7 Proven Weight Loss Tips for Teenagers

Weight Loss tips for Teens

We heard it over and over again, the facts on how to lose weight are freely available but the rest is all up to you. I’ve known some teenager friends who try to lose weight by starving themselves and we know that it is just silly.

We understand that once your child is going through the teenage years, they begin to feel conscious about themselves but as a parent we can help them lose weight by making healthy choices for them while setting a good example.

You can start practicing a nightly walk as a family or other sort of activities that will make everyone feels better about themselves. A positive environment could really help motivate your teens to achieve their goal weight.

Here are the basic rules to a Healthy diet for Teenagers

1.) Starvation is not a solution so eat healthy – It’s a common practice especially when there is an upcoming special event, a dance or a prom for girls to starve themselves in order to lose weight fast. I remember my niece who wished to lose weight because she wanted to get attention from guys.

Therefore, she started to deprive herself from eating food, after 2 weeks, she actually lost 10 lbs due to water weight loss but she developed some ugly spots on her skin that made her embarrassed to go out. But the worst is, she was so depleted of energy and spent couple of weeks under the care of her doctor as she passed out due to starvation.

So one lesson learned here, once you stop eating, your body fails to function normally because we stop supplying nutrients to keep our body healthy.

2.) Healthy Eating is better Than “Dieting” – due to unhealthy weight loss diets; most teenagers experience weight problems and in the course of time become sick. Teen Diets should be carefully weighed until complete physical growth that usually occurs at the age of 18.

3. Dieting Can Cause Health Problems in Teens – Teen Diets are really bad if you are still under 18 because during your teen years (12-17 yrs old), almost 90% of your bone mass and body frame structure are being established as a foundation to adulthood. Therefore, this is not the right time to deprive your body of the important nutrients and vitamins such as calcium, vitamins C & D.

Teen Diets can point to low levels of iron and folic acid which are helpful to avoid being anemic. If you are an anemic person, you often feel tired and exhausted so your intellectual performance become less effective.

4. What Does Healthy Eating really mean – It doesn’t matter what varieties of nutritional foods you take as long as you eat the right portions and you are getting all the nutrients your body requires.

5. Are Certain Foods are Off-Limits – If you take your food in moderation, there is nothing as off limits. So don’t deprive yourself in eating hamburgers, ice cream or pasta as long as your food intake is under control, you can enjoy your food

6. Snack on Fruits to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth –Bring fruits to school for healthy snacks like Brazilian nuts or walnuts.

7. General Rule of Eating Well – bear in mind when eating your meals, you should divide your plate in half with vegetables and the other half will be equally divided between carbohydrates ( pasta, rice, potatoes) and protein (eggs, beans, meat).

Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe / Cabbage Diet

Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe - I’ve heard from friends about the cabbage soup diet and there are even urban myths about this diet soup where original existence was made from hospitals though nobody can claim the truth on it. Yet many people said it is real and it really works.

Well, it is actually that simple as you just eat the cabbage soup for 7 days and promise you to lose weight. For some, they lose weight for up to 10 lbs in one week though such kind of weight loss is mainly water weight. Yet, similar to any low calorie diets, this cabbage soup is effective when you follow the exact rules but remember inadequate nutrition and boredom is inevitable since the food choices are so limited and the calories are low.

The Cabbage Soup Diet plan promises a 10-pound weight loss in one week, and dieters are restricted to one week at a time on the plan. If they want to lose more, they are advised to wait awhile before commencing another week on this super-low-calorie diet

Normally, some recipes may vary but normally it includes cabbage as the main ingredients and you can add some of your favorite vegetables, and a little bit of bouillon and tomato juice on it to add flavors. Despite the fact that you are going to consume the cabbage soup for 7 days, there are other foods you can add within that period.

Cabbage Diet Meal Plan for your reference

Day 1
Food: Cabbage soup plus your favorite fruits except bananas
Drink: Black coffee, unsweetened tea, water or cranberry juice

Day 2
Food: Cabbage soup plus a baked potato with butter plus vegetables (no peas, corn or beans

Day 3
Food: Cabbage soup plus varieties of the above vegetables and fruits

Day 4
Food: Cabbage soup plus you can eat up to 8 bananas and drink 2 glasses of skim milk

Day 5
Food: Cabbage soup along with up to 20 ounces of chicken, beef or fish and up to 6 fresh tomatoes followed by at least 6-8 glasses of water

Day 6
Food: Cabbage soup along with unlimited vegetables and up to 3 beef

Day 7
Food: Cabbage soup along with up to 2 cups of brown rice plus fruit juices (unsweetened) and vegetables.

Notice that the quantity of your food intake has increase toward the end of the week this is because to help you adjust anew in your eating habit while avoiding to get sick. This cabbage soup diet should be done for only a week at a time and not continually.

Take precaution of your activities when doing the cabbage soup diet because there are some dieters who were reported to feel light-headed particularly during the first few days on diet.

Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe

1 pack of dry onion soup mix

2 cubes of chicken or beef bouillon

1 celery stick (not the whole stalk), diced

1/2 head diced cabbage

3 carrots, sliced

2 bell peppers, sliced

6 large green onions, or 1 large yellow, white or purple onion, diced

2 cans of tomatoes whole or diced

Cooking spray

Pepper, Salt, garlic powder, parsley and soy sauce to taste or your favorite seasoning

Saute all vegetables until tender except tomatoes and cabbage. Add 12 cups of water and then the cabbage while tossing bouillon cubes, soup mix, and seasonings. Cook the soup until the whole ingredients are tender then you can add the tomatoes.