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Don't like my body
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Ok i *think* this is the right place for this.
Basically i do not like my body, I am 5 foot 8 inches tall and weigh 55kg. However, i am really skinny, always have been, skinny arms, legs, waist, neck everything. However, i beleive that i have gotten a tummy somehow. It looks awful, i look like one of those little grey aliens, well i thought so anyway. I just wonder what i should do? I mean i dont really want to lose weight as there is virtually nothing anyway, something like 8 and a half stone. But the tummy has to go, and im sick of being so unbeleivably skinny. I know some of my freinds have much much better bodies than i do. I tried doing sit ups, but i always kept forgetting. Is there anything useful i can do?
I *may* monitor what i eat for a week or something, just to see how much junk i do eat..
Many thanks
Basically i do not like my body, I am 5 foot 8 inches tall and weigh 55kg. However, i am really skinny, always have been, skinny arms, legs, waist, neck everything. However, i beleive that i have gotten a tummy somehow. It looks awful, i look like one of those little grey aliens, well i thought so anyway. I just wonder what i should do? I mean i dont really want to lose weight as there is virtually nothing anyway, something like 8 and a half stone. But the tummy has to go, and im sick of being so unbeleivably skinny. I know some of my freinds have much much better bodies than i do. I tried doing sit ups, but i always kept forgetting. Is there anything useful i can do?
I *may* monitor what i eat for a week or something, just to see how much junk i do eat..
Many thanks
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it's likely you have a very fast metabolism if you eat junk yet are still skinny. therefore i wouldn't worry about losing the weight. if you ate sensibly for a couple of days it would probably go back to how it was!
if you want to get bigger then the guys i know eat loads of protein and shakes and a bit of junk here and there. if you team that with weights then ta daaa. joining a gym would be a good start because they have a weights room and you can get professional advise.
you might get more help in the 'sport and fitness' forum btw.
if you're trying to generally gain weight all over, try eating good healthy food, but just a lot more of it. loads of protein will do the job better - eat loads of meat and cheese and beans and fish. try having 4 meals a day instead of 3. eat junk if you want, but don't live off it. you'll send your cholesterol levels through the roof.
and then a bit of exercise should help.
you'll probably find that you get a bit chunkier as you get older too. loads of my guy friends were skinny as teenagers, but now they're right fat bastards.
and don't stress over it. there are those of us who love skinny guys. horses for courses and stuff.
So, if you're eating fatty junk, then you should try a low fat diet, and some exercises (a couple of dozen crunches every day for example). No more than that. Just give it a few months to see if it makes a difference.
Of course, you could just be imagining it. Maybe just being negative about your body unnecessarily.
I am going to try and go through the day without snacking today though, only eating at meal times. Is should be easier during these easter holidays as i am getting up later.
I will also try posting in the sports forum. Thanks
Situps won't do anything unless you have any anything there to tone up and they won't make you loose weight either so their pointless unless you have mustle on your your tum.
You say you feel silly because you can't lift anything at the gym? Gym's aren't just for body builders. If you start the gym then you would wanna go the tred mill, running machine, etc. Weights are to gain mustle, but before you gain mustle from weights you wanna to get fit before starting them other wise you will do your body harm.
Also do some swimming.
Eat more meals.
Use diet supplements in addition to your normal meals.
If you do press ups or pull ups which should be easy for you with your weight then you will gain strength and wont feel as bad at the gym. To be fair though noone cares about other people down the gym.
From what I've read, repetitions are for toning and stamina, but weight is the key to muscle building.
As for the meals, it's reccomended that you eat more smaller meals throughout the day, and eat a little more protien, and less fat. That's if you're building muscles.
At least, that's the theory. I've yet to get the knack of putting it into practice.
http://www.musclegaintips.com/
And press ups? My arms are too weak to hold up my body
Thanks though x
Like some people have said it may be your mind playing tricks on you that you have a tummy. I mean is it really that big? I would say don't get too raped up in it. It may just pass.
This post is pretty true. It's not *really* your body that needs to change, it's your mind. If you're not happy with yourself now, then altering your physical form will only do so much.
To be honest with you, you are not getting a tummy unless you manage to hide it v well... compared to some of the guys in the group, yes you are slim, but you are in proportion to your height, some of the others have kinda too much muscle to their height and it looks daft...
If you really wana change how you look, take things slowly, try not to chamge too much too fast. Take it one step at a time.
Try doing wall presses, box presses and slowly building it up to proper press ups. There's several other exercises that are good but i can't remember them right now...