Not sure how to go about this...
SkinnyMiss053
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Okay so I've been thinking. I didn't know exactly how much I wanted to lose, but now I'm thinking 10kg. I will then weigh 50kg at 5'2 with a small frame.
My biggest problem though (and I'm not sure if weight loss will fix it) is that I'm apple-shaped. I store all my fat in my belly, but I have skinny arms and legs. I'm scared my arms and legs will look boney and I'll still have a belly.
What do you all think I should do?
My biggest problem though (and I'm not sure if weight loss will fix it) is that I'm apple-shaped. I store all my fat in my belly, but I have skinny arms and legs. I'm scared my arms and legs will look boney and I'll still have a belly.
What do you all think I should do?
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That might happen at first-- the places where your body most readily stores fat are also typically the last to lose it. But keep plugging away; I bet you'll see improvement eventually! Most important is achieving a healthy weight and increasing your body's physical capabilities, right? Someone on here compared the "body-in-progress" to a construction zone once: it might look like a bit of a mess for awhile, but the end result will be worth it!0
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If you feel like your arms and legs look to 'skinny' when you reach your goal weight, then you can increase your calories and lift weights to refine your shape and get that good toned look.
But don't take my word for it, I'm not at my goal yet lol0 -
determined_14 wrote: »That might happen at first-- the places where your body most readily stores fat are also typically the last to lose it. But keep plugging away; I bet you'll see improvement eventually! Most important is achieving a healthy weight and increasing your body's physical capabilities, right? Someone on here compared the "body-in-progress" to a construction zone once: it might look like a bit of a mess for awhile, but the end result will be worth it!
Problem is, what if I reach 50kg and it's still there?? I don't really want to go lower than that, the absolute lowest I can go (before I'm underweight) is 47kg. So I'm kind of even scared of going down to 50! Hah0 -
SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »What do you all think I should do?
Whatever you want. Seriously.0 -
ncboiler89 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »What do you all think I should do?
Whatever you want. Seriously.
If only I know what I wanted....or more specifically, what the outcome will be of what I want.0 -
Do you see other people walking around with incredibly thin arms and legs and a huge belly?0
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I know this seems like the answer for everything around here but I would highly suggest you start lifting weights if you don't already. Find a good full body lifting program (5/3/1, Stronglifts, Starting Strength, etc.) and follow it while working on losing the fat. My stomach is my biggest problem spot too. I've pretty much gone from apple to ruler but I still have the belly. (This is not me but it's pretty much what I have going on at this point.) It's the only spot on my body that I'm not happy with right now. Lifting weights is helping me to shape my body a lot and gives me something to focus on above and beyond my stomach. I am fairly certain that I will have to get leaner than I would like in order to lose the stomach, but I am okay with it because I feel like I'm building a good base to work from once I finally get there.0
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Do you see other people walking around with incredibly thin arms and legs and a huge belly?Do you see other people walking around with incredibly thin arms and legs and a huge belly?
Haha I suppose not. But my belly is much larger compared to my arms and legs, which are sexy just like they are now to me (they just need a bit of a tan...Lol)0 -
SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »What do you all think I should do?
Whatever you want. Seriously.
If only I know what I wanted....or more specifically, what the outcome will be of what I want.
Well that is something that needs to be figure out you think? BTW no one really know what the outcome will be to the goals they have unless they have been there before.
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SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »What do you all think I should do?
Whatever you want. Seriously.
If only I know what I wanted....or more specifically, what the outcome will be of what I want.
Best way to find out is try it! If you’re worried about boney-ness and such, weight training is an awesome way to reshape your body. You can’t really gain muscle while eating in a caloric deficit, because your body needs a surplus of calories to create the muscle, but it’s always a good idea to do strength training while losing weight: you hold on to existing muscle better and you might have some newbie gains (muscle gains because you haven’t lifted before). Once you’re at your goal weight, you can eat at maintenance and start slowly gaining some muscle (it’s called “recomp”). Check out Stronglifts 5x5, Starting Strength, or Strong Curves - they’re good weight lifting programs based on the premise of lifting heavy weights for just a few reps (e.g. 5).0 -
If your arms and legs are truly skinny, you won't lose much weight there. Though you may discover that you had more fat there than you realized. You will lose the most fat in the places where you have the most fat. As you lose weight, your proportions will begin to even out, so that your big belly begins to match your skinny arms.0
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Unfortunately, it's true... apple shaped people tend to lose weight slowest in their belly. However, you will still be losing weight. Try not to worry right now where you will lose the weight but just focus on losing. I am pear shaped and I don't care for my hips and thighs AT ALL. I have definitely lost weight in those areas but I'm no swimsuit model! I have a flat tummy but I will never have a great butt or thighs without dimples. BUT I will take my flabby thighs over being back over 300 lbs any day! :-)0
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I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?0 -
TimothyFish wrote: »If your arms and legs are truly skinny, you won't lose much weight there. Though you may discover that you had more fat there than you realized. You will lose the most fat in the places where you have the most fat. As you lose weight, your proportions will begin to even out, so that your big belly begins to match your skinny arms.
Nope
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If you get to the point where you feel like you don't want to lose anymore because your arms are too thin, you'd just work on maintaining or eating a bit extra to build muscle. You can change directions, stop, change directions again, etc.0
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SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
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This isn't case with my legs but my arms my arms lean out ridiculously as soon as I start losing weight for some odd reason. Lift to retain your muscle. when you lose they won't look boney. They'll just end up looking very lean and muscular. It's really a bonus if you think about it rather than a problem. Your arms look so fit that the assumption is you're lean like that all over in places people can't see. I come off looking leaner than I really am in other areas.0
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I suggest weight lifting to build up your arms and legs. 0
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SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
It's not just machines, there are some bodyweight exercises in there as well. Like weighted squats, lunges, and...uhm...a few others I can't remember the names of. But it does focus on all muscle groups. I specifically told him I wanted it that way, because my entire body is weak.0 -
My plan is to just lose 1 pound at a time until I'm comfortable 0
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SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
It's not just machines, there are some bodyweight exercises in there as well. Like weighted squats, lunges, and...uhm...a few others I can't remember the names of. But it does focus on all muscle groups. I specifically told him I wanted it that way, because my entire body is weak.
That’s awesome! I hear you, I have no upper body strength. It’s so irritating. But we’ll get there! 0 -
SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
It's not just machines, there are some bodyweight exercises in there as well. Like weighted squats, lunges, and...uhm...a few others I can't remember the names of. But it does focus on all muscle groups. I specifically told him I wanted it that way, because my entire body is weak.
That’s awesome! I hear you, I have no upper body strength. It’s so irritating. But we’ll get there!
OMG me neither. I can't do regular push ups, my arms are too weak. And I can't do certain types of ab-work either (yet), because it hurts my back. It's extremely irritating. My brain screams: "MOAR! DO MOAR!!" and my body goes like: "NOOOOOOOO!!!"0 -
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SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
It's not just machines, there are some bodyweight exercises in there as well. Like weighted squats, lunges, and...uhm...a few others I can't remember the names of. But it does focus on all muscle groups. I specifically told him I wanted it that way, because my entire body is weak.
That’s awesome! I hear you, I have no upper body strength. It’s so irritating. But we’ll get there!
OMG me neither. I can't do regular push ups, my arms are too weak. And I can't do certain types of ab-work either (yet), because it hurts my back. It's extremely irritating. My brain screams: "MOAR! DO MOAR!!" and my body goes like: "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
Listen to your body more than your mind. If I followed that I would of never tore a muscle in the gym.
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I am apple shaped and have lost 20 lbs. I still have about 30 lbs to go before I am in the middle of my healthy bmi range.
My experience is that the areas of my body that were fattest are losing the most inches. The thinner areas don't change as much. My thighs and calves got 2" smaller but then have held steady while other measurements continued to decrease. I didn't measure my arms. My hips have gotten 2" smaller and I expect will not change much more as they are already at my goal size. My waist has gotten almost 5" smaller now and I expect that area to continue to decrease.
I wouldn't worry about your waist still being big. If everywhere else is already thin then that is where you will lose the most inches most likely.
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yopeeps025 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
It's not just machines, there are some bodyweight exercises in there as well. Like weighted squats, lunges, and...uhm...a few others I can't remember the names of. But it does focus on all muscle groups. I specifically told him I wanted it that way, because my entire body is weak.
That’s awesome! I hear you, I have no upper body strength. It’s so irritating. But we’ll get there!
OMG me neither. I can't do regular push ups, my arms are too weak. And I can't do certain types of ab-work either (yet), because it hurts my back. It's extremely irritating. My brain screams: "MOAR! DO MOAR!!" and my body goes like: "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
Listen to your body more than your mind. If I followed that I would of never tore a muscle in the gym.
Yeah I should. I usually work until failure. Or through the pain (back pain from doing bicycle crunches - I'm talking about you!) until the set is finished.0 -
SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »SkinnyMiss053 wrote: »I do lift weights now, but it's a program designed by a personal trainer at my gym. It uses the machines and some exercises with dumbbells. I'm not that strong yet but currently what's happening is, I do 10 reps at a lighter weight. Then increase the weight and do 8 reps. Then increase again and do 6 reps. The aim is that I struggle with the last 6.
It's a program designed for 5 days of the week. Don't know if it will do me any good?
Ehh, I honestly don’t know, but it sounds like you’re on the right path to me. I use a program where I just to 3 sets of 5 reps at the most weight I can finish 5 reps with, basically. It uses basic compound exercises like barbell squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc. As long as you’re pushing yourself, I think it’s getting the job done. What I would say is that I’d look into barbell and dumbbell exercises over machines: machines isolate muscles, whereas free weights make more muscles work harder.
Jemhh makes an excellent point that you can always change directions for a while and focus on strength training and gaining some muscle.
It's not just machines, there are some bodyweight exercises in there as well. Like weighted squats, lunges, and...uhm...a few others I can't remember the names of. But it does focus on all muscle groups. I specifically told him I wanted it that way, because my entire body is weak.
That’s awesome! I hear you, I have no upper body strength. It’s so irritating. But we’ll get there!
OMG me neither. I can't do regular push ups, my arms are too weak. And I can't do certain types of ab-work either (yet), because it hurts my back. It's extremely irritating. My brain screams: "MOAR! DO MOAR!!" and my body goes like: "NOOOOOOOO!!!"
You’re too funny. If it’s any comfort, I am seeing some slight progress, and I’m sure you will too. My weight progressions are slower on my bench press than anything else, but slow and steady can win the race. I am also super cautious about increasing weights too fast because I don’t want to risk injury. I’m finding weighed barbell squats have really helped my core strength, including abs/back. You got this!0 -
I'm thinking about picking up a guitar and learning to play, but i'm worried about whether i'll be able to quit my job when my favorite band recruits me....
Don't put off getting healthy because of what might happen, eventually.
You didn't get to a point where you were dissatisfied with belly fat in a meal, or a day, or a week. You won't get to a point where you are at your picture of ideal health in a meal, or a day, or a week. There may be periods at which your body shape doesn't please you. But if you're on the track to good health, you will be able to set new goals and modify your practices accordingly. And it'll be easier to adhere to your practices if you're already in a set of healthy habits.0
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