Going from 110 to 100: need advice!

ditzyFlip

Most of my remaining fat is around my mid section, I guess that makes me an apple shaped individual. My forearms and legs are lean and muscular, and the running I've done has thinned out my thighs. There is definitely firm muscle under my abdominal and side fat though.

I've been red-meat free for Lent, and I eat one fruit for breakfast, then I have lunch, then a snack, then dinner - so I eat about four to five times a day. I don't drink any beverages except for water, occasionally freshly squeezed orange juice, and flax milk which I have taken up recently due to lactose intolerance. I haven't been able to control sweet-tooth urges, especially at work. The junk food I still eat include scones, chocolate, and I've been having a weird fixation on oreos lately (probably 'cause I associate milk with cookies).

I haven't been running lately (it's been about four weeks now), but when I did it was 30 to 45 minutes a day for four to five days. All HIIT on the treadmill. I don't weight or strength train because I build muscle abnormally fast, and I don't want that.

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What do I need to do in order to shed these last pounds of fat?

yesthistime

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/499-not-that-heavy-girls
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/2744-skinny-fat-to-fit

Lift_hard_eat_big

What do I need to do in order to shed these last pounds of fat?

A caloric deficit, yes, it's that simple.

ditzyFlip

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/499-not-that-heavy-girls
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/2744-skinny-fat-to-fit

I joined, thank you!

What do I need to do in order to shed these last pounds of fat?

A caloric deficit, yes, it's that simple.

By how much? MFP kept pushing 1200, but I rebelled and have been trying to stay under 1100 (but I eat my work out calories, lol).

Lift_hard_eat_big

By how much? MFP kept pushing 1200, but I rebelled and have been trying to stay under 1100 (but I eat my work out calories, lol).

What is you're TDEE?

ditzyFlip

I'm sorry - my what?
/dumb

Taylerr88

I'm sorry - my what?
/dumb

total daily energy expenditure (TDEE).. number of calories burned in one day.

Lift_hard_eat_big

TDEE = Go up to goals and where it says "calories burned through daily activity" that's your TDEE. TDEE stands for "Total daily energy expenditure"

I am starting to think people just eat too little for weight loss. I am a big guy, i just got off a 1300 calorie diet. I did it on purpose i knew what i was doing, it was just a test. I was on it for 6 weeks. I lost 10lbs really quickly but after that... no results for a month. Before i did this my calorie amount was about 2,600 calories. I literally cut my calories in half. As I said i was testing things.

When i stopped that program, i need to figure out a good starting point, I feel i am pretty educated in this field. Wasn't sure if i wanted to do CKD(cylical ketosis diet), standard diet with a standard calorie deficit... or how i will approach my weight loss.
I was curious why do some people get down to like 6% bodyfat, and people just stop at like 18%. They're either happy with their results or hit a plateau and just give up at that point.

The leanest people I know eat a lot of food. The key is to have a small calorie deficit, not to trigger your body in to thinking their is little food. If it does, your metabolic rate will slow down and prevent fat loss. Find your TDEE as fpacudan said, and take away 15%... eat that many calories. Be patient, wait a month see how that goes for you. Shoot for 1-1.5lbs a week, but focus more on a monthly weight loss not a weekly. Shoot for 4 - 6lbs a month. If it doesn't happen, low your calories just a hair, about 150calories, take this away from your carbs... and try it for a month and see how that goes. make small changes.

@fpacudan GOT POZOLE?

You took the words out of my mouth brah, great advice.

Had some pozole last Saturday :-)

ditzyFlip

My TDEE is 1329.85.

So if I remove 15%, I should probably be consuming 997.3875 calories?

Spanaval

How on earth is your TDEE that low, especially if you're working out?

ditzyFlip

I don't know.

I'm 21, 5'0", and my weight has been jumping between 109 to 113lb. I used 113lb to calculate it.

erinkeely4

Since you don't have much left to lose, keep your deficit small and allow the weight to come off over time. Eating under 1100 is too low.

Cut out the junk that has trans fat.

Spanaval

I'm getting 1588 even if I put in the most sedentary option.http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

wordpainter09

That's not right. Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the 1300 number. Your TDEE is 1973 calories for moderately active.

erinkeely4

What Pu_239 said!!

Since you don't have much left to lose, keep your deficit small and allow the weight to come off over time. Eating under 1100 is too low.

Cut out the junk that has trans fat.

ditzyFlip

Oh, okay. I guess I did that wrong. My result is 2052 with moderately active.

The calorie deficit and eliminating certain foods seems logical enough though. Eat less, move more. > u>;

tigersword

You should be eating at least 1800 a day, then.

ditzyFlip

1800 calories? Yikes, I'm not comfortable with such a high intake.

Elf_Princess1210

Most of my remaining fat is around my mid section, I guess that makes me an apple shaped individual. My forearms and legs are lean and muscular, and the running I've done has thinned out my thighs. There is definitely firm muscle under my abdominal and side fat though.

I've been red-meat free for Lent, and I eat one fruit for breakfast, then I have lunch, then a snack, then dinner - so I eat about four to five times a day. I don't drink any beverages except for water, occasionally freshly squeezed orange juice, and flax milk which I have taken up recently due to lactose intolerance. I haven't been able to control sweet-tooth urges, especially at work. The junk food I still eat include scones, chocolate, and I've been having a weird fixation on oreos lately (probably 'cause I associate milk with cookies).

I haven't been running lately (it's been about four weeks now), but when I did it was 30 to 45 minutes a day for four to five days. All HIIT on the treadmill. I don't weight or strength train because I build muscle abnormally fast, and I don't want that.

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What do I need to do in order to shed these last pounds of fat?

I'm sure you can get rid of that with exercise. Why not focus on toning and strengthening. At 5'0" 100 lbs is a good weight for your height according to the national institutes of health.

tigersword

1800 calories? Yikes, I'm not comfortable with such a high intake.

You're already at a healthy weight for your height, on the lower side of normal. You should be eating a lot more than you are, especially if you're burning 2000 calories a day. My honest advice would be for you to actually eat your TDEE, and focus on heavy strength training for body composition changes. Losing more weight is not going to get you the results you want.

EmmieSu

It's so nice to read these threads when no rips up the OP!

ditzyFlip

- jmikes:
I probably could, yeah. I'm just not fond of toning and strengthening (I would much rather run my *kitten* off) because as I've said before, I gain muscle faster than an average girl. I'd imagine it's a bodily trait other girls would love to have, but it's not my thing lol. I'm aware that lean muscle can be achieved rather than bulky muscle.. but then my girlfriend would be disappointed in my firmness, and she likes me soft (can you tell she's hard to please? lol). I can't go wrong with exercising more though. Maybe increase the duration to an hour?

- tigersword:
I know I'm at a healthy weight, but I want to be healthier in a fat-burning sense. Heavy strength training is an activity I'm kind of against (because of reasons stated above), and eating my TDEE just seems like a lot of food to consume, unless I start eating carbs again (I've eliminated pasta, bread, rice, etc). Or just foods high in calories.. ?

Aaah, I know I asked for advice so I feel bad because I feel as if I'm rejecting your advice. ?__?

- Emmie:
omg, why would people rip up the OP? D;

tigersword

There's no such thing as "bulky muscle." Muscle is lean, fat is bulky.