Comments on: Q and A: Stubborn Fat

By: K

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:12:38 +0000

I should have added that I lose weight at anything just slightly below 2,000 calories or a couple hundred above it – AND I’m at a my goal weight and just want to maintain at this point!

By: K

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:12 +0000

I love your Q & A too, Kelly! I think all the points you touched on could very likely be the reason(s) for her unchanging body.

In my own experience, I can really back up #1 – eating too few calories. I am the same height as her, keep up a good workout schedule and LOSE weight when I eat anything below 2,000 calories or even a couple hundred above that.

All bodies are different, very much so, but I too wonder if she’s not eating enough. (She is pretty tall and has a high activity level.) I know she increased her calories already, but I think she may have to again, as well as look at those other possible reasons.

By: Mimi (Damn the Freshman 15)

Mimi (Damn the Freshman 15) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:09:25 +0000

Has her routine changed much in 3 years? It might keep her in great shape, but doesn’t the body adapt?

Of course, there are areas where your body just stores fat. I know that Jillian Michaels says she can get down to 11% bodyfat, look like a haggard corpse and feel terrible, and her butt will still be beefier than she likes.

I’m trying to tighten up some areas, but now that I’ve gotten to my lowest weight (I’m trying to gain a few pounds, actually), my thighs STILL have jiggle. Beyond lipo or concentration camps, I don’t see it going anywhere. But it just encourages me to get my legs more muscled!

By: B

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:55:56 +0000

Your answer is why I LOVE this blog. You have such a balanced, body-positive perspective to fitness, and it encourages me to work out for fitness’ sake alone.

On the other hand, the writer of this question deeply disturbs me. Why is Nathan writing in, and not his girlfriend? It makes me think her “extra pounds” are more his problem than hers.

By: dawn

dawn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:27:34 +0000

I have to add in here: abs, abs abs. When I finally started to increase my ab workout from 50 to 150 abs per day i noticed a huge diff in the decrease in fat and more muscle.
but it can’t be just the same old abs day in and day out, you have to mix it up with diff types of abs.
remember back when usher was famous? they asked him over and over what did he do to get those abs? he said about 200 a day.