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Q: Toning body

asked by: kimlaws on July 15th, 2009

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Ive been ermm..struggling..with this for a while I guess you could say.
Ive never really been satisfied with my weight...Or more like what it makes me look like.
I'm 17, I'm 5'6"-7"ish and I have a 31 inch waist, 39 inch hips and a very uneven 36 inch bust(which I'm trying to find any way I can to even it out..)
I weigh around 140-145. It was 145 last I checked but it was with clothes on and on a very looney scale. So Im guessing somewhere in between those numbers.
I'm a fairly self concious person. My boyfriend and all of my friends say Im absolutely beautiful the way I am and all that...but I never feel like it.
I have a fair amount of stomach pudge...I can definately pinch an inch. I admit it isnt too bad, but its enough to make me feel self concious.

I tend to eat what feels like quite a bit..
I eat about 4-5 small meals a day rather than 3 big ones...I really dont know why. its just the way Ive always been. but the past few months I feel like Im eating a LOT. Then when I actually write it all down I realize its not usually that much, but I still feel like I ate way too much for the day. It doesnt help that Im a late nighter and tend to eat at night but that never really affected me too much in the past. Its only been maybe since summer started that the whole night eating thing really started getting to me.

I keep thinking Im borderlining a normal/average body weight to overweight...

Am I really just extremely paranoid or should I really try to do something to fix this? My boyfriend is gonna help me at least tone out my stomach a little with some exercises he knows, so if I see any results from that I might feel a little better...
But is there anything I can do to help myself on this besides exercise? Im a fairly picky eater...so Im really not sure what to do here..

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wendyrs

replied on July 15th, 2009

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Ok. According to your height and weight, your fine but if you want to tone a little do the stomach exercises your boyfriend is going to show you. I'm really into yoga and it is wonderful for toning. I'm 44 and very tone from the yoga. Eating small meals throughout the day is the correct way to eat. The one thing you do wrong is to eat at night. Your body doesn't burn off the calories at night the same way they do during the day when you're more active. Get rid of the junk food, drink more water, stay away from Starbucks! I know you didn't mention that but so many young people drink those coffee drinks and they are filled with calories. I hope this helps, and relax...you are a little too obsessed with your weight. Don't be so rough on yourself.

kimlaws

replied on July 16th, 2009

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Good thing I dont drink coffee haha.
The bad part is, I'm the type that is up at night and not as much during the day...so I do tend to eat at night. Not to mention my mom never even makes dinner til about 7 or 8. Just depends on when she gets home. I have personal reasons for not cooking dinner myself.
I try not to eat that much junk food...but lately it seems like thats all we have in this house..
Once I have a job I'll be able to fix that a bit.
But thank you very much. I'll have to try yoga sometime. I think some of my friends do it so I can ask them about it.
And yeah..I know Im a tad obsessed...Im just really self concious and dont really know why...

soop

replied on July 16th, 2009

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Try to exercise when you wake up, before your first meal, this is the best time to burn fat.

Go for foods like vegetables, fruits and grains.

mbronkho

replied on July 16th, 2009

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Hi

All that I can say is drink alot of water. Try to drink 3l of water. I weight 78 kg, and in 7 months time I am now standing on 64kg. I drank alot of water and I must admit that I gym alot. All that I can add is try to cut sugar in all food and beverages.

partybasher

replied on July 17th, 2009

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food has nothing to do to it. i weigh the same same hieght but i worked out and had a lot of muscel tone. now that i have medical problems i have a pouch but still weigh the same. eat all the food you want as long as its small mills through the day and exersise get a routine of working out or yoga or something you like to do. but since most yoga cost money just do you basics which want to jogg or run for 10 mins then do 10 push up 10 sit ups and other abb work outs then run or jogg for another 10 mins after tou do you workout... i like doing tybo which buy tapes and do it at home but you want run for 10 mins before you do any type of work out cuz if not your only building up muscel but your not burning off the fat. but thats just my oppinion.

mbronkho

replied on July 17th, 2009

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I am going to differ on that

partybasher

replied on July 18th, 2009

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worked for me. thtas wat the majority of my instructors. have instructed me to do. but then again i was a athlete may be different for gymnist or weight lifting if thats what you go for gym or meaning by gym.

mbronkho

replied on July 18th, 2009

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No i do gym...i do weights but to tone not to build

partybasher

replied on July 18th, 2009

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kool kool.. everyones body works different to many things out there. lol we both right! lol

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