Fat loss.

alexcarnes13

I’m 5’ 9 male 19 115lb. I feel fat and I can feel that I have a high body fat percentage and hate it. What can I do to reduce fat. I try to not eat til I’m full since I hate that feeling. And limit my food during the day to snacks. But I don’t think I’m getting anywhere.

mtaratoot

Welcome @alexcarnes13!

Unless there's a typo in the numbers above, you indeed are at an unhealthy weight. You are at BMI 17, and you would need to gain over ten pounds just to be at the bottom of the healthy body mass index. It is highly unlikely you have a high body fat percent at BMI 17.

If you'd like to see more muscle, you could start doing some strength training. Whether you do that or not, you should be sure to eat at a surplus and try to gain some weight. Focus on protein if you're strength training to build muscles, but above all, focus on gaining some weight.

If you don't like to feel physically full, look for foods that provide good nutrition but also are calorie dense, like avocados, nuts, seeds, healthy oils, fatty fish, and even cheese. Whole grains like brown rice, rolled oats, or hulled barley have calories and nutrients, but might make you feel over-full. Make friends with peanut butter, almond butter, or cashew butter. If you can find hazelnut butter, it's pretty tasty too.

PAV8888

Below is what smart BMI suggest for a person with your stats. I don't personally think they're too far off target.

If you're currently worried about excess body fat you're concentrating on the wrong issue.

The calculation of the body mass index is based on a height of 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) and a weight of 115 pounds (52.2 kilograms).

BMI = 17

Your body mass index (BMI) is calculated as exactly 17.0 kilograms per square meter.

Health aspects

Your weight is at a low level; in our view, it may lead to considerable health problems.

By classification of the WHO, you are "underweight".

SBMI = 15/70

This assessment is based on the newly developed Smart Body Mass Index. Its ideal range is between 30/70 and 39/70.

Your Smart Body Mass Index (SBMI) is calculated as 15/70 or "15 points out of 70".

Things that you may want to discuss with your doctor

It is important to know whether a serious disease or deliberate weight loss has caused the emaciation Whatever the case, medical help is advisable.

Possible causes
Undernourishment
Maldigestion

Possible measures
Set a weight target
Nutritional Psychological: coaching, therapy
Disease-specific therapy

Important to know

This feedback can only be based on the inevitably limited extent of the data that you have entered here. This data has been evaluated by comparing it with the results of the most comprehensive study published so far on the BMI and its associated health risks.

The results and comments above can only give you an estimate that applies to all young men at 19 years of age with a body mass index of 17, as a statistical group. They are non-personal. They should never replace medical advice.

ninerbuff

Underweight. If you feel the way you do, then PERSONALLY I think you may want to consider talking to a therapist because it sounds like you may have a body dismorphic issue. I'm 2 inches shorter than you and at 125lbs I was skinny. 10lbs lighter I would have been boney.

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1BlueAurora

According to the Center for Disease Control and Health, your BMI and weight put you in the "underweight" category. The minimum "healthy weight" category has a 5'9" male at 125 pounds. Here's a link to that article: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/index.html