Losing hope, healthy weight but still look chubby

TeaBea

concetta1123 wrote: »

I've lost about 50lbs total over the year. I currently am 5'3 and 125lbs. I'm still losing weight but I'm also very discouraged. I thought I'd look more lean by now, yet I still have pouches of fat around my body that aren't very flattering. I don't know where to go from here, I feel like no matter how much weight I lose, I'll never look trim or fit.

Anyone else experience this?

When we lose weight we lose fat+lean muscle. You can spare (some) muscle loss with strength training, a moderate deficit, and adequate protein.

Recomposition is eating (almost) at maintenance and strength training. You will encourage more fat loss while preserving lean muscle.

Biker_SuzCO

Congrats on your weight loss! I'm in the same boat! Lost about 20 pounds to get down to 125 (also 5'3'') in a year. I have consistently exercised (running and popsugar body weight exercises) and still look pretty flabby at this weight. I'm now focusing more on body weight exercises to tone up (insanity and popsugar fitness). Also going to slowly try to get down to 120. At some point I'm going to have to learn to love my bat wings and mommy belly because I don't think I want to commit to another year of counting calories or an insane exercise regime!

cwolfman13

lorrpb wrote: »

If you want to "look trim and fit" you'll need to become "trim and fit" which includes exercise and especially strength training. Just because you don't look trim and fit today doesn't mean you "never will". You need to put in the work. I lost 150, have been maintaining 1 year, but "look" much better than a year ago because of workouts and strength training. Depending on your ideal of trim and fit it could take years. Not to sound discouraging, just realistic. It takes time and the best looking people have been working at it for a long long time.

This is a very good point, especially given the number of 90 day this and 30 day that DVDs and whatnot. A fitness physique is developed over time by living a fitness oriented lifestyle.

jgnatca

It breaks my heart to hear someone discouraged after managing to lose fifty pounds! That's a huge big, amazing deal! Do me a favour and take a selfie with a fifty pound bag of potatoes. You used to carry that bag of potatoes with you wherever you went. Not any more!

Now that you are lighter, activities will be easier with much less potential for injury. You are now officially in the body sculpting club. This takes some time, too, but you will be stronger, more energetic, and flexible because of it.

Johncalvinfields

Don't look at what you still wanting to lose, look at what' you have loss

Johncalvinfields

Progress is by taking actions , you are doing that

Rickster1967

Resistance training is the key

mitch16

Also remember that once you maintain for a while things will tighten up a bit.