I am homeschooled and I have recently become overweight. I am about 5"0 at 136 pounds. We live in an apartment and I can't really go around much in this neighborhood. There have been some crimes recently and we live next to a train station and a highway. My parents won't take me to a gym and we don't really go much anywhere. My dad SOMETIMES takes me to go on a bike ride, but that's once in a blue moon. I need to lose weight. I am only a kid, so I don't know how to exercise. I used to be really active and skinny, but ever since we moved here, I can't do much. Please help. Don't bother and waste my time if you have insults or ridiculuous idiotic things to say. Only people who want to help me. My idea to lose weight would be about 20 to 30 pounds, and I want a six pack. Please help. Any ideas of how to lose weight accepted, except insults.
It's possible Janet M, that you don't have any contacts or fans for telling others they're rude.
Apartments.com has a great area of their website you'll probably like a lot. Apartment Living has tons of exercise articles, check this one out.
Working Out in Your Apartment
Turn your apartment into a fitness factory! You don’t even need to buy a home gym!
Depending on your goals and preferences, you might want to buy one, or more, of the following items:
Jump rope (high intensity cardio)
Mini-trampoline (mid-intensity cardio)
Exercise DVD (for those who like guidance and motivation)
Free weights or an exercise band (strength training)
Exercise ball (core strength)
These items are inexpensive and can add to your workout but they’re really not necessary. Read on for tips on improvising and creating your own routine.
Cardiovascular Exercise
This type of exercise increases your heart rate and tones your muscles. Here are some suggestions:
Jog in place and do jumping jacks.
Jump rope (start slowly as this is very high intensity).
If you have stairs, run up and down or use only the bottom step to jump on and off, using both feet.
Do old-fashioned aerobics (think 80’s dancing). Aim for at least 20 minutes and make sure your heart rate is elevated.
For a more effective calorie-burning routine, alternate five minutes of cardio with one of the strength exercises below until you’ve worked every muscle group. This is called circuit training and should keep your heart rate elevated. When your heart rate remains high throughout your exercise time, you burn more calories.
Strength Training
Compliment your cardio routine with strength training. Strength exercises are necessary for a complete workout. Building muscle raises your resting metabolic rate, which means you burn more calories throughout the day. If you aren’t into the big and bulky muscle builder look, don’t worry about it. It’s pretty much impossible for you to get that way without incredibly intense training and supplements. Follow this full-body plan 2-3 days a week for the best results.
Arms - You can either purchase an exercise band (about $10 at a retail store), free weights (prices very by weight) or fill up a milk carton with water or sand until it reaches your desired weight. Do 12-20 repetitions of bicep curls, tricep dips and shoulder raises.
Chest - Get on the floor and do some old fashioned pushups—as many as you can do without losing your form. Start on your knees if you’re a beginner. Also do a press with your band or weights. Lie on the floor and hold a weight in each hand. Lift them straight over your chest and lower slowly. (12-20 reps)
Back - Stand with your feet hip-width apart and bend forward. Grasp a weight, or a weighted object, in each hand and hold your arms out in front of you with a bend in your elbow. Use your back muscles to lift the weights to shoulder length and lower slowly. (12-20 reps)
Legs Squats - Stand up straight with your back against the wall and bend your knees until they are almost parallel with the floor. (12-20 reps)
Lunges - Stand with one foot 2-3 feet in front of the other. Bend both legs as low as you can without allowing your front knee to go over your toes. Keep your back straight the entire time. (12-20 reps)
Abs - Do 25-50 traditional crunches on the floor. Lie on the floor and put your hands behind your head gently. Lift your head up, not forward and focus your eyes in front of you. Hold in your stomach muscles the entire time and breathe after every crunch.
Toning/Flexibility
Every workout needs a stretching component so that your well-toned muscles can look their best—and not cramp up at work the next day. There are myriads of different stretches but here are a few you can do to keep limber:
Purchase a stretching video: Dim the lights and make it a relaxing experience.
Do yoga: This can be a workout in itself. Look for a book or video on hatha yoga, the style that focuses on stretching poses.
Recall your basketball team days: The warm-up and cool-down exercises you did as a high school athlete are still useful today.
Now don’t you feel better? Try to get in a workout 4-5 days a week to really notice a change in your body and energy level. Now your only problem is the neighbors below you…be courteous and workout during daytime hours so that you’re not getting angry knocks on your door mid-crunch!
Tips for speeding up your metabolism and losing weight! 
Congratz to all of you who it has helped :).
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