Hi all, I'm an 18 year old, 5'9'' and was around 178 pounds a week ago. After not doing much exercise at all and not watching what I eat, not liking the size of my gut etc, a few days ago I decided I was going to lose about 15-20 pounds. My BMI sits at around 26, therefore being overweight. It should be noted I have quite a lot of muscle in my upper body.

Anyway, I started running on Tuesday for the first time in ages, and have now been running each day with my dog for around half an hour walking him after for another half hour, also walking later on for around 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, going from nothing to much more has caused the muscles in my legs to get really worn out. They ache and it's hard to walk down the stairs or get up, the pain is in my thigh and I researched this as overuse. The same pain has developed in my lower leg.

I initially thought eating next to nothing would be a good idea, but ruled this out yesterday when someone told me it was only a very short term solution and dangerous in the long run. So I've started a new eating pattern, where I have shredded wheat and black coffee in the morning, maybe pasta and some kind of salad with grapefruit, melon and grapes for lunch and dinner is never anything set if you will.

A problem (more physiological than anything) is that I've become a little obsessed with measuring my weight. It measured 179 pounds just over a week ago, and after my first run (two days ago) decreased to 173. This really encouraged me, but it went up to 176 by the day's end. Yesterday after my run it measured 172.5, going back to 176 at the end of the day. After my run today, I weighed 171.5 pounds, but was really angered as it went up to 178 a couple of hours after. I figured it was just because I'd eaten, but it showed how obsessive I'm getting over weight measurments.

Like I said, I want to get down to about 162 pounds, so am I on the right track to achieve that fairly quickly? I'll have to cut down on running to maybe 4-5 times a week but I'll continue to walk everyday.

Overall, is my new lifestyle healthy? I know the way I eat is a lot better, but I'm worried about this muscle pain I've been getting.

Congrats for your start..I think you are on the right track just need to more push.

Hello again..As I already suggested you about taking diet pills..have you tried it? did you get the best diet pills for you?
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Hello,
Your are on the right track, but only walking and running wont help you. They are just 40% of the schedule. You have to work on other parts also and do more exercise like sit ups, push ups, abs etc. this will help you reduce your weight in over all proportion.
I can help you with various exercises also.
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I think your on the right track and just need more determination and discipline to your self. Maybe you're having muscle pain because you're just not used to running or you're pushing yourself too much.

I already told you that you are on the right track..so any weight loss? From some days as I said I'm using diet pills, they are showing me the positive results towards weight loss..Wish me luck..Hope it would prove be the best diet pills..

Here are some of the ways to lose more weight.

* Avoid junk foods such as snacks, chips, fast foods and other unhealthy food.
* Exercise regularly to lose more weight and to burn unwanted calories.
* Have a healthy diet plan
* Drink lots of water so unwanted fats will be breakdown and you will feel full
* Give more importance to veggies, fruits and other high protein foods.

If you will follow this on regular bases you will lose weight easily.

Some tips to lose weight are:-

(a) Eat fiber rich foods
(b) Stop Smoking and Alcohol
(c) Stop Junk Foods
(d) Drink Sufficient water
(e) Walk atleast 20min in a day
(f) Take food 5 times instead of 3 times as usual

I agree with the above comments, appropriate exercise, moderate diet, drink plenty of water, eat less high-fat foods.