Lifting and scale

AmberGebell
AmberGebell Posts: 113 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there! I have started a progressive overload heavy lifting workout and I am in week 2 . I lift 6 days a week for 90 minutes each session. I am in a calorie deficit and am wondering how it will wage on the scale? Will I still see a decrease on scale?

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  • Bluwaves1
    Bluwaves1 Posts: 191 Member
    Yes unless you are retaining water.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    You should, yes. It might be or SEEM slow if you retain water from the heavy lifting. I find that if I'm already pretty lean, the loss is a bit slow as well.

    Did you jump right in from no lifting to lifting 6 days per week?
  • AmberGebell
    AmberGebell Posts: 113 Member
    No I have been lifting for quite awhile, But I had stomach hernia surgery in September, So since the surgery I have been doing a circuit on the machines with light weight. Last week started to lift heavy again with Barbells, Dumbells and such
  • Bluwaves1
    Bluwaves1 Posts: 191 Member
    Every time I lost weight I had a heavy lifting program. I used MFP to watch my calories and did cardio. I lost the most weight fastest for some reason when I ran outside. Funny you are asking this question because I lost 25 pounds and for a month have been at about the same weight... so I need to change something. I'd like to lose at least 20 more pounds.

    So that is great! you gave yourself plenty of time to heal before getting back into it!
  • PokernuttAR
    PokernuttAR Posts: 74 Member
    If you are truly in a calorie deficit you will see it reflect on the scale. The bigger the deficit, the bigger the weight loss. When cutting, I try to be in a 500 calorie deficit per day. That translates to losing 1 pound per week. You're probably much lighter than me, so you might not want to lose that much per week or you could risk losing muscle.

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