Advice? HELP HELP HELP

sjulez26
sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Really unhappy with my tummy fat. I want to get rid of it and be slim like this for summer. Help! I already eat healthy and count my macros.... I can’t get a gym memebership either
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  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
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  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
    How much weight do I need to lose lmao I’m like 136 now
  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
    Only the second pic is me:/ I’ve been eating a lot of fruits veggies and smaller portions. And more protein! Yeah I need help:/ I’m not allowed to get a membership again. I am an 18 year old female 5’6
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    sjulez26 wrote: »
    I’m not allowed to get a membership again.

    Why?
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    You could buy some resistance bands and a kettle ball. Between those are using your own body weight you can make some gains.
  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
    I used to have one and didn’t go enough so my parents stopped paying for it. I have money but not enough to keep it :(
  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
    I have a treadmill at home but that’s pretty much it
  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
    I think I want to get back to 122-5ish bc at that weight I didn’t have a muffin top and you could see my waist more. I didn’t look perfect though :( I was still unhappy with my belly fat.... it’s never gonna go away
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    You can see this thread with bodyweight routines.. just make sure you are progressing over time.

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    sjulez26 wrote: »
    I think I want to get back to 122-5ish bc at that weight I didn’t have a muffin top and you could see my waist more. I didn’t look perfect though :( I was still unhappy with my belly fat.... it’s never gonna go away

    Yea that is exactly what I was talking about in my post above.. you keep losing weight, both fat and muscle. Then without muscle under your body may not look how you want it to. It can take quite some time to get to your goal, so patience will be key.
  • Danp
    Danp Posts: 1,561 Member
    I came across a bunch of callisthenics journey videos where people were working out just using body weight and simple playground equipment and they seemed to be getting amazing results.

    Can't say I've done it myself but it might be something you can look into in lieu of a gym membership
  • sjulez26
    sjulez26 Posts: 57 Member
    Why do I have no muscle in the first place? Like some people naturally have it
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    sjulez26 wrote: »
    Why do I have no muscle in the first place? Like some people naturally have it

    Genetics, dieting in the past and losing it, lack of resistance training, lack of protein. I had a decent muscle base in the past before I got pregnant. I used to be on the track & field team when I was a kid. Then in my teens/20s while I wasn't into lifting, I did some bodyweight and interval training stuff, kept pretty active. Then I lost most of my muscle by dieting way down without exercise or adequate protein, and I had to build it up again.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    edited April 2018
    sardelsa wrote: »
    sjulez26 wrote: »
    I think I want to get back to 122-5ish bc at that weight I didn’t have a muffin top and you could see my waist more. I didn’t look perfect though :( I was still unhappy with my belly fat.... it’s never gonna go away

    Yea that is exactly what I was talking about in my post above.. you keep losing weight, both fat and muscle. Then without muscle under your body may not look how you want it to. It can take quite some time to get to your goal, so patience will be key.

    Yes, you need to recomp by eating at maintenance calories and doing heavy lifting (which does not require a gym membership). Here's a picture I post all the time of a woman who did a recomp. On the left, at her goal weight. You can see that she still looks sort of soft and squishy. On the right, after a recomp. She's 14 pounds heavier on the right (by adding muscle) but her body looks leaner. I'm assuming this is the sort of look you're going for.

    But it will take time--like a year or so. I know it seems like forever, but it's the only way to reach your goal.

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  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    @sjulez26, what has not been mentioned in the responses just yet is that your age matters too. You still have more changes to come. But...being already at a healthy weight, I would not recommend dieting to achieve what you see in that first picture. That alone won't get you there. Neither will extreme cardio or anything like that. When you see the ripped bodies on Beachbody with all their routines, those folks already have a muscle base to work from.

    @sardelsa has this right. You need some resistance training that uses progressive overload over time. What you're really after isn't body weight - it's body shape. Using resistance (strength) training with a controlled calorie intake will get you there. But be prepared. It takes work. It takes time. And it takes patience.
  • BruinsGal_91
    BruinsGal_91 Posts: 1,400 Member
    She got all this advice in her other thread currently on page 4.
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    BruinsGal_91 wrote: »
    She got all this advice in her other thread currently on page 4.

    Must've missed that....
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    sjulez26 wrote: »
    I think I want to get back to 122-5ish bc at that weight I didn’t have a muffin top and you could see my waist more. I didn’t look perfect though :( I was still unhappy with my belly fat.... it’s never gonna go away

    Yea that is exactly what I was talking about in my post above.. you keep losing weight, both fat and muscle. Then without muscle under your body may not look how you want it to. It can take quite some time to get to your goal, so patience will be key.

    And if there’s one thing 18 year olds are good at, its patience... ;)

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