentrate on veggies, meat and eggs. just vegetables and protein.
if you buy whole foods like vegetables, meat and eggs it actually costs less than boxed, processed equivalents (which are worse for you). it’s a win win situation if you learn how to prepare your own meals.
salads are a good start, meat on the bbq, boiled and scrambled eggs…
avoid dairy too, for weight loss and health, but if you need to eat dairy make sure it’s high fat dairy. fat doesn’t make you fat, it’s sugars and other carbohydrates.
this is from my experience and research and you should definitely never ever eat anything from a box. that’s just begging for sickness, disease and fat. think of all the other primitive civilizations that aren’t as fat as north americans and some europeans. they stuck to a basic diet that didn’t include garbage like vegetable oil and margarine. keep it real and use butter, or coconut oil for cooking.
good luck getting/staying healthy.
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- i need to losee: Dorothy i use to do that but i could never stick to it lol but ur not allowed to have 1400 a day u can only have 1000 but ne ways yes
- scoobs3006: Jessica a complete raw food diet is not good for you. try simple things like: * having cereal for breakfast with low fat milk, *s
- Hannah: Ben Definately. Im not overweight but when I started it I lost something like 2-3 kilos a week. Its easy to stick to if u dont mind e
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- m-shay-la: Aaron you need carbohydrates!!!!!! especially if you work out too! so thats not a good diet, id find a different one if you want to s
- trhstriz81: Ana Ok diet-wise, consume 6-8 small meals a day, not 3 medium main meals. For excercises, on your first week do situps-crunches-reve
- jin: Tina for diet... exercise sweat move your body eat more vegies and meat less ice and bread drink lots of water for abs sit-ups is th
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- Debby: Ethel I have been reading up on the acai berry myself. The acai berry's natural combination of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, p
- Jance: Glen I have been through it all and know what's it about. The main thing is to stick in there. You can't be an addict to food and nev
- Me Want Cookie!: Lucille um taking those pills isnt going to help you. eat less calories, eat healthy food and workout
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- imapokerface: Martha Works good.
- jimmy d.: Melinda Bran flakes for breakfast, celery sticks with lunch and some good dark greens or broccoli with dinner.
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- Karen B: Charlotte Start by walking and cut down on all food.
- HealthChick: Jean Go to the site below to get 5 ways to add protein to your diet. Good Luck with your diet.