Hi friends! Does anyone have any advice for improving their relationship with exercise/food?

In the past, I'd track all calories and exercise if I "ate too much" and never let myself have treats. I was skinny, but my mental health was shitty.

Then I was depressed and had no motivation to leave bed...and exercise seemed impossible, intimidating, and so out of reach.

I'm trying to find a happy medium where I just do something for me and my health, don't go overboard, still live my life and have fun, but move my body and eat good food.

Hey guys! I need help with whether should i maintain my calories intake or do a cut. I am 5'0 ft and currently 50kgs or 110 lbs. I have fats in my belly and inner thigh. Want to lose some fats while gaining muscles, and i dont want to lose my booty gains while cutting 😅 what do you guys think? Should i lose more weight or just maintain it? Im from the Philippines btw and summer season is approaching. Thanks!

Hi all first time poster and a newbie to the petite fitness scene.

I’m 5 ft tall and I weight 112.5 pounds. I do 3 45 minute HIIT sessions a week, walk 40 mins every day to work and I try to fit in a run on mondays and saturdays and do a 20min HIIT session I’ve made from the classes I take on saturdays. Other than this I sit at a desk at work and sit at my computer at home and do more work.

I’ve been tracking my eating and I would average across a week eating about 1200 calories a day (except for the weekends which although I try to keep under wraps normally come to about 2000 cals cause of the friends and the booze and whatnot)

It seems all the extra weight I’m carrying is right around my tummy and nowhere else. My legs and arms I’m happy with their leanness and the slight muscle definition I’m beginning to see. I’ve been trying to shake the last 6 pounds I think I need to loose around my stomach to get a flat tummy for the past few months but am finding it very difficult - especially keeping to 1200 calories on a weekend because of socialising and the fatigue I feel even just after Wednesday and dragging myself to the gym seems so hard.

Any advice would be very much appreciated in terms of what I would need to add to my routines, what foods to stay away from or add to my diet, what others have done to shed those last few very stubborn pounds.

I'm 17, 4'11" and have lost 10 pounds (from 119 to 109)! I have what I like to believe to be good advice with regards to binging. Once the deed has been done, don't be too hard on yourself - one bad day will not ruin your regimen as long as you get back on track quickly!

1. Don't use a binge to justify another binge (the "I already screwed it up anyway, what's the point of getting back on track?" mindset).

2. Don't starve yourself during your next meal to make up for your overeating. Just get back to your usual healthy diet, as if nothing happened.

3. Give yourself a few hours before working out to burn off your binge. If you're too hard on yourself, you'll feel even worse.

4. Make sure to remember the way that binge made you feel (disappointed, hopeless, etc) so that you are able to stop yourself from any further binges.

5. DON'T PURGE! I'm a recovering bulimic and I know from experience that this does nothing for your confidence. Also, purging makes your teeth yellow, overstretches the muscles in your stomach, and could obviously have negative long-term effects. :(

To prevent binges:

• Brush your teeth! The taste of toothpaste dulls a craving.
• Drink a glass of water. Sometimes we confuse hunger for thirst!
• Take a nap, or do something that'll divert your concentration. I like to paint my fingernails, because it's easy, but requires your full concentration, so you end up forgetting about wanting to overeat.
• The Tumblr fitspo community is fab, as most of you may already know. Try scrolling through "fitspiration" and "before and after" tags. - Keep your eyes on the prize, not the fries.
• Work out!
• Schedule cheat meals more effectively. Maybe you've been starving yourself for too long! Life's short. Indulge a bit!
• Remember that we all slip up sometimes. There are chinks in our armor and when the going gets tough, we just can't help ourselves. Forgive yourself. That's the most important part.

Whew, that was a lot of typing. I hope my advice has helped you guys out! Feel free to reply if you have any constructive criticism. Good luck and good health!

PS: I've got a fitness blog on Tumblr, check it out if you like! http://watchmedrop30.tumblr.com/ :)

I'm looking for skinny jeans that work with my short stature (5'4") and the fact that I'm a little curvier. My legs are on the muscle-y side, and I'm working on shrinking that damn tummy! Does anyone have any suggestions on what brand, rise, or fit of skinny jeans work best for us shorter ladies? I'm willing to splurge a little if necessary.

Just wondering what everyone is doing to try to lose weight/get healthy/whatever your goal is. Some of us put that on the intro thread but we can discuss specifics more if we want. (Just trying to think of topics that will be of general interest and liven this subreddit).

For me, I mainly count calories, but with an eye towards high protein and lower carb (not low carb). Right now I have my macros set on MFP to reach 120g protein per day and 75g carbs. On workout days, I allow myself a little more flexibility. I don't eat back all my exercise calories, but if I ran 8 miles, you can bet I'm going to need a little more than 1200 calories and 75g carbs to make it through the day!

For working out, I run a few times a week and do Crossfit a few times a week. Even though I set a goal weight, I will throw that completely out the window if it means getting stronger and more muscular! I used to be so, so focused on being skinny (to the point of anorexia 2x in my life), and now I really feel that strong beats skinny any day! At least in my life.

Most of my weight is carried in my hips and thighs measurements are 34-28-39. I'm 5'2" and about 128. I would like to get down to 110-115. I'm 20. I was just wondering if any other pear shaped ladies found it really hard to lose

Where my shorties at?? ;-)

Maybe we can do intros? Height, SW/CW/GW, age, that sort of thing?

How often do you have cheat days? How many calories is a "cheat day" for you? Any tips to keep cheat days from becoming excessive?

I'm used to being small and able to eat whatever I want, but now that I'm getting older and not as physically active as I used to be, I'm needed to watch what I eat more. My fiance and I just recently moved into my own place and I have taken on more financial responsibilities than I had before. To top that, I'm finding it hard to find a new part-time job that will work around my college schedule in my area. Money's kinda tight and my diet's gone the way of Mac and Cheese and Dollar slice pizza, leading to a heavier/lazier me. What are some of your favorite healthy foods that are super cheap to make? Recipes would be greatly appreciated as well! :) Thanks for reading!

I'm trying to get into running and while I'm not doing the C25K exactly, 5k running at reasonable pace is my goal. But I'm not sure what that pace goal is. I'm 5'2", just under. What kind of pace is good? In terms of running a 5k what kind of time would be good? 30 minutes? 20? I'm sure looking up average paces on the net would give me something much more inflated than I'm capable of.

Also, I'm 5'2" but with a tall torso. My legs are stumpy.

Beginner here, and fellow short girl (4'10'')!

I have quite a bit to lose (42 lbs) and not sure what to eat to fit multiple meals into 1000 cals a day!

What do you guys eat on a daily basis?

What about going out to eat?

I'd love any advice you can offer! I really want to succeed!

Thank you!!! <3

I'm feeling a bit down at work, so I thought I'd post about something that makes me happy. I've been practicing aikido for nearly two years, though I technically started about 10 years ago. Life happened in between (graduated university, started working professionally), but for the past two years I've been training solidly 2-3 times a week, and just finished up our annual summer school where we trained 6 hours a day for 6 days (okay, the last two days were only 3 hours each)!

I get fit from practicing, and being fit makes my practice better. I can move with more speed and power, and being small means also I am more flexible. I can run rings around the bigger guys and it makes me feel SO TOTALLY BAD-ASS. My sensei is shorter than me, and she says I'm very close to qualifying for our "Nasty Short Women's Club". In a couple of months, I'll (hopefully) be grading for 2nd kyu which brings me another step closer to my black belt, which is so on the top of my "to-do-before-I-die" list.

In the two years I've been training, I've lost 6.7kg (15lbs). Since October 2012, I've been calorie-counting and am just a couple of days off finishing Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, which I do on the days I don't do aikido. I'm probably going to go on to Starting Strength after 30DS, or maybe try for my other life-goals of being able to do 50 push-ups and 10 pull-ups.

Any other ShortFitters out there kicking ass on the mat?

Hi all

I find being given a goal of calories per day plus a sensible time frame really helpful. I have found this one helpful, however it seems to round off a bit when it gets to lower levels and just suggests 1,200 per day whatever you put in.

http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/calories-goal.php

Does anyone use any other calorie counters?

All the fit posts and blogs go on and on about how I should be lifting to lose weight. I am 5'3" and fairly strong as it is. If I magically zipped down to like 10% body fat - my body would be stout and strong looking.

I made the mistake of working on that 100 pushups app. I got a couple weeks in and started noticing that my shirts and coats wouldn't fit in the arms anymore. I'm not kidding. It's 10 degrees F outside and I just had to go buy a new winter coat.

I feel like my limbs are already so THICK that adding more muscle makes me look WAAAAY fatter and makes me sooo much harder to fit.

For the record, I am 165 lbs, and not a weakling - always been naturally strong. I think it's like because my legs are incredibly short that all of the muscle I have is compacted into stout tree trunks.

Anyone else?