Trying to Tone Up

emadigan

If I want to tone, but I am happy with the weight I am at, should my calories be in "weight loss" mode or "maintaining" mode?

Lula16

when you tone up, you will look alot thinner than your actual weight is. But if your happy with your weight, then i would tone up on weight loss mode. Good luck!

tpycha126

I am curious about this too.

jessicazanebell

me too! so far i've heard go to maintenance but that seems a little scary as it about 500 cals more a day and i dont want to gain any weight either

emadigan

I was on maintenance for two months and nothing happened. My aunt suggest going back to losing weight, so I'm going to try that for a month or so and see what happens.

Rae6503

What are you doing to "tone"? Maybe put it at 0.5lbs. Toning really involves additional body fat loss, AND muscle building. Honestly I love Turbo Fire for the toning it's done. I have never bee so happy with my "tone" and I've done some heavy lifting in the past.

Sublog

If I want to tone, but I am happy with the weight I am at, should my calories be in "weight loss" mode or "maintaining" mode?

Toned just means that your body fat is low enough to show definition in your underlying muscles. Don't be concerned with scale weight so much. Everyone is carrying way more fat than they expect.

For you to lose body fat, you will need to reduce calories under maintenance levels. You can try to eat right at maintenance and do whats called a recomp, but women really have a hard time gaining enough muscle to offset fat loss. You can eat at maintenance and unless you follow a rigorous weight lifting program and perfect nutrition, you won't gain much, if any muscle.

My advice is to diet slowly to lose 1 lb per week until you see the definition you want. Disregard scale weight and go off progress in mirror. You'll likely find you are carrying more fat than you ever expected.