Should I just starve myself?!?

[Anonymous]

Alright maybe I'm being dramatic... but I have been eating healthy meals and exercising and I'm down to a good weight but I still feel BIG. I have thick arms and a wide back and my legs look like stubby tree trunks, what can I do to get really lean? I'm considering greatly restricting my calories or maybe even fasting . What are work outs/sports that will burn fat but won't gain muscle?

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+1 y

hmm, maybe yoga?

[tigeress_meow]

Okay, I don't have an answer to a work out or sport that won't gain muscle, but I can tell you with certainty and experience that starving yourself is definetely not the right thing to do.

If you don't eat, instead of your body eating yourself and supposedly making you thinner, the opposite will actually happen and you will actually GAIN weight. That's how the sumo wrestlers get so big!

I am a big boned girl and have always felt like I've been too heavy because compared to my friends, I'm much bigger than them, but I went to see my doctor and he said that it was just my build.

I have a big build and curves that are completely natural and I am actually a healthy weight I found out. It might be the same with you...

But no matter what you decide to do, starving yourself is never the answer and also never works.

Everyone hates the way we look, even when we are actually really pretty...

I hope this helps a bit.

[Asker]

so true, there are people who are rich and beautiful but miserable, if you can't see the good then it doesn't matter how much goodness and beauty surrounds you, you will always be unhappy... I love my body, I just want it to look its best, even if I have big bones I rather have my body look not as big by having the least amount of fat and muscle, while still being healthy and strong.

[tyt_2012]

Noo. Starving never helps, not if you are trying to lose weight. Starving yourself will only cause your body does go into starvation mode and will not use fat, but will start to destroy muscle and your vital organs in an attempt to fuel your body.

Eating smaller, more frequent meals, instead of three large meals, or two smaller meals (breakfast and lunch) and one huge evening meal (dinner) can improve your metabolism, and quench your hunger without as many calories. Eating small healthy snacks throughout the day along with smaller meals is a wonderful way to lose weight coupled with exercise.

When it comes tp exercise, start off slowly, do some power walks or you could play badminton, tennis, swim, run a few laps everyday. Join a gym. Do a few sit ups everday, push ups. You'll lose weight in no time. :)

[taurene]

Believe it or not, starving yourself makes you fat. Eating A LOT makes you skinny! It's all about getting your metabolism kick-started. If you don't eat it gets reaaallllly slow and then when you do eat something it's immediately stored as fat. Trust me I went from a size 7 to a size 3 when I started eating a lot of food. Especially when you are exercising your body needs that energy. You can make it healthy choices or not. I usually don't get myself crazy about what I eat and how much I eat. I still stay skinny these days and actually have trouble gaining weight since I started eating more. LOL

Note: eat small amounts about every 2-3 hours. that will make your metabolism speed up.

[TurbulentDan12]

Some people are just made to be big. I've been big my whole life. I have broad shoulders and I'm tall but still my legs, arms everything is big. And not in a really muscular way although its not blubber, I just tend to hold fat. Even when I played football where I'm sweating off 10 pounds a practice I was still big. Any intense cardio is the best workout to burn fat but whenever you are losing weight you will lose some muscle too unless you do some strength training. A little bit of everything will help you lose the weight and keep your body guessing. That and a healthy diet with a wide range of healthy nutrients. And yes you are being dramatic :)

[Asker]

exactly, I am the same way, It's not muscle, but not squishy like fat... what is it? maybe fat and muscle mixed together? I think there different types of muscle.. I know I am big boned but I look bigger than I am because of this layer of meaty muscle/fat. anyways, you are right I should probably be doing a mix of everything for exercise, right now I am doing a lot of running, biking, and soccer, I have HUGE calves, so this is probably not helping.. I will do some yoga and look into strength tra

[Asker]

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[Anonymous]

try getting therapy

[MrEM4N]

Eat small portions more frequently. When you body can rely on a constant source of nutrition it increases metabolism and stops storing fat. When you try to starve yourself you body reacts by storing fat and lowering metabolism. Also, its my experience that people who try starving themselves rationalize eating foods that are worse for them because theyve already had so few calories that day. You also want to focus on building lean muscle which acts like a furnace and increases your metabolism.

The common misconception is that working out is what burns your fat off. That's only half true. It's regulating your diet and increasing your metabolism that will give you the most gains.

[Asker]

I will try what you said about the food.

lean muscle vs...? (are there other types of muscle?) . I am pretty muscular, but I think it is fatty, watery, muscle and I feel too thick, I think what I want is not to loose the muscle but make it denser (lean?)

[Anonymous]

go see a professional that knows about weight and stuff. honestly you are not going to get a answer here that will solve it. if not go see a Councillor about self esteem issues more then like it could be in your head. everyone goes through this phase , the important thing is that you are eating healthy and exercising. not over doing it , or stop eating. it just makes you gain weight.

[Minimelhj]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

dont do that silly girl that doesn't work and it makes you gain wait cause your body holds onto the fat