Getting too big - I have to lay off the heavy weights

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  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    Pics or it didn't happen.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    In regards to the comments that I need to eat at a defecit. Yes I know this. I've been resetting my metabolism. You can read about my story here :)http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/919536-get-your-metabolic-rate-tested-my-metabolic-reset-story if your interested.

    Anyhow once my weight has stabilised which I think it has just started to happen I'll start my cut again. I was in defecit for the past 2 3/4 years and needed a break from it.

    Had some interesting results today when I had my reappraisal.

    My arms increased by 1 cm, my chest by 2 cm's and good news is my waist decreased by 1 cm and my hips 1.5cm. I'm up just 1.3 kg

    I forgot to mention before that my tops have been feeling tighter around the shoulders and chest area but i've noticed my clothes are looser in the waist area. There is a noticeable difference :)

    I think i'll be fine once I start eating at defecit again. Until then I'm having a rest from the weights.

    lol my poor instructor. She would die to swap places with me. She wants muscle so bad. She told me she would kill to look like me haha. There she is busting her *kitten* to put on the tiniest amount of muscle and here I am, all i have to do is pretty much look at the weights whilst i eat in surplus and I get bigger. (im exagerating here) Granted I know it wasn't all muscle weight i put on, some of the weight would have been fat, water and glycogen storage, puffiness etc but some of that scale weight was muscle mass. I have the genetics for it.

    I just have to be patient now once my weight has stabilised for a few weeks I'll cut again and this time i'll be able to cut eating 2000 - 2300 gross calories wooohooo. My tdee I think seems to me like its approx 2500 gross calories. I'll give it a few more weeks just to make sure.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Keep lifting heavy. Reduce cals to 15% under TDEE. Do not go for the lighter weight more rep BS.

    However, I have to ask if you understand TDEE? Your posts indicate that you may not.

    Check this out. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/935378-a-lady-who-lifts-1-year-of-progress-pics

    gday check out out my metabolic reset story, yep i know what tdee is. I have been experimenting for the past 7 weeks to learn just how much it is. I think it is actually higher than I thought. Before starting my reset I thought maybe it would be around 2300 but i think its actually closer to 2500 ! :) thanks for the link btw. I'm hoping to stabilise my weight at the 2500 mark. If that is true then i'll want to eat at 2500 for a while just to be 100% sure on this and then when I go to cut I'll know how low I need to go. I think i'm actually able to eat more at cut than I thought so.
  • twelfty
    twelfty Posts: 576 Member
    probably been said but i'd go for a lighter weight and higher reps 15 - 20, tone it up don't lose it!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    probably been said but i'd go for a lighter weight and higher reps 15 - 20, tone it up don't lose it!

    No!

    I don't think has been said and it shouldn't be.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    Pics or it didn't happen.

    lol why would i make this stuff up!! haha!!. :D It might be hard to tell I've put muscle on though by looking at recent photos (if I were to put them side by side) seeing I've gained just the 1 cm on the arms and 2cm on my chest but I could try and post them side by side. I think its the shoulders that are most pronounced and have the most growth. Some of my tops sports singlets and button up tops are getting so tight now.

    i dont like your tone of voice. Maybe your just jealous i dunno. Do you struggle to add muscle? Most women do but there are some women that find it a lot easier than others. Not many women but there are some, and no we dont all have to be taking steroids to make it happen or spend the whole day in the gym either, or have the same amount of testosterone as the men, we just need to be eating in surplus with good amounts of protein to be able to do it. hmmm i wonder how much testosterone i do have actually. If I had more than an average women then I would've thought I'd have manly features like facial hair and deep voice which i dont have. lol I wonder if i could get tested haha. Maybe I have slightly more than average for a women hmmm or maybe I just have the genetics for muscle growth. Interesting isnt it.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    I'm not liking the way i'm looking. Getting too big!! and yes females can put on muscle ;)

    I have been eating more than my TDEE as I have started maintenance.

    There's the problem right there.

    Why are you eating above maintenance if you are starting to maintain?
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    unless pilates looks like this

    LEZgIjx.jpg

    there isn't going to be any 'lengthening' of muscles. this is anatomy 101, people.

    can the OP provide pictures of getting too "muscular" from this heavy lifting? sounds like she's eating too much, so gaining too much fat i would believe. gaining too much muscle......can we see?

    Pilates reformers sort of DO look like that.
    ReformerAnat400x286.jpg
  • AntWrig
    AntWrig Posts: 2,273 Member
    I'm not liking the way i'm looking. Getting too big!! and yes females can put on muscle ;)

    Anyway just had a session with a pt, he recommends i take 2 - 3 weeks off from weights concentrate on cardio and then when i come back that I should do lower weights higher reps. I am really going to miss lifting heavy. I just get such a buz out of it and like to increase my strength. I dont even know what the point of doing a higher rep workout is if its not going to challenge me. Anyway i'll have to figure something out. All I know is I would actually like to lose a little muscle if possible. I dont want the bulky look that I have and that I am getting by lifting heavy. I want to lean out debulk.

    I have been eating more than my TDEE as I have started maintenance. I think i'll have start cutting back a bit on my food and eat at tdee although atm i'm finding i'm wanting/needing more food. People are commenting that I am bigger, lol and when my new supervisor started work she made a comment that she thought I was a bodybuilder haha.

    Any other women out there who are working at debulking? I'll have to start doing some research
    You're full of glycogen.
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    probably been said but i'd go for a lighter weight and higher reps 15 - 20, tone it up don't lose it!

    hi

    One option I'm thinking of is doing a 12 rep range just 1 time a week whole body or if I really miss the heavy weights I could treat myself to just 1 full body session a fortnight or something i dunno. About a year ago an instructor told me she used to put on muscle too and she found that once a fortnight worked best for her. I guess lifting heavy once a fortnight is better than nothing hey. I was also told by the pt the other day that muscle needs to be worked at least no more than 10 - 14 days apart before you lose the conditioning.

    So maybe one week i could do lighter endurance weight training with 12 reps and the following week go really heavy. That could work !
  • Kim55555
    Kim55555 Posts: 987 Member
    I'm not liking the way i'm looking. Getting too big!! and yes females can put on muscle ;)

    I have been eating more than my TDEE as I have started maintenance.

    There's the problem right there.

    Why are you eating above maintenance if you are starting to maintain?

    check out my thread for the answer. i've been experimenting.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/919536-get-your-metabolic-rate-tested-my-metabolic-reset-story
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  • redraider08
    redraider08 Posts: 33 Member
    I would place a bet that most of your bulk is fat...[\quote]

    I would have stopped there.
    You will not have built that much muscle lifting heavy. If you are building any then you're likely eating above maintenance. Do you want to lose fat%? If so, go in a deficit. If not, stay in maintenance. This whole "light weight, low reps" to tone, not build is BS. It really is.

    This.^
    Personal experience:

    Started lifting heavy, wasn't watching what I was eating (likely a surplus) - Gained weight, looked a little "bulky" (fat and a little muscle)

    Started watching what I ate, eating in a small deficit to lose fat, continued lifting heavy - Lost fat, got smaller, got stronger. Didn't gain any muscle. Didn't look bulky.

    Wow... you're on a roll.
  • Mia_RagazzaTosta
    Mia_RagazzaTosta Posts: 4,885 Member

    Also, please stop blaming lifting for something that's more than likely the result of your diet, not your lifting. This is why heavy lifting gets a bad rap in female circles and why more women don't do it. False conclusions and misplaced blame.

    Let them keep believing that; I enjoy being the only female in the weight room :laugh:
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    It's funny you post this now. I was just thinking of posting how much I love strength training because I lost .5 lbs this week while not paying enough attention to attending to a deficit and having a pretty bad day Saturday. I agree with those who suggest a slight decrease in calories rather than losing the progress you've made and having to take a break on something you love.

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