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    Should I lose weight?

    Posts: 20 Member
    edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
    I’m 5’ 6”, around 119, and around 19.4% body fat. Would you recommend weight loss to me I can’t tell

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    • Posts: 20 Member
      gallicinvasion wrote: »
      I feel like you know the answer is no.
      In a way yes, but in a way no. Like I guess I want people to tell me I don’t because I feel like I can’t stop dieting. Like is this good enough? Can I stop now?
    • Posts: 1,020 Member
      hadleyjones16 wrote: »
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      In a way yes, but in a way no. Like I guess I want people to tell me I don’t because I feel like I can’t stop dieting. Like is this good enough? Can I stop now?

      You should seek help for an eating disorder. You shouldn’t need other people to tell you when to stop or feel like you can’t stop dieting. It’s very dangerous.

    • Posts: 2,564 Member
      edited July 2020
      You are already at the lowest end of your BMI. Have you looked into doing a recomp instead of weight loss?
    • Posts: 20 Member
      harper16 wrote: »
      You are already at the lowest end of your BMI. Have you looked into doing a recomp instead of weight loss?
      harper16 wrote: »
      You are already at the lowest end of your BMI. Have you looked into doing a recomp instead of weight loss?

      What’s recomp? Like building muscle in legs and stuff?
    • Posts: 9,812 Member
      If you are not happy with your body composition at your current weight I would focus on building muscle. If you don't want to gain weight to do that I would look into recomp as mentioned. See this thread for more information

      https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1
    • Posts: 8 Member
      darling, that’s healthy (don’t quote me im not an expert, but I know when people are under or over.) you don’t need to lose weight at all in my opinion, and I bet you already look amazing.
    • Posts: 39 Member
      that is a weight on the low end of healthy and almost at the “athlete” level of body fat. I agree with focusing on body composition; perhaps focusing on “toning” by building muscle without gaining too much fat. Or having strength goals / fitness goals rather than weight goals. Also just focus on enjoying life outside of the scale since you are a healthy weight!
    • Posts: 20 Member

      hiyasweety wrote: »
      darling, that’s healthy (don’t quote me im not an expert, but I know when people are under or over.) you don’t need to lose weight at all in my opinion, and I bet you already look amazing.

      Thanks that’s really nice of you to say, it makes me feel better about where I am
    • Posts: 20 Member
      my4570 wrote: »
      that is a weight on the low end of healthy and almost at the “athlete” level of body fat. I agree with focusing on body composition; perhaps focusing on “toning” by building muscle without gaining too much fat. Or having strength goals / fitness goals rather than weight goals. Also just focus on enjoying life outside of the scale since you are a healthy weight!

      Thanks that helps me be more decisive. I lift (along with a sport and running) so I’ve thought before about being serious in regards to gaining muscle
    • Posts: 725 Member
      It sounds a lot like when you look in the mirror, you're still seeing a fat person. Believe me, with your numbers, you're really not. You have a body many of us would love to have.

      Did you take any photos at the start that you can compare, so you can better see for yourself that you have changed and you do look different now? I'm not saying post them online, because it doesn't sound as if you would be confident enough to do that, but do you have anything you can look at yourself?

      The changes are so gradual that sometimes we really struggle to notice that we do look different after weight loss. Photos can help with that.
    • Posts: 36 Member
      Not weight loss that sounds a nice slim size any smaller probably wouldn’t be ideal.
    • Posts: 20 Member
      thelastnightingale wrote: »
      It sounds a lot like when you look in the mirror, you're still seeing a fat person. Believe me, with your numbers, you're really not. You have a body many of us would love to have.

      Did you take any photos at the start that you can compare, so you can better see for yourself that you have changed and you do look different now? I'm not saying post them online, because it doesn't sound as if you would be confident enough to do that, but do you have anything you can look at yourself?

      The changes are so gradual that sometimes we really struggle to notice that we do look different after weight loss. Photos can help with that.

      That’s exactly what I struggle with, I can’t see myself anything but wide. Pictures are a good idea, thanks for the tip
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