Help with losing weight

itseumi
itseumi Posts: 14
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,

I've been working out everyday for a month now and I don't see any drastic results, except that I have more defined abs.

I followed this:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/entry/jsconnect?client_id=1367006945&Target=/discussion/931670

I work out for 40 mins to 1 hour in the morning (I burn about 300-400 calories running, jogging, crunches and weights) and my breakfast will be hard boiled eggs + banana (sometimes an additional slice of bread).
Lunch varies. Dinner: Cod fish/salmon/something with protein.

I'm 23, female, 5"5, currently weigh 124, my target is 106 pounds.

Not sure if I calculate right but my BMR is 1303 and TDEE is 1832. I try to eat between 1300-1400 calories a day.

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  • Lasmartchika
    Lasmartchika Posts: 3,440 Member
    You're not seeing any results because you're already at a healthy weight. 106 lbs would make you underweight. Why would you want to keep losing weight when you're not fat at all?
  • StacyPhillipsTSFLcoach
    StacyPhillipsTSFLcoach Posts: 83 Member
    I find it interesting that your goal weight is 106, (BMI under 18.5) which is clinically defined as UNDERWEIGHT. Why 106? Is it because at 105 you would meet the CLINICAL definition of ANOREXIC (BMI 17.5 or under)? Either way it is not a healthy goal.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Your goal is underweight.
  • itseumi
    itseumi Posts: 14
    Sure, 106 would be "underweight" but I want to be toned so my goal right now would be 110-115. However, I'm still not there. I used to be an athlete with a weight of 108 pounds before I stopped working out. So I'm just trying to get back into shape. Having 124 pounds with my height is considered fat in my family.
  • Cc215
    Cc215 Posts: 228 Member
    Getting "toned" is not the same as getting to be underweight. Each needs a very different approach.

    You need to decide which you want (don't go chosing underweight), and right now it looks like you don't know - in your OP you said 106lb, a few posts later it's more. A word of warning though - you won't get any support around here if you chose underweight (and very rightly so).

    There are lots of really helpful supportive people here - and they will all be here when you are ready to be the best healthy you, you can be (aiming to be underweight is not healthy). If you aren't there yet - and just want to get thinner and thinner then please seek professional help first. All the help and support here will still be there when you are ready.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    itseumi wrote: »
    Sure, 106 would be "underweight" but I want to be toned so my goal right now would be 110-115. However, I'm still not there. I used to be an athlete with a weight of 108 pounds before I stopped working out. So I'm just trying to get back into shape. Having 124 pounds with my height is considered fat in my family.

    i would suggest eating at maintenance level or a slight deficit and continue strength training..

    and yes, your goal weight is under weight..

    and I love how you say your only progress is "more defined abs" a lot of people would kill for that, so I would say that you are doing pretty well…just start eating more and don't worry about some arbitrary goal weight, that is underweight...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited November 2014
    itseumi wrote: »
    Sure, 106 would be "underweight" but I want to be toned so my goal right now would be 110-115. However, I'm still not there. I used to be an athlete with a weight of 108 pounds before I stopped working out. So I'm just trying to get back into shape. Having 124 pounds with my height is considered fat in my family.

    LOL I would suggest going by what science and nutrition says and not by what your family says…

    look at this way would you rather be 125 pounds and shredded…or 105 pounds and skinny fat?????
  • Cc215
    Cc215 Posts: 228 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »

    LOL I would suggest going by what science and nutrition says and not by what your family says…

    look at this way would you rather be 125 pounds and shredded…or 105 pounds and skinny fat?????

    So much this! Unless your family engages in some weird weighing in rituals, they will never know how much you weigh.

    The only people that know how much I weigh are me, my best friend (we're both trying to lose weight - and I've been totally honest with her), and if anyone at MFP gives a s*** the random strangers that work for MFP and have access to my data.

    Other people know I've lost weight - because they can see it. I tell them, if they ask questions, how much I have lost. I never tell them where I started, or where I am now.
  • jrose1982
    jrose1982 Posts: 366 Member
    LOL I would suggest going by what science and nutrition says and not by what your family says…

    Science and nutrition reports on averages, numbers that work for most people. It's actually completely possible that she's naturally small and completely correct about what her target weight should be.

    However, if that's the case, then OP won't be able to get help on MFP. All anybody knows here is what works for most people. If you truly believe you are supposed to weigh less than most people then get your weight & calorie recommendations from a doctor, not a website.
    i would suggest eating at maintenance level or a slight deficit and continue strength training
    ^^ I agree.

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