Body wont let me lose weight?

This may be an odd question, but does the body have a natural weight that it tries to stay at? The reason I say this is because I've been trying to lose weight over the past few weeks by eating really healthily and exercising every day, yet I've hardly lost anything. I am 5'2 and 8 stone at the moment but I'm trying to lose half a stone at least. Why am I not losing weight? Is it because I'm at the optimum weight for my body and it wont let me lose anymore? :confused:

Reply 1

Bean__x

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probably because you are at a perfectly healthy weight for your height. maybe you dont have much body fat, its mostly muscle, i would recommend not trying to lose weight, just keep healthy

Reply 2

LadyEnglish

2

There's no optimum weight :p:

Weight loss doesn't happen overnight, or maybe your excercise is too balanced with what you eat...The exercise needs to exceed the amount you eat otherwise you won't get anwhere :p:

exercise increase, food decrease :p:

Also why do you want to lose half a stone :confused:

8 stone seems like a good, healthy weight to be...good luck with everything xxx

Reply 3

Squelchy

The answer to your question is yes and no. Yes, the body does have a natural bodyfat percentage it wants to stay at, and your body's production of insulin and leptin will vary depending on where you are in relation to that bodyfat percentage.

However, if you find that you're not losing weight and your bodyfat percentage is still reasonably high, the only answer is that your diet simply isn't right. You may need to eat more or less calories, you may need to eat the same amount of calories but of different foods, or you may need to do more exercise.

Reply 4

Triplet1

13

why do you want to lose weight you are perfectly normal weight!

Reply 5

Squelchy

You guys don't know what her build is. She's only 5'2", she could have a really really slim frame but have a belly.

Reply 6

Anonymous #1

OP

Yeah i am quite slim but certain areas of my body annoy me. I have a little sort of bump at the bottom of my stomach (its hard to explain lol) and i want the top of my thighs to be thinner. Nobody else really notices but its something I wanna sort out lol

Reply 7

username47781

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Your weight is perfectly healthy, seriously i doubt anyone is completely happy with their own body.

Reply 8

chonky

This may be an odd question, but does the body have a natural weight that it tries to stay at? The reason I say this is because I've been trying to lose weight over the past few weeks by eating really healthily and exercising every day, yet I've hardly lost anything. I am 5'2 and 8 stone at the moment but I'm trying to lose half a stone at least. Why am I not losing weight? Is it because I'm at the optimum weight for my body and it wont let me lose anymore?

the one and only reason why people don't loose weight is because they eat more or equal to
what they need to maintain their weight. no other explanation valid.

weight loss = negative calorie balance

Although I have to say with 5'2 and 8 stone, don't loose too much!

Reply 9

LadyEnglish

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OP'Yeah i am quite slim but certain areas of my body annoy me. I have a little sort of bump at the bottom of my stomach (its hard to explain lol) and i want the top of my thighs to be thinner. Nobody else really notices but its something I wanna sort out lol'

(Soz forgot to quote so I'm editing including your post :p:

) You need to go to the gym and focus on these areas, it's not healthy to lose overall body weight. Try crunches to tone your stomache and most gym's have inner and outer thigh toning machines. These are what you need. Even the skinniest of people have 'bumps' :p:

what they don't realise is it's not pure fat, it just needs toning...good luck :biggrin:

xxx

Reply 10

Squelchy

LadyEnglish

Go to the gym and focus on these areas then, it's not healthy to lose overall body weight. Try crunches to tone your stomache and most gym's have inner and outer thigh toning machines. These are what you need. Even the skinniest of people have 'bumps' :p:

what they don't realise is it's not pure fat, it just needs toning...good luck :biggrin:

xxx

If she has fat covering her stomach, crunches won't do anything. Abs are built in the kitchen.

Equally, there is no such thing as "toning" areas, only reducing overall bodyfat percentage and increasing lean muscle mass.

Reply 11

LadyEnglish

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Squelchy

If she has fat covering her stomach, crunches won't do anything. Abs are built in the kitchen.

Equally, there is no such thing as "toning" areas, only reducing overall bodyfat percentage and increasing lean muscle mass.

Toning is simply firming up and let's people feel less conscious if they have a bit of a wobble on their bump. Of course crunches 'do something', they're a form of exercise are they not? Combined with reverse curls of course they're effective, I should know because I've reeped the results of going to the gym, doing ab exercises. Tone and definition improve confidence and make you feel better about your body. If crunches didn't do anything then why do so many people do them?
OPI agree body fat can still be lost, so combine the 2, but don't go about it so you're veering towards being unhealthily slim. Sometimes a bit of puppy fat is attractive :biggrin:

Reply 12

chonky

muhaha, these "Toning" myth-threads are popping up like mushrooms.
Wtf are we gonna do with them, Squelchy?

Reply 13

LadyEnglish

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chonky

muhaha, these "Toning" myth-threads are popping up like mushrooms.
Wtf are we gonna do with them, Squelchy?

How is toning a myth? How else do you think you get a six pack? It's muscle and the toning provides the shape. It's just increasing the low fat to muscle ratio.

Reply 14

chonky

How is toning a myth? How else do you think you get a six pack? It's muscle and the toning provides the shape. It's just increasing the low fat to muscle ratio.

Excuse me, but no. "Toning" might be used as a substitute for building muscle tissue and
having a low bodyfat%, but toning in itself is no medical or physical state or practice.

You get a six pack with muscles and low body fat. I am repeating myself: Toning is just a word made up from the female-fitness industry because women are afraid of the word "muscle".

Reply 15

LadyEnglish

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chonky

Excuse me, but no. "Toning" might be used as a substitute for building muscle tissue and
having a low bodyfat%, but toning in itself is no medical or physical state or practice.

You get a six pack with muscles and low body fat. I am repeating myself: Toning is just a word made up from the female-fitness industry because women are afraid of the word "muscle".

'Muscle tone' I'm sure you will agree is not a myth, the contraction of muscles thereby leading to the body responding by automatically increasing the muscle's tension - is not, a myth, nor is it 'made up' by the female fitness industry. Toning firms the fat and adds muscle definition. You may find the term effeminate, but it most certainly is not made up.

Reply 16

rock_eleven

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LadyEnglish

'Muscle tone' I'm sure you will agree is not a myth, the contraction of muscles thereby leading to the body responding by automatically increasing the muscle's tension - is not, a myth, nor is it 'made up' by the female fitness industry. Toning firms the fat and adds muscle definition. You may find the term effeminate, but it most certainly is not made up.

Yes, there does exist a physical property of "muscle tone". Your descriptions of it so far do not match what I am thinking of. Can you try to rephrase again?

Reply 17

LadyEnglish

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When you weight lift or contract any part of the body the muscular contractile strength increases, e.g the bodies ability to cope with heavier weights or exertion increases. The muscles are stimulated and within a few days an untrained person can achieve measurable strength and definition. Basically, the bodies involuntary weight acceptance increases, and so to keep up with this involuntary increase in weight the body uses fat stores and converts this fat to muscle to cope with the increasing demand of weight...me thinks...

Reply 18

rock_eleven

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LadyEnglish

When you weight lift or contract any part of the body the muscular contractile strength increases, e.g the bodies ability to cope with heavier weights or exertion increases. The muscles are stimulated and within a few days an untrained person can achieve measurable strength and definition. Basically, the bodies involuntary weight acceptance increases, and so to keep up with this involuntary increase in weight the body uses fat stores and converts this fat to muscle to cope with the increasing demand of weight...me thinks...

wtf is the bold part saying???

Reply 19

LadyEnglish

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rock_eleven

Yes, there does exist a physical property of "muscle tone". Your descriptions of it so far do not match what I am thinking of. Can you try to rephrase again?

When you weight lift or contract any part of the body the muscular contractile strength increases, E.g the bodies ability to cope with heavier weights or exertion increases. The muscles are stimulated and within a few days an untrained person can achieve measurable strength and definition. Basically, the bodies involuntary weight acceptance increases. When you exercise the muscles are damaged and during rest the body repairs these muscles. This process of tear and repair is known as ‘growth’. For example if you lift heavy weights you will cause a unique type of damage in the bicep/triceps. The body will realize this damage has been caused by ‘heavy weights’ therefore when you sleep it will repair the muscle and increase the muscles ability to lift heavy weights without getting damaged in the future. Obviously this is what has to happen. Firstly think of how your muscles feel after exercise; they’re painful. This is because they have been torn and damaged, so already it’s obvious that the muscles must get repaired, otherwise repeated exercise would only incur accumulated damage which would eventually destroy the muscle completely. However we know not only is that not the case, but repeated exercise strengthens the muscle and overall body strength.
In terms of proving wether or not toning works, the way in which toning works is by changing the shape of the muscle beneath the fat layer, underneath the skin. By doing certain kinds of endurance based exercise, you cause damage which does not cause the muscle to grow larger, but to become leaner and more efficient. This is because your body is trying to increase the muscles endurance. The visual effect of this is what we call ‘toning’ my friend.
From my brain, to you.

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