Advice for a lady trying to get that muscular look!

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  • Showcase_Brodown
    Showcase_Brodown Posts: 919 Member
    Thanks guys! After checking out some of the calculators you all were kind enough to recommend, I definitely need to up my goal from 1200! Does anyone know how I can change my goal on MFP?

    Settings -> Diet/Fitness profile

    Nope. To change your specific calories and macros you go go to the Goals tab and then choose to change them manually and you can punch in any calorie goal you want and you can change all your macros too.

    That's another option.

    What I said works if she wan't planning on manually entering things, for instance, you could select Sedentary and Maintain current weight as options.
  • Showcase_Brodown
    Showcase_Brodown Posts: 919 Member
    WOW! The first picture looks similar to me now, I maybe have a little less leg muscle than her, but otherwise very, very similar to how I look- if she can get to that second picture, I should be able to at least get halfway there, right???

    ETA: What is the secret behind those glutes and legs? Squats?

    I bet squats and deadlifts were a huge part of it.
  • amonkey794
    amonkey794 Posts: 651 Member
    Lift weights, eat at a slight deficit and watch your body change.

    /End Thread.
  • Pookylou
    Pookylou Posts: 988 Member
    Here's a client of mine who used to be a runner only till she hooked up with me. Once we hit the weights, her physique changed.
    BEFORE

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    AFTER

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    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

    That is totally how I want to look :love: :love:
  • toutmonpossible
    toutmonpossible Posts: 1,580 Member
    ^^ One of my inspirations right there - read Lorina's stuff! :bigsmile:
    Thanks! This is exactly what I needed to be directed towards- I think it's sometimes difficult to get out of the mentality that the less you eat, the smaller you will be.
    Yeah, you may get smaller eating less, but you'll be smaller and still soft and squishy. And tired, and hungry, possibly grouchy....food is fuel, and weights build and/or maintain muscle, which is firm, and fit, and sounds like the body you're going for.

    Not everyone who's small is "soft and squishy"; some people are lean. They also aren't hungry or irritable. But if you want to look ripped you have to eat and train differently. People have different goals.

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