Q. My daughter is thirteen, 5' 10" , and weighs 169 pounds. She is starting 8th grade in about 18 days, how much weight do you think she could lose in that time? She has somewhat of a binge eating disorder, but it isn't very bad. Please help me and my daughter.
A. Your daughter could lose up to 15 pounds in that time frame SAFELY by following these tips:
1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something every day, even if itâs just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Donât say you donât have time for exercise; you have to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but youâre worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but donât do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat. Walking is the preferred exercise for weight (READ: FAT) loss because it burns fat almost exclusively and it burns almost as many calories per hour as jogging. You can also breathe much easier while walking, and walking doesnât pound the heck out of your ankles, knees, and hips like jogging does.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. Thatâll really help you âtone up.â If youâre at all concerned about your midsection, youâll need to do abdominal exercises that hit all the major muscle groups (upper abs, lower abs, obliques, transverse abdominis, and back muscles) every other day. WARNING: Ab exercises burn very few calories, so donât rely on them to burn fat. What they will do is give your gut that âsucked inâ look 24/7 if you do them regularly. Google each muscle group with the word âexercisesâ and youâll find websites thatâll show you exercises to work that muscle group.
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You have probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). Thatâs not your fault, but now you have to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn better habits.
5. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more likely to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because youâre constantly digesting food.
7. Avoid these as much as possible:
-- Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)
-- High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)
-- Fast food
-- Junk food
-- White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes
-- The deadly Câs (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)
8. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:
-- Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)
-- Beans/Legumes
-- Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)
-- Dairy products (as long as theyâre low-fat or non-fat)
-- Eggs
-- Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)
-- Olive oil
-- Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta
-- Fresh fruits (anything that ends in âberryâ is a winner)
-- Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)
-- Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)
9. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day â just donât overdo, and (2) Allow yourself one âcheat mealâ every week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you donât gorge yourself. Thatâll help keep you from feeling deprived and itâll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.
Good luck!
âThe three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.â
-- Thomas Alva Edison, inventor extraordinaire
1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something every day, even if itâs just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Donât say you donât have time for exercise; you have to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but youâre worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but donât do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat. Walking is the preferred exercise for weight (READ: FAT) loss because it burns fat almost exclusively and it burns almost as many calories per hour as jogging. You can also breathe much easier while walking, and walking doesnât pound the heck out of your ankles, knees, and hips like jogging does.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. Thatâll really help you âtone up.â If youâre at all concerned about your midsection, youâll need to do abdominal exercises that hit all the major muscle groups (upper abs, lower abs, obliques, transverse abdominis, and back muscles) every other day. WARNING: Ab exercises burn very few calories, so donât rely on them to burn fat. What they will do is give your gut that âsucked inâ look 24/7 if you do them regularly. Google each muscle group with the word âexercisesâ and youâll find websites thatâll show you exercises to work that muscle group.
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You have probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). Thatâs not your fault, but now you have to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn better habits.
5. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more likely to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because youâre constantly digesting food.
7. Avoid these as much as possible:
-- Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)
-- High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)
-- Fast food
-- Junk food
-- White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes
-- The deadly Câs (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)
8. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:
-- Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)
-- Beans/Legumes
-- Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)
-- Dairy products (as long as theyâre low-fat or non-fat)
-- Eggs
-- Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)
-- Olive oil
-- Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta
-- Fresh fruits (anything that ends in âberryâ is a winner)
-- Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)
-- Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)
9. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day â just donât overdo, and (2) Allow yourself one âcheat mealâ every week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you donât gorge yourself. Thatâll help keep you from feeling deprived and itâll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.
Good luck!
âThe three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.â
-- Thomas Alva Edison, inventor extraordinaire
Could you please check my Nutrition and Wellness homework?
Q. 13. Healthy weight management over the human life span:
Depends on the number of dieting programs tried.
Depends on finding the right diet pill to take.
Means exercising and limiting food intake only while dieting.
Means knowing that some dieting programs make weight maintenance difficult.
âMeans knowing that some dieting programs make weight maintenance difficultâ
14. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about prescription medication use for weight loss and maintenance?
Some of these medications in the 1960's were related to amphetamines.
Fen-phen has no dangerous side affects.
Orlistart affects absorption and digestion of fat in the body.
They have only a temporary effect and weight can increase after discontinuing them.
âFen-phen has no dangerous side affects.â
15. Which of the following is the best thing to have in a diet program?
You have to use only food from the company behind the program.
Physical activity is minimally encouraged.
It emphasizes life long changes in diet and exercise.
The diet strictly limits fat or carbohydrate intake.
âThe diet strictly limits fat or carbohydrate intake.â
16. Herbal medications have which of the following properties?
They are heavily regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
They are safe because they are made from "natural" ingredients.
The amount of featured ingredients can vary from sample to sample.
Harmful side effects are minimal on all products.
âHarmful side effects are minimal on all products.â
17. Media ads try to appeal to such human psychological needs as:
Being a socially acceptable person.
Finding a "quick fix" to our problems.
Being attractive to the opposite sex.
All of the above
"All of the above"
18. Which of the following factors can be present in an eating disorder?
depression
good self-esteem
Participation in golf as a sport is a major risk area.
Weight is never at the level for a normal person.
"depression"
19. Chronic Dieting Syndrome has an effect on all EXCEPT:
physical wellness.
emotional wellness.
is found more in elderly than in teen-agers.
continually attempting to restrict food intakes.
"is found more in elderly than in teen-agers."
20. Which eating disorder does NOT have the purging or excessive exercise behaviors?
anorexia nervosa
binge eating
bulimia
All of the above
"bulimia"
21.If you are thinking about approaching a friend or family member regarding your suspicions of an eating disorder where is a good place to start?
Gossip and let the entire school hear about their problem.
Ignore it until the person's health is seriously affected.
Talk to the person about shaping-up, eating more, and getting better on their own.
Talk to them about your concerns and encourage getting professional help.
"Talk to them about your concerns and encourage getting professional help."
22.Physical symptoms of an eating disorder may include:
amenorrhea in both males and females.
high blood pressure and Type II Diabetes.
Lanugo disappears from skin.
electrolyte balance is achieved.
"Lanugo disappears from skin."
23.Factors affecting some rich and famous people to develop an eating disorder are all EXCEPT:
it is used as a method of dealing with stress of being a public figure.
it is part of getting jobs as an actor or actress that a certain body size is maintained.
they have poor self-esteem and body image.
it doesn't matter if they are thin and glamorous all the time.
"it doesn't matter if they are thin and glamorous all the time."
24.Enjoying food and eating involves:
developing a love-hate food relationship.
thinking of foods only in terms of "good" or "bad".
being willing to try a variety of foods and preparation methods.
developing cravings and over-eating that food.
"developing a love-hate food relationship."
25. All are methods of learning your hunger and satiety signals EXCEPT:
using non-food rewards for yourself.
eating when hungry, not when the clock says it's time to eat.
eats lots of food at family gatherings to please relatives.
remembering it takes 20 minutes for "full" signal to go from stomach to brain.
"eats lots of food at family gatherings to please relatives."
Depends on the number of dieting programs tried.
Depends on finding the right diet pill to take.
Means exercising and limiting food intake only while dieting.
Means knowing that some dieting programs make weight maintenance difficult.
âMeans knowing that some dieting programs make weight maintenance difficultâ
14. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about prescription medication use for weight loss and maintenance?
Some of these medications in the 1960's were related to amphetamines.
Fen-phen has no dangerous side affects.
Orlistart affects absorption and digestion of fat in the body.
They have only a temporary effect and weight can increase after discontinuing them.
âFen-phen has no dangerous side affects.â
15. Which of the following is the best thing to have in a diet program?
You have to use only food from the company behind the program.
Physical activity is minimally encouraged.
It emphasizes life long changes in diet and exercise.
The diet strictly limits fat or carbohydrate intake.
âThe diet strictly limits fat or carbohydrate intake.â
16. Herbal medications have which of the following properties?
They are heavily regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.
They are safe because they are made from "natural" ingredients.
The amount of featured ingredients can vary from sample to sample.
Harmful side effects are minimal on all products.
âHarmful side effects are minimal on all products.â
17. Media ads try to appeal to such human psychological needs as:
Being a socially acceptable person.
Finding a "quick fix" to our problems.
Being attractive to the opposite sex.
All of the above
"All of the above"
18. Which of the following factors can be present in an eating disorder?
depression
good self-esteem
Participation in golf as a sport is a major risk area.
Weight is never at the level for a normal person.
"depression"
19. Chronic Dieting Syndrome has an effect on all EXCEPT:
physical wellness.
emotional wellness.
is found more in elderly than in teen-agers.
continually attempting to restrict food intakes.
"is found more in elderly than in teen-agers."
20. Which eating disorder does NOT have the purging or excessive exercise behaviors?
anorexia nervosa
binge eating
bulimia
All of the above
"bulimia"
21.If you are thinking about approaching a friend or family member regarding your suspicions of an eating disorder where is a good place to start?
Gossip and let the entire school hear about their problem.
Ignore it until the person's health is seriously affected.
Talk to the person about shaping-up, eating more, and getting better on their own.
Talk to them about your concerns and encourage getting professional help.
"Talk to them about your concerns and encourage getting professional help."
22.Physical symptoms of an eating disorder may include:
amenorrhea in both males and females.
high blood pressure and Type II Diabetes.
Lanugo disappears from skin.
electrolyte balance is achieved.
"Lanugo disappears from skin."
23.Factors affecting some rich and famous people to develop an eating disorder are all EXCEPT:
it is used as a method of dealing with stress of being a public figure.
it is part of getting jobs as an actor or actress that a certain body size is maintained.
they have poor self-esteem and body image.
it doesn't matter if they are thin and glamorous all the time.
"it doesn't matter if they are thin and glamorous all the time."
24.Enjoying food and eating involves:
developing a love-hate food relationship.
thinking of foods only in terms of "good" or "bad".
being willing to try a variety of foods and preparation methods.
developing cravings and over-eating that food.
"developing a love-hate food relationship."
25. All are methods of learning your hunger and satiety signals EXCEPT:
using non-food rewards for yourself.
eating when hungry, not when the clock says it's time to eat.
eats lots of food at family gatherings to please relatives.
remembering it takes 20 minutes for "full" signal to go from stomach to brain.
"eats lots of food at family gatherings to please relatives."
A. These are the ones that I know.
I believe you got 13 correct.
17 & 18 are right.
20 is wrong. It is binge eating disorder (binging with no compensatory method) Bulimia is binging and purging, Anorexia is restriction of calories.
21 & 22 are correct.
I think 23 & 25 are correct.
I think 24 is wrong and I think it is "being willing to try a variety of foods and preparation methods."
I am not sure about 14-16 and 19.
I believe you got 13 correct.
17 & 18 are right.
20 is wrong. It is binge eating disorder (binging with no compensatory method) Bulimia is binging and purging, Anorexia is restriction of calories.
21 & 22 are correct.
I think 23 & 25 are correct.
I think 24 is wrong and I think it is "being willing to try a variety of foods and preparation methods."
I am not sure about 14-16 and 19.
What are risks of non-purging bulimia?
Q. I've only ever read about risks of excessive exercise, laxative/diuretic abuse, and vomiting. What are the risks of binge eating and then restricting? Thanks.
A. that's not bulimia that's just binge eating with bulimia you have to either purge or excessive exercise after wards
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