Eat more to lose weight..?

tinagn

So I workout about 6 days of the week (pop Pilates everyday for an hour and I do hiit/cardio 3 times a week. I recently upped my calorie intake from 1200 to 1600 after reading about bmr and TDEE. I eat back most of my exercise calories
I was just wondering...if I should start weight lifting at the gym... I don't want bulky muscles, I just want to look lean, and is what I'm doing enough?

mccbabe1

So I workout about 6 days of the week (pop Pilates everyday for an hour and I do hiit/cardio 3 times a week. I recently upped my calorie intake from 1200 to 1600 after reading about bmr and TDEE. I eat back most of my exercise calories
I was just wondering...if I should start weight lifting at the gym... I don't want bulky muscles, I just want to look lean, and is what I'm doing enough?

glad you upped em.. and for women it would take some serious he-man type lifting to 'bulk up' trust me.. i go to body pump class at gym (weights with lunges/squats and all of it) it helps u TONE and u loose inches! ive lost wt diff this time.. cuz i can wear a pair of pants that i could wear 5yrs ago but i was 15#'s less when i wore them! so my body changed this time w/exercise (cardio and strenth training) go online.. read about it . weights and women are a very good thing!

LuluProteinFueled

Women do not have enough testosterone to get "bulky". Start lifting heavy. It is the best thing you can do to make your body tighter and smaller.

ShellyShuey

Just upped mine to 1630. Good luck to both of us!

heybales

So I workout about 6 days of the week (pop Pilates everyday for an hour and I do hiit/cardio 3 times a week. I recently upped my calorie intake from 1200 to 1600 after reading about bmr and TDEE. I eat back most of my exercise calories
I was just wondering...if I should start weight lifting at the gym... I don't want bulky muscles, I just want to look lean, and is what I'm doing enough?

You can't get bulky muscles, don't worry about it.

Probably doing too much actually. After a certain point, with diet as a stress on your body, and frequent exercise a stress on your body, and any other stresses you got - your hormones will fight again weight and fat loss.

If you are doing all that cardio as a means of losing weight, drop it. Besides which, HIIT should only be 20% of your cardio if it's to be effective.

Drop the HIIT and a class, and doing lifting 3 x week. Heavy until failure doing 8-12 reps x 3 sets if concerned with your muscles being noticeable.

tinagn

I can only go to the gym once a week.... So that means i can only do weight lifting once a week
If I keep doing the exercises that I'm doing now with strength/weight training once a week, will I still be able to lose inches? I've learnt now that the number on the scale isn't as important as long as the inches are coming off!

Code7526

Weight training burns fat.

Monday:

Warm up with 10 minute jog on treadmill

Dumbbell and Barbell Workout:

Arm Curls: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

After doing 3 sets have a 3 minute break before you do the next exercise

Shoulder Press: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

After doing 3 sets have a 3 minute break before you do the next exercise

Bench Press: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

Tuesday: Rest Day

Wednesday:

10 minute jog on treadmill

Squats with barbell: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

Thursday: Rest Day

Friday:


Warm up with 10 minute jog on treadmill

Arm Curls: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

After doing 3 sets have a 3 minute break before you do the next exercise

Shoulder Press: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

After doing 3 sets have a 3 minute break before you do the next exercise

Bench Press: 3 sets( each set is 10 reps, have a 90 second rest between each set)

Saturday: Rest Day

Sunday: Rest Day


Eat a high protein diet. Limit yourself to two slices of bread a day if you really have to eat bread.

Breakfast: Big Bowl of oats with milk but no sugar.

Snack: 1 fruit

Lunch: Protein(Chickpeas,eggs, tuna or skinless chicken) + salad

Snack: 1 fruit

Supper: Protein(Chickpeas,eggs, tuna or skinless chicken) + dark green vegetables

Drink 2 litres of water a day
No refined sugar in any form
No refined carbs

KarenJanine

I can only go to the gym once a week.... So that means i can only do weight lifting once a week
If I keep doing the exercises that I'm doing now with strength/weight training once a week, will I still be able to lose inches? I've learnt now that the number on the scale isn't as important as long as the inches are coming off!

Ideally when first starting out you should be aiming for a full body strength workout about three times per week. However if you can only get to the gym once a week you could do some body weight training on another two days. Push ups and pull ups (door frame bars are really cheap) work your whole body and use minimal equipment. Google nerdfitness as that's a great site for body weight exercises. As your strength develops these probably wont be enough but it'd be a good place to start. On your one day at the gym make good use of your time there doing compound exercises (deadlifts, squats, bench press, overhead press) that work your full body.