Food help!

I am 5'7" and 136 pounds (currently) I would really like to get down to 120 pounds becasue tere are still rolls on my stomach and my legs are fat.

Your weight is not unhealthy so you should never aim for a fast loss. What you can lose though, is some fat mass. For that, a mild cardio~ brisk walk of 20 minutes every day and 45-60 minutes of medium to heavy weight lifting~ full body workout twice a week will be more effective for you.

Online calculators give around 1450-1500 cals for your BMR. BMR is basal metabolic rate which is the amount of calories your body needs if you were in a coma. It's the calories your body needs to properly function so you will not want to go much below that, especially since you are young and your body needs it to fully develop. Try a diet of 35% protein 35% carbs and 30% fats (40%/30%/30% or 30%/40%/30% are also good, I don't think you need a high carb or high fat diet). You can set your goals through My Home > Goals > Change Goals > Custom.

Lean meats (red meat, poultry, seafood), dairy, legumes such as beans and lentils, eggs are all good sources of protein. For carbohydrates, stick to complex carbs such as sweet potatoes, again legumes, whole grains, vegetables and fruits. For fats, saturated fats are not evil but you'll want most of your fat to be unsaturated, especially monounsaturated and omega 3. Go with olive oil, fish oil, nuts, macadamia oil, coconut oil etc. You have many alternatives here but by default you'll have the purest fatty acids your body needs from unprocessed sources so a handful of walnuts or almonds will give you a better quality fat compared to refined oils.

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Thanks for the info. All I have access to are 5 pound hand weights and I only know how to do 3 exercises with them. Any ideas? Also, what exactly is a full body workout?

Full body workout is where you train your whole body, arms, shoulders, back, chest, abdomen, quadriceps, calves, glutes etc via different exercises. It's one of the most commonly used workout compared to an alternating upper body and lower body workout. The thing with weight lifting is that you need to give time off for your muscles to recover. That's typically 1-2 days depending on the intensity of your exercise.

As you are new to lifting let's say a workout on tuesday and then on friday will give you the chance to adjust and recover as beginning while you work on your diet. Sure you can workout more, do alternating lower body upper body every other day but you are currently not eating enough to support it. 5lbs dumbbells will be a good start for you. You can look for bodyweight exercises (push-ups, squats, lunges, while some are less effective than others, these never go wrong) which will be good for some strength training. Google and look for videos on youtube for any of those.

THanks,

SO i just did some exercises that I found via Google (Leg lifts, crunches, weight presses etc...) And I did them for about 30 minutes. I am sore, do you think it is enough? I will take a break from strength training tomorrow and do some cardio. Tell me what you think.

I suggest tracking your exercises, number of sets and repetitions instead of doing for X minutes. So let's say you do 2x 20 lunges today while resting for a minute between each 20. Record them down and either increase the repetitions or the number of sets whenever you feel like your body is too comfortable with your exercise. Same goes for cardio exercises, it's good to keep track of your distance (if you can) and time, if not speed (again, if you can). Your priority should be your food, though. Your exercises won't be efficient if you strain your body with lack of nutrients as well.