Why? Why is this happening?

Raelee

Raelee

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According to my bmi and body fat percentage, I'm very healthy and I shouldn't be concerned about my weight either. There is still a bit of fat on my stomach and thighs though that I'd like to get rid of. When I binge on junk food, I don't gain fat, I just get bloated for twenty four hours and then it goes away when I wake up the next day. When I eat healthy (which is do almost all the time), then I don't lose any fat either. So I've been at the same amount of fat for about a year or so. I do cardio and strength training every morning before school for a few hours. I'm an athelete who is currently not in any sports, but train regularly so I don't get out of shape before track season starts.

So I've tried everything, and I still can't get rid of the fat. Is that just because I'm already healthy and I don't need to lose anymore? Please don't tell me it's just muscle bc it's not. Someone told me that and it's not true.

Here is what I look like now:
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Ps, if it was just muscle, then I'd have a six pack.
 
It's definitely not muscle. Women have a hard time building the bulk that men do, so it takes a lot longer and a lot of hard training to get a 6-pack.

Can you take a picture of your arms? It's much easier to see the impact of your weight training in the arms than the stomach.

You may also be at the point where you need to take it to the next level, if you are serious about more gains. You may be at, or near, the limit of what you can get without a nutritionist and / or a personal trainer. Something to think about.
 
Okay. I don't really care much about building muscle, I just want to burn off that last little bit of fat. I don't do much weight training for my arms but here's a picture:
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I usually stick to cardio and strength training for my thighs. But the arm exercises I do, usually help my core as well such as push ups and some other exercises.
 
Weight training should be done equally throughout the whole body, otherwise you can have imbalances, which can cause all sorts of problems. If you do pushups, you need to do back exercises. If you do biceps, you need triceps. If you do quads, you need to do hamstrings. but, don't worry about building size ... most women are incapable of building size just based on their testosterone levels.

If you want to burn off the extra fat, you need the muscle to do it. Muscle is you fat-furnace. It's what does all the calorie burning. More muscle = more calories burned. Plus, if you want to look good, just getting rid of that fat will do nothing. You'll just be left with bone.
 
I said I don't care about size of muscles. I don't want big muscles, just enough to burn off the fat. I still have one more layer that needs to be gone bc I'm so tired of looking in the mirror and seeing a really fat person.
 
As I said, you won't get big muscles by weight training. You are a women and you don't have the testosterone to get big muscles. However, you can still build muscle and strength. Building muscle does not mean size. They are not the same thing.

As for the fat, also, you are going to have an increasingly difficult time losing any more.
#1) If you aren't eating enough (but if you are, but not enough protein), then instead of burning fat, you are burning muscle ... so, kind of counter-intuitive.
#2) you are a women, so you need a higher fat % than men. Which means your body is going to do everything it can to keep what you have left. So, if you want to look fitter, than you need to look "toned". The only way to do that is weight training.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but weight training is right below nutrition and way above cardio, as far as getting fit for the stage that you are at. If you don't believe me, here is some further reading (or google "skinny-fat").

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/skinny-fat/
https://legionathletics.com/skinny-fat/ (skip down to the picture of the women stretching in the black underarmour gear)
 
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