19F 5'4 115 Looking for a diet buddy :)

jayfelis

Hey there!
I'm pretty new here and I really would like a diet buddy to keep me motivated and accountable for what I eat. Like the title says I'm currently looking to lose around ~10-15lbs. I'll post my calorie counts daily and would love it if I found a buddy!

-Jay

bbell1985

You want to be 100 lbs at 5'4"?

jayfelis

Yep! I'm skinny fat right now I think. I need to exercise and get to my weight. It seems like a low number but for my frame it'd look better!

bbell1985

jayfelis wrote: »

Yep! I'm skinny fat right now I think. I need to exercise and get to my weight. It seems like a low number but for my frame it'd look better!

It's below a healthy weight for our height. If you're "skinny fat" the fix isn't to keep losing, usually. You have little muscle. So you should eat food and train.

I'm 5'4" too. I'm about 138 in my profile picture.

jayfelis

Yeah, you have a good point. I think I'll try for ~105 then, and start doing a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise a day. You look great!

SarahMallick13

jayfelis wrote: »

Hey there!
I'm pretty new here and I really would like a diet buddy to keep me motivated and accountable for what I eat. Like the title says I'm currently looking to lose around ~10-15lbs. I'll post my calorie counts daily and would love it if I found a buddy!

-Jay

hi jay! i'm 18 and i guess i also need a diet buddy. it's really hard to diet when you have little control everyone around you eats whatever they want

SarahMallick13

omg the rest of my post didn't post smh. what i was saying was i don't think 100 lbs is a healthy weight for someone your height. i'm 5'7.5" and the healthiest weight i've found acceptable for me is 120-125 lbs. my little sister weighs about 90 something pounds and is the same height as you, and she's VERY thin in the least healthy way i'd aim for a higher number, say, 107-110? i'm no expert but that seems right to me

jayfelis

SarahMallick13 wrote: »

omg the rest of my post didn't post smh. what i was saying was i don't think 100 lbs is a healthy weight for someone your height. i'm 5'7.5" and the healthiest weight i've found acceptable for me is 120-125 lbs. my little sister weighs about 90 something pounds and is the same height as you, and she's VERY thin in the least healthy way i'd aim for a higher number, say, 107-110? i'm no expert but that seems right to me

Hey there, nice to meet you!

jayfelis

LOL the same thing just happened to me... lost my whole paragraph. Anyway yeah- you're a great height and weight- what's your goal? I carry my weight kind of badly, it's all in my thighs and face IMO. So I want to get to 105, and then tone/do a lot of cardio. I should be doing cardio now, but I'm lazy Anyways thanks for adding!

DanishFeta

I think you're focusing on the number on the scale rather than what you'r body is made up of so you're gonna have a bad time.I have no idea why anyone would want to be underweight. At the end of it, you won't be able to eat all that much and you'll probably still be skinny fat.

Why must you be 100lbs? At 5'2 i could not see my see under 130lbs with muscle. I think you need to look at BF% and look at gaining muscle. Doing some recomp.

Here's some examples

jayfelis

So are you saying I should stop trying to lose weight? I do know toning up is important but I just want to become pretty thin- I'm really overweight compared to my Asian relatives haha. Thanks for all the pictures though, that's amazing. Do they weightlift or something?

IronDogJourney

Feel free to add me if you like.

twl900

I think 105lbs is fine goal weight since you're Asian. We tend to have a smaller body frame compared to other ethnicities, so lower weights look fine on us, while the same weight might look too thin on somebody with a larger body frame.

sllm1

Yes - recomp = eat at or just below maintenance and lift heavy weights.

jayfelis

twl900 wrote: »

I think 105lbs is fine goal weight since you're Asian. We tend to have a smaller body frame compared to other ethnicities, so lower weights look fine on us, while the same weight might look too thin on somebody with a larger body frame.

Yeah, thanks! For me 10lbs really shows and I definitely carry my weight a lot differently since the smaller frame. Thanks for commenting!

jayfelis

sllm1 wrote: »

Yes - recomp = eat at or just below maintenance and lift heavy weights.

Okay! Like dumbbells?

Go_Deskercise

5' 5", started at 138lbs, currently 126, my goal weight is 117-120.

I am also skinny fat, but I want to get to my goal weight before 'toning' up.

I was 120lbs back in 2011 before I got married and started a cubicle job that's trying to kill me lol

jayfelis

Go_Deskercise wrote: »

5' 5", started at 138lbs, currently 126, my goal weight is 117-120.

I am also skinny fat, but I want to get to my goal weight before 'toning' up.

I was 120lbs back in 2011 before I got married and started a cubicle job that's trying to kill me lol

We seem to have similar goals then! Mind if I add you? We can share calorie lists daily, hahah

TavistockToad

jayfelis wrote: »

LOL the same thing just happened to me... lost my whole paragraph. Anyway yeah- you're a great height and weight- what's your goal? I carry my weight kind of badly, it's all in my thighs and face IMO. So I want to get to 105, and then tone/do a lot of cardio. I should be doing cardio now, but I'm lazy Anyways thanks for adding!

If you're skinny fat, a lot of cardio won't help.

Instead of trying to lose weight you need to decide whether you want to stop being lazy and make an effort to change your body through recomp.

TavistockToad

Go_Deskercise wrote: »

5' 5", started at 138lbs, currently 126, my goal weight is 117-120.

I am also skinny fat, but I want to get to my goal weight before 'toning' up.

I was 120lbs back in 2011 before I got married and started a cubicle job that's trying to kill me lol

Again, if you are skinny fat, losing more weight will not help.

jayfelis

TavistockToad wrote: »

Go_Deskercise wrote: »

5' 5", started at 138lbs, currently 126, my goal weight is 117-120.

I am also skinny fat, but I want to get to my goal weight before 'toning' up.

I was 120lbs back in 2011 before I got married and started a cubicle job that's trying to kill me lol

Again, if you are skinny fat, losing more weight will not help.

I don't know if I'm "skinny fat," that's just what I'm guessing. And okay, I'll start doing the treadmill + lifting stuff ~2/3 times a week and gradually increase.