Posts by rosered93

Breakfast: Toast with almond butter and dulce de leche; protein shake; puffed kamut with blackberries (I use milk and my protein shake for my cereal c: ); coffee

Snack 1: Trail mix: almonds, pecans, walnuts, dried apricots and cranberries, and raisins

Snack 2: Lemonzest Luna bar

Lunch: Sandwich with avocado, romaine, poached chicken breast, salsa, and low-fat swiss; peach yogourt

Snack 3: Tea with milk, plain yogourt with honey, honeycrisp apple slices with almond butter

Dinner: Garlic, zucchini, bell pepper, chicken breast, and thyme sautéed in olive oil, then put into rice paper wrappers and pan-fried; steamed broccoli with lemon

2200 calories--pretty much 50/25/25

Exercise: 20 minutes elliptical and Level 2 of the 30 Day Shred

I'll preface this post with two things: first, I'm fifteen; second, you have a bmi of around 24.2, which is still in the healthy weight range.

It is perfectly reasonable to be concerned with your body image, adults and teenagers alike.  It is also perfectly reasonable to use calorie-count as a tool to help you lose weight.  The important thing being that you eat enough.  That's one reason so many adults discourage teens from calorie counting, because it's easy to fall into the (WRONGWRONGWRONG) mindset that somehow eating less will help you lose faster.  Remember that you need at bare minimum 1500 calories a day.  You can probably easily lose eating above that.

This is a great website for calculating your bmi and your energy needs, as it is specifically designed for teens: http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html. 

As for exercise, a lot of people on here have done great just walking.  Others do more intense cardio (swimming, bicycling, running, elliptical trainers) in combination with various levels of strength training.  It's finding something you enjoy doing.  Keep trying different exercises, try working out at different times (I'm definitely a morning person for exercise) until you find something sustainable.

One more thing: I don't know you personally, but 7st/98lbs is a very low weight for someone who's 5'2", it is in fact classified as "underweight".  I would think that somewhere around 8st/112lbs would be much healthier and far more sustainable, and even that is pretty low on the bmi range.

I pretty much always have aubergine and courgette in my fridge plus a leafy/cruciferous vegetable such as cauliflower or cabbage.  Those are staples in my diet.  Along with low-fat Ziggy's swiss cheese, almond butter, poached chicken breast, and assorted nuts and dried fruits.  I have SO MUCH cereal; I love mixing cereals. 

My meals are pretty structured/automated: breakfast is toast with almond butter and dulce de leche, protein shake, cereal mix.  Lunch is a chicken, swiss, salsa, and romaine sandwich (with yogourt or carrots or something).  Dinner is very veggie heavy.  Snacks are trail mixes and bars.

I LOVE bars.  I don't know why; I just do.  I have dozens and dozens of Larabars, Luna bars, Zone Perfect bars and Kashi bars in my cupboards.

I usually go 40g oats; 1/3 cup pumpkin; cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice; walnut pieces, crushed almonds, or pecan pieces; sometimes milled flaxseed; ff/sf vanilla yogourt.  SO GOOD.

October 22:

Preworkout snack of pecans and coffee (just to get something in me)

Breakfast: Vanilla protein shake, toast with almond butter and dulce de leche, yogourt

Snack 1: Toasted nuts n' cranberries Luna bar

Snack 2: Trail mix (cashews, almonds, walnuts, dates, raisins, dried cherries)

Lunch: Roast chicken, cucumber, chili sauce, and low-fat swiss cheese sandwich; baby carrots

Snack 3: Red cabbage with balsamic vinegar; multigrain croquettes with swiss; tea with milk

Dinner: Spaghetti squash with zucchini, mushrooms, red bell pepper, and garlic sauteed in olive oil and topped with fresh thyme; cranberry juice

2000 calories, 50/25/25

Thank you very much for your help :)

I have two things I love to do with straight canned pumpkin:

1: Mix it with cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and a little bit of sweetener, then microwave it and top it with vanilla yogurt and almonds.

2: Pumpkin pie oatmeal!  It sounds gross, but is heavenly: it's pretty much the above mixed into oatmeal.

Similar to what Samantha81 said, I find using my iPod is great for the monotony of my time on the elliptical.  I go through the iTunes podcasts and download various (free) runners'/workout music mixes and I create playlists from all of my high energy music.  I also enjoy listening to audiobooks; I borrow them from the public library and copy them onto my iPod, then take them off once I've finished them.

Age: 15

Weight: Started at 185, now at 140

Height: 5'7"

Goal: 134 lbs, though I might re-evaluate to 128 lbs