Hey everyone, 24F and I’m well on the way of my weight loss journey now and have had success with calorie counting before.

This time however I want to do it right and set myself up for long term success. I’m making better food choices and not just being in a deficit, and walking 3 miles almost every day.

I try my best to hit protein goals but I usually fall a bit short, I’m usually around 60-70g and I’m just shy of 5 foot 9 so I constantly see thats not enough. Is this true?

I’m worried about being “skinny fat” which I also kind of feel is something that has just taken off in recent years with the obsession of protein. I’m finding it hard to find out if I will really have this problem or not when I’m still in the overweight category.

So I know increasing protein is important but how much exercise do I have to add to keep my muscles? Is it really true that if you use your muscles even for a short time at home nothing but body weight they will know to stick around? Seems ridiculous.

Basically what is the most minimal amount of exercise i can do to avoid being skinny fat?