For Women ( Drop weight first, then build muscle?)

DedDollChance
DedDollChance Posts: 12 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
I’ve been trying to lose weight while gaining muscle mass - at it worked at first. I plateaued at 190. I still have 50lbs to go! Helps!

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    steveko89 wrote: »
    What you do with your fork will always trump what you're doing in the gym when it comes to controlling your weight. If you're hitting a consistent calorie number and not losing weight you've found your intake maintenance level for that weight. You need to get back to creating a calorie deficit, which is most easily done by restricting intake.

    Yep. Get a food scale. Weigh and log everything that passes your lips.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p1
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,785 Member
    What they said. Calories determine weight.

    But don't stop lifting: Once you find a calorie-deficit level of eating, and start losing weight again, you may not build much muscle . . . but you have good odds of at least preserving what muscle you already have, while losing primarily fat.

    I'm betting you've already figured out that building muscle mass is a long-term proposition, especially for women (though initial strength gain can be reasonably fast). Therefore, any muscle you keep while losing fat is muscle you won't have to work at regaining, slowly, once you hit goal weight.

    Best wishes!
  • sashimimaniac
    sashimimaniac Posts: 71 Member
    continue with strength training but try out intermittent fasting. I personally like 16/8 as it is fairly easy to maintain but if you find it hard, start with 13/11 and work your way up. ultimately it’s all CICO (calories in, calories out) :)
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