How do you know when you should stop losing weight?

breannaboyer4896
breannaboyer4896 Posts: 5 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I believe I am what they call a skinny-fat. Which means that I'm a healthy weight but my ratio of muscle to fat is off. I plan to address this by going to the gym when I am accepted into a grad school. In the meantime I'm not sure if I should keep dropping or start maintaining. I'm 5'8 and 125.9. I could go as low as 122 before I end up underweight but should I is the question

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  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,792 Member
    Take some pictures and then build some muscle. I think your pants size should remain the same as you tone up.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Agreed that if you are in an optimal BMI range for your height, then you should be looking into recomp rather than trying to lose more weight.
  • AlessandroD3426
    AlessandroD3426 Posts: 3 Member
    What’s with the “when I am accepted into grad school” restriction?

    Start now.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,209 Member
    edited September 2018
    The time is now.

    You're well into diminishing returns with weight loss.

    The normal weight zone for your height does not describe a zone such that it is equally beneficial for you, as an individual, to be at the top, middle, or bottom of that zone.

    What it says is that most people of your height who weight in that range have less health problems than most people who weigh above or below that range.

    Logically then, it is unlikely that the optimal weight for the majority of individuals of your height is the rock bottom of the zone.

    Now it *is* possible you're one of them, but *chances are* that you'll see better results if you move beyond a weight loss only mentality.
  • breannaboyer4896
    breannaboyer4896 Posts: 5 Member
    because I see this coming up in the comments the answer is yes, I am waiting for school because the gym will be included in the tuition. I don't have the money for a gym at this time
  • breannaboyer4896
    breannaboyer4896 Posts: 5 Member
    breannaboyer4896 wrote: »
    because I see this coming up in the comments the answer is yes, I am waiting for school because the gym will be included in the tuition. I don't have the money for a gym at this time
    thank you everybody who replied, it sounds like I need to start switching into maintenance mode

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