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short&petite

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Hey! I'm Em and new to the forums. I've always had pretty healthy eating habits but recently I strayed away from being on top of my game. Getting back to being more careful of what I put in my mouth and am now on an exercise regime :)

I'm really short at 4'11 and currently weigh a whopping 94.5 lbs. I've always been petite but I have an obsession with being skinny so I'd like to get down to being 90. That's my goal...a 4.5 lb weight loss. Yet, it's way harder for me to lose than it sounds since I'm already within a healthy BMI. I'm cutting calories and working out pretty vigorously. However, I don't want to go into starvation mode so I've been eating back the calories I burn off. Still though, I am always SO hungry and it's definitely a struggle. I feel fatigued quite often and wonder why I can never seem to be full...and if I am, it doesn't last for long. An hour will go by and I'll be ravenous again. Anyways...that's what I'm currently aiming for and going through. Any advice would be greatly appreciated and I'm glad to have joined this community of people with similar goals!
 
Well, in the summer I ride my bike... usually between 8-12 miles 4-5 days a week.....I used to run on the elliptical but I don't do that anymore...I now run on a treadmill vigorously for 30 minutes...so that my heart rate is between 170-195.. I put my incline at 5.0 and run at 5.5 mph which is quite fast for me as I'm only 4'11...and then I do a fast walk for 10 minutes until I did a 40 min workout...

I've been doing that daily. And I've been writing everything I eat down in a notebook and keeping tabs on calories. Actually, recently, I haven't been eating back the calories I've burned...I just started not to ...I want to see if I'll lose weight with extremely low calories...And it's not like I'm starving throughout the day either..just at night..

I drink green tea on a daily basis. I eat 1/2 cup rolled oats/oatmeal with a banana and cinnamon every morning for breakfast....eat a few serving of fruit and a few vegetables...usually soup for one of my meals...handful of nuts for a snack..I mean, I'm doing everything right.

I think I need to start adding strength training...lifting weights a few times a week...maybe that'll boost my metabolism.

Thanks for responding :)
 
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