Q: hi mike, im 15 and i weigh 240 pounds and im 6 foot. I work out for football and baseball. I even sumtimes jog in my free time. I want to get down to 210 or 215 pounds by the end of this summer. But i am not entirely sure wat to do to get there.

A: Assuming you do whole body weight training, you have the training part down already (if not, read my weight training article). So for you the key will be getting a hold of your diet. Couple things first... As a still growing teenager it's important for you to not lose weight too quickly. You have about 16 weeks till the end of summer and I recommend losing weight not much faster than 1 pound/week, so I would aim for maybe 20 pounds lost this summer (you can lose the remaining 5-10 pounds after the start of the school year).

As far as what your diet should look like, first read my nutrition article to learn about the principles of healthy eating to lose weight, then fill out my fitness guide specifying 'Lose Fat' as your goal. It will give you a complete daily diet as well as directions how to customize it and also how to stay on track. Take my suggested diet, customize it to your tastes and simply stick to it! Then just monitor your weight and adjust your diet every 3-4 weeks -- if you lose more than 5 pounds or so in those 3-4 weeks, you'll need to increase portion sizes slightly and if you lose less than 2 pounds, then you'll neeed to decrease portion sizes slightly.

Hope that helps! I strongly recommend that you read those nutrition and training articles that I linked a couple times if needed till you really understand them. Good luck!