How do I get rid of chubby cheeks?

Does anyone know how to get rid of chubby cheeks? I've been searching online for this answer and I have havnt found what I'm looking for. Although, I found some greatAnswers... none of them helped me. Is it possible to lose weight from my cheeks or is it the genetics? If anyone has had this problem, please reply and give me some advice.

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Facial fat develops from several factors, including being overweight,soft facial muscles, genetics or simply getting older. There is nosurefire way to lose fat around the face and under the chin that willwork for everyone, but there are a variety of options from which youcan select the right method for you.Step 1 Work on full-body weight loss if excess facial fat is a full-bodyproblem. Simply adding regular exercise three to five times a week for30 to 60 minutes, cutting 250 calories a day and eating more freshfruits and vegetables should help you to drop a pound or two a week.While everyone is different, most people notice facial fat is thefirst fat lost. Step 2 Drink plenty of water each and every day, taking in about twoglasses for every 50 pounds of body weight. Not only is wateressential for your body to function properly, it also helps to flushtoxins, which can cause swelling in the face and other parts of thebody. Step 3 Perform facial exercises that work to strengthen and firm themuscles of the face, chin and neck and can help you lose facial fat.Activities like yoga and Pilates are perfect. However, there are alsomany exercises directed just for the face. Step 4 Cut back on foods that cause fluid retention, particularly saltand alcohol. Reducing your intake of salt and alcohol is a verypositive dietary choice that will show great results in your skin andfatty tissues. Step 5 Consider a more drastic approach if these natural techniques arenot helping you to lose fat around the chin and face. Cosmetic surgeryprocedures have come along way and often only require a few hours in adoctor's office for the procedure and short recovery times after.Speak to a cosmetic surgeon about thread lifts, liposuction, tucks andother procedures that can help you to look and feel your best.

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• If you aren't over weight, then prob nothing to be done :( sorry I know that's not what you want to hear. If you have weight to lose then yes you would eventually lose weight In your face. Try make up contouring tricks, could be your saving grace :)
• yea just lower your body fat percentage by doing strength training and cardio and not overeating, you will lose fat all over your body including your face

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What to do for the first day at the gym?

I havent been at the gym in years, but have done DVD workouts in that time. I havent worked out since March because of a family situation, but now Im ready to start a new routine. Im 5'5 and 160 pounds, female. Im mainly hoping to get rid of this baby belly (have an 11 month old), but also just get in overall shape to keep up with my kids! Whats your suggestion for first day/week at the gym? I'll only be able to go 3 days a week at most.

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You should start by some walk / jog for warming up - 10 to 15mn to start of with and increase gradually time & speed. This will help you reduce fat (including belly fat) and improve your overall fitness. After that, do some exercises for various parts of your body. Ask the trainer for advice, but basically you should alternate one day legs & butt and back for example and the other, arms, chest and stomach. The exact details and weights are up to you, but I suggest starting slowly, and increasing weights over time. Usually it would be recommended to do 3 sets of each exercise, with about 10 to 15 repetitions, starting with a slightly lighter weight and increasing on the last set. Again, the best is to speak to a trainer for specific advice to you. But if your main objective is to lose fat, remember to combine cardio and muscle building exercises or else you'll just build muscle under the fat but it will never show ;-)Good luck!

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• It really depends what you capable of/feel like you can do. I think most people going back to the gym after a while would often just walk on the treadmill. Do a 30 minute fast walk etc. Or on the cross trainer.... just do whatever you feel like you can manage
• Not too much because you will have sore muscles after that, start with a bit of running.
• you should weight train each muscle.. 1-2 a week40-60 mins a session3-4 different exercises a muscle4 sets eachan do 30 mins of cardio after each workout.5 mins of ab training aftermon chest, biceps, tricepstue back, shoulderswed legsthur chest, biceps, tricepsfri back, shouldersan lift heavyeat more proteins,use whey proteinamin acid complex
• I made my own gym, my first day at it, I pretty much only used a pair of mma gloves, and did a workout called combat 30 kick start, a les mills combat workout, 30 minutes of Hell pretty much

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Why do I feel like vomiting while im eating?

This has being going on ever since when I was a child. Whenever I eat something I usually have feelings of vomiting and often won't feel like eating afterwards? This cause me to usually not gain any weight at all. I'm 19, 5'6 and only 112 lbs. What kind of eating disorder do I have?

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Try eating less,, even just half a chewy bar or something .. go a little at a time.. You'll straighten out.Don't worry about it. you're fine.

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• take rest and drink the hot coffee

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How can I gain weight?

I'm really skinny and underweight. What type of food should I eat and how often so that I will gain weight? Please, give me a diet plan if possible. Also, I'd prefer natural foods instead of processed things like protein powder.

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It's so easy, just ask your mom to buy a lot of food, i was also underwieght, i was 115 pounds 3 months ago, now im around 126 and i'm still going. I just eat alot, DRINK 4 glasses of milk everyday, with fat if you prefer, Just EAT, like literally JUST DONT STOP until you feel full. Since you're underweight, you wont get fat,youll look bulker that's what happening to me :)

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• you could eat stuff like pringles and then gain muscle by lifting weights
• EAT MORE VEGGIE AND EGGEXCERSIZE GET DAH BIG MUSCLEGET A LITTLE MORE FAT NO EAT TO MUCH FAT GET GOOD BOY GET GOOD GRADE

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1000 calories a day for weight loss?

I'm 16 and weight about 150. I'm 5 foot 1. So technically my BMI says I am borderline obese, even though I really don't think I am... I don't know. But I do want to lose some weight but be healthy at the same time. Right now I have started eating around 900-1000 calories per day. Healthy food like fruit, salads, chicken, soup, smoothies, turkey... etc. I don't feel like I am eating too little but people say that is not enough. I am not really exercising at all right now but as soon as school starts I will be everyday (mid august), and I will probably then start eating 1200 calories. Do you think this is healthy? And if any of you have done this, did it help you lose weight? How soon will I be able to lose 40 pounds? Thank you!!

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i think you should stick to eating 1800kcals a day, any less and your body can go into crash mode and you might even put on weight. another tip is to eat 5-6 small meals a day instead of 3 good luck xxxx

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• It depends how many calories you burn in a day, you really shouldn't eat more than you burn, if you wanna find out how many you burn just look it up its pretty easy to find
• It's pretty impossible to lose 1000 calories in one day because, you can't burn calories. Your body needs calories for everything you do. But 1 pound of fat is 3,500 calories. Everyday if you do nothing, you lose about 115 calories. And if you start eating healthy stuff you earn calories not burn them. You need to lose your fat. The average teenager should eat 1,000 calories. Do some chores, everyday chores help you lose about 258 calories PER HOUR. If you want to lose weight you should try to not stress out so much. To get rid of some stress you can take a warm, hot bath. Add some bubbles, listen to music and just RELAX. It helps you lose some weight/cardio. Unless you want to work out at the gym, and go on a diet then call me. :)
• I'm just going to tell you what happened to me when I was doing something similar to this. I went on a diet where I consumed between 800-1000 calories a day (all healthy meals, of course). I also did some light exercise like jumping jacks and russian twists. I actually lost half a stone in about 2-3 weeks, which yes, I was thrilled about, but there were consequences. I was incredibly faint - my bones just felt too heavy for me to walk, my head to heavy to carry, and I just felt like I couldn't be bothered with anything or anyone (I even found myself snapping at friends and family because I was so grouchy!) My face became incredibly pale, and I had huge rings under my eyes. Because of this, I started eating 1500 calories a day - I looked and felt healthier with more energy, and my mood became a lot happier!Hope this helps.

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How much do I eat to achieve this goal?

I asked this before but didn't get any serious answers so here I go again... Ive been trying to lose weight and so far I've lost 50lbs. I'm trying to lose 20lb more within 8-9 weeks. At the latest 10. So roughly two months or so. Ive switched up my routine but am unsure of how much to eat with all the activity I do during my workout. My BMR is 1600. Im short. I burn between 1100-1700 calories each time I go to the gym. From 6-9 am, 4 or 5 days a week. Sometimes 3. I do 90 minutes of cardio divided into two sessions, and an hour or so of weight lifting. I really need to drop 20lbs before late september, preferably before mid september. How many calories should I consume daily? Im somewhat and hour glass shape and I have a good bit of muscle under all this fat... Im fairly built. Not sure if that matters or makes a difference. Help please? Serious answers only.... Thanks!

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Eating healthy, getting all vitamins you need per day along with protein and calcium , other important nutrients to stay healthy. I would say that overweight comes from eating an excess amount of calories. I am not a dietician but I would say that you should consume around 2000 calories a day on days you workout and consume around 1500-1700 calories on non-workout days. Cut the sodas and processed debbie cakes. Meal planning is important. Snacks should be quality food not junk food. Aim to eat 3 meals a day with dinner being the smallest meal of the day.

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How to lose weight easy and effectively? (Teen girl)?

Im really over weight, which makes me really insecure about myself.. I''ve been trying to lose weight but its so hard for me.. I''ve been big all my life and I really want to change that. Help?

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I lost 30 pounds in 12 weeks and I have kept it off for 2 years now. I did a little research and came up with my own plan.

If you want to see what I did to lose weight I wrote about it at http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-lose-weight-without-starving-yourself2
It doesn''t cost you anything, I didn''t take any diet pills or join a weight loss company, I just wanted to share my story. Check it out and see if you think what I did could work for you.

• See a nutritionist, talk to your primary care physician.
  
  Don''t try to do it alone or the wrong way (eg. poor diet, anorexia, bulimia, etc...)
  
  It will not be easy. It is a lifestyle change. Healthy eating doesn''t mean you can never eat a burger and fries with a coke, it just means you don''t eat that stuff every day.
• The best way to get rid of fat is to exercise, and eat right. Don''t eat sugary foods or drinks like soda. And think positive always never forget that. You can do it. Best wishes to you

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Does lowering sugar really helps in losing weight?

I drink about 3-6 hot drinks daily, each is sweetened with 3 teaspoons of sugar. As one teaspoon of sugar is about 16 calories, this means about 6(drinks) * 3 * 16 = 288 calories per day. If I reduce sugar to one teaspoon per drink, that means 96 calories. My questions is: for my case, does lowering sugar really helps losing weight. Please note that I am following a diet for other carbohydrates.

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Not really.
Sugar = energy
You could easily argue that the missing 192 calories of sugar will NOT provide you with the energy you would need to exercise easily and efficiently for an extra 20 minutes (depending on your weight and which activity you’re doing) and allow you to improve your cardiovascular health even more to make aerobics easier.
You could also argue that 192 extra calories of carbs would enable you to do 15 sets of different weight training exercises (or like one set of about 12 reps of 15 exercises), allowing you to build up muscle mass (if you eat extra protein too), which would rev up your metabolism and THAT is what would help you lose weight.

Muscle mass is THE weight loss miracle. You look better, thinner, toner but also you are stronger so your aerobics get easier and more efficient and you burn more calories while exercising.
Once you get more muscle mass, your metabolism goes up on a 24/7 basis. Each pound of added muscle mass needs 35/50 calories a day to maintain (not even counting the calories for the exercise). It’s 12 to 18 thousand calories a year…it’s 3 to 5 pounds of body fat a year that you would either lose or at least not gain (if you eat too much). And that is just for one pound of extra added muscle mass.

Sugars will only end up being stored as fat reserves (your body storage system for unused carbs/protein/dietary fats calories) if you don’t exercise so you don’t burn it out.
A 16 calories tsp of sugar (5g of sugar) is like 2 minutes of aerobics while a 200 calories coca-cola bottle has 55g of sugar (and it’s crappy HFCS too) and nothing else except caffeine…now you need to exercise for 22 minutes to use the energy of that bottle.



NOW, that said, independently from your weight loss issues and carbs intake issues, you still have a sweet tooth and you need to take care of it. You have messed up taste buds which is why you need a lot of sugar to taste enough sweetness. Your sweet tooth is probably messing up the rest of your diet too, like a sweet delicious ripe fruit might taste bland to you.
Just like people using too much salt and having to use too much salt or the food is bland.

If you would put 3 tsp of sugar in my coffee, I’d be like eeww! I don’t drink coffee anymore as I switched to chocolate milk because I need milk more than I need coffee but when I used to drink coffee, I would use one tsp of sugar.

Fortunately, you’re not using fake sugars, those are even worse, as they’re often sweeter (some are 300 times sweeter than real sugar, which is why manufacturers love them as they only need to use so little so it’s cheaper). Fake sugar mess up your taste buds to no end, do not give you any energy (so you don’t exercise that much), make you hungry (since you still have low blood sugar level) and lead to sweet cravings, binging, obesity…
Do not make the mistake of replacing your real sugar with fake sugar to lower the calorie content of your drinks. After all just two x 16 calories tsp of sugar (32 calories) x 365 days = 11,680 calories/year divided by 3,500 = 3.33lbs of body fat that you would not gain and then have to lose.

Do not reduce your real sugar by 2/3 suddenly (3 tsp to 1 tsp).
You need 3 weeks to readjust your taste buds…gradually.

Like if you switch from whole milk to 1% (if you’re done growing and are +21yo), you first progressively add a percentage of 2% to your whole milk, like ¼ the first week, then ½ the second week, then ¾ the third week, then 3 weeks later, you’re drinking 2% milk. You do the same thing to go from 2% to 1%. So it takes about 6 weeks to go from whole milk to 1%, being aware that for all those 6 weeks, your milk is going to taste weird. Once you’re at 1% for a couple of weeks, you realize it now tastes the same as the whole milk you used to drink 2 months ago.

Growing kids and teens need whole milk but I limit my animal fat from milk so I can get it from meat and poultry.


For your 3 to 1 tsp of sugar…use kitchen measuring spoons (they have 1/8-tsp, ¼-tsp, ½-tsp, 1tsp…) and be precise. You could do the first week with 2-3/4tsp, the second week with 2-1/2tsp, the third week with 2tsp…and so on until you get to 1tsp. Or you could go slower and use 1/8 measuring spoon. Again, being aware that your drink will taste sour (not sweet enough) during the whole transition, until you spend a couple of weeks using only 1tsp of sugar and it will taste as sweet as then you used to need 3tsp of sugar 2 months before.
And again, do not use fake sugar or even re-add real sugar when you really miss the sweetness, as it would compromise the whole process of readjusting your taste buds.
You’ll also have to reduce sugar everywhere else in your diet (like using a hint of orange marmalade on your toasts instead of 3 tons of strawberry jam).

• I gave up sugar for skin issues and as a by product my weight definately dropped ! Sugar is just not required in the quantities that we intake, people will say I need sugar for engergy but they should perhaps look at the diet first as a good balanced diet will have all the sugar needed !. Like you I had sugar in tea etc and had approx 3-4 cups a day, which is around 4-5 teaspoons of sugar ! I also found I stopped eating cookies with the drinks and avoided deserts and anything with added sugar. Trust me sugar puts more weight on then fatty food ! Remember that all fizzy drinks and wine and beer is full of sugar too! So try and reduce this or go onto spirits instead as they have no or little sugar !
  
  Good luck
• Yes. Low carb/sugar diets make weight loss much easier. Whether or not cutting down a couple tablespoons of sugar will do much, I don''t know.
• You should check out http://laayon.com/easyweightloss for a great weight loss program

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how can a 13 year old girl lose weight?

My weight is 125 and I am 5 1. A lot of people say I don''t need to lose weight but . My mom and sister say I''m getting really fat. They r tiring to get me to do soccer but I don''t like soccer soooo
much and won''t do it and I cant find any sports I like. Any ways my sister is 5 4 and is 111 I hate how my mom always says ur to fat to wear that give it to your sister (she is older than me) i just really at least want to lose 10-20 pounds and I want to lose it by April. What exercises can I do at home and what foods fell u up

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You''re young, you might still get a little taller. If not, A good plan would be:

Breakfast: low fat milk on cooked 9-grain cereal (from health food store), mixed with cooked oatmeal and wheat bran. Add some nuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine.

Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey sandwich on whole grain bread with bean or alfalfa sprouts and yogurt w/fruit. If you had meat loaf for dinner, bring a meat loaf sandwich (NO mayo). On cold days, a squatty thermos of hot chili, split peas with ham or beef stew.

Snacks: Fresh (not canned) fruit: banana, orange, apple, kiwi, grapes, peach, nectarine, cherries, pineapple. No chips and nothing ever from a vending machine.

Dinner: salad with white meat chicken and fresh (not canned) veggies: tomatoes, 2 kinds of lettuce, 2 kinds of shredded cabbage, shredded or sliced carrots, alfalfa or bean sprouts, zucchini, hard boiled eggs, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, tofu, cottage cheese...Instead of dressing, squeeze 1/4 tomato over it.

Or homemade bean/vegetable soups; great way to recycle leftovers.

Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes.

Foods to avoid: junk food, pastries, desserts, sugar, salty foods, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fatty/greasy foods (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza), pasta, potatoes, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, fast food, soda, chips. And of course no tobacco or alcohol in any form. Both of those add wrinkles and destroy your brain. No oil except olive and mac nut. Coffee also rots your brain.

To keep your skin clear, drink water. Veg. juice is good too. But not canned juice (too much sugar.)

Join a gym; they have all the equipment and staff to show you how to use it to get the look you want to achieve. Much cheaper than buying your own equipment. Soccer is not for everyone; try hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming, badminton, tennis...

If you lack energy to exercise, take stress B vitamins.
To lose weight, try an appetite suppressant.

• first off, learn proper english
  second, it''s called diet and exercise, go to a gym
• Just always be moving. Do leg lifts while your watching tv, crunches, push ups.
• First of all, ask your Mom what she thinks it will achieve to destroy your self-confidence. Because that''s a disgrace, she shouldn''t be doing this, it''s abuse, plain, and simple.
  
  Secondly, look up bodyweight, or Insanity work-outs on YouTube, you can string exercises together for all your muscle groups(do big exercise, short breaks, just to catch your breath), and do them 40 mins a day(or every other day) and you''ll get fit, and strong.
• Monitor your calorie intake vs calories burned. There isn''t really an easy way to lose weight unless you have a lot of money to spend. Go jogging every day and watch what you eat and you will get there.
• Don''t even try losing weight or dieting at 13!!! There''s nothing wrong with being chubby! Your going through puberty so it''s normal to put on weight some people gain and some lose! Doesn''t mean your going to be "fat" forever which I''m sure your not. Don''t worry about it! If anything just eat well and exercise. Walking helps a lot or going for a run. All sorts of healthy foods fill you up if you eat bad food such as McDonald''s, candy and so on your going to be hungry wicker because its just crap and no goodness!
• don''t try to lose weight.
• A lot of websites will lay out many foods that are packed with protein, and that keep you full. Doing a lot of research is very important. If you don''t want to play sports then I suggest running! It''s great for shedding the pounds, and can be enjoyable at the same time! I realize running outside can be kind of awkward at first, I felt like this when I began running, but it grows on you! Also, you won''t see immediate results.. this was frustrating for me.. but I promise you will so don''t give up! The best advice I can give you is don''t go back and forth from dieting and not dieting. If you want to lose weight, don''t diet all week and then binge on cookies and ice cream on the weekend. It won''t work, you have to commit. Keep motivational quotes or pictures around to keep you focused! Be safe and good luck!:)
• You are not fat! But u can join some sports. Just think about it... What interests u? And keep a healthy diet :) hope I helped

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