another weight loss question

src_132

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I have always been pretty muscular with no excercise. I used to eat freely and hardly get any excercise and still be muscular enough to where people laughed when I told them I didn't work out. In the past few months I saw myself gaining weight and others noticed too. I thought maybe I was just growing because this has been my growing process before (I gain a little weight then sprout). But I am nearing 18 and I fear that I may be done growing and maybe my body wants some excercise.

So let's say I start eating a little less (3 meals a day no snacks, maybe fast food for lunch once a week because I can't escape my friends eating habits) drinking 3-4 bottles of water a day and running/walking for about 2 miles a day (usually takes around 20 minutes). Right now I am about 170 (guessing I really dont have a scale will get one soon) 5"10

So if I did all that then I would lose weight at a pretty rapid pace, correct? I am not expecting to wake up slim but I have seen my body lose and gain weight very very quickly with little or no excercise so if I am restricting my diet and breaking a sweat I hope to see some results =P

Another question.. I am using a treadmill to run since I live in a very small, gated neighborhood and the closest road is an access road. I don't know if it is my old shoes or what but when i "jog" my calves start burning excessively and I have to slow down, but when I run I putting less weight on my legs so my calves dont burn. What I usually do is 2 minutes of walking 2 minutes of jogging for about 20 minutes but if I job i usually end up doing 7 minutes of jogging and around 15 minutes of walking because my calves are burning so bad.

My question is should I walk 2 mins jog 2 mins or walk 2 mins run 1 min? Or maybe just change my shoes? (They are new balance but I have had them for 3 years).

Another question is alot of my track friends say I don't really need to stretch if I am already flexible and only running for 20-25 minutes - is this true? I was always first for the flexibility test's in weight training just to relate to my flexibility.


Another thing, if I was to add a little weight training to my routine would that speed it up as well? and what would be a good routine using ONLY dumbells? Under some of the flab I have accumulated there is some natural muscle that I freakishly have from doing nothing. I took weight training for a semester and looked like a beast. Im not looking to punch through a brick wall I just want to look slim again.
 
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