I am skinny fat. Please help.
SkinnyFatBGone
Posts: 59 Member
So here are a few things about me.
Female
5'9
156 lbs
26.4 percent body fat
I want to lose 20 lbs, mostly fat hopefully, and then tone up.
I work out everyday doing 95 percent cardio. Should I start doing other exercises?
Btw, I can't cook so I eat out everyday. (Exactly why I'm skinny fat.)
Female
5'9
156 lbs
26.4 percent body fat
I want to lose 20 lbs, mostly fat hopefully, and then tone up.
I work out everyday doing 95 percent cardio. Should I start doing other exercises?
Btw, I can't cook so I eat out everyday. (Exactly why I'm skinny fat.)
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Eat less calories than you burn in a day.
Lift heavy (for you) weights.
The end.16 -
Even if somehow you got your body fat % right, 26% is not 'skinny fat'.6
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Definitely start strength training. This will help you retain lean mass while losing weight. You may even have some beginner recomp going on. I would not wait to start with strength training.
Also eating--other than eating at a deficit, make sure you are getting enough protein, this along with strength training helps you preserve your muscle while in a deficit.5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Eat less calories than you burn in a day.
Lift heavy (for you) weights.
The end.
^^^ This right here ^^^
Also, posters back is awesome.2 -
Try checking out BodyBuilding.com for plan to help you out with weight lifting. That and YouTube can be a great resource to see what the exercises look like. "Toning up" means building muscle and then shedding the fat to see the muscle. Like the other poster said, lift heavy, eat for your goals.1
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »
No, it's entirely normal6 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Eat less calories than you burn in a day.
Lift heavy (for you) weights.
The end.
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TavistockToad wrote: »SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »
No, it's entirely normal
I should be at 23.0 according to BMI.
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Can't cook and have to eat out as in don't know how to cook, or can't cook as in I have no access to a stove/microwave/refrigerator?2
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »
No, it's entirely normal
I should be at 23.0 according to BMI.
You're confusing BMI with bodyfat percentage6 -
That seems a bit odd, im only 5ft 4, 155lb and 25.5% body fat, my BMI is 26.8 and I am a size 12.0
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Heavy lifting or body weight exercises and reduce the cardio. Someone once said that cardio is for heart health yes but mostly just so you can eat more. Strength training is where you'll see the results.1
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My BMI is 23.0 and my body fat is 26.4. This means that I need to lower my body fat percentage to 23, right?0
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Correct me if I am wrong but I dont think your BMI number is related to your body fat % xx1
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »
No, it's entirely normal
I should be at 23.0 according to BMI.
BMI doesn't say anything about what your BF% should be.2 -
SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »My BMI is 23.0 and my body fat is 26.4. This means that I need to lower my body fat percentage to 23, right?
Not necessarily, it depends on your build, some ladies can carry more. BMI does not directly correlate to body fat percentage. At all. Do you look fat? Try just losing some weight first. Do you not look fat? Feel the right size but want to reshape some? Then train, train, lift weights, work out, let that define your shape.
I am your height and was 20-21% bodyfat at 125lb, and am still 20-21% bodyfat at 136 after bulking up by eating more and doing heavier exercise. And there are women who are heavier than me at my height and still 20% bodyfat; and women who are my height and weight but fatter. Weight and composition are separate moving parts.
If you are happy with how you look, then there is no problem, plenty of women are built in a way that carries 26% bodyfat beautifully.
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BMI is supposed to approximate bodyfat, but it is very easily misclassified. It has high correlation for inactive adults in higher bmi range, but once someone lifts, bmi is unlikely to be a good representation of bodyfat.1
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your diet is going to be a lot of it as well.. you cant eat out everyday and expect to lose weight..1
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »So here are a few things about me.
Female
5'9
156 lbs
26.4 percent body fat
I want to lose 20 lbs, mostly fat hopefully, and then tone up.
I work out everyday doing 95 percent cardio. Should I start doing other exercises?
Btw, I can't cook so I eat out everyday. (Exactly why I'm skinny fat.)
I am also 5'9 but 145. You post reminds me of where I was at one point. Weights girl. Weights and patience and you will get there. Cardio alone will not get you there.
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SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »My BMI is 23.0 and my body fat is 26.4. This means that I need to lower my body fat percentage to 23, right?
No.
They're 2 separate things.1 -
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BMI is supposed to approximate bodyfat, but it is very easily misclassified. It has high correlation for inactive adults in higher bmi range, but once someone lifts, bmi is unlikely to be a good representation of bodyfat.
It isn't supposed to approximate bodyfat at all. It is used instead of bodyfat because it is so easy to calculate (just need height and weight). BMI correlates fairly well with weight related issues. It isn't supposed to be an estimate of your bodyfat percentage.
If you need proof that it isn't meant to approximate bodyfat just think it through. BMI is a ratio of weight to height. Body builders can have bodyfat percentages of 4-5%. A 6' person would have to weigh 37 pounds to have a BMI of 5.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm3 -
Look into recomp.0
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BMI is supposed to approximate bodyfat, but it is very easily misclassified. It has high correlation for inactive adults in higher bmi range, but once someone lifts, bmi is unlikely to be a good representation of bodyfat.
BMI has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with bodyfat. There is no correlation between the two except perhaps by coincidence in the very obese. BMI is a simple number derived from one's height and weight. A 5'10, 160 lb. man would be at a BMI of 23 whether he was 7% BF or 30% BF. Obviously, the two would have a vastly different appearance and body composition.1 -
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Why? It would get her where she wants to be--no skinny fat. And she's not really overweight.0 -
snowflake954 wrote: »
Why? It would get her where she wants to be--no skinny fat. And she's not really overweight.
She's not really skinny fat either.
If OP ate a small deficit and did some heavy lifting, losing 10lbs would make a massive difference.1 -
BMI is supposed to approximate bodyfat, but it is very easily misclassified. It has high correlation for inactive adults in higher bmi range, but once someone lifts, bmi is unlikely to be a good representation of bodyfat.
BMI has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with bodyfat. There is no correlation between the two except perhaps by coincidence in the very obese. BMI is a simple number derived from one's height and weight. A 5'10, 160 lb. man would be at a BMI of 23 whether he was 7% BF or 30% BF. Obviously, the two would have a vastly different appearance and body composition.
Actually BMi is used to approximate body fat frequently in epidemiologic studies because the two are highly correlated in upper BMI categories on population level data. As an individual measurement this approximation does poorly, but the 7% bf individual is usually the exception not the rule.0 -
SkinnyFatBGone wrote: »So here are a few things about me.
Female
5'9
156 lbs
26.4 percent body fat
I want to lose 20 lbs, mostly fat hopefully, and then tone up.
I work out everyday doing 95 percent cardio. Should I start doing other exercises?
Btw, I can't cook so I eat out everyday. (Exactly why I'm skinny fat.)
I am also 5'9 but 145. You post reminds me of where I was at one point. Weights girl. Weights and patience and you will get there. Cardio alone will not get you there.
You're where I want to be.... weight wise.
The only problem I have with lifting weights is I heard that they make your boobs bigger. I want smaller boobies.
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