Female-5'7-143lbs WHY do I still have a 34 inch waist?

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  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    This thread is the prime example of why you need to be careful when seeing a "nutritionist".. Is this person also your trainer? At your gym? Cause ya.. 1200 calories at your height is still not acceptable and your not even hitting that.. Ya know whats gonna happen when you eat.. ya I do.
  • xidia
    xidia Posts: 606 Member
    You work three jobs, and go to school, sounds stressful. Stress causes you to release cortisol which causes your body to hold onto, you guessed it, belly fat.

    Beat me to it.

    OP, Your lifestyle, plus your restricted calorie intake is almost certainly increasing your cortisol. When we're stressed, we release cortisol, which in the jungle would have been burned off by running away form the tiger causing the stress. Now that we don't have jungles or tigers, it doesn't go anywhere. When exposed to prolonged, high levels of cortisol, women (and men) store fat around their waists because it's close to the liver, which is the organ responsible for converting fat to energy. Because we're stressed, our bodies believe that they might need to do that fast (look, there's a tiger!) so the fat is kept close by.

    Eat more - via the Roadmap link, which you should ALSO show your "nutritionist"! - and see if you can take 15 minutes a day to relax more. I do have personal experience of the change in shape a reduction in stress can cause, as I went from apple to pear over the course of year or so without changing weight, and then back to apple again when I got stressed and gained weight.

    ETA - yes, genetics is part of it, but it's almost certainly not a huge amount compared to the cortisol.
  • ThisCanadian
    ThisCanadian Posts: 1,086 Member
    Here is the Heart & Stroke on how to measure your waist. I though I would link it to you as it has step by step instructions on how to properly measure your waist.

    http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.3876195/

    34 inches is considered healthy, so that is very positive! However I agree with othe posters that you are NOT doing yourself a favour by consuming too few calories. Up your amount and chances are you'll see the scale start sliding in the proper direction. Also, keep track of your sodium intake. Here is Canada they recommend that healthy adult women consume no more than 1500 mg of sodium per day.
  • sunflowerhippi
    sunflowerhippi Posts: 1,099 Member
    I agree with almost every post here. I am pear shaped to the extreme. I'm 165lbs, 5'7 and am 27 waist, 32 belly button and 43 hips, its my body type and I drop from my lower half last. With 10lbs left my thighs and hips are just now progressing, a one point. I was at a 20" waist to hip difference, down to only 15ish.

    I also eat 1900-2000 calories a day, at my lowest was 1650 calories when I first started. I would look for a new nutritionist as it seems as though this one is a bit off on healthy methods for long term. (Unless you have some health condition you didn't include in this thread
  • courtniemarie
    courtniemarie Posts: 172 Member
    Your nutritionalist needs to be shot ! * bangs head on desk*...... she has basically ruined your metabolism, made you skinny fat and has not done you ANY favors. 1000 or 1200......either way is about 1000-1500 calories to low for your height.

    Agreed, 1200 is still too low. you need to feed your body enough to support all this work you're making it do.
  • YouLittleJerk
    YouLittleJerk Posts: 12
    Once again, the whole reason I lost my weight to begin with was BECAUSE of my nutritionist....Due to her, I lost 87 pounds in a little over a year.... I started last June with her doing about 1500, 2000 calories until 2 weeks ago. She only changed it because my body plateaued and I only had 10 more pounds to go which I wanted to lose by late August. I have been eating this entire time but just need the last 10...actually 7 pounds to lose. I spoke to the head trainer and my gym and we did an assessment...turns out all I have to do is tone by continuing my strength training/boxing and my waist will shrink.

    Thanks though.
  • YouLittleJerk
    YouLittleJerk Posts: 12
    This thread is the prime example of why you need to be careful when seeing a "nutritionist".. Is this person also your trainer? At your gym? Cause ya.. 1200 calories at your height is still not acceptable and your not even hitting that.. Ya know whats gonna happen when you eat.. ya I do.

    I have been eating this whole time (2000 calories) until the last 2 weeks b/c I am down to my last 7 pounds...I have kept it off and will continue to. Plus, I work out 5 times a week. Thanks.
  • YouLittleJerk
    YouLittleJerk Posts: 12
    Here is the Heart & Stroke on how to measure your waist. I though I would link it to you as it has step by step instructions on how to properly measure your waist.

    http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.3876195/

    34 inches is considered healthy, so that is very positive! However I agree with othe posters that you are NOT doing yourself a favour by consuming too few calories. Up your amount and chances are you'll see the scale start sliding in the proper direction. Also, keep track of your sodium intake. Here is Canada they recommend that healthy adult women consume no more than 1500 mg of sodium per day.

    Thank you! I looked into it and sodium tends to be pretty high for me. Thank you.
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    I'm 5'8" and 143 lbs, and I have a 26 inch waist, 39 inch hips, and 23 inch thighs. We're all build differently. :) With that said, wanna trade me your 18 inch thighs for my 26 inch waist??
  • YouLittleJerk
    YouLittleJerk Posts: 12
    I'm 5'8" and 143 lbs, and I have a 26 inch waist, 39 inch hips, and 23 inch thighs. We're all build differently. :) With that said, wanna trade me your 18 inch thighs for my 26 inch waist??

    I am actually decently happy with my build ha just not happy about all the weight I had gained but that is life. If I can get to where I was 4 yrs ago (size 7/8 jean) I will be happyyyyyy as a clam....and YES PLEASE, that sounds like a great trade :) I accredit my thighs and legs to spin class. As soon as I started doing an hour of spin once a week, inches began to drop off everywhere on my legs :)
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    I'm 5'8" and 143 lbs, and I have a 26 inch waist, 39 inch hips, and 23 inch thighs. We're all build differently. :) With that said, wanna trade me your 18 inch thighs for my 26 inch waist??

    I am actually decently happy with my build ha just not happy about all the weight I had gained but that is life. If I can get to where I was 4 yrs ago (size 7/8 jean) I will be happyyyyyy as a clam....and YES PLEASE, that sounds like a great trade :) I accredit my thighs and legs to spin class. As soon as I started doing an hour of spin once a week, inches began to drop off everywhere on my legs :)

    Noted!! Will give Spin a whirl when I find a new gym!

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