Trying to lose weight but no progress?

I'm a 17 year old girl. I'm 5'2'' and I weigh 121 lbs. About a week ago I changed my diet and daily routine completely. I haven't been counting calories, but I'm drinking nothing but water and eating very healthy things (no fast food, sweets, etc). I've also been running at least a mile every day and doing crunches, pushups, and jumping jacks every night. Yet I still haven't lost any weight? I might have even gained a little. Could this be water weight from drinking so much water?

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For weight loss, dieting is more effective than exercise. Reducing your intake of junk sugar will help. The natural sugars in fruits are OK as they are metabolised to glucose slowly due to their high fiber content. Fruits are low in calories and are not fattening. Most fruits and vegetables are metabolism boosting foods and that helps for weight loss.

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• If you want to lose weight and keep it off you need to target the areas on your body that are composed mostly of fat.. Also eat many times a day this boosts your metabolism, five times a day, small meals, and snacks. Your 4th should be dinner. Eat healthy, you need some good carbs, protein, whole grains etc.
• I'm just like you bro! I'm gonna join the Air Force so I have to gain weight too. Have you heard of vital Russian bear 5000. It's a weight gainer! I went from 125 to 127 in a week. Also instead of water try protein or weight gainer shakes with whole fat milk. Then have in between snakes. For me I snack on trail mix. And about the weight gainer shakes u really have to be committed. Drinking them at first will make you hella full which is good. Also eat before you sleep. Also eating meat is improtant. This is pretty much what I've been doing lately and hope it helps with you.

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What kind of protein shake should I use?

I'm 17 and I want to get into protein shakes because I've been hitting the gym hard for over 6 months now and seeing very little difference. Just mostly my chest is bigger and only the right side is nicely shaped. So I figured it's not my routine but my diet. I try to eat healthy and cut out fast food but I don't eat a lot. I just get full from a small quantity of food. So I think shakes is the best way to go. So what kind of shakes should I use? I've read about whey protein, but there is standard and isolate. Which one would be better? My goal is to get a toned muscilar body and loose my fat. I fit right now but my abs aren't showing. So if you could tell me what is the best shake for me and a brand and any additional information you could tell me about the intake etc. please reply :)

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The standard I believe has a concentration of up to 90%. the isolate is higher concentration and quality and has less carbohydrates, fats, etc.It doesn't really matter what you choose as long as it fits your budget and has quality ingredients.Now there are many pros to shakes. Hovever, I recommend buying the whey and mixing it in a shaker bottle rather than the ready to drink kinds. Those tend to be filled with creepy chemicals and fillers like gelatine. For the whey powders, you can always go with the popular choices like Optimum Nutrition standard or Dymastize Elite whey. I've tried ON's standard whey and its pretty good quality. If you're willing to spend more, you can opt for their hydrolyzed whey, which allows faster absorption. If you're looking to avoid artificial sweeteners as well, Dymatize Elite has a natural whey product sweetened with stevia for a decent price.Trutein is also popular- they have a great variety of flavours and work great in baking stuff like protein muffins and pancakes. If you're looking to bulk, you can mix the whey with a banana and almond milk and give it a whiz in the blender for a more carb filled shake.

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