What should I work on while losing?

[Anonymous]

im trying to lose some weight..
right now im 5'2 and weigh 131.8 lbs
video below shows what i look like.

i really want to get back into petite modeling but in order to do that i need to be 110.
i just think i have an awkward body shape.. i use to be really into fitness and was very toned even then i still had this awakward shape to my body... is it just me who sees this?

i eat VERY healthy. Mainly fruits, veggies, and beans. nothing else, but vegan crackers on occasion and i dont get why i look like this. i dont really pay attention to portion since i eat so healthy, i have a past of anorexia so im trying to avoid worrying about it. i workout 3x a week.. do u think i should more?
I don't know what to do at this point.

[ATPPC]

First of all your diet is absolutely amazing. Even if you over eat on that it would be hard for you gain any weight.

I don't know what your workout plan is. Basically anything other than cardio burns next to no calories. I've said this like a million times but 1min of pushups is about 4 calories. So if you can somehow do pushups for an entire hour nonstop you are only going to be 240 calories lighter.

You should be running 3-4 times a week. The fat burning doesn't really start until past the 30min mark. 1km running = 70ish calories. Just make sure to push yourself hard and improve your nonstop running time by at least 3 min every week. Otherwise you won't progress as fast.

Running works your core a lot and everything else waist down. Makes your lungs and ribcage a bit bigger so you get a nice hourglass figure.

Have one day that's a total rest day. Maybe a bit of walking, so your body can fully recharge and repair itself.

The rest of the days of that week do some non-impact cross training so your joints can get a break. When you run, every step you take your knee takes forces about 5x your body weight. Swimming and cycling are good. Or you can do weight training to work on what you like to work on. These days are basically recovery days (different from rest days) where you simply try to stay active.

[Asker]

Thank you SO much! im getting a gym membership, and i like using the mountain climber thingy lol I use to love cardio as crazy as that sounds but now i hate it :( it's hard getting back into it but i know i can. my lungs are just really fucked up, im not a smoker.. i just think i need to build them up for cardio again or something

[ATPPC]

Running on an incline is really really hard. Use treadmill to develop a good running base first.

When I first started running I did 2km then puked from exhaustion. Lungs were on fire. 4 months later was doing sub 23min 5km easy.

There's going to be a tipping point where your cardio gets good enough you no longer have the burning pain anymore.

[AmongTheApples]

That other guy is so wrong.

Lifting weights burns fat much faster than cardio. It's true that cardio burns more fat while you do it, but your metabolism quickly returns to normal. The same is not true about lifting. The boost in metabolism lasts for hours after you stop lifting, so, in the long run, you burn much more fat lifting than you do from cardio. I bet right now that you mainly do cardio. Doing more of it isn't going to help much and will probably just make it more likely that you'll quit. In addition, it is much harder for the body to maintain muscle than fat, which means that, as you put on more muscle, your baseline metabolism is boosted to maintain it. In short, you need to start lifting, not doing the insane cardio that he recommended.

[Anonymous]

sprout your beans. starch causes you to retain excess water. you'll drop 10lbs easy from that alone.

[Asker]

really? so canned beans aren't good huh?

[Opinion Owner]

no! canned anything is awful

[Asker]

well it said 'organic' lol

[Opinion Owner]

processing is just as important as how it's grown.

[Fingold]

I think you look great