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Maintaining at "goal" but feeling fat.. help me sort my head out!

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Cinderariel · 30/04/2012 19:40

I have lost 3 stone in 7 months and for the past 2 months I have been maintaining. I am at 48-49kg at a height of 5ft which makes my BMI very healthy and I am a size 8.
I was absolutely thrilled to be slim - although bear in mind size 8 at 5ft is not the same as size 8 at 5ft 8! But now I am looking at lumps and folds in the mirror and starting to feel I could do with losing just a little more to go from "goal weight" to "goal figure".
Is this a normal/reasonable/healthy aim? Am I think enough? Or is it that the novelty has worn off and I've got addicted to seeing the scales go down and feeling thinner every week?

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foreverondiet · 02/05/2012 20:55

I could have written your post 10 months ago.

Firstly I think ok to lose a little more as important to feel comfortable with your body and hard to determine at the start what you will look like at each weight... although I was guided by body fat% to ensure that my weight stayed healthy. Another option is to keep the same weight increase muscle but lose some fat - try weightlifting!

Hopefully · 02/05/2012 21:20

There are lots of online tools for working out your body fat percentage, which is a great way of working out whether you're at a good weight for your height and build, a bit more precise than bmi.

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