(no subject)

[nohanii]

So I am two weeks into this dieting thing. I started off at 117.3 pounds on Thursday 8/6. As of Thursday 8/13, I weighed 118. Yesterday, I weighed in at 117.5 pounds. ARGH. It's been two weeks. Two weeks of restricted, 1300 calorie a day food intake and working out hard 3-6 times a week and nothing has changed. I went to the gym twice yesterday. I may have lost a little excess fat off my waist, but that's it. Dan said this diet was supposed to help you lose 1 pound of fat a week. I've gained weight. I just want to be around 110, is that too much to ask? I'd be really happy if I were able to lose some of that weight from my thighs and boobs -- finding 32DD bras is pretty much impossible. Can I go back to 32C? Or even 32D? Please? I'm sure even that little change would be a big help.

*Okay, maybe not 110. I checked, and for my height, 110 gives a BMI of 20.45, which is considered underweight. I want to be 112, at most (BMI at 112 is 20.82, considered average). I'm currently about 177.5  117.5 pounds, with a BMI of 21.84, also considered average. WAIT, according to a different site, I  wouldn't be considered underweight until I'm about 100 pounds, so 110 might still be possible and healthy.

**I swear I'm not anorexic or bulimic or anything like that. I eat enough, and I eat healthy. No bunging, no purging, no exercising to exhaustion. I just don't like having rolls of fat when I sit down or thighs that rub together when walking.

Edit: 117.5 pounds, not 177.5!! Whoops!

Comments

[subluxate]

You're not built to weigh 110. If you look at your hips and shoulders, you're built to weigh about what you are now.

"Diets" like this don't work. They just don't. You'll regain any weight you lose when you go back to eating normally. If you were overweight, you'd have to change your eating habits entirely to lose weight and keep it off. You're not overweight. Your self-image is skewed.

A fold or roll on your stomach when you sit? Is normal and healthy. I had that when I was 112 and very fit. Women carry a fat pad low in their abdomens. It's evolutionary. Good for protecting the babymaking.

[honeystix.livejournal.com]

But I used to weigh 110! Throughout high school and into college, that was a fairly steady weight. In the last year or two I've gained a couple extra pounds that I want to get rid of.

I know the stupid roll is normal but I don't like it. It makes me feel squishy and gross.

[subluxate]

You've gained a lot of muscle through martial arts and stuff, though, and body composition does change, especially as you ADD MUSCLE.

Srsly girl, if you keep up with the bad body image, I will get you for the disordered thinking that leads to the disordered eating. I WILL.

[honeystix.livejournal.com]

I was really muscular in water polo, too -- remember my big shoulders? I did a lot more exercise back then, at least 2 hours a day 4 or 5 days a week. Now it's a half hour to an hour at least 3 days a week. But, I'm doing more weight lifting now and less cardio. I need more cardio. I'm working on that.

I'm just trying to be healthy. I'm seriously considering dropping this "diet" because it's not working and it takes a lot of juggling to get everything just right.