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Originally Posted by 6sixty2two  i am a 20 year old girl, and i currently weigh 116 lbs. i'm 5'5 in height.
last year, around october, the parties lined up almost everyday, and as a result, i gained around 6-8 lbs. even before that, i guess i hadn't really kept track of what i was eating, as i was used to having a slim body and felt i could eat as much without gaining as much. however, i think the food binge was what did me in.
i used to have a totally flat stomach, and a 27inch waistline. now it's got a little bulge, and my waistline is now up to 28.5inches. my hips measure around 36.5inches.
i recently started working out on the crosstrainer, but i'm bad at endurance. i only manage 15minutes a day and try to do around 15crunches afterwards, and i'm slowly working that number up until i can manage around 90-100 a day. (since i read some advice that it's better to start at 10 and increase 1 per day to get to the bigger crunch numbers.)
so how should i set my goals? i want to get down to around 106lbs, but i don't know if this would actually really decrease my waistline. furthermore, i've tried eating less, as recommended, but not to the point that i would starve myself.
do you have any advice on what i could do about this and if i should make any more changes?
i used to never exercise but i feel its importance, specially since i have a slightly higher resting heart rate than normal, usually around the 120s. (this is also why i feel i cannot do more than 15minutes, because by then, my heart feels like it's about to explode.)
any advice/comments/suggestions would be appreciated. thank you so much. |
I think getting down to 106lbs would be very unhealthy, that would put your
BMI at 17.6. A
BMI of 17.5 is used to diagnose
Anorexia. I just think its an unrealistic
goal.
What I think you should do is get your
Body Fat Percentage tested, most
sports gyms can do this. Its just at 116lbs you'd expect your waist to be smaller than that, and you could have a high
body fat percentage. If you do, maybe you could concentrate on lowering that instead of losing
pounds. That way you know your losing
fat, not wasting away muscle.
Have you ever considered doing weight training? I'd say start doing that 3-4 days per week (look up resistance training on google), and just eat healthy foods with complex carbs and proteins.
You definatly dont need to lose any weight.
