How do you know if there's anymore weight to be lost?

wellthenwhat

I too, feel like I am disproportioned at the moment. My upper body looks great. My lower body looks ok too, but it looks like I'm the top half of a thin person and the bottom half of a chubby person. I'm exaggerating of course, but I carry my extra fat in my butt and hips. Right now I'm not actively trying to lose weight, but rather gain muscle. I'm happy with where I am, but it's not where I want to be 6 months from now. I have quite a bit more fat than you do though. I look closer to your before picture than your after picture.

katiejanecollins

dannytso123 wrote: »

katiejanecollins wrote: »

dannytso123 wrote: »

Hi there,

Great progress and congrats on being so close to your goal weight. Looking at your training regime perhaps you can now lower the amount of cardio and add in some resistance training. Resistance training coupled with adequate energy supply and protein will help you gain more lean body mass thus raise your metabolism and burn more fat. Doing cardio only is great for burning more calories from fat during the exercise but if you are not eating enough calories your body may use some muscle in response which will lead to less fat burning at rest and a softer look.

Thank you What sort of resistance workouts would you recommend?

Because your main goal is fat loss, its best to choose exercises that use multiple muscle groups (compound exercises) at once to maximize the amount of calories burned during exercise and after when your body repairs and rebuilds these muscles.

Examples of compound exercises include:

Squat
Deadlift
Chest Press
Shoulder Press
Seated Row
Lat Pull Down

Try to limit exercises that focus on just one muscle ie. bicep curl (unless you have seriously weak biceps).

To get a muscle building effect you will have to aim for a weight that you can do maximum of 8 - 10 repetitions of. If you are a beginner at weight training then you probably should learn how to do these exercises properly with proper form and at lower weights to decrease your chance of injury. I recommend starting on the machines rather than free weights. Be safe and all the best to your progress!


- Danny

Thanks Danny that's great advice

katiejanecollins

wellthenwhat wrote: »

I too, feel like I am disproportioned at the moment. My upper body looks great. My lower body looks ok too, but it looks like I'm the top half of a thin person and the bottom half of a chubby person. I'm exaggerating of course, but I carry my extra fat in my butt and hips. Right now I'm not actively trying to lose weight, but rather gain muscle. I'm happy with where I am, but it's not where I want to be 6 months from now. I have quite a bit more fat than you do though. I look closer to your before picture than your after picture.

Sounds like we're in the same boat! Let me know if you do anything that helps with the leg/butt area!

mymodernbabylon

If you want a good leg/butt lifting programme than I'd do Strong Curves. It's made for women and is all about the legs and bum (plus other moves for other parts of the body, but focused on lower).