Dont know what to do... routine help

So im pretty much sedentary at the moment, i do the bare minimum a day i probably walk less then 3000steps a day...firstly how much would i need to maintain doing...nothing? Im 18, 5ft3 and i weigh 110lbs

Also ive been doing 30minutes of calisthenics a day...basic stuff like crunches, push-ups, lunges. Am i wasting my time here??
My goal is to lose body fat. I was thinking about adding cardio but last time i did it was the biggest waste of time... i didnt lose a single pound and i looked no different so im stuck...
What would you recommend?

(Also my current nutrition report, having alot of difficulty raising the protein without taking the fat and the carbs with it)
Fat - 22.3% (42 grams)
Protein - 17.3% (74 grams)
Carbohydrates - 60.4% (259 grams)

Calinsthetics is good for toneing up, so if you already have low body fat you'll start seeing a dif in the shape of your body, but if its realatively high it'l take a little longer to show through. Any exercise is great though, it not only burns the calories during the exercise, but boosts your metabolism for the rest of the day.
Cardio is the most efficient for dropping body fat, although i can never motivate myself to stay on the damd treadmill for more than 5 mins.

If your struggling with protein, fish is the way to go :D Or some nice lean skinless chicken or beans etc. Im gluten intolerant so can't eat pasta, bread, cereal, cous cous etc which keeps my carbs down, but that means i eat my main meals mostly with salad or veg, or a bit of rice, and have egg white ommelets for my brekky (another great source of protein).

If you enter your stats in CC it should come up with how many cals you need to maintain (and a damd sight more accurate than i could!), its under the tools section (it might be the burn meter?).


Anyway, good luck, stick to it and im sure some people will be along to give you better advice than i can :)

xxx

Actually, the CC calculator is not accurate for people under 21, look at a teen calculator instead.

For extra protein without the carbs or fat, try any combination of cottage cheese, eggs, lean meats (turkey or chicken breasts, tuna or other white water fish), legumes such as any kind of beans or peas.

Also, your stats already put you at the lower end of the healthy BMI, so I doubt you need to lose weight, especially since your body is still developing. Toning up is a good idea though. And I seriously believe cardio is much better than calisthenics (though any exercise is better than no exercise, TBH). Is it possible that last time you tried it you did it for a short amount of time? The results rarely appear overnight. It is actually common for people to gain a few pounds of water weight whenever they start a new exercise routine.

If you are finding it hard to stay active, it might be because you are viewing exercise as a means for weight loss and not much more, so your subconscious might perceive it as a chore. How about taking up something you find fun instead? A team sport, or some lessons for some activity you have always wanted to try?

If you enter your stats into this site aimed specifically at the under 21s... http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html  ... you'll find that you are at the low end of a healthy weight (BMI 19.5) and that you need 1920 cals a day with a 'low activity level'.  You don't need to lose weight....  Which is why you don't lose a single pound... you don't have it to lose.

In many people who are very slim and don't need to lose weight but who are a little 'wobbly' the answer is usually to tackle it from two different directions

1.  Eat better food..... fluid retention can cause cellulite and 'flabbiness' on a very thin person.  Particular culprits are sugar, salt, caffeine, alcohol and preservatives which dehydrate the body.  If you can drink more fluids and switch to what's known as a 'clean' diet  that will help.  Fewer processed foods, more wholefoods and home cooking will mean you will look trimmer as you get rid of the fluid retention.
2. Build muscle through a calorie surplus and strengthening exercises.  So you'd aim for 2000-2200 cals a day and you'd look at exercise designed to tone and strengthen as well as light cardio.

Yes i know i don't need to lose weight however i look far from 110lbs, that's why i would like to lose fat...whether that means replacing fat with muscle? that's why im here because i don't know what to do

Also thanks for the replies im going to continue the calisthenics, i used to run about 4xweek for 60minutes even then i was eating about 1600 still no results however that was the only excercise i did and i really dont want to waste my time doing something that is not benefiting

I usually maintain fine on 1500, i feel 2000 is little high for me. 

I looked up Calisthenics - (e.g Pushups, Situps, Pullups, Jumping Jacks), Heavy, Vigorous Effort. Thats what i do but i dont feel i do it heavily i just tend to go out of breath and a little red faced doing it but it says id burn 203 calories every 30minutes, is this really true? that seems like alot for a short amount of time

Ive been searching the forums and came across this,

The generally-followed plan, if you don't need to lose a lot of weight, is to eat over your daily burn (normally around 500 cal over) to build muscle mass.  During that time you will also add some fat.  You have to workout hard (obviously) so that as much gain as possible is in muscle mass.

After gaining, you would then cut again by eating a calorie deficit and continuing to lift hard to maintain the muscle mass you have built while cutting fat.

Is this the same in my case? Im on a deficit and i do calisthenics every other day, i do not do cardio, my main goal is fat loss and to look more defined, should i continue doing what im doing to see results or am i doing something wrong here?

Hmm I'm curious about this because I just started doing strength and stuff but am at a deficit and an already at the lower end of bmi but want to get rid of body fat and replace with muscle...so is a deficit, maintence, or surplus the way to go.....