calorie intake while toning

iabgn1957

I've reached a healthy weight (5'6" - 124 lbs) but stil have flab and belly fat. I know I have to rev up my workouts to get rid of this flab but do I continue to eat less calories for weight loss or more calories for maintenance?

chevy88grl

If you're happy with your weight - up your calories to maintenance levels.

ambermichon

maintenance level calories with strength training---I would think

VeganInTraining

I'm in the same boat. I put mine to lost 1/2 lb a week rather than all the way to mantain. It seems to be working, I don't want to go all the way to mantain because I have gained a little since going up to 1/2 a pound a week

Rae6503

I'm kind of at this stage. I'm at 0.5lbs loss goal / week. I'm trying to finish up Turbo Fire then I'm going to add some heavy lifting 3 times a week. I've read a lot lately about losing muscle when you are close to goal. I think I've decided that the best way to avoid it is to make sure your calorie deficit is pretty small (one thing I read was only 100-200 calories, but I think 250 is find) and to make sure you get enough protein, 1 gram per pound of lean body weight.

trud72

i don't know how much you have lost but it could be that if you have been toneing for a while now(not weeks)! you may not be able to get rid of it!....

joejccva71

Belly flab is the fat that is over your core stomach muscles. Eating maintenance and exercising won't remove the fat that is layered overtop the muscle. You should still be eating at a deficit slowly. 500 calories or 20% under your TDEE and continue to lose 1lb per week.

chevy88grl

Belly flab is the fat that is over your core stomach muscles. Eating maintenance and exercising won't remove the fat that is layered overtop the muscle. You should still be eating at a deficit slowly. 500 calories or 20% under your TDEE and continue to lose 1lb per week.

I eat maintenance calories (which means I'm not losing weight). I do strength training. I do cardio. I do circuit training. I've noticed a difference in my belly since I've been eating my maintenance calories. It is smaller, tighter and definitely looks different.

sleepytexan

Belly flab is the fat that is over your core stomach muscles. Eating maintenance and exercising won't remove the fat that is layered overtop the muscle. You should still be eating at a deficit slowly. 500 calories or 20% under your TDEE and continue to lose 1lb per week.

Why does she need to lose more weight when she is 5'6 and 124 lbs, and she is happy with her weight?

Answer: she does not.

What to do now is continue and/or increase your strength and cardio training, eat maintenance cals + exercise cals, healthy food, keep the protein up. Read up on increasing lean muscle mass. Now is the time to measure, bc your weight may edge slightly up, but if you're incorporating things correctly, the measurements will go down.

blessings.