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weight scale dilemma
Okay. I'm 16/f. My average weight is 142. But it might change sometimes due to the amount of food I take in. I'm also 5'6.
I went on this website..and read that it's a really really normal weight. Ideal for my body ratio..
But here's the thing..I want to lose MORE. I don't eat after 6 usually. And exercise more than I eat on any given day (sometimes I take breaks though cause my joints hurt). But for some reason..the lowest my weight is...would be a 141.
Why? I don't get it. It never goes down! I think it's my standard weight...my healthy weight. But my dad won't believe me and yells at me when he sees me at 143 or 144. Because I gained a pound or two.
When I look in the mirror, I see my thighs more toned than they were..and I see my arms less flabby. And just more muscle everywhere..
But I can't seem to lose the numbers off the weight scale. And this makes my anxiety about losing weight go up cause I feel like I'm exercising daily for absolutely no reason. But I SEE the results..I just don't SEE the numbers falling!
Can anyone explain this to me? Or relate? Thank you =|
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I have the SAME problem.
How much cardio are you doing per day vs. strength training?
I think the reason I'm like that (and I'm like the same size as you too) is because I do too much strength training in relation to my cardio.
I know what I want is to burn fat...I really don't care about building muscle...it's just that I find strength training so much easier than cardio, so I tend to do more of it.
But I know that the first 20 minutes of any cardio workout is building up your heart, it's not doing much of anything else. So after that first 20 minutes is when you actually start to burn fat calories. I TRY to get in at LEAST 45 minutes of cardio a day (so 25 minutes of fat burn) but ideal is 60 minutes and then I do strength training every other day where I just work whatever key areas I want to build up.
I used to weigh 154 and I started doing this and I lost the weight to where I'm your size now but that was like 7 months ago and for the last 7 months I've been doing the same thing and staying the same size. So idk. If you find something that actually works...let me know haha.
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thats a BMI calculator.
put in your hight and weight and see if your healthy.
Muscle weighs more than fat, so you may be gaining weight because you are making mucs.e.
that doesn't mean you should stop exerciseing.
Go to : myperimid.gov
and put on all yoour information and find out whta you should be eating.
Try to get the right amount of calories and eat the proper amount.
If your happy with the way you look, it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks.
Don't worry about your dad. The only person taht matters is you. and what you think
You can't conrol how you are preceived, only how you are presented.
present your self good, and show off your confidence.
OWN IT!
hope i helped!
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