You all will hate me for this, but I need to lose a measely 6-10lbs.

"Linda C. T." wrote in message
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Really? My nutritionist told me my 20% composition is extremely
healthy.

Some people tend to consider that the lower, the better... Men are able to
get very low, but women really have biological reasons for wanting to remain
at reasonnable values.
20% is not exactly unhealthy, it's just the lower end of normal. However, if
you start pushing that value further downward, that will become unhealthy.

I don't think I am looking to lose whatever fat I have, but I
am just looking to slim down because I often "feel fat." Sure, this
might be a state of mind or what have you, but I don't really like to
see my stomach protrude over the waist of my pants --and I don't even
wear tight pants!

The problem is that when reducing body fat%, fat will disappear from
wherever it is designed to disappear first. It might not even leave the
belly, but leave the breasts or butt instead, and that's probably not the
expected result.
Have you lost a lot of weight previously? What does make your stomach
protrude? Is it really excess fat? Or is it excess skin? Or hypotonic
abdominal muscles? When you lose weight, you may have some pockets of fat
left, and getting rid of these is extremelly hard. Likewise, abdominal
muscles can remain deformed. That's where you need to assess exactly what
you don't like about your belly. Pockets of fat will be very resistant to a
diet, but they are good candidates for a liposuction. Weak abs can be
strengthtened through exercise. A diet is not the universal answer to all
lose stomach problems.