From Brandon, Age 15 - 12/21/05 - IP#: 12.2.220.xxx Click here to reply
Ht. 5'5", Wt. 200ish lbs - I've been overweight for a long time.My new year's revolution is to lose 50 lbs.That would put me at 150-155 lbs.I am already muscular, so that is a good weight for me.I'd say I have 10-20 lbs of muscle right now, and by then I'd probly have even more. I've been eating ok in December.I've been drinking an avergae of 4 bottles of 16 oz water, which is right on. I've been exercizing off and on, but in January, I'm going to exercise everyday.How much cardio should a person be doing?I usually do 20 minutes, is that enough?I also weight lift.I am very strong in the upperbody, but I need to workout my lowerbody.Does anyone know any exercises that I can do with weights (not squats, i dont want to mess up my knee again.i injured it playing hockey last year), so does anyone no any lowerbody exercises?I can eat fairly healthy when I want to, but it gets hard.Plus the school lunches are unhealthy.Should I just skip lunch at school and eat at home?I don't mean pig out, I mean like eat fruit for lunch at home.Anyway, reply or drop an email if you can help me, viva.la.brandon@hotmail.com
Reply from Sarah, Age 13 - 12/22/05 - IP#: 69.250.106.xxx i saw that we are the same weight and around the same age, and i would appreciate if we could talk about how we plan to lose weight. Thanx!
Reply from Julie, Age 17 - 12/22/05 - IP#: 4.242.171.xxx It's reccomended that teens get about an hour, several times a week (4-6, i think?). I doubt that weighted leg exercises is going to make them smaller, without lots of cardio. It will add muscle, but not lose fat, so then your legs will have fat and muscle, and look even bigger. So, in my opinion, you really need to focus on decreasing your fat, by doing cardio. Most cardio builds leg muscles too, like running, and biking.
