Am liking the scales but not the mirror

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  • bfanny
    bfanny Posts: 440 Member
    edited June 2017
    cqbkaju wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    I still store fat in the same places and not much has changed except that Im a smaller version at a higher weight.
    Yes, no disagreement there, Ms. Tracey.

    Solution? Cut the amount of fat you are storing by a sufficient amount and the location of storage will not matter much.
    It is not simple or easy, but it can be done, has been done and shall be done again.
    That is all I am saying.

    If your assertion is that you are "pear shaped" or some such simply based on something like the width of your hips, regardless of how much body fat or muscle mass you have then we will have to agree to disagree.

    I would assert that "pear shaped" may be a matter of aesthetics and appearance.

    Therefore...
    Since I am I guy and you are a woman, how attractive and sexy "I" (i.e. your Significant Other, other hetro guys, other women who are attracted to their own gender, etc.) think you are is more important in this instance than your opinion of how you feel you look or your self-image / body image.

    "I" am a better, more impartial judge of "your" aesthetics, just like "you" are the better judge of "mine."
    So "I" am sticking with my evaluation of what a "pear shaped woman" looks like over yours. B)

    I have to agree with you, @180 I was an apple, @140 a "ruler/banana" now close to 130 I have a waist!!! And I'm sure around 125 I'll be an hourglass :)
  • mell_m_m
    mell_m_m Posts: 17 Member
    cqbkaju wrote: »
    HOW do you lift 5 times per week? What weights? What routine?

    If you feel like you are "wide around the midriff" then you need to cut body fat.
    There is no other way. Changing exercises will not make a difference unless it increases your calorie deficit (CO).

    Tighten up your CI and start with cutting about 250 calories a day out.
    Playing with the macros can help some people. Stay with it for a month and see if you notice results.
    If not, add more CO (exercise) or cut calories another by another 250.

    Rinse and repeat.

    I think your food intake should stay the same scale is where you want it. I know our bodies get used to the same exercises. Change up your weight routine, alternate the number of days you do it weekly and not a increase but go down a day or two. Do the exercises that you go hard for a certain amount of minutes then rest a few minutes.
  • jessiegartlan08
    jessiegartlan08 Posts: 8 Member
    Not sure if this applies to you, but if you are using weights that are relatively heavy for your core work, it will serve to thicken the abdominal muscles (weights create thicker muscle). If so, I'd recommend dropping the weight and going for much higher reps instead. Not bullet-proof, but if you're smashing out the palloff presses with 10kgs for 12 reps, it may thicken your obliques. Therefore, wider waist.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Everybody think's they are stuck with a certain body "shape" or "type" until they push themselves beyond where they've been before and realise it was just what was normal at that time.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    OP perhaps you are being too harsh on yourself, that is a great weight for your height.
    You are using a good workout programme regularly and you might find it'll take your body a while to tighten up - it takes a lot of time. (I'm into second year of a recomp and my body is still changing)
    I haven't changed my maintenance weight much in 4 years but people continually tell me I'm 'thinner' - having muscle has the effect of pulling us in. Keep on with your workouts.

    And as others say, not all of us have e.g 24" waists - I might have missed your reply about your stats but that would be useful.
    (I'm smaller, maintain at around 128lbs and measure 34"/ 25"/ 35" just to give you an example, my waist I feel is quite small.)

    Be confident in your progress and keep on honing that figure :smile:
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    mell_m_m wrote: »
    cqbkaju wrote: »
    HOW do you lift 5 times per week? What weights? What routine?

    If you feel like you are "wide around the midriff" then you need to cut body fat.
    There is no other way. Changing exercises will not make a difference unless it increases your calorie deficit (CO).

    Tighten up your CI and start with cutting about 250 calories a day out.
    Playing with the macros can help some people. Stay with it for a month and see if you notice results.
    If not, add more CO (exercise) or cut calories another by another 250.

    Rinse and repeat.

    I think your food intake should stay the same scale is where you want it. I know our bodies get used to the same exercises. Change up your weight routine, alternate the number of days you do it weekly and not a increase but go down a day or two. Do the exercises that you go hard for a certain amount of minutes then rest a few minutes.

    your body doesnt really get used to it, but the more you do it the less calories you burn because you get stronger and your body doesnt have to work as hard as it did to do those exercises. you become more efficient at them. changing them up wont make much of a difference if your calories are higher than your burns
  • macchiatto
    macchiatto Posts: 2,890 Member
    Personally I think you could go for either recomp or cut a little more if that suits your goals, but it's really up to you since you're already at a healthy weight. (I recently started a recomp.)

    This thread is interesting. I had thought I was an apple shape since belly fat definitely tends to be my problem. However, in my 20 lb weight loss a year ago I went from (at 5'7") measurements of 37/31.5/41 to 35/28/38. My waist definitely looks more defined now but proportionately on my frame, my ribcage is fairly small (28.5" underbust) and hipbones proportionately a bit wider so I guess I am technically pear shaped after all.

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