hi random

welcome!

The advice above is good advice, but I would like to help.

My son is 19, he was overweight at your age. Thought it might cheer you to know that today he wears waist 30″ trousers and is slim and fit. He is beginning to out on a little weight again, but in a good way, he is still growing and his shoulders are becoming wider, due to growing and exercising.

I know how difficult it can be when you are at school, it can spoil such a lot of things, PE, clothes and dealing with that most scary of creatures, girls!

Is the 5:2 diet safe for children? I dont know. I think it isnt advised because children are different to adults, they are still growing, and need to eat well to grow well, you are just a little of of sync.

I do know though that, because you are still growing, there may be difficulties and problems with fasting.

Your doctor or nurse may be of great help, please go and see them. But if they just give you a diet sheet and tell you to eat healthily and exercise you will lose weight. Easy. But people, men and women, are on this forum because, it just isnt easy.

So my advice is stay with us, you are as entitled as the rest of us to be here. Your first post took courage, it is always hard to ask questions, well done. We are all here for help and support – the very things you need.

There us a lot of advice about bad food, good food and better food. So start reading.

The fast diet works simply – eat less than we used to eat.

So how do we adapt it?

Write down what you are eating. Or use an app. Myfitnesspal is good. Ignore the stuff like the number of calories in a day, i do.

It will teach you about calories.

Get a set a kitchen scales or borrow your mums. Get measuring. Find out how much a serving of cereal is. Check the packet. Pop into the supermarket and check loads of different cereals. This will shock you. Can you find something that you can eat which is lower in calories, with perhaps less sugar. Cornflakes have much lower calories that honey nut cornflakes. Maybe a bit more boring, but better for you. Measure out a serving, according to the packet, if you are still hungry, have a little more. But make sure it is hunger, not habit.

Eventually, by keeping up with forums, you will find some great breakfasts options, but start by changing a little the breakfast you have already.

5:2 teaches us we can eat whatever we want, but not as much as we want. So maybe buy one pack if sweets, not two. Change from full sugar coke to zero coke. Medium MacDonalds if you normally have large. An apple instead of apple juice.

This is how my son began.

Getting into your gym kit and going for a run is a great idea. Bet it isnt. Heck it scares ne! My son started by walking. Easy, free, you can wear anything, and it is secret exercise. A pedometer is a good thing to buy, and only a few quid, easy to hide too!

Find out how many steps you are walking now. Spend those weekends that you were going to fast going for walks. Do secret walks, visit museums. A change from walking outside, walk all over, up and down stairs, there are usually lots. Make it something you fancy doing.

Ok, you might feel awful just halfway down the street, but keep at it, I guarantee that wuthin a week you will get twice as far begoreyou are puffed out. And you will walk a little further every day.

Keep in touch. Stay on the forum, lots of folk here can help, come on and tell us your success, let us know when it is going well. Let us know especially if it isnt.

And my boy says he us here for advice whenever you need it, he eventually moved on from walking, he runs regularly and goes to the gym most days. But he started slowly, and did it in his own time. He made little goals, to lose 3 kilos to walk 3 miles.

Hope that helps, just to get you started. There are many people here who know how to help you to lose weight.

Good luck, be positive and post soon!!!!!