Should I lose more weight?

My BMI is 19.4 which is normal, I guess, but whenever I look in the mirror all I can see is fat.

I am trying to loose weight now but I don't want to harm myself, is it nornal to want to lose weight if your BMI is 19?

thanks

at 19.4 you are at the lower end of healthy (18.5-24.9).  I don't know how tall you are or your weight.  But, 5  pounds  at a height of 5'3" will put you dangerously close to an unhealthy BMI.  If "all you see is fat"  try some strength training /ab routines to add muscle mass/definition.

So in short, I would say STOP TRYING TO LOSE eat maintance calories and start strenght training(if you are unhappy with what you see in the mirror).

19 is pretty close to the limit, but ultimately, it's up to you...

Has 19.4 been a sustainable weight for you in the past?

I am 176 cm tall, and I had a BMI of less then 20 all my life, but I just can't lose any weight at all.

I am doing weights now but not sure if it is the right way to lose fat.

What kind of expectations do you have for yourself? If you do lose more weight, will you be happy? You have to be happy with the process, with you, because you are who you are and no one should be ashamed of that. Confidence is key.

You know what? You've actually made my entire week.

It is so absolutely wonderful to see a young, vibrant and good looking girl (judging from your profile picture) who does not want to harm herself and who actually asks whether it is wise to attempt losing weight when she knows she is already healthy.

No, you don't need to lose weight -- you may want to see a therapist to adjust your lack of appreciation for your fabulous body -- but you don't need to lose weight.

And when I mention seeing a therapist, I'm not actually being silly about that. We are so bombarded and programmed to see fat to the complete exclusion of seeing muscle, strength, flexibility, suppleness, quick reflexes, balance, resilience and all the other aspects of our bodies that are as equally important to our survival as fat is.

All the other posters have pretty much given great variations on the theme and meiori summarized it best: confidence is key.

Go ahead and stay active, strength and resistance training is great for several reasons -- it builds bone mass; it builds muscle strength and resilience; and it creates definition to your curves and body shape that often has benefits for self-confidence.

And because you brought it up -- 30-40% of all women who diet develop ongoing obsessive issues about food and restriction; of those another 30-40% go on to develop full-blown eating disorders. Thanks to fMRIs we now can see that the very act of dieting will change the neuro-receptors in some people -- this change is linked to the development of an eating disorder. Problem is, we don't yet know ahead of time who is at risk of triggering this change. It is Russian roulette.

Dieting is best left to overweight people with immediate weight-related health issues to resolve. It is an equal risk for them, but they at least are balancing that risk against the existing or imminent health risks that they have due to obesity. But to be the one to spiral into a full-blown eating disorder because all you wanted was 5 lbs less seems profoundly sad to me.

You are at a thin BMI and certainly do not need to lose anymore weight. What isn't healthy though is your impression of yourself. Is there someone you trust that you can talk to about it (doctor, clergy, counselor etc)?

If you are sitting at the lower end of the "healthy" range and still see "fatty Mcchubby Chub" when you look in the mirror, the problem is your perception of yourself.

Wish I could *really* help, but unfortunately psych isn't the section of medicine i went for. 

Although I'm overweight now, I was once for a short time 103lbs at 5'2", which was really starting to push it. But at the time I didn't realize how thin I was and that I didn't need to lose anymore! Part of me knew I was thin and part of me still wasn't satisfied with my body. If anything I needed to workout and build muscle. So I kind of understand what you mean when you say you still see what you think is excess fat. Only now that I look back at pictures of myself can I see myself at that time objectively. So hopefully you don't feel weird about the question you asked, as I think it's not all that uncommon. And really, it you continute to feel this way, seeing a therapist to help reorient your perspective is not such a bad idea. It's not worth wasting time being unsatisfied with your body when you don't have to be. Of course I'm not there anymore, but I wish I had learned to appreciate my body more when I was.

You sound fine to me hun. I think we just get obsessed with dieting, calorie intake and excercise. Its hard to see the weight youre losing because you see yourself everyday but you have a healthy bmi and should work at maintaining i, certainly not losing any more :)

Why do i keeping doing the same replies?

Screw BMI - what is your body fat % - because that's what you should base more on that than BMI (you should base most on how you feel) You could have a bmi of 19 but a body fat % of 25 - which is also considered fine. You could have a bmi of 25 and a body fat % of 19.

Like others suggested, you might need to build your muscle up a bit more. You might could lose more actual fat, but if your amount of muscle is already lower than it should be, its not going to be good.

Your doctor should be able to tell you your % body fat, or a trainer at a gym, or maybe a nutritional if you are at a university. Heck I bet you could even visit an old gym teacher in high school and they could check for you.

Until you figure out your body fat % and get started on increasing your muscle mass (which will ultimately burn more calories by default letting you eat more on maintenance) you should not be restricting calories or trying to lose more weight.