How to change your body shape?

[Anonymous]

I'm really trying to change your body shape. I'm more on the curvy side but I dont like it and want to be skinny. I want to make my kips, thighs and chest a lot smaller. I've already lost 10lbs (putting my down to 110lbs) so I'm wondering how much I need to lose to become really slim and thin.

[Kythe]

There are three things you can do:

1) surgery
2) gain/lose overall body fat (the distribution of which is genetic. Sucks, I know, but there it is)
3) gain/lose muscle mass (the closest one can come to non-surgically changing a given body part)

You don't provide your height, but unless you're pretty short, 110 lbs is not a whole lot to begin with, especially if you have decent muscle mass. Please be aware the excessive loss of body fat, especially for women, is not terribly healthy.

[Kythe]

To be clear, just because I listed "surgery" first doesn't mean I'd recommend it as your first option.

[Asker]

Oh by the way I'm only 5'2

[Kythe]

OK. So at that height, a lot depends on body type. 110 lbs can be very thin, if you happen to be fairly muscular.

At any rate, from what you wrote, it seems like you're mainly talking about reducing body fat. Short of surgery, there's really no way to "spot reduce" body fat -- it's a package deal, and where you happen to have the most is all genes.

If you've lost 10 lbs already, then it seems like you're already cutting down. But if you want to focus on losing body fat alone, resistance exercise (e. g. weights) combined with getting enough protein (I'd aim for maybe 100 gms per day) will help you keep muscle at the same time.

If you have access to some means of measuring body fat (e. g. a nutritionist or coach with calipers) - you don't generally want to go below 13-15%.

[SirenDep]

Body shape does not change when you loose weight. You 'd look thin but you'd still have curves.

[staciebee]

It depends on your height and current body shape (pear, hourglass, rectangle, ect)

[Anonymous]

You can't change your body shape... unless you want to starve yourself and even that probably won't work.

[stylez1976]

<3 you go girl

[Asker]

I try to, but I'm not my ideal

[stylez1976]

What's your goal? I'm not at my goal either. 25 lbs of muscle still to gain.

[Asker]

I don't have a weight or anything, but I think slim model like girls are most attractive

[stylez1976]

Men like me prefer curves... not too skinny. I love too cook and like a woman that's not afraid to eat something but will workout

[Asker]

I think curves are pretty too, but I think when it comes to clothes it's a lot easier to dress for

[stylez1976]

You said your weight is 110 lbs... if you are... you're already tiny hon

[Asker]

Yeah but I'm only 5'2 so I'm not that tiny. Also the shape of my body is weird

[stylez1976]

Hon I was 190 and real muscular... had a bad accident and went down to 150 over 4 years... back up to 180 and not happy... lost a lot of muscle and trying to get it back plus some extra... I've always been scrawny. I'd like to see a picture. Your height and weight sound great.