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Losing half a stone.

Hi. I’m 15 years old and im 5ft 5inches tall. I currently weigh 8 stone which is a bout right for my age and height. Thing is in March 2008 I only weighed 7 stone and I’ve gain a stone very quickly and I’m not use to it. I wouoldn’t mind losing a bit of weight, just half a stone. I know to do so I should exercise more eat smaller portions and cut out any junk I eat but I was wondering how long it would take me to lose the half a stone? Thanks xx

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  You should probably weigh 115 to 120 pounds to be in the 50 percentile of your age and height group. At 8 stone you only weigh 112 pounds. You’re okay right where you are, so I wouldn’t try to lose any weight.   Average Teenager Weight

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“How can I Lose 1 pound of body weight per week?”

One pound of body fat is equal to about 3500 calories. So to lose 1 pound of weight per week, you need to eat 500 calories/day LESS than you burn.

But it’s not a good idea to lose weight simply by cutting calories. As well as decreasing calories you should increase your daily physical exercise. This helps to burn calories and build more lean tissue which in turn burns more calories.

Answer #2

a months or 2

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