How do I lose weight?

I'm 15 years old and I'm a girl. I weigh 140 pounds and I'm 5 foot 1. I have been playing football for about 6 weeks. We have some pretty intense workouts and we're on restricted diets, but I've gained weight. Yeah, yeah, muscle weighs more than fat, I know. I've gained muscle but where's all the fat going? Nowhere. How do I get rid of the fat?

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okay, to get into shape , speed up your metabolism, rid yourself of excess fat and lose weight ,,,,,do as follows: Stop drinking & smoking (if you do this regularly) eat fruits & vegetables all you can (buy a slow cooker /food steamer & rice/pasta cooker to make it easy on you)...(vegetables might not seem "tasty", like junk foods,, but can be as you aquire your taste to them..and are loaded with energy and nutrients)...avoid all junk food, cokes, sweets, etc...and drink mainly water (green tea , juice & milk being the other options you drink). If you eat meat ,,use only steamed, baking or grilled methods for preparing fish or chicken. also, do an hour of walking each day at least. or some type of excercise. * you should lose about 10 lbs per month ** for a very quick, healthy "snack"..try eating French Vanilla or Natural Plain yogurt with honey mixed in with it..you can even add nuts to it. It is a famous thing to eat in Greece. ***also learn how to make "huumus" (look online for very easy recipe)..it fills you up and is very low in calories and is very tasty.

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• You can't spot reduce fat, so if you're looking at a certain part of your body like "Why is this fat still here?", you're pretty stupid. As for getting rid of fat, just do lots and lots of cardio.
• First of all, you don't just lose FAT--you lose WEIGHT--that means that if you diet excessively or too drastically, you can lose muscle along with the fat. Cardio training causes this--it kicks up your metabolism very high WHILE you're doing it, but afterwards, your body does not retain that high level and actually conserves fat in your cells while resting. You're doing workouts now--and presumably, you're building muscle--which is good for you. Your metabolism will stay high all the time. Don't change anything just yet. Especially if you're working out hard right now. Adding cardio can actually slow down this process. And don't focus on the NUMBERS--at your height, your weight may be fine--it is more important to find out how much fat you actually have over all--by doing BMI measurements. You need between 21-26% of your total body weight to be in fat to be and STAY healthy and fit.