Women getting bulky!??

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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    My sister actually told me it's not healthy to try to build muscles until you are at or close to your goal, said it would slow down weight loss, I guess if you are putting on lbs in muscle it would slow weight loss, lol. I agree w/an earlier post, I don't want to be bulky and I won't be w/o hormones, but I can't wait til I can do 100 pull ups too.

    And does "weight loss" matter one hill of beans if your body is continuing to get smaller, healthier or stronger?

    If your goal is to have a vanity number on the scale - keeping in mind that you are the ONLY one who sees that number - then avoid strength training.

    If your goal is to look fantastic, you have to accept the scale isn't always going to be your best friend. But there's so many other more satisfying ways of tracking your progress... measurements, how clothes fit, progress photos, health and fitness markers, etc.

    I didn't start heavy lifting until after I reached my goal weight, and my one regret is not starting sooner. It would have been nice to avoid the whole "droopy *kitten*" phase in weight loss, rather than spend months trying to build it back up again.
  • positivepineapple
    positivepineapple Posts: 87 Member
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    That's what happens when women inject male hormones. If you think this is bad, look up "Renee Toney"

    I just looked her up. It was scary lol
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    My sister actually told me it's not healthy to try to build muscles until you are at or close to your goal, said it would slow down weight loss, I guess if you are putting on lbs in muscle it would slow weight loss, lol. I agree w/an earlier post, I don't want to be bulky and I won't be w/o hormones, but I can't wait til I can do 100 pull ups too.

    With all due respect, your sister is wrong.

    I'm not sure why people think that. My brother is also losing weight (75 pounds so far, with about 30 or so to go), and he said he wanted to drop another 10 pounds before he starts lifting. I told him that I wish I had his gym membership, so I could start now. He has been in a plateau for several months. I told him that weight training could help him break through his plateau, but instead he just decided to switch from the elliptical to the treadmill. Go figure. Even men have weird ideas about lifting. It's not just women. :ohwell:
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    I wish I could get a little bulky! Been lifting on and off for a decade but I'm just soft and jiggly because I love cake and beer far more than I like losing weight - apperantly :( I love that ripped sectioned shoulder look, and guns. Yeah. Sometimes I think about telling my doctor my asthma is out of control so I can get advair and then I can become a beefcake, because that is a steroid medicine and that is totally how it works :tongue:

    So THAT is why I can leg press so much?! Does singulair help too? Cause I am on both, and I def have muscle now that I have never seen before ;)
  • runnermama81
    runnermama81 Posts: 388 Member
    I actually have a question about this. When you women who lift heavy started did you "feel" more bulky at first? I dont mean body builder bulky, but just pants getting tight even though youre watching calories? I have started insanity and feel this way. I rememmber feeling this way when I lifted in high school too. I guess my question is, is this temporary?

    When you exercise, you retain water in your muscles (when they repair themselves). It is temporary and usually lasts between 2 - 7 days (decreasing over time).

    Good. Thank you. I thought that was the case but wanted to make sure I wasnt doing something wrong:)
  • ZoeLifts
    ZoeLifts Posts: 10,347 Member
    In agreement! I started working out doing compound moves with 'heavy' weights (for me anyway) and I dropped inches in my belly! I had been busting my butt doing cardio and just maintaining.....start lifting weights I finally started to see the changes I was working for!!!

    Squats, lunges, pushup, pullups, overhead presses, bench presses.....these are the moves ladies!!!!
    I'm starting this same thing...I hope it works for me too!!

    Replace lunges with deadlift and you will really see stuff start to move!! (I guess you don't have to replace it, but start trying some deadlifts, you wont care so much about doing lunges any more!)
  • phatycake
    phatycake Posts: 216
    I just learned this myself. I'm actually doing Body Beast and am very excited about the end results!
  • ZoeLifts
    ZoeLifts Posts: 10,347 Member
    My sister actually told me it's not healthy to try to build muscles until you are at or close to your goal, said it would slow down weight loss, I guess if you are putting on lbs in muscle it would slow weight loss, lol. I agree w/an earlier post, I don't want to be bulky and I won't be w/o hormones, but I can't wait til I can do 100 pull ups too.

    I only lift weights, no cardio and I am no where near my "weight goal" because, frankly, I don't pay attention so much to what the scales says. I want to lose body fat, and if the scale goes down, which is has steadily, btw, then that is just icing compared to losing the body fat, losing inches and my clothes getting looser and looser, all while I am getting stronger. Yes, if you want to only lose weight you can continue to diet like crazy and run on the hamster wheel, and you will lose fat and lean muscle mass. But building any muscle is healthy and improves the overall health of your body. It is unhealthy to try to just lose everything, including lean muscle, just to be happy with a number on a scale.

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