Too muscley.. how to lose it!?

ALH1981

This will be contraversial I know, but i want to know how to LOSE some muscle!

I excerise daily as i LOVE to move and love to be active - i run, swim, do weights, yoga, hot yoga, cardio gym classes, core classes, bike and walk almost everywhere i can - i dont have a car so i try to walk everywhere i can... Basically i'm a very active person...! Also, I only log the 'real' excersise - not the incidental like walking or biking to 'get somewhere' - basically if im not in workout gear it doesnt go in my diary!!!

Anyway, i am getting very muscley IMO - the scales go up however im less worried about that than the muslce i gain. I have a very small frame so muslce shows very quickly on me.... I want to know how to stop gaining such muslce without havign to stop the excerise i do (which i really enjoy and use for mental clarity!)

My diet is varied - i eat low complex carbs due to gluten intolerence but lots of protein (seafood mainly) and lots of veges !!! Its a pretty clean diet with little processed foods - i do not supplement with any sort of protien powder etc... Most ingredients are 100% natural and artificial free. My weakness is champagne... (and carrot cake) but i usually treat myself to that once a week only...

As I said, i know this will probabley be contraverisal but any advice would be appreciated.

THANKS!

wellbert

raise bodyfat to hide muscle

js370

Stop lifting or lift light with more reps.

Smuterella

Cut down on the lifting.

and I am sooooo jealous.

blonde71

My thighs were getting too muscle-y (at least for my liking) and I switched from traditional weight training to kettlebells for a few months. Now my legs look leaner and my jeans are fitting better. I don't know if this answered your question or not but it's what worked for me.

wellbert

Stop lifting or lift light with more reps.

Does that not cause hypertrophy?

HeidiMightyRawr

If it's actual muscle definition, too defined for your liking, raise body fat slightly and it doesn't show as much.
If it's that you look bigger/bulkier it's likely muscle and quite a bit of fat still. Drop fat and you instantly look smaller and more toned, like you have less muscle.

I really wouldn't advise losing any muscle mass, as it's unlikely you have as much as you think, it's likely just one of the above, and while losing weight (on a deficit) it's almost impossible to gain any more. If you still want to lose muscle, stop lifting.

LorinaLynn

If it's actual muscle definition, too defined for your liking, raise body fat slightly and it doesn't show as much.
If it's that you look bigger/bulkier it's likely muscle and quite a bit of fat still. Drop fat and you instantly look smaller and more toned, like you have less muscle.

I really wouldn't advise losing any muscle mass, as it's unlikely you have as much as you think, it's likely just one of the above, and while losing weight (on a deficit) it's almost impossible to gain any more. If you still want to lose muscle, stop lifting.

This.

Do you have any photos to show what you mean?

Merithyn

I feel your pain. And it's not so much that I have more muscle as that the muscle I have is short and large rather than long and lean (if that makes any sense at all).

For those saying to just drop more fat to look leaner, it's obvious you don't deal with it. It's an issue when you're smaller (read: short) with larger muscules, because it shows quite a bit more, as the OP said. Just as five pounds shows more on a 5'2" person than a 6' person, an extra inch of muscle shows up more.

spartangirl79

Yoga instead of lifting heavy?

taso42

Shenanigans

wildboar1

I cannot shake my head enough.

Contrarian

Stay in bed for a month. Pretend it's for peace or something.

Jacwhite22

pics please. I would like to see what too muscly looks like.....From your profile pic I'm not seeing it.

ninerbuff

Lower your protein intake, quit lifting and do long endurance cardio (90 minutes at time). A sure way to lose muscle mass. But don't forget, your metabolic rate will drop too so that means less food intake to comp for the calories.


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Jules2Be

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iWaffle

pics please. I would like to see what too muscly looks like.....From your profile pic I'm not seeing it.

She probably means that when she flexes her arm there's about a 1/4 inch rise that could be mistaken for a bicep. It's scaring her and it needs to go away.

Trail_Addict

You see these comments from the ED crowd. I don't see a muscly shape in your profile pic.

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Lizzy_Sunflower

Stay in bed for a month. Pretend it's for peace or something.

I just love you.


..That is all

Sh1tsRainbows

eat ice cream and pizza...sit on couch..do nothing

BaconMD

You have too many muscles??

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Can I have them?

DieVixen

Not everyone has to like the look of muscle people.

Merithyn

pics please. I would like to see what too muscly looks like.....From your profile pic I'm not seeing it.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/merithyn/leg.jpg

My calf is more than double the circumfrance of my ankle, and I can't pinch any excess flesh there at all. It's pure muscle.

javamonster

Carrot cake and champagne *every* day, not just once a week.

JNick77

TOO muscular? Can you share a pic or two, I'd love to see because I don't get that from your profile pic. Are you sure it's not just that you're very lean and the muscle shows through?

Trail_Addict

pics please. I would like to see what too muscly looks like.....From your profile pic I'm not seeing it.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/merithyn/leg.jpg

My calf is more than double the circumfrance of my ankle, and I can't pinch any excess flesh there at all. It's pure muscle.

I respectfully disagree. If it were pure muscle, there would be clear definition in the muscle. If you don't see definition, there is still fat around it. I'm not saying it's not muscular underneath, but there is still some fat covering it.

JNick77

pics please. I would like to see what too muscly looks like.....From your profile pic I'm not seeing it.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/merithyn/leg.jpg

My calf is more than double the circumfrance of my ankle, and I can't pinch any excess flesh there at all. It's pure muscle.

I respectfully disagree. If it were pure muscle, there would be clear definition in the muscle. If you don't see definition, there is still fat around it. I'm not saying it's not muscular underneath, but there is still some fat covering it.

I would like to see more pic's but I would agree that's not very lean. You'd see more muscular definition and likely more vascularity depending on how lean.

DMarkSwan

You list your goal as being healthy. Healthy includes some muscle. This sounds like a body image issue to me. Now if you're getting too much muscle definition, your body fat % could be getting to a level some on here would kill for, but making sure you were 18-22% would be considered healthy. For that you could just eat a little more.

iWaffle

Here's an example of what I'm talking about: http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s152/merithyn/leg.jpg

My calf is more than double the circumfrance of my ankle, and I can't pinch any excess flesh there at all. It's pure muscle.

If you're calf ratio was close to mine I might agree with you. Mine's not even pure muscle. I still need to cut some more body fat.
Just took these. Pardon the old-man socks, but I'm guessing your "muscle" isn't quite up to standard with what I call muscle. Women who are afraid of "bulking up" here have yet to show me proof like this.

LorinaLynn

Plus, fat is more than just a layer OVER the muscle. It's also interspersed in the muscle... think of a big chunk of marbled beef.