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i'm 14 and 246 pounds,

shenuyasha12 Posts: 2 Joined: 2006/04/17	2006/06/11, 01:05 PM i'm 14 years old and 246 pounds. i want to lose weight because i am in fear of health problems. i also want to gain muscle. if i just lift weights and do no cardio, will the muscle gain overpower the fat and proportionise my body to be lean and built? could someone please help me?
Yxven Posts: 76 Joined: 2004/09/05	2006/06/11, 01:22 PM I don't know what "overpowering the fat" consists of, but lifting weights will help create a caloric deficit (Which is what you want). It'll also build far more muscle than cardio. Remember that weight training is 70% diet. You need to do both to lose weight effectively.
PITBULL2888 Posts: 36 Joined: 2006/02/27	2006/06/15, 11:24 PM yeah just lifting weights wont do it all you need to do cardio and diet
Nathanca Posts: 3 Joined: 2006/06/27	2006/07/05, 12:23 PM Lifting weights will make a difference but what you need/what you want is a whole life style change. When I was 14 and first going to high school I was over 6 feet tall and over 240 pounds. Going to the gym just didn't work, I felt discouraged, didn't have the time to get there, and didn't have the money for a membership, or my own weight set. High school sports was a good start, but lets face it, I didn't really fit in there all that well either, everyone was healthier then me, still it was a team sport so I worked hard and my team mates encouraged me. The best thing for me was joining the army cadets, it was my saving grace. It's all year around, everything isn't based on big game wins, but day to day wins, and it's a constant competition on everything you do, so you get to show off other skills while others show you how to get fit. What I am saying is lift weights, but is it a realistic goal at this stage of your life? It wasn't for me, so baby steps all the way. Get a good team something or rather going. You expand your friendship circle that way too, I found most people I hung out with were like me, so they were all getting discouraged too, so we never got anywhere. Good luck, and the only thing is, stick with it, keep trying, and probably have to convice your parents to change there diets, because if you feel out of shape due to a bad diet, they probably are too, and they buy they food, so you gotta convice them too.