I feel like I need to lose weight but I don't want to..

[thisislifebaby]

I'm 5'1" and about 135 (US size 5-6) I used to be around 125 but I looked and felt chubbier also I was a size bigger in clothes I know it sounds like a lot for my height but I don't look it and my body has a lot of muscle so that is where most of the weight comes from. I have a healthy diet I never eat fast food and I eat junk in moderation (for example I'll have a small cookie everyday and that will be the only junk), also I can't eat lactose or gluten so my diet is lower in carbs and fat and I don't drink soda's or coffee, there are lots of more unhealthy foods that I just don't eat, I don't use mayo or ketchup, I drink lots of water etc.. so my diet is pretty healthy. I do my little exercises 5-6 times a week they are 150 star jumps, 100 squats, 400 arm exercises with 3 kg weights (I do 4 different kinds), 150 situps, 550 leg exercises with one kg weights (3 diff kinds) and 100 leg exercises with no weights. I don't do it all at once I have do it in 3 sets and sometimes I do a 60 second plank after. I also take public transport everywhere so I walk a fair bit during the week. I feel I am pretty healthy, I like my body and no one calls me chubby and I get attention from guys I find attractive. But compared to my cousins I am super un-fit they eat super healthy food, run like 10 km at least 2x a week, go to the gym a lot do heaps of sport for school etc.. I am just not like that once I am happy with my body I maintain it which I do, sometimes I just feel like I should loose like 25 pounds just so I weigh 110 despite that I don't need to lose the weight I would probably be unhealthy if I did. Does anyone feel like this?

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Also because I can't eat gluten I don't eat out because majority of things contain gluten of traces of it and in restaurants they aren't particularly careful, and I eat fruit and veg every day.

[think_of_the_bubble]

Losing weight doesn't have to be difficult for everybody. I was reading a book called metabolic typing where they talk about how people with different genes and bodies require different things to lose and gain weight so it all depends on you but your metabolic type is often associated with your weight.

I'll give you example: I did a low calorie die for 6 months and only managed to lose 2 pounds. My friend did a low calorie die for 2 months and lost 35 pounds.

I went on a low carb diet and lost 30 pounds of body fat in 30 days. My friend went on a low carb diet for 6 weeks and only managed to lose 2 pounds and then gained it back after he got off the die.

Here are some things that have worked for me and some things that have worked for others:

- eat an 1/4 of an eggplant every day because an egg plant contains 16 grams of fibre. You just microwave it until it gets soft, and then put sesame oil and black chinese vinegar OR soy sauce on it and you will lose inches around your waist in a matter of 30 days.

- low carb diets worked for me. I always lose at least a pound a day without exercise when I go on one.

- if you have a slow metabolism, try eating from a 5 inch bull 4-6 times a day for portion control and see if you can lose weight that way.

- try building muscle because every pound of muscle that you gain causes you to burn an extra 50 - 100 calories at rest. A personal trainer was fired for telling me this cause if people knew how easy it was to lose weight, they wouldn't hire personal trainers.

- When losing weight you must keep hydrated because if your not hydrated your body will be too busy keeping you weight to burn fat and if you don't drink water when you are thirsty it will slow down your metabolism and you will gain weight.

- Maybe lose weight by only eating when you are hungry but this only applies if you don't already do this.

- you need MEAT to gain muscle. Eating protein shakes does not help in any way shape or form.

- try eating an asian, chinese diet because I find that it is healthier than the western diet but I'm warning you, the chinese food they serve yo in restaurants is NOT REAL CHINESE FOOD.

[madmisskelly]

I'm the same weight right now. I'm in decent shape but I know I could be better. The thing that got me was the body fat percentage testing. I'm in the healthy range, but I want to drop it down about 6 percent so I am in the bottom of the fit range.

You may just want to work on lowering your body fat percentage. What I am doing is keeping myself on a 1400-1500 calorie per day diet and working out 5 days a week. Hard and intense cardio mixed with strength training and distance running.

[martyfellow]

Youneed a balanced diet, that's why you are too heavy. all the workouts won't help if you're not eating properly. Stop making excuses. That's not all muscle, is it?

Maybe 110 isn't necessary, but yu probably need to drop at least 15 lbs. and see how you feel then.

[thisislifebaby]

No I am eating properly my diet is balanced and I eat normal amounts, I'm not making excuses where would that get me? I don't feel chubby or even really think I need to loose weight but because it looks like so much compared to my height on paper sometimes I feel like I should.

[martyfellow]

Yes, I feel like you should too. Eatng 'healthy', well, famous last words. You need an actual measured diet, sorry!

[honeyltsme]

I agree and don't think you'll benefit much from further weight loss. What I think you can benefit from is learning how to summarize what you are saying :-)

[DeepBlue]

You are probably in better shape than 95% of the people you meet, so I wouldn't worry about it. If you want to lose a little mass do less strength work and more aerobic work.

[Anonymous]

You don't need to lose weight.

However, you could benefit from a healthier lifestyle. Running and eating right never did anyone wrong. If you don't lose weight, don't sweat it. You're fine as it is.