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Anonymous
You win points for the unrelated (though Wolverine is always related) pic.
A couple of things. You're aiming to lose about 2 (a little more) pounds a week. That's a total of 7,000 calories that you have to not intake/burn. Take what you're eating now, and subtract around 500-800ish calories a day (even though it "technically" should be a thousand a day) and track your weight loss from week to week.
As for eating, try not to worry about ratios so much. That kind of stuff is for models, athletes, and other people who have the money, time, and inclination to follow such a strict dietary regimen. It makes no sense for someone, especially a kid, to adhere to. If you eat foods that you're supposed to, the health thing kind of takes care of itself. The foods that everyone lists as good are because they're high in protein, especially in relation to their calorie cost, or high in fiber and "good" carbs that break down more slowly, which doesn't spike your blood sugar as much, which doesn't trigger fat storage.
A good book that helped me (don't know how /fit/ feels about it was The Abs Diet by David Zinzcenko (or something like that). It's from the editor-in-chief of Men's Health and it provides some pretty great basic info on good nutrition.
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