I've been trying to lose weight for cholesterol reasons, and I only wanted to lose enough so I can eat what I want again. Unfortunately I can't stick to a diet for the life of me so my weight fluctuates, and I've been noticing people who have pictures of their body goals seem to be more determined to lose weight than people who don't. So since I'm a banana body shape like the girl below except i have a little more waist definition (she even looks about the same size as I am and I'm 127 lbs.) I've decided to try and choose a goal for myself, but my problem is... everyone you see with that shape is beyond skinny and I don't want to be super skinny... only small enough to be at a point to not have to worry about my cholesterol again. >o > I also don't want to be bulky either. Finding a body goal is hard because I also have to consider what's good for my height which is 5'1"/1.54m. .3.
The super skinny rectangle/banana shapes.
I've got a body goal, and have noticed this too.
I don't have a body goal, but I've noticed this too.
I've done fine without a body goal.
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Have you had a body goal for your body type (apple, rectangle/banana, hour glass, pear, etc.)? Did you ever meet that goal?
First of all, the cholesterol issue has nothing to do with your weight. I am overweight and my cholesterol is at normal levels because despite being overweight, I do not eat a lot of things high in cholesterol. If you lose weight to be able to eat what you want this is not going to help your cholesterol level at all. I know people who are very thin who have a problem with high blood pressure and cholesterol because they eat horribly. Your liver produces cholesterol and when you eat a diet high in saturated and trans fats your liver will produce more of it.
Now, to answer your question. I have never set a body goal for myself by looking at pictures because everyone's body is different and we all lose our weight differently. I am in the process of losing weight myself and I will keep going until I get to a weight that I feel good about. It will have nothing to do with trying to match some ideal look.
I have a pear body shape, I'm 5' 4'' and I weigh 152 lbs. I've been overrweight in most of my life, except from some years in elementary school. In the previous summer, I weighted almost 170 lbs, and then I decided to be more concerned and educated about my nutrition. I have a big goal, which is to reach 136,5 lbs and many smaller ones. For every 6,5 lbs or 3 kg you loose, you go down a size in your clothes. So I tell myself that if I loose a bit of weight, I 'll go down a size, that's my motivation. If I don't loose any weight for some period, it's still ok, because at least I don't put on more. bmi calculator www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../bmicalc.htm daily calories calculator to loose weight (never go under 1200 per day) https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html I keep a food diary, and I calculate calories, using portion control. if you have any questions feel free to ask
Naturally I'm an hourglass. I've never tried to change my body shape. It's much more important to love what you have and make the best with it. I'm only 5'2" but I weigh around 125 pounds, so in no way skinny. However, I workout a ton and have what I consider to be an attractive body. It's all a balancing act. I have short legs but they're strong and toned. It's the good with the bad. See my point?
My face is like my greatest asset so far since I have a baby face. I've even been told that I look 11-15 years. old for my age, and I've even been told that I look a little like a doll except with medium to dark brown skin. My body on the other hand is not on fleek. o3o
But thats good. I see lots of in shape women with ugly faces and it's sad because you can't workout your way to a pretty face! That's a pretty great asset.
I have reached my goals and more, i can mold my body in to pretty much anything i like, to bad women aren't attracted to the male body like men are to the female body. I can posses the perfect body, but most men will be more sexually attracted to the average female body, than almost all women will be to mine, no-matter how good i make my body.
That's because personality plays a hug factor. Like my boyfriend is not what people would typically call attractive because he's on the chubby side, but the reason why I'd choose him over any muscular guy is because he's smart, sweet, and makes me laugh.
Exactly, a women with a hot body does not need to posses any other traits to attract a large portion of men immediately. her body alone is enough for most men.
"Exactly, a women with a hot body does not need to posses any other traits to attract a large portion of men immediately. her body alone is enough for most men."
what if she doesn't look like a celebrity though? what if she has small breasts then she has nothing? what if she is fat or average her personality means nothing... don't you see this is exactly why its a mans world.
If you are 127lbs, your body is already more sexually attractive to most men than mine is to most women, and i have been in magazines for my body (i am serious), but... although i started fitness to get a body that would attract women, i now enjoy the gym more than almost anything else. I am now more muscular than most women would deem attractive, but i just want to get bigger and leaner because i love it.
You can reach your goal relatively easily if you really want it, ask me something specific and i might be able to help you, i have been a gym rat for a while,
actually men get atttracted by a pretty girl, according to their own standards. But they only stay with someone who has a good personality to go with her looks
"what if she doesn't look like a celebrity though? what if she has small breasts then she has nothing? what if she is fat or average her personality means nothing" ill say it again, men are more sexually attracted to women than women are to men, so a women with an average body will still be more sexually attractive to most men, than a man with a perfect body will be to most women (look up bateman's principle etc.).
Average girl=more sexual power than a relatively good looking and well built man.
It may be a man's world, but sexual attraction is a women's world and her biggest asset.
@LonelyLillie13 (I know i can't mention since i am anon, but just to clarify who it's for).
Yes, my weight goal is 200-220 , cause I'm big boned i don't look good real thin i look like death worn over when i lose too much weight so that is goal weight if i can get down to 220 i will be happy so that would be about 73 more lbs actually loss more weight since my profile pic on here so i feel pretty good about it
I'm working on my body goal and I already lost 4 pds and a inch off my waist. Once I hit puberty I started getting a hourglass shape but I wanted it alittle more defined. I just cut Calorie bc I couldn't stick with no junk food. I usually eat a lot of salad bc it's low calories and it fills me up.
Lol there aren't really goals for me, I just push myself after hitting a goal and I hit em often. When trying to build yourself, you only gotta think of you and do it for yourself only. It takes times and there will be more bad days than good but you gotta be consistent and kill it after stepping in. And if those chicks are your body goals, you already on your way lol and Id say 108 at 5'1 with muscle defination would be good enough
Those girls are not my body goals. I mentioned earlier about when I try to find something involving the rectangle/banana body type all I ever see are women who look starved. xD
lol whats even rectangular body shape, W. e bod you aiming for. Get right in it, aim it and hit it and then continue making goals and stay consistent. You'll get way far than you expect lol
The banana shape: Just for the record, the banana-shaped body does not curve at both ends. Banana shapes (sometimes called rectangles or rulers, but we’re doing fruit, remember?) generally strike a balance between shoulders that are balanced with their waist and hips, and there’s hardly any waist definition. Kind of a straight-up-and-down thing. When they gain weight, the fat is stored pretty much evenly throughout their body. They may have a flat stomach, but they may seem to weigh more due to a rather wide rib cage.
Nicole Kidman - Cameron Diaz - Demi Moore - Natalie Portman - Gwyneth Paltrow- Keira Knightly are some banana shaped actresses.
Oh. Cameroon Diaz is hot lol Hell aim for her, Not like you'd end up like her since no one can really end up like other one he aim of because well Genes are different all time but you could end up near em. Or you can just end up way further than em too lol when I was kid, I wanted Brad pitts body from fight club. I got it then I figured it's too skinny, Then I got in football and started working on something biggger then I figured goals are suppose to be part of journey, Not whole journey. So I hit em one by one and move on
I don't really have a visual goal. Even before I got diagnosed with this disorder, I ate what I wanted (moderate servings and mostly healthy with the occasional junk food) and worked out or played sports.
Now that I can barely eat anything without being in pain and sick, I have to fight to not be too skinny and malnourished. I work out more now, so I can be toned with some muscle. It's difficult, but as long as I can eat certain things and be healthy, I'm happy. :)
It motivates me more, seeing the results of effort, knowing that I will eventually reach that level. Already more than half way there!
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i just wanted a sixpack when i was 14 3 months of sit ups every night i got something visible 1 yr later i joined rowing to get bigger shoulders 9 months i quit and started lifting weights 1 and a half years later i have muscles that pop through my small t shirt and started a new plan on get a strong lift for a light weight eg bench 85 kg @ 67.5 kg squat 130 kg and dead lift 155 kg
I wish I could be an hour glass shape because they've got both ass and titties. Those lucky girls, but I know that's not gonna happen so I've got to work with what I've go.
I'm a breast person when it comes to what I like so I'm always like tits > ass. I wear a size 4 so my ass is already nonexistent and when I lose weight it's gonna be smaller. I'm use to having no ass. .3.
i look like the brown hair girl just maybe half the breasts. That is why i just gave up i know ill never be anything special to anyone so im not going to waist time exercising. lol. Too much work and i just get cats or something.
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