Skinny vs. Fit

You know the society make a big deal about being thin..thin is good , fat is bad. Maybe talk to your doctor. I find that my weight is directly linked to what is going on in my life

I am 5' 2 looking at 115 as goal. I want to be fit and shapely. Skinny is not necessarily fit or shapely. Re think your goal. I agree that our goal should be 104-140. I feel that is the middle is good. I changed my goal from 120 to 115. We will see what I do when I reach 115. How I look in my cloths matters.

I'm not sure I understand your question but it sounds as if you don't want to get too muscular? I would think activities such as walking, jogging or swimming would keep you fit and healthy but not building too much muscle.

Hey I get it especially for women you guys have this image and typically it revolves around this image that is mostly predetermined by some set of circumstances, but to me skinny just means skinny and fit means more along the lines of "healthy" if by fit you mean more muscle tone and shape say in your legs and shoulders for example which alot of women are afraid of what you may want consider is how can I emphasize other parts of my body in order that I be proportioned and maintain a womanly figure. Like for example creating a slimmer waist appearance by slimming the waist with a focus on certain exercises and broadening other parts of your body, like your shoulders or thighs through exercise, presses that target the upper chest in men can give women a lift in bust like inclined bench presses, on the other hand if you just want to get skinny i.e. less overall body mass but are comfortable with the shape and figure you will simply have to have more calories out then in until you reach that goal and focus on burning fat and not building muscle through a reduction in protein, but I would strongly urge you to consider this and seek advice of those around you before you do this, because often time women have this idea of what they should look like and often times it is unrealistic, you all get this notion from this magazine or that one but if you look at someone like say Arnold's wife Maria man to me she look sick but shes skinny right? But if you talk you your boyfriend or husband or any guy they will tell that probably is not a very appealing look there really is such a thing as too skinny and women usually go way past where men think that point is at. In the end you must be happy but if you are trying to get skinny for the man in your life talk to him about it you might be surprised, we all here want you to be fit and healthy but how skinny you are is a personal issue a taste issue, just remember that if you are unable to get the look you want and stay safe doing so then chances are you don't need to do it no matter who it is for.

This is a general comment, not specifically related to the OP, but germane to the discussion.

Just as you have issues with larger-framed or more muscular people being told (wrongly) that they are "too big", the opposite can occur as well.

I have tested a number of women who appeared outwardly "skinny", but had surprisingly high levels of body fat. They were not "obese" by any means, but their body fat levels were noticeably higher than what would be expected from looking at them. This is because they had a very low lean body mass.

Some of them suffered from kind of a reverse peer pressure. They did not feel they were at an optimal weight, but could if they verbalized a desire to lose fat or did something to lose fat, they were faced with questions/concerns about eating disorders and body image problems. Because of their relative lack of muscle, they were usually at a low level of fitness for their ages (25-40). The overall lack of physical strength and endurance became a self-reinforcing pattern-many of them reported that they avoided physical activities, sports, etc.

In these cases, I was able to provide a "scientific" validation for their desire to improve their body composition and also strongly urge them to develop a regular exercise routine, with a particular emphasis on strength training.