Thicc girl: losing and maintaining shape

chloecola

I'm about to post the same message in the forums... But as a thick girl who loves severe curves (thick thighs/stacked butt/tiny waist/flat stomach), how should I be eating and training? I am 176.8 as of right now even though I look like I weigh much less. I retain muscle really well and respond almost instantly to diet. My highest was 220. I got down to 143 before and you could not only see my sternum, but I was shivering in 90° weather and I was really weak (I load truck and build cabinets for a living so thats not safe). Also lost all my pretty curves. Help.

corysmithsmail

If you aren't trying to lose weight I would eat at maintenance and concentrate on heavy lifting, with minimal cardio. If you want to put on more muscle, you will have to be in a caloric surplus while lifting heavy. Look into body recomposition.

sardelsa

In order to retain muscle which can help with your body composition/curves as you get to goal, eat in a deficit (nothing too aggressive but it will depend on your stats), get at least 0.8-1g protein per lean body mass and and incorporate progressive strength training (I would recommend following a program).

Azurite27

In addition to great advice above, focus on compound lifting that works your thighs and glutes such as squats. Make sure to get enough protein and fat and lose slow if at all.

sammidelvecchio

check out kenzzfitness on IG, possibly on You Tube too. She posts all kinds of workouts to grow your booty, and create the illusion of a small waist (by working/growing shoulders). She also shares nutrition tips. She has pretty much the exact body you are describing, but she is a bit smaller, around 140.

kshama2001

https://smile.amazon.com/Strong-Curves-Womans-Building-Better-ebook/dp/B00C4XI0QM/ by famous glute guy Bret Contreras was available from my library system so perhaps yours as well.

vanityy99

The woos on this thread. Smh.

Lifting heavy will help, but if you’re not naturally built like that ( big butt, thick thighs, all that yet managing to have a flat stomach then s-out of luck. A lot of those girls you see on social media have had fat transferred from their stomach to their butt.

I’m 5’2 124lbs I have a bit of a pouch but I’m keeping that for thicker thighs and fuller butt. I thought I wanted to go down to 115lbs but my legs were getting too small.