￡ 145 Continue with cardio? [flab] [tiny bit]
Hi everyone, have not checked in a while. 6 Tall, I was orginally ￡ 170 on food and Terrible (fast food all the time . etc) In the past 4 months + Ive cleaned up my eating, doing cardio about 2 months / with weights every other day. I weighed myself and Im up to 145 pounds, the stomach is flat, although I am still a little bit of flab I can see when I sit down. Im skinny enough as it is, but I would like little bit of flab loose. Im weight training three days per week . should I start doing cardio again to release? Or? (I did that for a highly intense Taebo 2 months) . Thanks.
Reply:Yeah, I'm a guy. I've been eating 2000-2500 calories roughly/day with the cardio daily and weights 3x/week ..I know I'm too skinny ..this bit of flab just bothers me, it just reminds me of how I put it on eating pretty much nothing but pizza and fast food, as I've said ..I stopped that and eat nothing but healthy food now (no sweets..etc) I'm hoping to continue with the cardio/weights and hopefully lose this roll of flab, I know it's usually the last to go. I'm not starving myself food wise, if I'm hungry..I eat.
Reply:Sam could either be short for Samantha or Samual.
If you are female, you are borderline underweight. If you are male, you are drastically underweight. DO NOT TRY TO LOSE ANYMORE WEIGHT.
I think, rather than changing the physical, you need to change the perception. Ask yourself why does one little tummy roll bother you so much? Most everyone gets that when they sit down. Moviestars and models do. Heck, even professional bodybuilders get that when they sit. In pictures, it's usually airbrushed out. Women in particular are supposed to have it. It's natural. Skin is elastic, and all it is just slack, like a string pulled straight sags when the pull is relaxed.
Our identities are often linked with our body perception…it's the hardest thing we have to conquer when we lose weight. Weight loss in itself is really very easy, but our minds are so caught up in it's associations with food and identity, that's why so many people either fail at diets, or develop anorexia and other eating disorders.
Trust me, if you can learn to like your body as it is now, tummy roll and all, you're going to be much happier and it's one less stressor in your life.
Reply:If you're 6 foot…you need to gain AT LEAST 20 lbs…even with a thin build (small frame). You CAN do that without gaining fat. Go HEAVY on the weights (do some research online) and pump up the protein and carbs. Perhaps lay off on the cardio a bit. That little flab you have won't go away without surgery. That is part of life…welcome to the real world.
IMO,
chingchang
Reply:At 6 feet, the ideal weight for you would be about 170lbs I would say. I would say you are way underweight and need to stop losing it. You kinda sound like a 16 year old girl so obsessed over losing weight to a point where you aren't healthy anymore.
Reply:Aren't you underweight for your height? 145lbs seems REALLY skinny for someone of your height…and I'm guessing you're a guy. Are you healthy? Also that tiny bit of flab you have may be near impossible to lose if you haven't already lost it doing all that exercise. A lot of people have that on their stomachs, I've noticed, even my good friend who is borderline underweight.
