How do I stop being "Skinny Fat?"

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    Dude. What is going on? You don't even know the people posting in this thread.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Try a all veggie diet or if that doesn't work jog for 3min every day for a month

    and what about you? what are you doing?
  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    I'll probably drop the weight on my own now that I'm not eating ramen 4 times a day or being handed free McDonald's, but seriously every time someone mentions lifting they tell you you're gonna get hurt. I kinda can't afford that so naturally I'm nervous about lifting things. I bookmarked the stuff ya'll mentioned so I dunno why you're shootin me.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    Is there anything safer I could do? If I hurt myself I don't have a doctor to go to.

    Hey, message me I think I have something that could help! I was the same way, I was at the weight I liked but didn't feel comfortable still. I used this workout guide and now I feel better than ever! It's 28 mins 3 times a week, then the other days you are supposed to walk or jog for 30 mins! (I don't maintain the walking and jogging as I should, but I do the 28 min workout)!

    And how about you. Why can't you post it here?
  • FitForL1fe
    FitForL1fe Posts: 1,872 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    what????

    yea time to upgrade. that salmon doc sounds fishy

    oh-stop-it-you-0a5f0abd916cdb78535401dc6acd2820.png
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    edited June 2015
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    LOL my student debt would put a small country to shame. You can find a ton of great resources on the internet with nutritious food on a budget. And maybe you can consider couponing: loads of savings to be had. Your attitude is stopping you from doing stuff, woman.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I'll probably drop the weight on my own now that I'm not eating ramen 4 times a day or being handed free McDonald's, but seriously every time someone mentions lifting they tell you you're gonna get hurt. I kinda can't afford that so naturally I'm nervous about lifting things. I bookmarked the stuff ya'll mentioned so I dunno why you're shootin me.

    We're not. Try the body weight stuff! Don't worry too much about the protein thing yet.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    draznyth wrote: »
    on a tight budget yet follows a very restrictive diet

    ahh first world problems

    :D yeah, I was thinking that too…
  • Russia_Deanna
    Russia_Deanna Posts: 6 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Try a all veggie diet or if that doesn't work jog for 3min every day for a month

    and what about you? what are you doing?

    Me? I am doing the veggie diet I tried the fruit one n lost 4lbs in a week now I am truing this
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    draznyth wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    what????

    yea time to upgrade. that salmon doc sounds fishy

    oh-stop-it-you-0a5f0abd916cdb78535401dc6acd2820.png

    my doctor only gives me ham and cheese sandwiches and water when I see him…

    is this a new obamacare thing??? Get salmon at the dr????
  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    LOL my student debt would put a small country to shame. I totally get your attitude, but you can find a ton of great resources on the internet with nutritious food on a budget. And maybe you can consider couponing: loads of savings to be had.

    OMG walking in the store with coupons is THE BEST.
    Though half the time you end up buying things on sale that you wouldn't normally buy in the first place. XD At least I do. Then I forget I came there for something completely irrelevant to my coupons.
  • loulamb7
    loulamb7 Posts: 801 Member
    edited June 2015
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    what????

    yea time to upgrade. that salmon doc sounds fishy

    oh-stop-it-you-0a5f0abd916cdb78535401dc6acd2820.png

    my doctor only gives me ham and cheese sandwiches and water when I see him…

    is this a new obamacare thing??? Get salmon at the dr????

    My doctor only gives me the finger and than sends me a bill. :s

  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Try a all veggie diet or if that doesn't work jog for 3min every day for a month

    and what about you? what are you doing?

    Me? I am doing the veggie diet I tried the fruit one n lost 4lbs in a week now I am truing this

    if the fruit diet worked so well why did you switch to the veggie one?
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    walmart.com/ip/17340040?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015517302&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40886777072&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78818251952&veh=sem
    4 bags, that makes 80 servings of 23 grams per serving.
    So for $24, you can have 1,840 grams of protein. If you're going for 140 grams a day (sounds high to me), you're looking at 13 days worth. If you do 100 grams of protein a day, you're looking at just over 18 days.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    walmart.com/ip/17340040?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015517302&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40886777072&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78818251952&veh=sem
    4 bags, that makes 80 servings of 23 grams per serving.
    So for $24, you can have 1,840 grams of protein. If you're going for 140 grams a day (sounds high to me), you're looking at 13 days worth. If you do 100 grams of protein a day, you're looking at just over 18 days.

    That’s actually pretty friggin amazing!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    loulamb7 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    what????

    yea time to upgrade. that salmon doc sounds fishy

    oh-stop-it-you-0a5f0abd916cdb78535401dc6acd2820.png

    my doctor only gives me ham and cheese sandwiches and water when I see him…

    is this a new obamacare thing??? Get salmon at the dr????

    My doctor only give me the finger and than sends me a bill. :s

    I've had a Dr./credit collector chasing me for about 5 years. I give THEM the finger.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    edited June 2015
    arditarose wrote: »
    loulamb7 wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    I dunno, I hate when people are like "Oh I'm poor too," then they're like "Omg I went to the doctor today and I lost 4 lbs! Oh here's a picture of my salmon dinner!"

    Like...real? I worry about stretching my wilted, slimy spinach out over a week and walking in the rain because I just bleached the kitchen and can't afford an asthma attack, but you're at the doctor's office and eating salmon? Come on now.

    what????

    yea time to upgrade. that salmon doc sounds fishy

    oh-stop-it-you-0a5f0abd916cdb78535401dc6acd2820.png

    my doctor only gives me ham and cheese sandwiches and water when I see him…

    is this a new obamacare thing??? Get salmon at the dr????

    My doctor only give me the finger and than sends me a bill. :s

    I've had a Dr./credit collector chasing me for about 5 years. I give THEM the finger.

    That why you’re so sick of cardio now??
  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    on a tight budget yet follows a very restrictive diet

    ahh first world problems

    :D yeah, I was thinking that too…

    Excuse me? Do you know how many meals I can make out of a $.99 bouillon pack and a $1.50 bag of spinach? Do you know what it's like to rely on ramen and your parents' addiction to fast food for 90% of your diet because your parents think vegetables "aren't real food?"

    You guys are walkin a pretty tight line. You have no idea who I am or who I came from. First world problems my *kitten*.
  • loulamb7
    loulamb7 Posts: 801 Member
    arditarose wrote: »

    We're not. Try the body weight stuff! Don't worry too much about the protein thing yet.

    Winner, winner, vegan chicken dinner.
  • Russia_Deanna
    Russia_Deanna Posts: 6 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Try a all veggie diet or if that doesn't work jog for 3min every day for a month

    and what about you? what are you doing?

    Me? I am doing the veggie diet I tried the fruit one n lost 4lbs in a week now I am truing this

    if the fruit diet worked so well why did you switch to the veggie one?

    I changed because my friends and family told me that I should have a verity
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    on a tight budget yet follows a very restrictive diet

    ahh first world problems

    :D yeah, I was thinking that too…

    Excuse me? Do you know how many meals I can make out of a $.99 bouillon pack and a $1.50 bag of spinach? Do you know what it's like to rely on ramen and your parents' addiction to fast food for 90% of your diet because your parents think vegetables "aren't real food?"

    You guys are walkin a pretty tight line. You have no idea who I am or who I came from. First world problems my *kitten*.

    we are trying to help you but you keep rolling out the excuse train.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    draznyth wrote: »
    on a tight budget yet follows a very restrictive diet

    ahh first world problems

    :D yeah, I was thinking that too…

    Excuse me? Do you know how many meals I can make out of a $.99 bouillon pack and a $1.50 bag of spinach? Do you know what it's like to rely on ramen and your parents' addiction to fast food for 90% of your diet because your parents think vegetables "aren't real food?"

    You guys are walkin a pretty tight line. You have no idea who I am or who I came from. First world problems my *kitten*.

    You only have $20 for food, yet you live with your parents who only eat fast food?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Try a all veggie diet or if that doesn't work jog for 3min every day for a month

    and what about you? what are you doing?

    Me? I am doing the veggie diet I tried the fruit one n lost 4lbs in a week now I am truing this

    if the fruit diet worked so well why did you switch to the veggie one?

    I changed because my friends and family told me that I should have a verity

    Variety is not eating one food group at a time. It's eating a bit from each food group every day.
  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    edited June 2015
    senecarr wrote: »
    walmart.com/ip/17340040?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015517302&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40886777072&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78818251952&veh=sem
    4 bags, that makes 80 servings of 23 grams per serving.
    So for $24, you can have 1,840 grams of protein. If you're going for 140 grams a day (sounds high to me), you're looking at 13 days worth. If you do 100 grams of protein a day, you're looking at just over 18 days.

    Dude you're *kitten* awesome. There's a ton of Bob's Red Mill at my grocery (because i think it's made here, I dunno?) and I'm kinda overwhelmed and not sure what's what. Vital wheat gluten flour is used to make seitan? Maybe? Lemme google this.

    Edit: OMG ADD TO WATER AND IT'S SEITAN!!! AND SO CHEAP!!! Oh God I never really bought seitan much because it's expensive when it's already made! Oh this is badass! Thanks!!
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    walmart.com/ip/17340040?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227015517302&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=40886777072&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=78818251952&veh=sem
    4 bags, that makes 80 servings of 23 grams per serving.
    So for $24, you can have 1,840 grams of protein. If you're going for 140 grams a day (sounds high to me), you're looking at 13 days worth. If you do 100 grams of protein a day, you're looking at just over 18 days.

    That’s actually pretty friggin amazing!
    Did my research as I'm contemplating moving towards being more vegetarian / vegan.
    The downside is, it isn't a complete protein. You need to either eat it with some soy, or my thought was to buy L-Lysine pills (the essential amino acid it is low in). Even with buying lysine, it was the first option I found that was vegan that could beat boneless, skinless chicken breast for cost per gram of protein of something that is almost pure protein. Cooking it can take time, but chicken breasts don't cook themselves either.
  • Russia_Deanna
    Russia_Deanna Posts: 6 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Try a all veggie diet or if that doesn't work jog for 3min every day for a month

    and what about you? what are you doing?

    Me? I am doing the veggie diet I tried the fruit one n lost 4lbs in a week now I am truing this

    if the fruit diet worked so well why did you switch to the veggie one?

    I changed because my friends and family told me that I should have a verity

    Variety is not eating one food group at a time. It's eating a bit from each food group every day.

    I was only eating fruits I forgot my. Protein
  • iotterbeinbed
    iotterbeinbed Posts: 76 Member
    Budgetbytes.com is a useful website, if you're on a tight budget! There's quite a few vegan recipes posted. =)
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Budgetbytes.com is a useful website, if you're on a tight budget! There's quite a few vegan recipes posted. =)

    Oh right. I think I'll have a look actually.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    MaiLinna wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    you are being muy dificil

    Porque tengo zero dinero. :c Mi vida dificil...

    cero :)

    I doubt that your body is gross. You have to make peace with the fact that bodies are strange and that even though we have all the same parts, bodies vary enormously. For example, I also wear size 8 skinny jeans and I currently weigh 209 pounds. You can't really compare yourself to other people or you are just setting yourself up for a lifetime of frustration. Maybe a good goal would be to feel confident about yourself and happy in your own skin.

    I've been lifting off and on since my teens and I have NEVER injured myself that way. It's really quite safe, especially if you are using machines. I agree with everyone who is telling you to find a way to lift heavy things.

    Another suggestion that nobody has mentioned--take a dance class. It could be dance fitness like Zumba or a more traditional dance class like salsa or ballet. Dance is great for flexibility and agility, but the reason that I think it might be good for you is that it teaches you to feel confident and to really occupy your body.

    P.S. Maybe you need size S TALL tops? Gap, BR and Old Navy are good places to get tall sizes in reasonably-priced clothing.

  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    You only have $20 for food, yet you live with your parents who only eat fast food?

    No, I moved to the other side of the country to get away from them. Let's not go down that line in particular, but I've been looking up a lot of free clinics so I can try and get therapy.