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right because women have no interest in running
Where are you getting your bf%? I'm a girl your height but 127, and my bf is 17%.
i had a pinch test done with calipers. You must be really muscular
I eat small meals every couple hours which has worked well for me. I'm a guy 5'8" usually around 130-135 lbs. This past summer I was working hard (remodel houses) and my weight dropped to as low as 125 and I was never hungry.
The problem some people have is that they just aren't active enough to burn more calories to lose weight without really restricting their food intake. (Especially those with sitdown jobs)
Doesn't really seem like you need to lose weight, but if that's what you think you need to do drink water when you feel hungry.
54 year old....... wrote:
I eat small meals every couple hours which has worked well for me. I'm a guy 5'8" usually around 130-135 lbs. This past summer I was working hard (remodel houses) and my weight dropped to as low as 125 and I was never hungry.
The problem some people have is that they just aren't active enough to burn more calories to lose weight without really restricting their food intake. (Especially those with sitdown jobs)
I agree with this and do the same thing.
Don’t follow my lead, but for me coffee and cigarettes did the trick. I quit those vices last year and am 25 lbs heavier
I am a female at a similar bmi and bodyfat and honestly I think the best way to get fitter whilst controlling weight is by simply running more miles and letting the fitness come from conditioning as opposed to weight loss because you might find that if you do lose that extra 5-10 lbs that you might feel weaker. I know that long term I improve well with my running better at a bmi of 20 than I do at 18 but that’s just me. I say as long as you continue to feel fit and strong go for it but you already seem fairly optimal in terms of weight and bf%. Staying fit and healthy and being able to be consistant with your miles, tempos and workouts over a long period of time is going to help you more than losing that last vital bit of bodyfat (which in my opinion should only be lost for a short period of time round about the time you are peaking for a big race).
Happy training. X
Starving yourself isn't the way forward... you'll risk getting tired and injured and also you'll gain it right back as soon as you slack off just a little.
A good fistful of a protein source per meal, a bit of fat (it's healthy) and loads of vegetables. Cut out the "filler carbs". Works for my wife.
Eat better not less wrote:
Starving yourself isn't the way forward... you'll risk getting tired and injured and also you'll gain it right back as soon as you slack off just a little.
A good fistful of a protein source per meal, a bit of fat (it's healthy) and loads of vegetables. Cut out the "filler carbs". Works for my wife.
Clarification: not a fistful but the size of your fist.
Intermittent fasting combined with a clean, low-carb diet has dramatically reduced my hunger and improved my eating discipline. Example:
no food until 5 pm
5 pm:
scrambled eggs with 10-12 egg whites and 1 egg yolk
small bowl of steel-cut oatmeal
one cup of decaf coffee with coconut oil in it
6 pm:
1 glass of unsweetened almond milk + protein powder
10 almonds
7 pm:
large serving of chicken breasts
large bowl of steamed broccoli with olive oil or butter on it
one sweet potato with butter
8 pm:
2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter
No food after 8 pm.
I do get hungry from time to time in the early afternoon. However, this feeling quickly abates as soon as I focus on something else.
Chase fast times, not some "ideal" weight. Run a lot, eat right, and your body will settle where it belongs.
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Ritzenhein crackers wrote:
A few reasons, main one is that being too lean increases your chances of injury. And the people that say Allie needs to loose weight are men with body dysmorphia that are underweight and probably run slower than her.
Agree. Your height, weight and bf% are all quite good. Sure, you might be able to lean out some more. But I don't think it would be worth it.
Instead, keep eating healthy and training. See what happens when you go for a quicker 10k with a bit more serious training. I'm guessing you either find a really nice weight for you and stop worrying about it, or you surprise yourself and still end up losing a pound or two. But you're better off chasing performance rather than weight stats. Yes, they are connected, but since you are at a healthy weight, just focus on performance.
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This. And, 5'5"/123lbs is perfection in my book. Seriously, you're probably supper hot right now. Why mess that up by losing weight? Stay beautiful my friend.
Not to hijack the thread, but Xarrison25, what kinds of "stomach issues" are you referring to? If you don't mind sharing.
Sorry if this has been mentioned as I have only skimmed the thread.
Has anyone mentioned weight training. Using big muscles (butt, quads,...) stimulates metabolism. It also helps firm everything up reducing the flabby feeling you described. If you are slave to numbers, your overall weight will not plummet since muscle weights more than fat, but you will be healthier and feel much better, and the numbers will fall over time. It will also help to keep you motivated to increase running as you see fit as well as reducing injury, better overall fitness, improved self-esteem, etc. This can be a big step in going to another level.
Boulder babe wrote:
right because women have no interest in running
right because women have an interest in what a sausage fest has to say about their diet
@boulder boy wrote:
Boulder babe wrote:
right because women have no interest in running
right because women have an interest in what a sausage fest has to say about their diet
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OP, there is a lot of decent advice in this thread. My training partner and I are quite a bit older than you, but we have both benefitted from a high fat, low carb diet. Diets are very individual so it might not work for you. That said, here is how to do it.
For a high fat, low carb diet to work, you must retrain your cells to use fat as a primary fuel source. This takes about 2 weeks of extremely low carbs, as in less than 10 grams a day. During that time you'll feel weak and unable to think normally. After that, you can increase carbs a bit. The problem for us as non-ultra runners is that we also need more carbs and protein than the average person on a high fat low carb diet.
To solve this dilemma, my training partner and I both fast from 7PM to around 1PM the next day. The only calories we get are from adding MCT oil (coconut oil) to our morning and mid-morning coffee. From 1PM to 7PM, I eat normally. My training partner continues to restrict carbs to less than 10g/day. She is 5'4" and went from 121 to 109 on this diet. I went from 142 to 138 (I'm a 5'5" guy), but more importantly, I lost my constant hunger. I feel better. Intermittent fasting allows me to keep my cells in fat-burning mode while allowing me to eat more carbs/protein to recover quickly. You can still perform at a high level on this diet. My relay teammates and I set 3 World Records and 4 American Records in 2018 in our age group.
From years of experience, my ideal race weight is 132, but I cannot get there because I get weak and constantly feel bad. This might be your situation as well. You'll have to find what weight you can maintain and still race well.
I suggest you read The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance by Phinney and Volek. Unlike most diet gurus, they're scientists. They point out why a high carb diet MIGHT NOT work for some people and why the low carb diet can work, but they also discuss the dilemma we face as competitive athletes who need carbs and protein to recover for our next workout. They suggest more than one approach and suggest athletes experiment to see what works best for them. I chose the intermittent fast approach.
This approach--intermittent fasting with low carbs/high healthy fats--might not work for you, but you won't know unless you try.
One word, leptin.