How to get rid of the skinny fat look!!

[nikkita]

Hi girls!

Hope you've all been alright.

I need your valuable insight. I'm 121 lbs and 5'5". I have been in cutting phase and somewhere between dropping from 12.5% bf to 11.6% bf, I think I did something wrong because with this current bf% instead of looking ripped I'm starting to look skinny fat.

It's not something drastic yet... yet, but I have to do something... I have some loose skin where few weeks ago my skin was tight.

My diet looks like this...

meal 1/
6 egg whites
1 green banana
1/3 cup cooked oats
+ 1 tbsp liquid carnitine

meal 2/
1 protein shake
100 g strawberries

meal 3/
220 g red lean meat (sirloin)
1/2 cup white rice
150g tomato
180g cucumber
20-30g onion
+ water: cucumber + lemon

meal 4/
250g tilapia
150g tomato
20-30g onion
+ 1 tbsp liquid carnitine
+ 10-12 almonds

meal 5/
250g tilapia
1 whey protein shake
150g tomato
20-30g onion
200g potato
100g strawberries

I'm training 4-5 days a week preparing for competition, lift heavy and circuit series.

Pleasee help!!

 

[nikkita]

By the way, my current diet is 2100 cals in ratios of 40P 45C 15C and at 2100 cals I have maintained my self at this weight and bf%. I've been doing carb cycling for the past week.

Any thoughts??

 

[Sassy69]

Just to let you know - the loose skin thing just takes a while to catch up if you've lost some bodyfat in that area. Its not like all of a sudden you lost muscle or somethign went wrong - it just takes a bit for your skin to catch up.

 

[nikkita]

Just to let you know - the loose skin thing just takes a while to catch up if you've lost some bodyfat in that area. Its not like all of a sudden you lost muscle or somethign went wrong - it just takes a bit for your skin to catch up.

Never thought of that, I guess all I need is patience.

Thanks Sassy!! you're always an angel

 

[*Bunny*]

Just to let you know - the loose skin thing just takes a while to catch up if you've lost some bodyfat in that area. Its not like all of a sudden you lost muscle or somethign went wrong - it just takes a bit for your skin to catch up.

Yes and a little bit may be a few weeks for some, a month for others, 6 months, a year or even longer for SOME people ...

Patience ... A diet tight works WONDERS ...

 

[Sassy69]

Keep in mind that "loose skin" is partially water and I guess there are debates about it being pockets of fat in there as well as far as getting it to tighten up. For competition you can get it paper thin with diet and carb / water manipulation but that is just a short term thing. You always see these people who lose huge amounts of weight - like 100s of lbs and then have that pile of loose skin - most docs will say that will require surgery to get rid of -- I guess on that level probably - but to a degree its still getting the thickness of your skin lower (fat & water) and also the degree of elasticity in your skin - which will be a function of age, whether you smoke, etc.

So the combination of all of that points to just continue w/ the diet and be patient.

 

[Tomer]

yes i'm wondering if its maily only loose skin.. i've gone from 29 - 27 inches around my waist...in about 6 weeks but it feels softer.. I'm trying to keep my diet as clean as poss... but don't know if its still too much excess fat or what..

 

[Sassy69]

You will know what loose skin looks like - but if you are talking around your waist -- anything that isn't a six pack is going to be fat & skin. But that's also where women tend to hold a much greater concentration of fat cells so you can't draw many conclusions about your diet or your muscle mass just from that. All you can do is keep your diet going and look at the overall picture.