how long should i run if i walk 45 mins everyday?

ok so im trying to lose some weight and tone up...im 4'11 123-127 pounds it always changes...anyways i want to get tone before my bf comes to town to visit i feel like a little chubby and i dont feel good about it...i want to look and feel good! anyways i walk home from school everyday i try to do a fast pace when i walk. its about a 35-45 minute walk..when i get home i get kind of sore. like this week i didnt have school on monday so i didnt walk sat.sun and mon ( i dnt walk on weekends home ) and so i felt sore after walking on tuesday ! im not sure its because i got a good walk or because my period is coming up..anyways i have a treadmill at home and i felt like i shouldnt go on it because walking home was enough and im exhausted...but then im thinking i need to start getting in shape quicker because idk if its me but i feel like i look the same. how long should i run for? or should i jog since i already walked all that way and im sore? should i do intervals? help!

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You don't say when you boyfriend is coming to town so it is anybody's guess how long you have and you don't say how much you want to weigh so we are left with trying to answer how do you do what you don't specify in an indeterminate amount of time. There is not that much difference between running and walking in terms of calories burned so just walk on the the treadmill for 35-45 minutes but diet is 85% of weight loss (and doesn't leave you sore) so you might think of making changes there. I don't know if this helps at all but if you were 4'11 123-127 pounds when he last saw you and he is coming from out of town to see you again, it sounds like you are plenty toned as far as he is concerned. Just sayin'.

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I am in the market to buy a laptop, but I am not sure why I should get. I would like to be able to download use all of the following:-fast Internet browsing-the Microsoft office package-I use Finale Notepad quite frequently-video editing programs-MMD (miku miku dance)-The UTAU program-iTunesWhat sort of ram, memory, etc, would the laptop need to run all of these programs well?

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ASUS laptophttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright DotThis HP can be customized to what you need. If you want better performance upgrade the APU to a A10, dedicated graphics and increase the ram to 8GB. http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/C9W57AV;pgid=c7twGfjc0ptSRpIq7ZUcoGXQ0000fb8mNv9y;sid=NID2W1inOb6JXwkRbh2qz4GoAJwzDmy78dUe8LW2AJwzDtPc7Kuhl6jI?HP-ENVY-15z-j000-Notebook-PC A8-5550M APU HD 8000 Series Graphics 6GB DDR3 750GB 5400 rpm HD Starting at $530This HP can be customized to. Upgrade the Graphics to NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB of dedicated video memoryhttp://shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Laptops/HP-ENVY/E4T17AV?HP-ENVY-15t-j000-Quad-Edition-Notebook-PC i7-4700MQ 8GB DDR3 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive Starting at $750 after rebateBrand buying adviseYou get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. Lenovo will not allow people to read instruction on how to access the BIOS menu or to get info on their puters on their web site unless you connect to them thru Facebook. They do this so they can spy on their users. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate. Choose wisely.:)

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• Get the Alienware laptop. It's very expensive though...

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How can I lose weight without going to the gym?

It''s winter and I can''t go running and my fitness center is closed for the next few weeks.
I eat very healthy and track all my food to make sure I don''t go over my calories.
What workouts can I do inside to help me lose 10-15 pounds.
I''m 5''3 140 pounds and I''m 21.

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What about Yoga, Pilates, Aerobics or Zumba dvd''s at home?

• If it''s not winter i would suggest: Fasting
• Do regular yoga, it is long lasting.
• I have a stationary bike with moving handles, to work out arms and then watch TV and before you know it you have your time in.
  I tried weight watchers and still use the plan somewhat. But found the best way to loose weight was I allow 500 calories before noon, noon and after 500 more and then after 5 til I go to bed 500 more.
  1500 Calories supports about 125 pounds.
  I also have a exercise video for beginners I am not able to do more than that. For some reason dancing doesn''t seem like exercise. One friend joined a dance class to learn to dance and lost a lot of weight.
• Women do not really need a gym to lose 15 pounds of body fat.
  Men need a gym to use gym weight machines to GAIN 15 pounds of muscle mass on their way to a six-pack and prominent pecs, biceps, triceps, deltoids, quads, gluteus…
  
  
  I hope you’re not running even when it’s not winter.
  Hopefully you’re not even walking/jogging.
  You can power walk (always keeping one foot on the ground).
  Above 130lbs, you cannot walk/jog nor do any other high impact exercises as you have to mind your joints (ankles, knees, hips).
  If both your feet are off the ground at any point (like when jogging), one of your knees has to handle TWICE your body weight on impact.
  For you, that would be 280lbs of one little knee joint, ouch!
  An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.
  At 140lbs/5’3, you’re borderline overweight (25BMI) at 24.8BMI.
  You’d be “officially” in the overweight category at 141lbs so do not jog.
  
  I weigh 120/125lbs and once I went up 130lbs and started feeling the pressure on my knees while jogging so I switched to power walking.
  I have very good strong big knees…because I always made sure to keep it that way.
  In the long run (can take years), I would damage my strong knees if I would put more than 250lbs of pressure on them.
  
  I don’t get your “It’s winter and I can’t go running”.
  Can you walk outside?
  Buddle up and wear layers if it’s cold.
  If you have snow…go skiing.
  Cross-country skiing on flat terrain.
  
  
  
  If you eat very healthy, you track your calorie intake to make sure that you’re eating enough to cover your BMR so you don’t send your metabolism down the drain.
  You cannot “go over your calories” if you eat healthy.
  Your BMR is 1,460 calories (female, 21yo, 5’3 and 140lbs).
  
  It’s not like a steamed cup of broccoli (50 calories) is going to make you “go over your calories”, even if you add a carrot (20 calories) and a serving of salmon (150 calories)…use a steamer.
  Then you can have 6oz (a bowl) or your homemade fruit salad (80 calories).
  Now you get a 300 calories tasty fulfilling healthy dinner unlike those 300 calories unfulfilling frozen commercial ones with ridiculous names like “Healthy Choice” or “Lean Cuisine”…right!
  More like “Still hungry after eating some defrosted commercial whatever this is supposed to taste like, and please, go easy on the artificial cheese flavor as it is burning my tongue!”
  
  If you used fresh broccolis (that taste like broccoli, not frozen ones), and an unprocessed carrot (not the dreadful baby-cut ones), and fresh salmon fillet and a steamer, you’ll get a good meal. And a bowl (6oz) of homemade fruit salad with your favorite fruits (6oz) is much more fulfilling and satisfying than any of those 80 calories commercial processed cups using conservatives.
  
  NOW you get a problem…as 300 calories dinner is probably not enough to reach your calorie quota (that is why you track calories, to make sure you eat enough, not to make sure you don’t eat too much) so you have to use snacks, like if you snack on half an avocado (great source of healthy fats) with vinaigrette, you’d get 150 calories from the half avocado and adding one Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil (another great source of healthy fats, 120 calories), you’d get a total of 270 calories intake.
  Men would need 2 of those, as they need 2 Tbsp of olive oil/day, so they can eat half an avocado for a mid-morning snack and the other half for a mid-afternoon one.
  
  So a 270 calories snack and a 300 calorie dinner = 570 calories so you still have to come up with almost 900 calories (to reach your 1,460 BMR) for your breakfast and lunch so you might have to have another snack or drink a lot of milk (almost 150 calories per glass if it’s whole) or a handful of nuts (around 150 calories for an ounce).
  
  
  
  Because you have a gym does not mean that you cannot have a stationary bike at home and burn 800 calories in two hours at a 12.5mph leisure speed (I burn 32 calories per mile biking) and it’s never boring because you’re safely sitting (not biking in traffic and wearing a helmet) and can zone out while watching TV or reading. Get a bike with moving handles so you also get an upper body workout and your arms can help when your legs get tired. Get an expensive, sturdy, silent, good quality bike that will last you a lifetime (not some cheap light crappy exercise bike made in China that will break or malfunction in a few years).
  
  If you need to lose 10-15lbs, that is 35,000 to 52,500 calories of exercising.
  Each pound of body fat is 3,500 calories.
  I would need to bike for 109 miles to burn one pound of body fat (32 calories per mile biking).
  2 hours/25 miles/800 calories at a time.
  I would need to walk/jog for 50 miles to burn one pound of body fat (I burn 70 calories per mile walking/jogging).
  
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  Get the right expectations, like half a pound of body fat loss/week…1,750 calories of exercising (like 350/day, 5 days/week with 2 rest days).
  Not total body weight on a scale as you need to GAIN heavy muscle mass while getting in shape.
  
  Do calisthenics at home (using your own body as weight) like when doing pushups, lunges, squats, crunches, heel raises…and get some small free weights for other exercises so you can gain muscle mass, rev up your metabolism and get strength to improve all your aerobics (you don’t need a gym for those).
  
  I have a good gym but I never use the fitness center there…too many distractions and I cannot concentrate on good form (aerobic machines and gym weight machines) while smelling nasty days old sweat (sweat is like pee…does not smell so bad fresh but the next day…eeww), I only use the aquatic center (Olympic size heated pool, whirlpool, sauna…).
  
  Aim for 20 to 30 weeks (or longer which is better to keep the weight off in the long run) to lose 10 to 15 pounds of body fat (5 to 7 months).
  I lost 10 pounds of body fat in 7 months once (never had to do it twice)…never regained those as I did it slowly enough to be among the pride 5% of successful losers.
  
  Get rid of your scale, unless you know how to differentiate between body fat gain/loss, muscle mass gain/loss and huge water/food/waste weight fluctuations and weigh yourself every day (after waking up, after peeing, naked, before breakfast…) but only do monthly assessment so water/food/waste weight fluctuations become irrelevant as you always have to stabilize.
  You can use your body weight as some additional data, along with body measurements, caloric intake/expenditure…
  Use a tape measure as you should not lose total body weight when you’re getting in shape and gaining muscle mass.
  You can maintain your weight for 3 to 6 months while getting in shape if you do aerobics to lose body fat while gaining muscle mass, so you get thinner, toner and stronger…but not lighter (as that would be a sign that you’re eating under your BMR and getting a lower metabolism as your body would adapt to lower caloric intake).

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Is losing 30 pounds realistic for a 15 year old girl in a 3 month time span?

Alright, so lately I''ve been feeling more & more self conscience since starting my freshman year in high school. I''ve gone to a private school my whole life with only 8 kids, and now I go to a huge public school. I actively play basketball and tennis. Now I am 191 pounds & 5''11. I''ve always been heavier, and I''m willing to accept that I won''t be a size 0 or 2, but I''m concerned about my health. Not only that but next year I am going to be on Varsity Basketball and don''t want my weight to become an issue. Summer basketball starts June 27th and I''m really hoping I can shed some pounds. Does anyone have tips in which will help lose weight & help me jump higher?

(I''m looking for more specific diet plans, workout exercises, and tips.)
Thanks!

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It is impossible to lose 22 pounds in 30 days. It will give you attest 3 months to lose all of that weight.

• I think you should lose more like 40 lbs but yes, 10 lbs/mo is ideal. A good diet/exercise plan would be:
  
  Breakfast: Cook 9-grain cereal (from health food store) in water with rolled oats and wheat bran. Make a big pot of it on weekends and scoop out 1/2 cup each morning. Add low fat milk, nuts and berries. Drink hot Ovaltine. Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day to raise blood sugar level which falls during the night.
  
  Lunch: Egg, tuna or turkey ½ 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 on whole grain bread (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, green or red peppers, 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 grilled fish with steamed veggies.
  
  Or omelet: In blender, whip together eggs, tofu, cottage cheese, onions, garlic powder. Cook with mushrooms, chopped tomatoes and green or red peppers.
  
  Foods to avoid: junk food, fast foods, pastries, desserts, sugar, salty foods, syrup (even canned fruit in syrup), peanut butter, fat/grease (pork, wieners, chops, bacon, salami, pizza, chips, fries), pasta, potatoes, white bread, rice, canned veggies, ice cream, 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. Go hiking, biking, jogging, bowling, swimming...play tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer..
  
  If you lack energy to exercise, take Super B complex.
  To lose weight, try an appetite suppressant.
• Sure. But keep in mind, the more you lose the more weight loss slows down. Your BMR will lower and you won''t burn as many calories during exercise/activity. You may lose 10 lbs your first month, maybe 8-10 your next month, 5-8 your 3rd month and so on.
  
  You can use sparkteens.com to track your calories, fitness and they provide optional healthy and balanced meal plans for people just getting starting. They also have fitness videos and a workout generator. An active community with on site dietitians/personal trainers. It''s a great site. I use their adult one and have lost 55 lbs in 7-8 months.
  
  The Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest and most approved diets out there.
• Hey Hanna,
  
  Alright so you have basically the whole summer to lose 30lbs. It''s VERY possible!
  
  Exercise: take a 10-20 minute walk/jog every-other day, going a bit longer each time
  and on the days your not walking do some simple stretches, lunges, push-ups, and crunches.
  
  Diet: ok so your 15, you really don''t need a diet but more better food options
  Smoothies are great! (just DO NOT add sugar) the fruits have enough sugars already trust me.
  you could also try...salads...which I know are gross but if you add dressing their actually quite tasty.
  
  and lastly watch how much your consuming If you exercise all the time but pig out during every meal you''ll never get anywhere. Hope this helped and Goodluck!

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Do diets which put you into ketosis work better than lower calorie?

So if you have a normal diet 1200 cals and a low carb atkins like diet 1200 cals, would you see better results on low carb diets? I''ve already lost almost 92 pounds. I want the last 20 off already. Cant wait till i lose the rest! im excited but not very patient.

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My preference is to go directly to ketosis skipping the fat laden and protein laden meat that is very difficult to digest and tough on your internal organs. I go on a water fast (consuming only water) under strict supervision of my naturopath. This causes ketosis and also cleanses the body and removes toxins rather than add to the internal pollution. It''s even faster than than the Atkins diet, It is safer because you are medically supervised. For details read:

Fasting and Eating for Health: A Medical Doctor''s Program for Conquering Disease by Joel Fuhrman and Neal D. Barnard (Apr 15, 1995)

I lost 90 pounds without hunger or a feeling of deprivation by eating a whole plant based diet. I fast every six months or so for five days. Under a clinical setting people fast for 10 to 20 days drinking nothing but pure water. This can reverse many common medical conditions.

Sadly, Atkins is less effective and is very stressful on internal organs. A water fast cleanses the organs and improves most blood indicators. It''s important to distinguish between refined carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. There is absolutely no need to consume simple carbohydrates such as refined sugar, refined oils, alcohol, caffeine, excess salt, food additives, and other fast food ingredients. On the other hand, vegetables are complex carbohydrates and contain micronutrients that help you maintain excellent health. My weight loss was without much effort because I ate a balanced vegetarian diet without meat (beef, poultry, pork, fish) and without dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, eggs). There is plenty of protein in a balanced vegetarian diet especially in legumes (beans, peas, lentils), whole grains (brown rice, quinoa), and dark leafy greens (kale, chard, collard). The dark leafy greens have plenty of iron and calcium. Dairy is highly allergenic and not all that the dairy associations assert.

The bulk (fiber) in vegetables helps make you feel full after a meal. The complete complement of nutrients also works to end binges. Sadly, most Americans are addicted to junk food and will experience withdrawal symptoms when they change to a healthier diet. These withdrawal symptoms (false hunger, nervousness, headache, irritability) will end after the first 3-4 days. As your health improves, you will need to reduce or eliminate medications you are taking, especially cholesterol lowering drugs (statins). They have adverse effects, especially during water fasts.

Low calorie diets and Atkins don''t work in the long-term for the vast majority of people regardless of their motivation and willpower. In contrast, a whole plant based diet works without having to experience deprivation or hunger. You will feel so much better that your feeling of well being will keep you eating this way.

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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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