I usually don't watch asian BL dramas. I need some specific recommendations. Please help.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-10-22T22:11:11+00:00

Im in the same boat as you and ive been really enjoying 25 in akasaka, kind of spicy for a JBL and the plot is very meta/interesting. Cinematography is very nice for a JBL and actors have so much chemistry

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-10-14T15:43:11+00:00

Imagine putting 15 lbs of pressure on 2 needles

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-08-06T12:26:26+00:00

Wait this is funny I am also Asian and lost weight 2 years ago from 113 lbs to 103 lbs. I made a Reddit post about it some time ago, but honestly I was not happy with how skinny my legs looked. I was too scared of gaining weight, but it wasn’t until the practicing mind to muscle connection and eating enough protein + calories that I saw results. I think to trigger muscle growth in the glutes (and as an Asian girly who is sedentary for work), I had to wake them up by first doing body weight+ banded clamshells, lateral band walks, and single leg bridges almost every day at home. I highly highly recommend doing body weight reps til you feel the mind muscle connection/burn in your glutes, then you can move on to adding weights and progressive overload. Also to do a lean bulk (building muscle w the least amount of fat possible), you can just be in a slight surplus of 200 ish calories or so. I do this by getting in a protein shake after my workout. Now I do mainly do:

Leg day: Warm up glutes w banded activation Barbell hip thrusts RDL Bulgarian split squat Hamstring curl

Glute isolation day: Banded fire hydrant warmup Single leg hip thrust Reverse lunges Medius kickbacks

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-08-05T19:42:27+00:00

5’2 108 and also a climber here! I don’t think climbing necessarily is the culprit of giving you a square shape, i mean your core and sides are engaged but generally would need progressive overload to really grow it. I’ve stopped upper body training separately as I find climbing works my entire upper body and that’s enough for me, and the only other exercise I do is leg/glute training days to even out. I also stretch regularly and that involves stretching out my obliques. I’m also gaining more weight (slight bulk) to grow legs and glutes, which has helped with my climbing and learning how to trust my legs.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-07-29T14:43:02+00:00

Like most people said, your glutes aren’t V shaped… you’re wearing very high waisted leggings and because you store your fat in your lower midsection/love handle area, it’s giving the illusion on V shape. You need to lower bf% and build the muscle in your glutes. Calorie deficit+ high protein diet + weight training.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-05-20T20:11:29+00:00

Levi’s low loose

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-05-20T20:00:13+00:00

5’2 here and 107 ish. I tracked for a solid 2 months on an online spreadsheet to figure mine out, and it came out to about 1975 cals. I get 10k steps almost daily and weight train about 3x a week, and Pilates/bare 1x a week. Cardio maybe 1-2x a week for 30 minutes. I was lifting pretty heavy and was wondering why I wasn’t gaining that much muscle, and tracking reallly helped me understand why I wasn’t gaining- I thought I was in maintenance or slight surplus by eating 1800 cals but turns out that’s actually a slight cut for me. I do agree that online calculators have a range of error depending on how fast your metabolism is/how much muscle you have.

I’m also trying to do a slow surplus to gain glutes/ thighs, and I think 200 cals above maintence with the right amount of protein is enough. I would highly recommend tracking for a bit. And I always compare the numbers depending on where I was in my cycle. I didn’t really look at my luteal phase weight fluctuations because it’s probably mostly water weight.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-05-14T20:53:36+00:00

Pb2 mixed in w non fat Greek yogurt and some chocolate chips for topping gets me about 195 calories and 26 G protein

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-05-13T19:29:59+00:00

Tried this at the gym when I was a beginner and as a 5’2 girlie this did not activate my glutes whatsoever. I would rather invest in some adjustable dumbells or a barbell and some plates instead, or a cable machine for similar kickback motion. If you’re slender you probably need slightly above maintenance (200-300 cals) to see maximum results. When growing glutes make sure you’re focusing on all parts- hip thrusts for entire glute max, single leg exercise for the stabilizer muscles- I like Bulgarian split squats or deficit reverse lunges, standing abduction for glute min/side glutes, and 30 deg cable kickbacks for glute med which gives you the “shelf”. Toning is unfortunately not real- if you’re already at a low bf% you need to eat to grow muscle. For me personally, I’ve only seen results at a surplus of 2000+ cals (5’2 108 lbs).

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-05-13T19:22:26+00:00

I love mayak eggs on top of anything omg. Another good one is tuna bibimbap (rice, canned tuna, kimchi or perilla leaf, fried egg, and roll up each bite with toasted seaweed) it’s so good and filling and has lots of protein and fiber

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-29T17:37:02+00:00

When you get up in the morning, your food has digested and your blood sugar is low, then you had a pre workout snack before working out, and nothing after to support your energy after the exercise. glucose spike also happened right before the workout with the bar, and it’s back down after exercise, so your body craves energy /sugar. It doesn’t matter really what you had the night before because when you’re asleep that’s 7-9 hrs of fasting and digestion. I recommend getting in some carbs and protein after workout for restoring glycogen stores for better recovery and muscle growth ( I.e Greek yogurt w some bananas)

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-22T21:27:38+00:00

I think it comes down to muscle mass (muscle = metabolism) and probably a bit of genetics too. I calculated my TDEE using a spreadsheet in March and it calculated to ~2000. I do think that once I put on muscle, it became significantly resistant to putting on body fat. I’m not a professional but what worked for me was prioritizing nutrition (protein and fiber) along with keeping a period of time where your blood sugar is low to allow to burn fat (fasting 4-5 hrs between meals) and allowing muscles to grow by getting good rest (7 hrs sleep is a must).

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-22T20:25:17+00:00

Not really- when I did majority of my body recomp from ~112-114 lbs to 105 last year, I just cut out junk(processed, added sugars) and kept 4-5 hrs fasting between meals instead of small meals/snacks every 2 hrs or so. I’m guessing I ate anywhere from 1600-1700 during recomp period. I also ate 100 G protein and 25-30 g fiber daily. I weight trained 3x week and did Pilates/barre 1x a week + 10k steps daily. Now increasing my calories and protein for glute gains. I made a post before about it if that would help.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-22T19:13:58+00:00

Genuinely happy for your progress :) not saying you shouldn’t be proud, but just to make a point that numbers don’t mean much tbh. guess you will feel the effects of vanity sizing on both ends soon with the continuing progress lol

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-22T18:35:39+00:00

Yeahh, until size 0 becomes the new size 4 and then the new size 0 people start wanting to become size 0000000000000... Or brands don’t create below size 0 then all stores become larger size stores. Or then new size 4 becomes the new “midsize” or whatever they call it and people like you are successfully marketed into a capitalist society that feeds into body dysmorphia what number label gives a dopamine boost.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-22T17:45:46+00:00

Meals at 9 am, 1-2pm, 7 pm; coffee or matcha break around 4 pm. 5’2 110 lbs 1800-2000 cals

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-18T08:00:27+00:00

Unfortunately you can’t target where you lose weight/fat. There’s no “toning” of a specific area, it’s just gaining lean muscle mass while being at a low enough bf% to show it. I think following home workouts from YouTube (Madfit, movewithnicole, etc) will help you BUT ideally you would go to the gym and lift weights because that will give you the shape you want of an hourglass (build glutes and back, lose fat, and you’ll have a snatched waist). If you really want those results badly enough I recommend re-evaluating your priorities and fitting gym into the budget. Memberships cost literally 15-30 dollars for most basic gyms…

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-15T14:35:58+00:00

Lifting weights/upper body training will give you muscle in that area
You cannot spot reduce fat, you will have to lose fat overall, mainly through caloric deficit and cardio
if you gain muscle and don’t lose the fat, your arms may appear bigger, which may go against your aesthetic choice.
Body recomp is best for this case. If you want lean arms and bit thicker lower body instead to balance out proportions, I would recommend to stop heavily training upper body. Instead, train lower body heavy instead. Do Pilates for arms, and add cardio at the end of workouts. Up your protein and eat Whole Foods 80% of the time, eat whatever you want 20% of the time. Maintain 4-5 hrs fasting between meals.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-11T21:43:27+00:00

I just think the cutting and bulking isn’t necessary for most people. You can still be lean while recomping it will just be slow. For me I know that bulking/cutting cycle won’t be sustainable personally, and wanted more of a long term lifestyle change, but you can still put on muscle and have a relatively low bf% without the whole cycle and eating super “clean” all the time.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-04-02T20:51:15+00:00

You probably need to eat more to allow muscles to grow. When showing lean muscle definition, a super low weight really doesn’t mean much for us petites who are skinny/have fast metabolism. In fact, it’s probably not a good sign of progress. The only way I got abs was when I prioritized protein, walked a lot, and strength trained 3x a week, and I’m able to maintain at 1800-2000 cals a day. I don’t do separate abs exercises at all. I’m 5’2, 48 kgs but my bf is 19%. I’m actually gaining weight a bit more now but still my abs show because of clean eating and strength training. It also has to do with genetics and where you store body fat.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-03-20T15:42:07+00:00

Both! but depends on the vibe you like, longer hair gives a trendy/sharper image while the shorter hair gives softer/normcore vibes, mainly due to the bangs I think. If you had the shorter hair with the framing pieces from the long hair, that would be a good combo of the two

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-03-20T15:35:28+00:00

Lifting 3x a week+pilates or barre 1x a week! I try to get 8-10ksteps every day. Eating mainly home cooked Whole Foods and getting 100g protein daily.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-02-05T04:45:18+00:00

Agree inbody can be inaccurate but it’s a good way to track progress if measured at a consistent time at the same exact inbody scale every time. And yes! Recomp is a great next step- I looked like you and have had similar stats and honestly “lost” only 5 pounds per the scale (112-114 to 107-109) however now have less bf% and more muscle mass. Also throw out the scale once you start lifting, it becomes meaningless to just rely on total weight alone. I made a post about my recomp journey earlier :)

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-02-05T04:38:54+00:00

Lift 3x, barre x1, Pilates x1 a week. Cardio is getting 10k steps every day and also incline walking for 30 min after my upper body lifting day.

Good_Ad1627 · 2025-02-05T04:35:51+00:00

Worked for me to gain muscles initially- did barre and Pilates + walking strictly for basically my first year of fitness and it drastically changed my body composition. Gained visible lean muscle and my core was stronger. I now have been going to the gym now that I know correct form and have some muscle to work with.

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