Help!

Hi I'm Mandy .. Feel free to add me or private Message me to help me more!
But I need help on how to exercise .. I have a rectangle body type .. I do gain muscle quick .. I do want to lose 10 more pounds .. But when I lose weight because of my body type I loose all over and not a specific spot .. I want to keep my legs but I do want a butt lol! I don't have one but I like the size of my legs .. But since I'm a rectangle my stomach is similar to the rest of my body .. I want to loose more in my waist ..but as I exercise I just loose all over .. I want to be curvy and muscle not long and muscle .. Which is nice on girls but I rather have curves ..so can anyone help me what should I do

Replies

  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Everybody loses weight all over but it isn't always proportional. It is also impossible to spot lose fat--to pick where it comes off. You sound as if you're trying to get an entirely different body shape rather than a healthier version of the one you have. My suggestion is to aim for a healthy body weight while training (exercising) to get a healthy look. Keep in mind that if you're shaped like Gwyneth Paltrow you're not going to reshape yourself into Salma Hayek. But you can add *some* curves through added muscle.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    lift heavy


    and no exercise will change your body SHAPE
  • Clobern80
    Clobern80 Posts: 714 Member
    Yup, unfortunately you can't choose a target area. You will lose fat from wherever your body decides. The best thing is to just lose the weight you want to lose and then work on sculpting, toning and building the areas you want.
  • juzbecuz698
    juzbecuz698 Posts: 71 Member

    @jemhh thank you for the response and the info .. I am saying to get a different shape .. Mainly stomach ... But from what your saying along with @clobern80 it's hard to target and shape certain areas .. I do work out moderately I am actually at my half way point ! Which is pretty exciting .. So I was thinking of targeting certain areas and shaping .. But I guess I should just work on toning the last 10 pounds or should I drop 10 pounds then tone
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    It's not hard to target fat loss in certain spots... It's impossible. Continue eating at a deficit and you will loss fat all over.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    There's no reason to wait to exercise. You can exercise and strengthen specific muscles and may build a limited amount of muscle depending on your deficit and the type of exercise you do (you'd need to do some sort of progressive resistance exercise such as lifting weights.) Losing weight without exercising will give you a smaller and likely softer version of what you have now, due to muscle loss.
  • juzbecuz698
    juzbecuz698 Posts: 71 Member
    edited January 2016
    @jemhh no I've been exercising and eating right .. Ive been doing a lot of cardio and I've lost a lot already I just want to loose 10 more pounds .. I'm just saying like I wanted to now target certain areas and keep certain areas while getting rid of those last 10 .. Sorry for the confusion I must have not made it clear .. So toning is next on the list but was wondering if I can mainly target my stomach and how I should start exercising
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    There's no way at all to control where you lose fat from - your body picks based on genetics and hormones. At best, you can control where you gain muscle - and that will need strength training, not cardio, to do.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I feel like we are going in circles.

    You cannot spot reduce fat. Lose 10 more pounds. It might come from your stomach or your back or your armpits or your earlobes. Short of amputation or liposuction, you cannot force a specific body part or area to lose fat while another part or area retains fat.

    You can spot strengthen and build muscle through a combination of appropriate exercise (progressive resistance using the specific muscle or muscles) and nutrition. Building muscle in a deficit is not impossible but is challenging and much more difficult/slower than building at maintenance or above.

    Protecting/preserving muscle in a deficit, on the other hand, is relatively easy. Do some sort of progressive resistance. Eat sufficient amounts of protein (.64-.82g/lb of bodyweight is fine.) Eat in a reasonable, not extreme, deficit.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    edited January 2016
    rankinsect wrote: »
    There's no way at all to control where you lose fat from - your body picks based on genetics and hormones. At best, you can control where you gain muscle - and that will need strength training, not cardio, to do.

    This. Add in strength training, concentrating on the area you want to build up. You'll lose fat when and where your body decides. Once you get to your goal weight, you can work on adding some muscle to areas, but you can't target an area to make it smaller or lose fat only from there. It's genetics.
  • juzbecuz698
    juzbecuz698 Posts: 71 Member
    Thanks everyone