How can a 13 year old boy become skinny The last time i checked i was in the 190-200 pound range Im 5 foot 5 inches tall How can i become skinny Please help?

Answer 1

Losing weight is never easy. Its takes unusual will power and concentration. However, it can be done and is worthwhile. Besides watching what and how much you eat, you need to exercise. For your diet, talk to your doctor or your school nurse or health teacher. There are groups such as TOPS which could help, but they cost money. For exercise, start with walking . Take long, fast walks and jog when you feel like it. If you like to play sports, do so as much as you have time for. Swimming is especially good, it you have a place to swim.

Answer 2

Hey Jonathan,
You should know that nearly 1/3 or the population in the world in obese. Your BMI seems to be around 30 to 33 hence that puts you in that category too.
Being skinny is also not good but what you need is a good healthy lifestyle.


You are just 13 years old and that is the time you actually feel the need of a good body but its okay as there is a lot of time ahead in which you will grow and your body will consume fat.
But it is important that you do the part that you are required to do . Involvement in physical activities is really important.
I will give you tips and tricks to loose fat in your body and become fit.

1. Believe in yourself that you will get fit and its easy.
2. If you can then buy a fitness tracker ( pedometer )... The most inexpensive will work ( its okay even if you don't)
3. First you need to stop eating fats and bad carbs (Which increase fat). Stop eating meat and chicken or reduce the frequency.
4. Oil and fats should be avoided and also avoid Fast Food (They are super fast in making you fat)
5. Join a sport like football *My Profile Picture* or Badminton or swimming or any other you like and need intense body resources.
6. Never stop running or playing when you feel tired as that is the moment your body will start aerobic respiration and burn out fats which will produce lactic acid in your muscles and you will feel pain.
7. It is important that you massage your own muscles with hand and shake them to reduce the concentration of lactic acid at one place and prevent cramps.
8. Do not eat eggs or stuff . You should feed on Sprouts before the exercises and eat a small amount of cottage cheese which can also be prepared at home. (This is will provide you energy)
9. As its going to be difficult to cope up with tiredness at the start but make sure you sleep after playing and exercising and take electrolytes .
10. I suggest you to go vegetarian for a few months to bring your body back in shape and feed on basic dietary need like Cereals (Oats,Corn Flakes ) .
11. Never take high fat and protein rich diet before sleeping as that only lead to fat production.
12. Summer is coming and you can always look forward to Watermelons,Melons and cucumbers in your fruits and salad veggies.
13. Feed on carbohydrates providing food like bread , whole wheat breads, corn to accompany them you require pulses and cook them in a semi liquid form to get water and best flavors.(Do google for how to cook pulses because man people just boil and eat them which is not the right way.)
14. Soak Whole Gram ( Solid Gram which is dry) at night and boil it with salt to taste in the morning and eat it occasionally as breakfast. Good for health.
15. Eating proteins which you don't even require leads to accumulations of all that energy in your body as fat.So make sure you take a balanced diet.
16. You need to consume dairy products to promote growth.
17. If are not exercising then you need to make sure that you at-least run or get in habit of running 3 to 4 kms everyday ( Too much ? You be able to once you start running)
18. Keep yourself Happy and do not take too much stress.
19. Do not spend too much time in front of TV.
20. Take full meals and don't eat in between the meals.
21. Be determined as nothing is impossible.

Hope that helped . There are nutritionist in here at answers.com so you can go to nutrition and health category and find supervisors and experts who can help you out with your diet if you want. You can always message them to interact and put forward your query.
You can even message me if you want.
Keep Exercising !

Answer 3

Doctors and dieticians recommend losing weight gradually, allowing a whole month for every 4 to 8 pounds you want to lose. Do not starve yourself, or skip meals, or try throwing up. A cycle of diminished physical fitness will happen if you diet too quickly (too drastically). As soon as you ease up on a drastic diet, your weight will balloon up once again.
Here's a program for the period in which you want to lose weight:
Try to get plenty of moderate aerobic exercise (intense exercise may damage your joints). It isn't essential to join a gym; you can do sit-ups, pushups, dumbbell-lifting, jumping-jacks, and many other basic exercises at home. Walk as much as possible. Bicycling and swimming are good too. Even for people who are not trying to lose weight, being active helps your digestion, your circulation, and other body processes, and will help improve your mood.

Even more important than exercise, is avoiding junk foods and sweetened drinks such as soda. Try to avoid refined flour and pasta, processed foods, fried foods, and fatty cuts of meat. Cut down on added sugar and added salt. Even for people who are not trying to lose weight, it is recommended to have no more than about 6 teaspoons of sugar per day (and many processed foods contain sugar, corn syrup or the like).

Our great-grandparents didn't have the epidemic of obesity we see today, because they had a less-sedentary lifestyle, a much more natural diet, and they ate reasonably-sized portions.

Eat 3 not-large-portioned meals per day; do not skip breakfast; and avoid sugary snacks. If you want a snack, try (for example) an apple or a handful of unsalted nuts.

Limit your calories (best to consult a doctor or nutritionist concerning the amount), and weigh yourself at the same time each day, 2-3 times per week. If you see your weight diminishing at a safe, reasonable rate (1-2 pounds/week), keep it up.

Once you've reached your goal, increase your calorie intake somewhat, so that you can maintain your present weight. And you can then have small amounts of sweetened foods or junk food on occasion (if at all), along with your regular healthy foods. But keep checking your weight 2-3 times/week.

Avoid crash-diets, fad diets, diet pills, etc. These may be harmful, and need not be considered by people who have adopted an otherwise healthy diet.

More guidelines:
Don't concentrate on specific foods so much as on a balanced, healthy diet plus exercise.

Healthy nutrition means eating what your body needs, while ingesting as few harmful things as possible. It has also been described as getting enough of each of the major food categories, in healthy forms (grains, fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy, etc.; plus plenty of water).

In general, an example of a healthy starting point could be a menu of whole-grain foods and bread, a good amount of vegetables, legumes, some fruits and nuts, fish, lean meats in not-large amounts, and some dairy. However, this may need adjusting according to one's lifestyle, age, health, weight and other factors at the outset; and also later, as one sees what works for him/her in particular.

Also...whenever you feel queasy, nauseous, constipated or otherwise not completely well, try to remember what you've eaten over the last several hours or the last day. This is one factor in adjusting one's food habits.

See also:

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Disclaimer: Sensible diet plans such as the one above may be good for most people, but there are exceptions. Some people with complications such as glandular or other disorders, may find the above plan to be insufficient. If one keeps gaining weight despite eating healthily, professional advice may be needed.