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Muscle v's weight loss

  • 01-03-2010 10:32pm
    #1
    purplekitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭


    some advice please, you big buff experts. :)
    joined gym in nov... healthy BMI and weight for my height but weight slightly higher then i want.got an assemsement in gym and instructer has me doing weights.
    basically i've put on weight but still on low cal diet and exercise 4 times a week. lost inches, but really wanted to lose the pounds.
    any suggestions :(:confused::(


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  • #2
    itsallaboutheL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,333 ✭✭✭✭itsallaboutheL


    purplekitty wrote: »
    some advice please, you big buff experts. :)
    joined gym in nov... healthy BMI and weight for my height but weight slightly higher then i want.got an assemsement in gym and instructer has me doing weights.
    basically i've put on weight but still on low cal diet and exercise 4 times a week. lost inches, but really wanted to lose the pounds.
    any suggestions :(:confused::(

    If you're losing inches then why are you worrying about lbs??

    Post your Diet and Training... i.e post what you ate today.


  • #3
    corkcomp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭corkcomp


    itsallaboutheL wrote: »
    If you're losing inches then why are you worrying about lbs??

    Post your Diet and Training... i.e post what you ate today.

    What he said

    what is the obsession with lbs? As long as you look good that's the main thing? Victoria beckham is an example of why very light isn't always best

    when you say you gained weight, how much?


  • #4
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,899 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    What the other 2 lads said. Losing inches is a much better guide to progress that losing weight.

    Unless you need to make a weight for something in particular. Are you a jockey by any chance?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #5
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Did you really want to lose just lbs? would you be more happy if you actually got fatter as long as your scales read less? (which is possible).

    I stayed around 12stone for around a year but got thinner all the time as I built muscle and lost fat at the same weight.

    You do realise you can lose lbs of FAT, while remaining a constant WEIGHT, do not equate the fat with weight. Muscle is more metabolically active than fat so not only will you be stronger in daily life, your metabolism will be raised due to the weight training.


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