I have lost all my weight now what?
Minaz95
Posts: 15 Member
So im 5'6 and I am currently 115 pounds.The only thing that is bothering me is that even though I have lost weight I have not lost my belly pooch .I dont want to lose anymore weight Im almost at the lower end of my bmi.I eat about 1300 calories each day and do Insanity t25 max 30 etc. Any ideas what I can do to loose the pooch?
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at 115# I wonder what exactly the issue is - what seems like "pooch" to you might just be normal belly to most folks ~0
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Start toning up! Rather than doing cardio, start lifting weights and doing resistance exercises! That may also help your belly pooch go away
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It may depend on just how much weight you've lost...if it's a large number, that "pooch" could be extra skin...Other than that, you may just not be toning the area enough...Are you spending time working the abs, and all the muscles around it? Do you eat a lot of sodium, and are you close to that time of month? Lots of factors it could be...0
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toning??0
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Eat at maintenance and lift weights.12
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arditarose wrote: »Eat at maintenance and lift weights.
This is my advice as well.2 -
Yeah, tone up time. Need to start lifting to gain some extra muscle mass. You now technically want to GAIN weight... but muscle, not fat.
Women should not be afraid of weights. Unless you're pumping yourself full of steroids daily, you're not going to turn into The Rock with Boobs.3 -
Lift heavy!! it's fun 1
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Yeah, tone up time. Need to start lifting to gain some extra muscle mass. You now technically want to GAIN weight... but muscle, not fat.
Women should not be afraid of weights. Unless you're pumping yourself full of steroids daily, you're not going to turn into The Rock with Boobs.
Now there is a mental image.
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I wasn't happy with my stomach when I reached goal weight. It wasn't until I had been doing resistance training for a while that I was finally happy.0
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I can't tell you what to do with your body, but my hope is to switch to recomp after I finish losing weight. Ideally I will be working part time by then (couple years away) and I hope we have a home or at least not living in the current apartment so I can have a good set of weights at home. My partner was a lifter for years so I hope to use his knowledge to build muscle. I think I will cut down to 180 then switch over to recomp.
But it's your body, what do you want from it? Building muscle will help you burn more calories overall so you could eat more and enjoy life a bit more!0 -
arditarose wrote: »Eat at maintenance and lift weights.
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Yup.0
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arditarose wrote: »Eat at maintenance and lift weights.
Dit-to!0 -
arditarose wrote: »Eat at maintenance and lift weights.
Concur. You won't "bulk up". See: https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/
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arditarose wrote: »Eat at maintenance and lift weights.
This is my advice as well.
I'll third it. What someone said about you having a lil extra skin there could be the case as well. I still have a small pooch myself (5'4 and 118lbs) and part of it is indeed skin.... Weights have really helped my belly though.
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HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.0 -
HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.
If while doing a progressive load lifting program and eating at maintenance you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time....
recomp.
but I suspect the issue is weight loss....which includes muscle and fat instead of minimizing muscle loss with a low deficit some resistance training and enough protein.
I hate using this phrase but lots call it "skinny fat"...1 -
HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.
If while doing a progressive load lifting program and eating at maintenance you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time....
recomp.
but I suspect the issue is weight loss....which includes muscle and fat instead of minimizing muscle loss with a low deficit some resistance training and enough protein.
I hate using this phrase but lots call it "skinny fat"...
At 5'6" and 115 pounds she is most definitely NOT skinny fat...1 -
HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.
If while doing a progressive load lifting program and eating at maintenance you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time....
recomp.
but I suspect the issue is weight loss....which includes muscle and fat instead of minimizing muscle loss with a low deficit some resistance training and enough protein.
I hate using this phrase but lots call it "skinny fat"...
At 5'6" and 115 pounds she is most definitely NOT skinny fat...
and you know this how?0 -
HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.
If while doing a progressive load lifting program and eating at maintenance you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time....
recomp.
but I suspect the issue is weight loss....which includes muscle and fat instead of minimizing muscle loss with a low deficit some resistance training and enough protein.
I hate using this phrase but lots call it "skinny fat"...
At 5'6" and 115 pounds she is most definitely NOT skinny fat...
and you know this how?
I cant imagine much "fat" in that skinny-fat description on a 5'6" frame at 115lbs.
Are you meaning "Skinny fat" (i hate this term so im not advocating its use) is skinny but with low/no muscle mass? Meaning the no muscle part = fat?
WTH does skinny fat mean anyway?
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If we don't like the word why we using it1
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MommyMeggo wrote: »HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.
If while doing a progressive load lifting program and eating at maintenance you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time....
recomp.
but I suspect the issue is weight loss....which includes muscle and fat instead of minimizing muscle loss with a low deficit some resistance training and enough protein.
I hate using this phrase but lots call it "skinny fat"...
At 5'6" and 115 pounds she is most definitely NOT skinny fat...
and you know this how?
I cant imagine much "fat" in that skinny-fat description on a 5'6" frame at 115lbs.
Are you meaning "Skinny fat" (i hate this term so im not advocating its use) is skinny but with low/no muscle mass? Meaning the no muscle part = fat?
WTH does skinny fat mean anyway?
I hate the term too...but based on the OP description of themselves...
I surmised it was a lower calorie diet with little to no resistance training.belly pooch
so slim and looks great in clothing but isn't pleased with what is under the clothing...softer than desired,
I googled it and this was the first definition<snip>you are under lean but over fat — not enough muscle and too much fat (especially belly fat). It seems it is better to be fat and fit than thin and out of shape.0 -
Therealobi1 wrote: »If we don't like the word why we using it
because people use it as a description often to describe what the OP put in her post....as I said in my OP..."lots call it...."0 -
Therealobi1 wrote: »If we don't like the word why we using it
I used it only to ask for clarification as to what it means.
When I reach goal weight and some one calls me skinny-fat I might just lose my shyt on them, lol.1 -
arditarose wrote: »Eat at maintenance and lift weights.
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I would also say....start weight training and change up the diet some. Maintain calories but increase protein and decrease carbs.
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HOW WILL LIFTING WEIGHTS HELP REDUCE BELLY FAT???
... & i'm not trying to be aggressive or argumentative, I just really want to know the answer to the question. That seems to be a logic some of you are pushing. But if you lose fat because of what you eat... how will lifting with no deficit make fat go away?
How does having more muscle mass reduce fate?
I neeeeddd to know!
I'm 5'10 around 150 in a similar situation. I don't like my midsection. I'm wondering if I should try to keep losing weight until the fat is gone orrrrr switch to recomp. Which takes CONSIDERABLY longer.
If while doing a progressive load lifting program and eating at maintenance you can burn fat and build muscle at the same time....
recomp.
but I suspect the issue is weight loss....which includes muscle and fat instead of minimizing muscle loss with a low deficit some resistance training and enough protein.
I hate using this phrase but lots call it "skinny fat"...
At 5'6" and 115 pounds she is most definitely NOT skinny fat...
and you know this how?
Common sense?1
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