Need help losing weight.

Hussain38
Hussain38 Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a cousin who weighs 131 lbs, 5 ft 5" and he is 14 years old. He wants to lose about 15 - 20 pounds.
He goes gym with me twice a week, burning over 600 + calories per day in the gym. But there are no changes to his body nor weight.

Can someone give us advice on how he can lose 15+ pounds? or how to lose a pound per week?

Can someone also explain to me: If I eat 2000 calories a day, thats 14 000 calories a week and if I go gym twice a week, losing 500 - 750 calories per gym day. How am i burning a pound a week?

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  • tricksee
    tricksee Posts: 835 Member
    1. Ensure you haven't overestimated the calories burned or needed.
    2. Weigh food accurately with a scale
    3. Drink more water.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    He may want to check out Sparkteen.com or ask his parents to work with a registered dietitian. He's still growing and his nutritional needs are going to differ from an adult.
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    for that size of guy that is perfect! When I was at 5'5" that was my perfect weight!
  • hilts1969
    hilts1969 Posts: 465 Member
    I have a cousin who weighs 131 lbs, 5 ft 5" and he is 14 years old. He wants to lose about 15 - 20 pounds.
    He goes gym with me twice a week, burning over 600 + calories per day in the gym. But there are no changes to his body nor weight.

    Can someone give us advice on how he can lose 15+ pounds? or how to lose a pound per week?

    Can someone also explain to me: If I eat 2000 calories a day, thats 14 000 calories a week and if I go gym twice a week, losing 500 - 750 calories per gym day. How am i burning a pound a week?

    Don't get obsessed with numbers everyone is different, calories needed per day are a very rough guide and calories burnt during exercise will differ from person to person, log what you eat and if you lose weight carry on if you don't adjust your food intake and eat less calories, it can be simpler than most make it
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    I don't think any 14 year old teen should be logging calories or exercise unless they're morbidly obese and under the care of their primary physician. He should stay active in sports, learn to lift weights (I know most weight rooms will allow you at 14 with supervision) and generally curb the convenience store junk food - i.e. candy bars and chips and pop/sodas. He is probably just uncomfortable with his body's changes and needs to be encouraged. His body today isn't even close to where his body will be in 3 years.
  • fatladygoingslim
    fatladygoingslim Posts: 8 Member
    I don't think any 14 year old teen should be logging calories or exercise unless they're morbidly obese and under the care of their primary physician. He should stay active in sports, learn to lift weights (I know most weight rooms will allow you at 14 with supervision) and generally curb the convenience store junk food - i.e. candy bars and chips and pop/sodas. He is probably just uncomfortable with his body's changes and needs to be encouraged. His body today isn't even close to where his body will be in 3 years.

    +1
  • hilts1969
    hilts1969 Posts: 465 Member
    I don't think any 14 year old teen should be logging calories or exercise unless they're morbidly obese and under the care of their primary physician. He should stay active in sports, learn to lift weights (I know most weight rooms will allow you at 14 with supervision) and generally curb the convenience store junk food - i.e. candy bars and chips and pop/sodas. He is probably just uncomfortable with his body's changes and needs to be encouraged. His body today isn't even close to where his body will be in 3 years.

    Probably not much harm in logging his food if it gives him an idea which foods are the highest in calories so he could adjust a little if required, i never realised how much calories my six rounds of bread a day was, adjusting this alone has probably cut 10 lbs off my weight

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