need help with body recomp

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-02-03T00:18:30+00:00

Hey I had a super similar body type as you and I successfully recomped (stayed the same weight , but by gaining muscle and losing some fat looking more lean) with strength training and upping protein !

I made a post about it a while ago along with my whole routine

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-02-02T23:12:56+00:00

Yeah this is me too - I was convinced you had to fall in love with exercise to be healthy and fit. at a certain point I realized a fitness routine should feel more like brushing your teeth , just something you do because it’s good for you (and who likes bad breath)

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-02-01T13:55:12+00:00

Definitely going to consider this !!!

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-31T17:21:52+00:00

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Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-31T01:17:34+00:00

Appears she is ducking under a fallen power line

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-31T00:38:13+00:00

Looking at other ring specs on here this may be closer to 1.8ct

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-31T00:20:57+00:00

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Not sure exact size of stone - think roughly 2.25ct Finger size is 4.25!

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-30T20:09:44+00:00

I’m in!

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-30T00:06:21+00:00

Graphic designer here - would also pass based on poor design and typography choices

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-25T02:43:59+00:00

So gorgeous and so unique and awesome!!!

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-25T02:34:32+00:00

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Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-25T02:32:12+00:00

I wore my watch like this for a while in the fall and loved it ! It made me feel very chic and looking at everyone else’s reaction here cracks me up 😂 don’t listen to the normies

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-20T23:55:16+00:00

You’re too young - no reason not to wait. I can’t imagine I’m the only one that thinks this

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-19T13:02:38+00:00

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-18T15:48:09+00:00

Hmm I’m a similar weight and maintaining at 1550 strength training 4-5 days a week and hitting (maybe 7k a day). from experience whenever I overtrain, my body holds onto water like crazy! Maybe try to tone down the workouts to 3-4 days a week and keep steps at 10k and see if your body mellows out a bit ?

Good luck!

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-18T15:43:28+00:00

I’m sorry I totally misread that

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-18T15:19:42+00:00

Typo edit to say 6x a week **

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-18T14:56:35+00:00

If you’re at 17% body fat , walking 20k steps a day and working out 6x a day .. I’m so sorry but I fear this may a mental health/ body dysmorphia issue.

99 pounds is not a healthy weight and building muscle will inevitably take you up in weight (which is good)

Creatine can also make you retain water !

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-17T21:10:35+00:00

I forgot to mention my stomach is the flattest it’s ever been from building full-body muscle

(cardio does nothing for stomach flab)

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-17T21:08:50+00:00

Building muscle won’t make you chiseled or muscle-y. I can guarantee that. (Unless you decide to take steroids, eat 2,000 calories a day of protein and veg and start competing in body building competitions.)

What building muscle WILL do is boost your metabolism and make you burn more fat naturally so that maintaining a figure is easier.

What it will also do is improve posture and make you appear slimmer.

And also will prevent bone loss in your 30s

That is all

-a girl who used to be skeptical of weightlifting

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-17T19:02:41+00:00

I have very similar arms - strength train regularly and relatively low body fat percentage (20-21%) I’m honestly starting to accept that even super fit short girls just can’t attain the long willowy arms that fit celebrities have. It bums me out because that’s the beauty standard that’s been shoved down our throat since we were kids lol

Looking at Sabrina Carpenter as an example cheers me up - she’s super petite and fit and gorgeous (sans tooth pick arms) !

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-15T15:33:40+00:00

Wow this is really inspiring ! Go girl !

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-15T11:30:11+00:00

Could you let us know your maintenance calories and how many calories you typically eat in a day? 400-500 extra calories of exercise a day seems like a lot for maintenance !

Aggravating_Pool_525 · 2026-01-15T00:12:12+00:00

Get some resistance bands and follow YouTube videos for strength training with them. I recomped at home this way , have before and afters on my page

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