Help!!! (Page 1)

My daughter (also 16) says yoga, walking, swimming & especially good for tummy, butt, thighs (& arms probably) is pilates.

Don't reduce food intake too much or you'll end up more likely to gain weight in the long run, your body needs more food/energy the more exercise etc you do!!!!

Thanks a bunch..Were both about 5 ft 4 inches..And we just want to tone because were not fat...Well we hope not lol! Just have that little gut ever since childhood...Our families belong to a gym so we might join pilate classes..And thanks for all of the advice!

~jenn and mollie

Pilates is very good but take it easy at first and also you might want to remember that you might gain a little weight at first due to muscle tone, so don't get to upset if you do. Swimming is great too but if you are running try not to bounce around too much as it is hard on your back, knees and legs and purple is correct. Don't forget to eat, as you can also get sick! Good luck, I am working on it too!
Sincerely,
sandy

Tae-bo is a lot of fun and doesn't feel like too much work (for lazy folks like me!). I recently dropped 40lbs by watching sugar and starch intake and walking. If you drink a lot of sodas like I did, then switching to diet, or even better, drinking water, will help you lose your tummies. Water is best because it helps your body burn calories. But, if you are addicted to Dr. Pepper like I am, go for the diet stuff.

Yes, I agree that good old fashioned walking is great. It's free and all you need is 2 legs and the time to take a good brisk walk. I take a 45 minute walk every morning, and it has done wonders. If you have a friend you can walk with - even better, cause you can keep each other motivated. Water intake is very important too. Good luck.

Jm

Like jenn & mollie my daughter, also 16 has always had a tummy problem & her thighs are abit big too, this was still the case even when she was very underweight - she walks almost every morning for about an hour, plus 3-4 times a week she has to do alot of walking to get to & from classes & play rehearsals at university (college) & she dosn't eat any (repeat none!!) fast foods as she has irritable bowel syndrome & so can't eat this stuff.

So despite being very active & doing alot of walking this has not helped her weight issue where she needs it too, the tummy & thighs so jenn & mollie may also find that despite walking being free it may not help them in these specific areas whereas pilates advertises specifically that it aids firming & weight loss in these areas.

I must confess that I don't know very much about pilates, but from things that I have heard it is very gentle but very good exercise.

Jm

Ok, you cannot spot reduce fat on certain parts of your body. You have to lose fat all together. To do this you have to up cardio and eat nutritionally. The excercises in earlier posts, pilates etc.. Are good also. You will not see immediate gains. You have to stick with it.

Actually you can spot reduce fat in a sense by doing area specific exercises & thus toning those areas & losing the fat.

As to increasing cardio workouts & eating nutritionally - perhaps someone could explain then how my daughter who if she ate any more nutritionally would be "nutrition" personified & cardio exercise well I think that hauling a large backpack full of books etc up & down a large hill (about 3-5 times on average) including over 120 steps plus others to get to & from lectures etc 4+ days a week plus the steps to get up & down from trains, plus a walk or 3 every day on top of all this - well I think that's a fairly hefty & more than regular workout yet in the last 5 months she's gained 23 kgs (about 54lbs).

Try learning to read & obviously you don't comprehend either - walking is far different than racing up & down 120+ steps carrying a large weight!! Plus is you had read you would realize her calorie intake is as low as it can get & her output is high already.

Further if you don't agree that fat can be lost in certain areas - fine - that is your belief - it does not mean I have to agree or that you are necessarily 100% correct.

If you knew anything at all about university & attending same on a hill you would comprehend without my spelling it out that she has to run up & down the hill & stairs to get to lectures on time (mondays 7 1/2 hours of them starting at the bottom then the top then bottom then top etc of the hill all day no breaks at all beteen!!) - you try doing that plus alot of other walking(yes walking - but she walks fast at any time) to various places & see if you can manage it & still not call it a cardio work out.

Her diet I stated that she had ibs & can not eat fast food (if you knew anything about ibs you'd know that her diet can not include pasta, rice, bread, cakes, biscuiits, sugars, sauces, potato, sweet potato, corn etc etc etc so her her diet is not a matter of cutting back on fiood (she eats normal healthy amounts) it's simply a matter that she can not eat garbage or fattening foods including fats!!

She does more cardio & more general exercise & eats more healthily than 98% of people yet she gains weight - because she almost certainly hsa some othr problem (medical) - wehich is not to say that the same applies to others.

I suggest you get a life!!

They are who this thread is about - I am not seeking help or advise for my daughter I am making (despite you) suggestions for/to them - my daughter & I along with our medical team are dealing with & seeking answers specific to her - one of which may be hashimoto's hypothyroidism - none of which is relevant here - as her problem could equally be stress & hormone related - which given then jenni & mollie are also 16 - could therefore apply to them even if it does not apply to my daughter.

Try to stay on topic & try to comprehend rather than assume &/or judge that which you know little if anything about.

I guess you have nothing & no-one else in your life so you feel the need to be petty to try to hurt or whatever those who do have lives & people in them.

Then stop wasting my time & that of others & give some advice to jenni & mollie - that is assuming you are capable of giving advice as opposed to simply attacking others??!! Which you did very very briefly in only one post - your first - was that it??