Hi
This is seriously humiliating... ^//^ But I really need help...

I'm seventeen and I weigh 94kgs, I'm 157 cms tall and I really need to lose 35-40 kgs. It's really hard for me to do it, as I have really no clue how to do it in a safe, healthy and fast way... Any tips?

I've been bullied since primary, about how big I am. I've decied to take a stand. I want to show people that I can do it, that I can lose weight. Not only them, but for myself.

Please help as I'm really clueless, on what to do first. I've started walking laps for like an hour every day, and I've cut down my meals to a piece of fruit for breakfast, nothing for lunch, and two different fruits, cooked vegatbles for dinner. I don't know if this is a good diet plan to follow. So if anyone could please advise me how to lose 40kgs in half a year?
Thank you for your time.

The diet you're on would more than likely keep your weight on. I had the same problem, first thing you should do is take up a proper sport. Don't be embarressed about going to classes, other people are there for the same reason. I started kickboxing 2 years ago and I'm glad I did, research a few clubs in your area, this will also give you the confidence which is often taken away by being bullied, not to mention being able to stand up for yourself.

Its normal to see a weight loss diet containing fat, the reason for this is if your body is only taking in a small amount of fat it will store the fat to use for energy. If it takes in a good amount of fat it doesn't need to store it and will burn the fat as energy. I'd stay away from carbs, but not altogether.

If you can get Men's Fitness magazine or Men's health magazine, both by the same people just they contain different information - try both and see which one you find better. Both of these magazines have loads of different weight loss, muscle gain tips and diets every month, so you'll never get bored. They also sometimes have recipes in to make helthy and non-fattening food taste nice.

I eat 6 meals a day as part of my diet which is generally the guided amount of meals you should have... just in proportion.

That is a terrible diet to follow. You have virtually no protein in there at all, and on a low calorie diet, it's even more essential to get enough protein than on a maintenance diet.

The way you are eating will encourage your body to store your bodyfat and burn your muscles instead. Not to mention that eating like that will either result in a rebound binge where you eat all around, or in an eating disorder.

Base your diet on fresh whole foods, ones with enough protein, healthy fats and lots of green vegetables. Cut out the junk: soda, anything battered or deep fried, sugar in all forms. Cut out the white carbs: bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereals. All the meals where you are used to eating those things, eat a portion of vegetables instead.

You won't go hungry, and you'll be eating fewer calories and much better nutrition.

Learn to listen to your body, and eat when you are hungry. And ONLY when you are hungry.

There is a difference between hunger and thirst, so make sure you know the difference.

Eating six times a day is popular with bodybuilders who need to eat a huge amount of calories in 24 hours, and would find it difficult to manage it in only three meals. It could also be useful if you are hypoglycemic, to control swings in blood sugar levels. But very few people are. Otherwise, eating six times a day can just lead to a lot of snacking and ignoring your true hunger.

On a low calorie diet, you need to get the most nutritional bang for your buck (or rather, calorie). Make sure that whatever you eat is dense in nutrients, with no empty calories.

I agree there's a difference between hunger and thirst, that doesn't take away the fact that dehydration (not thirst) can make you feel hungry. As can a lot of things, boredum used to make me feel hungry, depression is another, as I said there's more things that make you think you're hungry other than actual hunger.

I've also lost 4 stone in fat on a 6 meal-a-day diet, I wasn't 'fat' either (15 stone to 11stone) I also go to the gym regularly and have been doing kickboxing for over 2 years so there's no lack in energy.

My diet changes all the time but never for the worse. A normal day for me is:

Breakfast: muesli, or toast & fruit.
Snack: yoghurt & fruit.
Lunch: Sandwiches or rice & tuna.
Snack: tropical fruit salad (to spice things up lol)
Dinner: chicken breast stuffed with philidelphia cheese wrapped in parma ham & a bean stir fry.
Supper: fruit, toast, cereal, yoghurt, etc etc.

Not everything you read should be believed, a lot of useful information comes from the internet, magazines etc but there's also a lot of bullsh**. I found the best way was to try out different things and see what works best for yourself, also what you like the taste of the most.

I'm guessing you would not have lost that weight on that diet unless you were kickboxing and hitting the gym. You are eating bread three times a day (one slice, even wholegrain is close to 100 calories, before you put anything on it) and have no green vegetables at all that I can see.

It's a perfectly good diet for an athlete who takes part in intensive sports, but I suspect the OP needs something more suited to a student who doesn't do explosive sports.

Before I started the diet I was losing weight just kickboxing, after a while training I had a fight and needed a diet to get down to a fighting weight and that's what I went on. Its also only one day, dinner changes. Eg last night I had stuffed peppers and jacket potatoes.

Fair enough it would be different for a beginner but to get big in the first place the diet will have to be full of junk, even this diet would help lose weight just for the change to 'healthy' foods.