19 female needs help!

misskortni

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hi! i am 19 yr old female 5'4 ish haha and weigh about 150 give or take a few pounds. i started gaining weight at age 10 where i went from being under weight and wearing kids size 14/16 to a juniors size 5 in two years and ever since then i have been chubby. my main motivation is that i am trying out for the tx a&m dance team in april where the girls pretty much wear bra tops for everything another motivation is my amazing bf whom. I would love any tips to help me lose weight fast. my goal weight is anywhere from 115-120. i am currently like a size 10/12 and would love to be a 3/4 or even a 5.. Thanks! heres a before pic hope it works.
 
Hmm, lose if fast gain it fast. That's what's more than likely to happen if you lose the weight fast. This happens for various reasons.

Primarily it has to do with the mindset. Focusing on fast weight loss tends to rely on methods that aren't possible to keep up for the long term. So once you reach your "goal" and revert back to "normal" habits... you rebound. Generally this rebound is quite bad for a bunch of reasons.

Have you read the stickies?

If not, do so. They'll help you tremendously.

Trimming your body up, which is simply a function of losing fat while gaining/maintaining muscle, is going to come from smarter nutrition and appropriate exercise.

Smart nutrition in your case:

- Calorie deficit of 30% or so (see stickies)

- Balanced, satiating meals

- 1 gram of protein per pound of goal body weight

- 30% fat or so coming primarily from the good stuff (fish oils, avocados, nuts, flax, olive oil, etc)

- Majority of carbs coming from veggies and fruits. Throw the "other carbs" (whole wheat pasta, bread, oats, etc) in in moderation

- Shy away from processed food as best as possible (this is more for health than fat loss)

- Avoid calorie-containing beverages best as possible

Appropriate exercise:

- Should be doing some form of resistance training 2-3 times per week. Ideally this comes by way of weight lifting, assuming you have access to weights or a gym. (see stickies for more info)

- Various intensities and volumes of metabolic work (which some would call cardio) most days of the week. Beating your body into submission is certainly not the answer. Some people go hog wild with high intensity "cardio (aerobic and anaerobic for those who want to get nitpicky) and that's silliness when the goal is fat loss.

That's in in a nutshell. If you want to ask specific questions, we're all ears. But I definitely suggest reading the stickies first.
 
Good luck to you. I am also 5'4 and I weigh about 145-150 and I wanna weigh about 120 also. Anyway once again good luck to you and make sure you update us on how everything goes.
 
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