Squats Ruined My *kitten*!
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I run and never had a problem with
my butt being too small. Have u tried
running?0 -
Yep I agree and i apologise to the gentleman asking for pics. I was dumb to think it was to perv. Sorry SIR! Please forgiveWithout pics, it is hard to tell what's going on. But it can be irritating not to have clothes fit the way you want them to fit.
uhem! ur a guy just wanting to see a pic of a chics *kitten*. Move along please.
Wow, what an ignorant post...I don't know about ruining your *kitten*, but your attitude and personality could use a massive overhaul.
The ironic fact is that when she finally did post a pic, the issue ended up to not be her *kitten* but her stomach, so if she had actually paid attention to the poster rather than insinuating that he was trying to perv, it would have been far less confusing and the OP would have worked out what she actually needed to do much quicker.
ETA: that post was the 1st response in this thread!
Kudos to you for that (srs, not sarcastic btw).0 -
Is it fat or muscle? I mean how "firm" is your butt and how much body fat % are you at? If it's jiggly just lose fat. If it's really firm it might indeed be a lot of muscle.
I wouldn't skip to lunges I feel my glutes a lot after I do those (forward lunges). They kind of isolate glutes for me. But everybody is a little different in what muscles get hit most on what exercises.
Maybe skip squats in favor of dumbbell step ups or leg curl. Those hit the quads pretty hard and as such could substitute for squats. They will likely not hit your glutes so much, but your mileage may vary.0 -
Is it fat or muscle? I mean how "firm" is your butt and how much body fat % are you at? If it's jiggly just lose fat. If it's really firm it might indeed be a lot of muscle.
I wouldn't skip to lunges I feel my glutes a lot after I do those (forward lunges). They kind of isolate glutes for me. But everybody is a little different in what muscles get hit most on what exercises.
Maybe skip squats in favor of dumbbell step ups or leg curl. Those hit the quads pretty hard and as such could substitute for squats. They will likely not hit your glutes so much, but your mileage may vary.
Fat can be pretty damn firm, especially when you are gaining it.0 -
I run and never had a problem with
my butt being too small. Have u tried
running?
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Bump so it is fresh and others can share in the pain!:sad:0
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Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water 0 -
This thread is why I don't read or post... good lawd I will never come here when I am bored again...
BTW. I am a personal trainer, and squats did not ruin your *kitten*, your lack of tracking and having a December food free-for-all attributed to some fat gain....
Early on you spoke about body wraps and exercises that target loss in specific areas. Both are a waste of your time.
You CAN NOT pick a part of your body and "work it off". Work your entire body.
Wraps are temporary and a joke. It's a 2-3 day re-shape based on dehydration.
Eat properly AND LOG, think 40% carbs, 30% fat, 30% protein and keep the sugar down to 25 grams or less a day. THEN you will get what you are looking for. Exercise is great, but you also have to eat properly.
Im a big fruit eater so 25grams of sugar isn't sustainable for me. And I knew about those wraps being total crap - it wasn't me that mentioned them. I know there's no miracle thing or pill for weight loss. And i realized by posting this topic that squats DID NOT ruin my *kitten* - i was just being dumb and jumping the gun to blame something on my non success i guess.
I am going to take new pictures today and post them. I really think my belly was swollen from stuff I ate yesterday - at least that's what im hoping. We will see! Take a look if u want. See what other people think. I am going to work very hard in 2014. And im actually excited, just wish i had some close friends right her with me to do it with............dream on.......all my friends don't even exercise let alone eat healthy.0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.0 -
I run and never had a problem with
my butt being too small. Have u tried
running?
*sighs*
Late as usual, but with that, I'm in0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them0 -
I uploaded new pics to my profile. Pink shorts were just yesterday and green shorts are today! The difference in pics is astounding and only 1 day in between pics - WTH!!! My thoughts are that my pink shorts SUCK and I was bloated yesterday from eating salty stuff and using my core really hard to shovel snow. Sound about right? Anyways, Im a much happier person today looking at my today's pic 0
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Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.0 -
FFS, you are laying down (and put a sheet on that mattress) and in the other pic you have your arms higher not to mention one hell of a sway in your lower back. How much snow DOES one have to shovel to have *tries to type while laughing* swollen core muscles.
Besides this thread title making me yell 'A dingo ate my baby!' the way it just keeps going sideways is a marvel.
Yes, yes it's the shorts and the jeans. It' s only a matter of time before your shirt turns on you.0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.
So strength workouts are best for preserving muscle, nice! But if the end goal isn't faster growing muscles, do you still need the strength? ;-)0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.
So strength workouts are best for preserving muscle, nice! But if the end goal isn't faster growing muscles, do you still need the strength? ;-)
Only if you'd like to function well. Then there's that nifty bone density benefit.0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.
So strength workouts are best for preserving muscle, nice! But if the end goal isn't faster growing muscles, do you still need the strength? ;-)
Being strong is a pretty sure fire way to increase your enjoyment of everyday activities, avoid injury, age gracefully, and on and on.0 -
I uploaded new pics to my profile. Pink shorts were just yesterday and green shorts are today! The difference in pics is astounding and only 1 day in between pics - WTH!!! My thoughts are that my pink shorts SUCK and I was bloated yesterday from eating salty stuff and using my core really hard to shovel snow. Sound about right? Anyways, Im a much happier person today looking at my today's pic
Are you lying down in one of your new pics?0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.
So strength workouts are best for preserving muscle, nice! But if the end goal isn't faster growing muscles, do you still need the strength? ;-)
Only if you'd like to function well. Then there's that nifty bone density benefit.
Well I was hinting at the fact that chicks wouldn't add muscle as quickly as a guy can. So any goals of rapidly bulking up would be somewhere in the neighborhood of moot, wouldn't it? Besides I think we're in to-may-to to-mah-to territory here. If OP is lifting 100 lbs and possibly increasing, it doesn't matter too much what we call it, does it?0 -
FFS, you are laying down (and put a sheet on that mattress) and in the other pic you have your arms higher not to mention one hell of a sway in your lower back. How much snow DOES one have to shovel to have *tries to type while laughing* swollen core muscles.
Besides this three title making me yell 'A dingo ate my baby!' the way it just keeps going sideways is a marvel.
Yes, yes it's the shorts and the jeans. It' s only a matter of time before your shirt turns on you.
Yes one pic is laying down -so! The sheet is off because the baby peed the bed last night - so what! (and no i wasn't laying in the pee) And i took another pic to lower my arms as in the pink shorts picture. Been shovelling snow for an hour and a half for the last 3 days - just thought it might cause water retention/swelling in the core area. Not sure what u mean by the sway in my back - pics dont even show my back. And ha ha ha about the shirt remark - not gonna happen though.0 -
Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.
So strength workouts are best for preserving muscle, nice! But if the end goal isn't faster growing muscles, do you still need the strength? ;-)
Only if you'd like to function well. Then there's that nifty bone density benefit.
Well I was hinting at the fact that chicks wouldn't add muscle as quickly as a guy can. So any goals of rapidly bulking up would be somewhere in the neighborhood of moot, wouldn't it? Besides I think we're in to-may-to to-mah-to territory here. If OP is lifting 100 lbs and possibly increasing, it doesn't matter too much what we call it, does it?
I have no idea, I think this thread may have shorted out something in my higher reasoning. It's like jumping in mid square dance with a caller who speaks another language.0 -
OP, I'm going to ask you a serious question. Have you ever been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder? Your interactions with this thread and response behaviors are not healthy. Especially for an adult. I'm not diagnosing you, as we obviously ONLY have this thread to go on. But food for thought.0
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Okay okay. Let's calm down. Im fat and i apologize for offending anyone. But im not going to get mental help, Im going to get fitness and nutrition help. Oh wait, I already know what to do. Im just gonna do that. I really didn't think my belly was that fat until the pictures today and then what some of you had said. And I can't believe I actually though my *kitten* was the culprit to me fitting my 140lb jeans......It would be nice if ya'll could wish me luck. I want to drop 15lbs by the summer.
Good luck, girlie! And log your food. Do you have the phone app? It's so easy you can copy entire meals you've previously logged to any day you want, build recipes you use frequently and add them easily, and calories from so many restaurant meals are right there in the database. The beginning plan is always successful. It's those days that you go out to eat with friends, people bring in treats at work, or you've have a total $h#% day and don't feel like paying attention to calories that sneak up on you. You can eat a lot of calories whether you're eating "clean" or not. If you truly want to follow the advice you've been given and be successful *this* time around, you have to log your food! Many of us are indeed here because what worked for us in dropping impressive lbs before does not seem to be working anymore. And again, good luck.
And don't throw away what you've accomplished. You've taken the time to learn to lift. You ate yourself to gain weight, we've all been there. Keep the squats to keep your maintain your muscle mass which does more for your health than a big *kitten* or not. Squats had nothing to do with your recent issues. Do not throw out the baby with the bath water
Thank you for your post! I will still lift but im focusing on weight loss, not gaining strength.
In your case it wouldn't be for strength, it would be to maintain muscle mass (not even gain. You cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit). You mentioned your age up thread, that, and a calorie restricted diet, the body's natural inclination is to drop muscle in addition to any fat lost. Lifting will help you retain muscle. The stage is already set for you since you know how to lift. So many people who want to lift heavy are too frightened to even step into a weight room but you've done all that! You have all the tools at your disposal; now just use them
Not be annoying, but you got this exactly half wrong.
When losing weight, lift for strength. Yes, I said strength. You will get stronger even though you won't gain muscle, and getting stronger is way awesomer than you imagined before it started to happen to you.
During my initial weight loss period, I tried to lift weight to preserve muscle, and I made the dumb mistake of assuming that workouts designed to grow muscle must be the best for preventing muscle loss. Now I'm at my goal weight but instead of bulking and doing muscle building workouts I'm having to address my lack of strength first. I would have preserved just as much muscle on a strength program, plus I would be stronger now and using my strength to convince my muscles to grow faster.
So strength workouts are best for preserving muscle, nice! But if the end goal isn't faster growing muscles, do you still need the strength? ;-)
Only if you'd like to function well. Then there's that nifty bone density benefit.
Well I was hinting at the fact that chicks wouldn't add muscle as quickly as a guy can. So any goals of rapidly bulking up would be somewhere in the neighborhood of moot, wouldn't it? Besides I think we're in to-may-to to-mah-to territory here. If OP is lifting 100 lbs and possibly increasing, it doesn't matter too much what we call it, does it?
I have no idea, I think this thread may have shorted out something in my higher reasoning. It's like jumping in mid square dance with a caller who speaks another language.
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OP, I'm going to ask you a serious question. Have you ever been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder? Your interactions with this thread and response behaviors are not healthy. Especially for an adult. I'm not diagnosing you, as we obviously ONLY have this thread to go on. But food for thought.
No. What responses are making you think this. Very curious to know.0 -
FFS, you are laying down (and put a sheet on that mattress) and in the other pic you have your arms higher not to mention one hell of a sway in your lower back. How much snow DOES one have to shovel to have *tries to type while laughing* swollen core muscles.
Besides this three title making me yell 'A dingo ate my baby!' the way it just keeps going sideways is a marvel.
Yes, yes it's the shorts and the jeans. It' s only a matter of time before your shirt turns on you.
Yes one pic is laying down -so! The sheet is off because the baby peed the bed last night - so what! (and no i wasn't laying in the pee) And i took another pic to lower my arms as in the pink shorts picture. Been shovelling snow for an hour and a half for the last 3 days - just thought it might cause water retention/swelling in the core area. Not sure what u mean by the sway in my back - pics dont even show my back. And ha ha ha about the shirt remark - not gonna happen though.
Have you tried taking a pic with your right foot in and then your right foot out?0 -
FFS, you are laying down (and put a sheet on that mattress) and in the other pic you have your arms higher not to mention one hell of a sway in your lower back. How much snow DOES one have to shovel to have *tries to type while laughing* swollen core muscles.
Besides this three title making me yell 'A dingo ate my baby!' the way it just keeps going sideways is a marvel.
Yes, yes it's the shorts and the jeans. It' s only a matter of time before your shirt turns on you.
Yes one pic is laying down -so! The sheet is off because the baby peed the bed last night - so what! (and no i wasn't laying in the pee) And i took another pic to lower my arms as in the pink shorts picture. Been shovelling snow for an hour and a half for the last 3 days - just thought it might cause water retention/swelling in the core area. Not sure what u mean by the sway in my back - pics dont even show my back. And ha ha ha about the shirt remark - not gonna happen though.
Have you tried taking a pic with your right foot in and then your right foot out?
Are you gonna be a jerk your whole life?0 -
I run and never had a problem with
my butt being too small. Have u tried
running?
*sighs*
Late as usual, but with that, I'm in
bro, you gotta catch up!0 -
FFS, you are laying down (and put a sheet on that mattress) and in the other pic you have your arms higher not to mention one hell of a sway in your lower back. How much snow DOES one have to shovel to have *tries to type while laughing* swollen core muscles.
Besides this three title making me yell 'A dingo ate my baby!' the way it just keeps going sideways is a marvel.
Yes, yes it's the shorts and the jeans. It' s only a matter of time before your shirt turns on you.
Yes one pic is laying down -so! The sheet is off because the baby peed the bed last night - so what! (and no i wasn't laying in the pee) And i took another pic to lower my arms as in the pink shorts picture. Been shovelling snow for an hour and a half for the last 3 days - just thought it might cause water retention/swelling in the core area. Not sure what u mean by the sway in my back - pics dont even show my back. And ha ha ha about the shirt remark - not gonna happen though.
Have you tried taking a pic with your right foot in and then your right foot out?
Are you gonna be a jerk your whole life?
I think the point they were trying to make is you are playing around with different poses. Laying on your back will make your stomach look flatter because you are stretching out. Same with holding your arms Over your head. The person mentioned a sway in your back, someone else asked if you had a pelvic tilt in your original pics. It's possible thy is how you naturally stand or you could be posing oddly.
If you want to compare pictures, take hem standing normally the same way in the same mirror. Otherwise you will get variations.0 -
FFS, you are laying down (and put a sheet on that mattress) and in the other pic you have your arms higher not to mention one hell of a sway in your lower back. How much snow DOES one have to shovel to have *tries to type while laughing* swollen core muscles.
Besides this three title making me yell 'A dingo ate my baby!' the way it just keeps going sideways is a marvel.
Yes, yes it's the shorts and the jeans. It' s only a matter of time before your shirt turns on you.
Yes one pic is laying down -so! The sheet is off because the baby peed the bed last night - so what! (and no i wasn't laying in the pee) And i took another pic to lower my arms as in the pink shorts picture. Been shovelling snow for an hour and a half for the last 3 days - just thought it might cause water retention/swelling in the core area. Not sure what u mean by the sway in my back - pics dont even show my back. And ha ha ha about the shirt remark - not gonna happen though.
Have you tried taking a pic with your right foot in and then your right foot out?
Are you gonna be a jerk your whole life?
*raises hand*0
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