Mental shift

Mistraal1981

I am about 20lbs overweight and carry most of that in my hips and thighs. I have strong legs and always joke that I'm built to squat.

I am wanting to balance out my bottom heavy physique by focusing on building my back, lats and shoulders. (I think Erin Stern has an ideal figure). I am struggling with the mental shift of having to eat more to build muscle, especially since I have weight to lose.

If you have gone through this and come out the other side, would love to hear from you.

psuLemon

Mistraal1981 wrote: »

I am about 20lbs overweight and carry most of that in my hips and thighs. I have strong legs and always joke that I'm built to squat.

I am wanting to balance out my bottom heavy physique by focusing on building my back, lats and shoulders. (I think Erin Stern has an ideal figure). I am struggling with the mental shift of having to eat more to build muscle, especially since I have weight to lose.

If you have gone through this and come out the other side, would love to hear from you.

If you still have more to lose, I would focus on that while following a well structured lifting routine... Particularly, one that has a bit more upper body focus.

If you are still relatively new to lifting, than you have a much greater opportunity to gain some muscle as you lose fat. And at the very least, you will see more body improvements.

Mistraal1981

Thanks for the advice. Appreciated. 👍