HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!
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I just got Strong Curves and The NROLFW from the library. Excited to try something new!3
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I just finished my first 8 weeks of SL. I'm down 6.8lbs and up 7lbs of muscle. I've lost 21.5 inches in total, 5 of them off my waist alone. And I'm down 11.6% BF. Totally stoked by these results! I can't wait to see what the next 8 weeks brings!
Congrats on the loss! What tool did you use to gauge your muscle increase and bf% decrease?? :-)
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I just finished my first 8 weeks of SL. I'm down 6.8lbs and up 7lbs of muscle. I've lost 21.5 inches in total, 5 of them off my waist alone. And I'm down 11.6% BF. Totally stoked by these results! I can't wait to see what the next 8 weeks brings!
Congrats on the loss! What tool did you use to gauge your muscle increase and bf% decrease?? :-)
A combination of calipers and measuring tape.1 -
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Ntsh.1
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i started out at 145-150ish and got down to 132 (i know that number precisely even two years later; it's burned on my brain) by going back to my bike commuting ways and being a little less free with the chocolate bars. looked into lifting because i was so annoyed with not being able to get under 130 pounds no matter what i did.
just gave that for reference. i had sort of the same motives as you though with a different history. yes, i gained a pound or two when i started to lift - you retain water to help heal your muscles, plus they start stockpiling glycogen which binds water too. it all fell off me a few weeks later in a night and a day of marathon peeing.
i've had the same experience on re-starting after a break, every time. so yes, if seeing hte scale shift up is scary for you it might be a dealbreaker. but i'll leave this alternate way of looking at it here for you:
i'm not going to presume to understand your point of view. but supposing one day you'll want to be free of that scale tyranny and the stuff you associate with an uptick. if/when you get to that, heavy lifting might actually be a great way of introducing your psyche to 'safe' mini-spikes on the scale. because honestly, i never have held onto that water weight for too long. my body always sheds it when it's gotten adjusted to the new life and no longer needs it.8 -
I just finished my first 8 weeks of SL. I'm down 6.8lbs and up 7lbs of muscle. I've lost 21.5 inches in total, 5 of them off my waist alone. And I'm down 11.6% BF. Totally stoked by these results! I can't wait to see what the next 8 weeks brings!
Whoops! This should say down 16.8lbs. Not 6.8. Blarg. :-)2 -
I just finished my first 8 weeks of SL. I'm down 6.8lbs and up 7lbs of muscle. I've lost 21.5 inches in total, 5 of them off my waist alone. And I'm down 11.6% BF. Totally stoked by these results! I can't wait to see what the next 8 weeks brings!
Congrats on the loss! What tool did you use to gauge your muscle increase and bf% decrease?? :-)
A combination of calipers and measuring tape.
not to be a downer but to ensure we are all educated about this in a proper way there is no way you are up 7lbs of muscle...
you are probably down a significant amount of weight and inches and using a tape and calipers will help determine that but not increase in muscle.
Mainly because of the following:
To build muscle in a deficit you either need to be obese (you are not), young male (you are not) or new to lifting which you could be but those increases are measured in ounces not lbs.
To build 7 lbs of muscle you need 7 months of good lifting and eating in a surplus and that is if you are spot on with everything esp as a woman.10 -
I just finished my first 8 weeks of SL. I'm down 6.8lbs and up 7lbs of muscle. I've lost 21.5 inches in total, 5 of them off my waist alone. And I'm down 11.6% BF. Totally stoked by these results! I can't wait to see what the next 8 weeks brings!
Congrats on the loss! What tool did you use to gauge your muscle increase and bf% decrease?? :-)
A combination of calipers and measuring tape.
not to be a downer but to ensure we are all educated about this in a proper way there is no way you are up 7lbs of muscle...
you are probably down a significant amount of weight and inches and using a tape and calipers will help determine that but not increase in muscle.
Mainly because of the following:
To build muscle in a deficit you either need to be obese (you are not), young male (you are not) or new to lifting which you could be but those increases are measured in ounces not lbs.
To build 7 lbs of muscle you need 7 months of good lifting and eating in a surplus and that is if you are spot on with everything esp as a woman.
Actually, I am obese. Started at 43% body fat. Thank you for your vote of confidence that I am not. And this is my first time with lifting so I have been told that these are just initial gains and while exceptional, not completely unheard of by the professionals helping me.
And these are the tools used by the sports physio team at my physio clinic that is helping me, who took my measurements, along with all the other things they poked and prodded me with. I will tell them your concerns about the numbers they have given me. If I have misquoted them or misheard them, then I need the clarification. Perhaps in my excitement, I misinterpreted what they said.
But thank you for all the well intentioned support and educational information. I'm sure that it was meant in the kindest spirit.
Happy lifting everyone.
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Wow - great arms, tiny waist, and cute dress2
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Thank you!1
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Thanks to all of you who have posted - just finished reading the whole thread!3
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I love this thread. It inspired me to bite the bullet and get a trainer to help me out with starting a weightlifting program. My first session was last night, and man am I weak! But my trainer was super-encouraging, sensitive to my limitations (when I was clearly losing steam!), and I saw a diverse group of people in that weight room of all sizes, shapes, sexes, and abilities - it gave me a good boost.
So I plan on posting my progress on here by my first "real" MFP anniversary in January. Thank you all for being so inspiring and encouraging to women like me who were - and still are - a little intimidated by the weight room.13 -
Amazing work ladies.1
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I don't think you can really see a huge difference yet, but I'm happy so far! I've been doing Strong Lifts for about 6 weeks now, top pic is day 1, bottom pic is about 3 weeks in, and pic in the leggings is a couple of days ago. So pleased with the difference in my stomach!
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As of last week. Always hated my arms, so I'm loving the progress in them. Pictures are about 10 months apart.
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frankie671 wrote: »I don't think you can really see a huge difference yet, but I'm happy so far! I've been doing Strong Lifts for about 6 weeks now, top pic is day 1, bottom pic is about 3 weeks in, and pic in the leggings is a couple of days ago. So pleased with the difference in my stomach!
I can see a difference, you look great girl!3 -
Random question for you awesome ladies--anyone have lifting shoes they love?
Where did you buy them? I'm going to get some for Christmas but I have no idea where to look. I'd like a brick and mortar store bc I have kinda wide feet--how do you find such a place?0
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