Hmm I lost ten pounds... can I be done now?
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Do you have children?
Do you want them to have their mother for as long as possible? If yes, you should exercise your heart.
Did you feel better after you lost the 10lbs? Clothes fit better, your face look better, etc.? Was it that much of a sacrifice to eat healthy and take care of yourself to have that, or is indulging in whatever you want more important?0 -
I never dieted in my life, before starting to use this site maybe 3 months ago. I was shocked and horrified to see what I would normally eat came up as far as the math goes with the calories and fat and whatnot. I was like omg, no wonder, this happened.
So, with huge efforts, over like two months, I managed to lose ten pounds. I nearly cut out red meat, cheese, reduced booze, as I identified these as my major downfalls. Tried to control portion sizes. Switched a lot of things to whole grain. Ate more veggies, more fish. I made a lot of changes, and it was a serious pain in the *kitten*.
At 5'6" and still 210 pounds though, I need to keep going, and it really seems like too much trouble, I'm tired of it. Also my body seemed to adjust to the changes, and I have to watch very carefully just to keep the ten pounds off. A little slip, order pizza or something, and I'm back up a pound or two. I don't want to exercise, I really hate it, I'm not willing. Also busy.
Help, how do you stay motivated, keep going?
So instead of being 90 lbs overweight, you're totally cool with being 80 lbs overweight because it's been just soooo hard to keep those 10 lbs off.
Please tell me you're trolling.
What you have here is a good start to being healthy. A STEP in the right direction. It's hard for you because you don't want to change. If you really want to change, this isn't that hard. It takes work, but it isn't really that hard to figure out and implement. What is hard is deciding to change and making the choices that haven't been normal for you for the last X years.0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
Im walking proof that you are 100% wrong. In the last two years ive been focusing on strength, Ive lost 0 pounds, 14% body fat and over 24 inches around my body as well as going from a size 11/12 to a 7/8 and thats exactly what happened. I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds. I just shrank.
^ 175 pounds 38% bf
^175 pounds 35% bf
^ 175 pounds 30%ish bf
^171 27% bf
^ between 173 and 175 24% bf0 -
Excuses, that's all I read, excuses.
You are an adult and it's up to you. If you want to be unhappy in your jeans/clothes then go ahead and quit.
OR
You could embrace this lifestyle change and give it your all for a while. Calculate in your pizza, burgers, etc and don't deprive yourself. Do you have two legs? Can you walk? try that. You have to find a work out that works for you and with you. Walk 5-10 mins on your breaks at work... you don't HAVE to work out 30-60 mins all at once. You can split it up.
Try including the family in meal making so everyone benifits from learning how to cook healthier. Eventually they will cook so you can work out (It's happened at my house so I know it works).
End result... if you want to give up you will... of you want to fight for a better you... you will. It's all up to you.0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
Im walking proof that you are 100% wrong. In the last two years ive been focusing on strength, Ive lost 0 pounds, 14% body fat and over 24 inches around my body as well as going from a size 11/12 to a 7/8 and thats exactly what happened. I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds. I just shrank.
^ 175 pounds 38% bf
^175 pounds 35% bf
^ 175 pounds 30%ish bf
^171 27% bf
^ between 173 and 175 24% bf
so how much weight did you gain??????0 -
ok you cant eat at a deficit and build muscle...so when you eat at a deficit and release the energy stored in the fat in your body, that cannot be utilised by the body to build and repair muscle? isnt that the point? energy is energy whether its gained from diet or the stores in the body?0
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just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
Im walking proof that you are 100% wrong. In the last two years ive been focusing on strength, Ive lost 0 pounds, 14% body fat and over 24 inches around my body as well as going from a size 11/12 to a 7/8 and thats exactly what happened. I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds. I just shrank.
so how much weight did you gain??????
you are atrociously bad at math
175-175 = +/- 0 0 -
ok you cant eat at a deficit and build muscle...
you can its just way harder and tricky as hell and not sustainable for more than a week before you start needing more.0 -
ok you cant eat at a deficit and build muscle...
you can its just way harder and tricky as hell and not sustainable for more than a week before you start needing more.
please explain to me how you will gain something when you are eating at a deficit???? you know when you gain muscle your weight also increases???? so when gaining all this muscle and your weight is going down or staying the same how is that possible0 -
OMG Yoovie.....:drinker: You are smokin hot!!!! Whoah girl. PROPS TO YOU! I wanna be you when I grow up lol0
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nothing tastes as good as being thin feels0
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... Ive lost 0 pounds...I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds...so how much weight did you gain??????you are atrociously bad at math 175-175 = +/- 0
And reading comprehension apparently.0 -
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
2 months ago I weighed 230lbs at 24% BF today I weigh 230lbs at 20% body fat, I must be some kind of wizard0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
Im walking proof that you are 100% wrong. In the last two years ive been focusing on strength, Ive lost 0 pounds, 14% body fat and over 24 inches around my body as well as going from a size 11/12 to a 7/8 and thats exactly what happened. I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds. I just shrank.
so how much weight did you gain??????
you are atrociously bad at math 175-175 = +/- 0
simply put if you didnt gain any weight you didnt gain any muscle...0 -
Motivation wears off, which is why it is recommended daily - like bathing.
Motivation is just the spoonful of sugar that makes that determination and dedication and self-discipline easier. You dont need it unless you need to be tricked into working out that day. (tricked in a positive way :P) What you really need to build up and cultivate is your willpower.
If you dont feel like it, willpower will get you there and you can still enjoy the high happy feelings at the end.
If you arent motivated, willpower will make your legs stand up from the couch.
If you aren't feeling your goals today, determination will get your one day closer anyway.
If you are saying I dont care over and over in your head - then you do care - and self-discipline will help you.
Dont worry abotu motivation at first,. Prove to YOURSELF that you want this enough to approach it seriously and not just with the sugar coated fun happy methods that work in the beginning. Changing your life and your body is sometimes an ugly business with no rainbows and glitter - sometimes its blood sweat and tears... but you know what? Those days are the ones that truly change you. Inside and out.
Those are the days when you feel yourself getting stronger. Those are the days when you finish and you stand there for a second and look back over the last hour and get chills because.... holy crow... You did that. And you didnt even want to - but YOU MADE IT HAPPEN.
No one else. Just you.
And Pride... well Pride is one of the only forms of magic left in this world. It will carry you to your next workout better than motivation will.
:flowerforyou:
Thank you for this. Absolutely beautiful.0 -
ok you cant eat at a deficit and build muscle...
you can its just way harder and tricky as hell and not sustainable for more than a week before you start needing more.
please explain to me how you will gain something when you are eating at a deficit???? you know when you gain muscle your weight also increases???? so when gaining all this muscle and your weight is going down or staying the same how is that possible
because im getting rid of fat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what do you think is replacing the 15 pounds of fat I lost??? 15 pounds of muscle!!!!!!
make bigger muscles
make smaller fat
=
same weight
smaller body
cause fat takes up more room even if it weighs the same.
OMG
If you are holding a 4 pounds box of cupcakes and you throw it away and pick a 4 pound bag of bananas.... WHY DO YOU NOT WEIGH 8 POUNDS? CAUSE YOU THREW AWAY THE CUPCAKES.0 -
simply put if you didnt gain any weight you didnt gain any muscle...
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For the record, I think there is an issue of semantics here.
While it is true that it is incredibly hard, if not impossible, to gain muscle while eating at a deficit, building muscle and reducing bodyfat is possible. Building implies working on, or developing what's already there. Gaining muscle has to do with creating something where there was nothing before and that has to happen at a surplus.
At least, I think that's the issue here.0 -
A slice of pizza is not going to make you gain a whole lb. 1 lb = 3500 calories. If it does, you might have a gluten allergy that's inflaming your body.
That's crazy talk. A whole pizza, yes. A slice, no.
It took me 5 years to get where I'm at now from 235. I took small steps and now I do eat very clean and work out at least 4 times a week, but things weren't always like that and they most likely shouldn't have been...
Like everyone else said, it's a lifestyle not a diet.
I have tips for you:
work out- it will increase your metabolism, curb your appetite and increase all of the feel good chemicals in your brain
eat more veggies- try to fill your plate half way with non-starchy veggies. It will give you less room to eat whatever you decide put on the other half of your plate
Eat protein, complex carb combinations- it will keep you full longer
Nothing should be off limits- deprivation will make you binge
Decide to live- Obesity will KILL you. You owe it to yourself and your loved ones
And for god's sake, start out at maintenance for your ideal weight. You might just end up losing weight there if you've been going overboard for so long. Ease into it! It's a way of life forever!!!
YOU CAN DO IT!0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
Im walking proof that you are 100% wrong. In the last two years ive been focusing on strength, Ive lost 0 pounds, 14% body fat and over 24 inches around my body as well as going from a size 11/12 to a 7/8 and thats exactly what happened. I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds. I just shrank.
so how much weight did you gain??????
you are atrociously bad at math 175-175 = +/- 0
simply put if you didnt gain any weight you didnt gain any muscle...
SIMPLY PUT i replaced the fat I was holding with more muscle.
I was holding fat. I took it out of my skin and shoved some muscles in. But I took out the same amount of fat as muscle that I put in. So im the same weight Im just made of different things and therefore smaller.
OMG I swore I would never post this picture.
fat is bigger than muscle when it comes to how much room it takes up in the body. So if I take out 5 pounds of fat and build 5 pounds of muscle- i weigh the same but im smaller.
if you only want to be right and not learn something about biology- or if youre trolling and getting a kick out of pretending to not understand, please be nice and let me know now so I dont kill myself trying to help you :sad:0 -
this happens to me A LOT! I try to reward myself for continuing this journey to be healthier and skinnier. I reward myself with food and clothes.0
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For the record, I think there is an issue of semantics here.
While it is true that it is incredibly hard, if not impossible, to gain muscle while eating at a deficit, building muscle and reducing bodyfat is possible. Building implies working on, or developing what's already there. Gaining muscle has to do with creating something where there was nothing before and that has to happen at a surplus.
At least, I think that's the issue here.
yeah which is why I stated that you cant do that for more than a week before it stops working.0 -
For the record, I think there is an issue of semantics here.
While it is true that it is incredibly hard, if not impossible, to gain muscle while eating at a deficit, building muscle and reducing bodyfat is possible. Building implies working on, or developing what's already there. Gaining muscle has to do with creating something where there was nothing before and that has to happen at a surplus.
At least, I think that's the issue here.
yeah which is why I stated that you cant do that for more than a week before it stops working.
Yep.0 -
just because you lose fat and get leaner that does not mean you are building muscle...
a lot of people on this site have those concepts mixed up.
to build muscle ie add mass one must have a calorie surplus over a period of time
to lose weight cut fat one must have a calorie deficit over a period of time
now someone explain to me how you can do both at the same time...
now when you get leaner aka lower you body fat % then you body will be more muscular thus making it more efficient, but you are not "building muscle" when you get leaner. you are just removing a lot of the fat from around the muscles you already have.
Im sorry but you do have this a little confused and we have already explained how you do both.
By eating with a surplus (which doesnt even have to be that much of a surplus) you are building muscle. The muscle you are building from scratch burns fat at a higher rate - you keep getting stronger - you keep burning exponentially more just by existing. You lift heavy, you push hard, you burn off the fat - and not just while youre exercising but for the entire day following that workout.
When you eat at a deficit, your body must burn off stored fat and that lowers your body fat percentage.
When you eat at a surplus because you are lifting or building muscle, your body has to burn off stored fat WHILE using your surplus cals AND stored fat to repair and rebuild your muscles.
Both scenarios lower your body fat percentage.
One scenario leaves you looking droopy at goal weight.
One scenario leaves you looking like you think your going to look at goal weight.
you can lift all the weights you wants but you are not going to build muscle and reduce fat at the same time...
Im walking proof that you are 100% wrong. In the last two years ive been focusing on strength, Ive lost 0 pounds, 14% body fat and over 24 inches around my body as well as going from a size 11/12 to a 7/8 and thats exactly what happened. I built muscle, I lowered my body fat and I didnt lose any pounds. I just shrank.
so how much weight did you gain??????
you are atrociously bad at math 175-175 = +/- 0
simply put if you didnt gain any weight you didnt gain any muscle...
LOL Yoovie, you are wasting your time with this one! I am literally laughing out loud.
Did you not see her pictures?0 -
MFP is not a diet. It is a lifestyle change. But...you have to be willing to want it. My son has transformed his body in the last 10 months and he got me going. He has lost 80 pounds and his confidence level has sky rocketed. Simple...his determination has set him free!!! Now I am on the journey with him. My weight loss is slow, but promising.
Get a little trampoline and run/jump to your favorite tunes. Just a little thing like that can help.
I have set no time limit on reaching my goal and I don't feel deprived. Recording everything I eat has opened my eyes and made me realize that 1200 cal. is plenty of food for me. Logging it has made it real.
Good luck to you. Do this for you.0 -
LOL Yoovie, you are wasting your time with this one! I am literally laughing out loud.
Did you not see her pictures?
no... what pictures??0 -
You've made some awesome changes and you're doing awesome!
I am lazy I do not want to find time to exercise and I do not like being sweaty. That being said I have found 45 minutes in my day for walking. I walk during lunch for 30 minutes and again in the afternoon for 15 minutes. I personally feel so very much better because of it and it doesn't feel as though I'm using up time I could be sleeping or doing fun things.0
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