Posts by amethystgirl

This forum is for people who are working to gain weight.

However, at 16, you are bound to be growing, and it is completely natural to gain weight. Do not restrict your calories because you need to nourish your body.

Have you taken a look at  Welcome to the Fitness Forum FAQ - Read This First!

I wouldn't recommend relying on magazines like Shape or Health... they tend to repeat ad nauseum the completely ridiculous notions that women can only lift 5lb dumbbells, and that cardio is the only way to lose body fat.

Melkor just wrote a good post you might want to check out - especially the last 4 paragraphs.

Congrats!!!

Yeah, the online calculators are wildly inaccurate. At some point I put my stats in several at the same time, and go everythign from underweight to obese. And I can assure you, I'm neither.

At 5'8, 141 lbs, you are at a perfect weight. If you want, some gyms will do bf%'s, but keep in mind, people have said on here that trainers will report back an elevated bf% to sell training sessions.

(also, it helps if you don't type in all caps)

Original Post by pastmistakes:

I heard that if you lift heavier weights on the upper body, and lighter weights on the lower body that eventually you will build up muscle on the shoulder/arm area, making you seem more proportionate. Has anyone tried this, does it help, and how long did it take to get there?

I did that, in addition to doing things for my lower body like squats, deadlifts, lunges, etc. - larger muscle groups, more calories burned. It makes me look more hourglass shape, but I couldn't say how long it took - it's a gradual process.

I wouldn't be too worried about lifting as a teen - if you are using proper form, it shouldn't be a problem, even as a teen. I don't have the link off hand, but I've looked it up on ACSM and they say that teens are fine with heavy lifting.

Don't be afraid of getting "bulky" from going heavier (relative to your strength, of course) - as a female, plus if you are eating around maintenance or below, you'd have to work very hard and eat perfectly to actually reach "bulkiness". A good article is Strength without size.

Also, remember that as you get older, your body will do some of its own redistributing - even up through college.

Here's the thing - we can all give you support and say 'yeah, I hate when people do that".... but you are 5'3" and 124 lbs (from another post) and only 16... so you are at a healthy weight for you height, yet you say that you haven't lost enough.

Sometimes people say that out of jealousy, but since we don't actually know what you look like, isn't it possible that they are actually seeing that you've reached a healthy weight, and they are worried that you are taking it too far (as so many teens do)?

Original Post by moonikins:

Ahhhhhhhhh, the smell of male cat urine in the morning. A fine thing I tell you. A fine thing.

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of napalm.

When you switched to maintenance, did you start eating the same number of calories you burn?

Original Post by shhyouonly:

Try to eat every 3-4 hours light meals. After the 4th hour your body will go into starvation mode and everything you eat after that starvation mode will be stored as fat. Hope this helps.. Good luck.

That is ridiculous. So wouldn't that mean breakfast would be stored as fat, since most of us sleep for more than 4 hours?

Why would you resurrect a 2-year-old thread to say something that uneducated?

Original Post by trhawley:

驴 帽

How dare you, sir.

Microsoft is just lulling you into a false sense of security so you'll buy another PC.

Original Post by rosieblue:

She's starting her own network so her minions can watch her 24/7.  She'll probably take over the world in 2012.

So that's what that movie is about... the end of the world.

tciherr - keep in mind that people have different body types and carry their weight differently.

When I was ~135 4 years ago, I wore size 8 jeans.
Now I'm 135, and wear size 6 jeans.

I attribute that to having started lifting weights, so while my weight went back to the same level, my body got smaller (or vanity sizing is out of control).

That you can be an inch shorter and heavier than I, but still fit the same size that I am, says that you carry your weight well.

Five Guys

Way better than Fuddruckers. I've only seen it in the mid-atlantic region, I think.

Everything is cooked in peanut oil. Dunno why, but that seems to be a big deal to them. Fries are given to you in a paper bag, and the grease soaks through so that you can see through it. It's wonderful.

It's hard to imagine beans, rice, and veggies in any way constituting a "cheat" - unless they had a pound of butter, a pound of cheese, and a pound of salt in them.

Makes me a little worried about what you consider healthy, if you consider beans, rice, and veggies out of bounds.