I wouldnt say that i am big but i am unhappy.

I am 5" 5 roughly and weigh just under 10 stone, 20 years old.

I have quite big legs, do you know of anything i can do to make these a lot smaller, its the same with my arms.

I dont mind my stomach too much but i am trying to do as many sit ups as i can.

I have cut my calorie intake down to just under 1000 but for a while now whenever i eat i get a really sore stomach and it doesnt seem to matter what i eat. I am not that keen on fruit and veg so i have to make myself eat this (doesnt happen much)

I have started to do 3 hours dancing on a Monday (belly dancing and ballroom/latin), go horse riding once a week and i have to get myself to go back to the gym which i will start this week.

I am going on holiday in 6 weeks and i know im going to dread putting a bikini on.

Please Help!

Looking at what your bmi is -
at your current weight and height... you are not overweight...


Your Body Mass Index of 23.34 is an indication of normal weight.


According to an average BMI of 22.5 your weight should be 134 lbs.

which would be a 6 lb loss... having your current weight at 10 stone -w hich is 140 lbs - though if you are udner that - you might very well be at your current weight...

that's one pound a week that you could lose... you can do that by watching your calories.... and to be honest, sometimes eating less isnt the solution... your body needs fuel to function... if you deprive it of that fuel, bad things could happen...

If you are indeed at your correct weight.. then it's toning you want to concentrate on and not losing any weight... take your measurements and use that as a judge.

we encourage safe, sane, and healthy lifestyle choices..

WHOA NELLIE!!! Let me get this right...does 1 stone = 14 lbs? If yes, then you only weigh 140 lbs? and you are 5'5"??? That would put you right in the middle of a healthy BMI. I would STRONGLY advise you to not cut the calories out like that. Not only should you never go below 1200 cals in a day (unless ordered and supervised by a doctor), but you probably just need to tone as opposed to LOSE. I am not positive of the healthy BMI numbers, but you might be able to lose a FEW lbs and stay in a healthy BMI, but you have no severe weight/health issue that would allow for a serious caloric drop. My suggestion? Keep up with the dancing and get into a gym with a trainer to help you tone up. 6 weeks is a good amount of time for you to be able to see toning.

LOL....looks like Mal beat me to it while I was stilll typing!

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Well, I'm right there with Mal & Bep.

In most cases, if you cut your calories too low, then your body starts storing fat and your metabolism doesn't work as it should, so you aren't burning calories efficiently.

You're probably ok with your tummy because you've been doing tummy exercises - there are a lot of exercises out there to help tone your legs and arms.

Nothing is easy, it takes work, but it doesn't always take reducing calories.

Good luck you CAN tone your body

I read your post and want to give you a suggestion.

DON'T SPAM!!



Acai is nonsense, and if you want a colon cleanse, have two bottles of prune juice on an empty stomach, and you'll be able to sh*t through the eye of a needle without hitting the sides! And it'll cost you a lot less than those stupid berries and all the other stuff that just doesn't work.

San - you just made me spit Diet Coke all over my keyboard. I swear that's the best response ever to the "cleanse" BS.

I'm with the others: 1000 calories is way too little, and you're already at a healthy weight. You need to get in shape and build some muscle to restructure your body, not lose more weight.

Look into weight lifting, resistance training, and full body exercises.

*lol*....glad I could make you laugh. Hopefully the keyboard survived the diet coke!

And another spammer....is it 'Spammers are us' in this thread by any chance?

And don't click the link....it's that absolutely useless fatloss4idiots, and it's hosted through clickbank, which means the spam person makes money every time somebody clicks the link.....

I think you should keep it go on. for a long time.

and if you think you are health. you may probably try this way.

do below in 7 days.

1st day. decrease what you eat to 60%
2nd day. just eat the vegetables and fruit whole day.
3-6 same as the 2nd day.
7 increase you normal food to 20 % + vegetables and fruit
8. increase to 50-60 % normal food.


sure ,you will loss your wt around 10.

PS: boiled vegetables, not the fried vegetables with oil.

remember only do this within 7 day , then back to normal .

To be honest a few months ago I was in the same boat as you, I weighed a normal amount but all the weight was in my arms and legs. I actually signed up for a gym membership went in and asked what I should do. A trainer walked me around to a bunch of machines wrote up a plan for when I'm in there and a few months later here I am looking how I want (and with some added muscle.) I recommend using the gym and sticking with your old diet, the gym does wonders.

God it's a regular Spam fest in here >_<

Clean up on Aisle 9!!!

Laura, I can only reiterate what everyone (other than the spam morons) has already said.. you are at a healthy weight now, you most likely need to shape up through weightlifting etc to get the body shape you want... losing a few pounds isn't going to help, and losing more than a few isn't healthy for you.

Hi Frank it sounds like you are probably the right weight for your size.
So I wouldnt worry to much I dont really eat fruit either but its gotta be done man.
It sounds like you are keeping active wich will help tone up your body I have found a niffty site with a cool work out program wich will help.
I dont want to be seen as a spammer especialy on my first post so hears A little workout program I got from the site.

Mon/Wed/Fri
9 am - 10 pushups/15 bodyweight squats, repeat 1X for 2 sets
10 am - plank holds (hold the planks as long as you can taking short rest breaks for a total of 3 minutes)
11 am - 5 pushups/10 bodyweight squats, repeat for 4 sets
1 pm - plank holds (hold as long as possible in 3 minutes)
2 pm - 8 pushups/12 bodyweight squats, repeat for 3 sets
3 pm - plank holds (hold as long as possible in 3 minutes)
4 pm - max pushups/max bodyweight squats in one set (no repeat)
Tues/Thurs
9 am - 6 fwd lunges each leg/6 rev lunges, repeat 1X for 2 sets
10 am - one legged bw Romanian deadlifts (RDL) 6 each leg/floor abs for 20 sec, repeat 1X for 2 sets
11 am - 3 fwd lunges each leg/3 rev lunges, repeat for 4 sets
1 pm - one legged bw RDL 3 each leg/floor abs for 20 sec, repeat for 4 sets
2 pm - 5 fwd lunges each leg/5 rev lunges, repeat for 3 sets
3 pm - one legged bw RDL 10 each leg/floor abs for 30 sec (no repeat)
4 pm - max fwd lunges each leg/max rev lunges in one set (no repeat)
In order to progress on these workouts, you could either add 1 or 2 reps to each set per week, or you could progress to more difficult versions of each exercise each

Your supposed to do about 5 mins an hour hope this helps.
Good luck man