Loosing and toning

emiahnissi
emiahnissi Posts: 15
in Fitness and Exercise
I have been doing Zumba for the past 2 months. I have lost 4 dress sizes (i am so Happy) but my arms and other parts of my body are getting saggy. I want to tone but I don't want to gain muscle over fat. I still have weight to loose. I need advice..:embarassed:

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  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    lift weights. i've also lost 4 sizes and i dont look saggy AT ALL. and i still have weight to lose.

    weight lifting (strong lift 5*5) is my main workout.

    trust me you're doing double the work
  • emiahnissi
    emiahnissi Posts: 15
    How heavy are lifting?
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Oy. Just lift weights.
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    Eye twitch
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    I want to tone but I don't want to gain muscle over fat...:embarassed:

    Read people she doesn't want to get bulky Geeze
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    Eye twitch

    Are you loosing your eye?
  • LovelyLifter
    LovelyLifter Posts: 560 Member
    Eye twitch

    *blink blink*
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Ahh. So you arms are getting looser and you want to tone them? Only option is time and genetics.....unfortunately there is not much you can do with that. Give it time and the skin should tighten up some.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    I want to tone but I don't want to gain muscle over fat.

    The muscle is mostly under the fat.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    Lift weights :D You'll unlikely gain muscle while in a calorie deficit, but you will maintain more of it, making your arms more "toned" and less flabby.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    I want to tone but I don't want to gain muscle over fat.

    The muscle is mostly under the fat.

    I lol at this.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    I want to tone but I don't want to gain muscle over fat.

    The muscle is mostly under the fat.

    Quit being so logical and *kitten*..
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    *walks into thread*

    I don't want a third strike...


    *walks back out*
  • Zombielicious
    Zombielicious Posts: 246 Member
    Just for future reference...

    Lose: Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something): "I've lost my appetite".

    Loose: Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached: "a loose tooth".


    Just sayin.
  • MemphisKitten
    MemphisKitten Posts: 878 Member
    You have to build muscle to lose fat; and toning is impossible if you don't build muscle. You won't look like a body-builder if you strength train. Your progress will plateau and you will become frustrated if you DON'T strength train.
  • hiker359
    hiker359 Posts: 577 Member
    Fat doesn't build over muscle...otherwise we'd all have six-pack abs. Get in and start lifting weights. Strength training is the way to go to build good muscles.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone

    Just sayin
  • Zombielicious
    Zombielicious Posts: 246 Member
    Except that they're not actually pronounced the same.

    lose/lo͞oz/
    loose/lo͞os/
  • Melaniec78
    Melaniec78 Posts: 259 Member
    You should be doing both. Strength training is just as important for losing weight and boosting metabolism as it is for 'toning'

    Per the following article from womens health magazine:

    Strength's edge: Lifting weights gives you a metabolic spike for an hour after a workout because your body is trying hard to help your muscles recover. That means you'll fry an additional 25 percent of the calories you just scorched during your strength session, Westcott says. "So if you burned 200 calories lifting weights, it's really closer to 250 overall." And if you lift heavier weights or rest no more than 30 seconds between sets, you can annihilate even more.

    Not sure if links work in forums:

    Read more at Women's Health: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/cardio-vs-strength-training-workouts#ixzz29UbUtVeu
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    How heavy are lifting?


    check out this site :
    http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/

    with strong lifts you start off fairly light to make sure you get the proper form down first before you start adding weight. and you add weight every workout until you can't anymore. on some of these exercises i'm lifting more than i weigh :happy:

    i'm actually one of those women who gain muscle easily and i can tell you that it still takes a lot of effort of eating over my maintenance calories, eating a lot of protein (and i mean like a dozen eggs, 2 pounds of ground turkey a day) and working out with medium to medium-heavy weights for lots of reps and lots of sets and that would take 12 months. So the odds that you are suddenly going to look like she hulk after 1 month of weight lifting is really really low.

    ETA: if you're afraid of getting bulky you won't. like i said i can gain muscle relatively easier than most other women and i've gotten so incrdibly bulky from my lifting that i've had to increase my pant size from a 22 to a size 12. i better watch out before i get bulky enough to have to go all the way up to a 6 :drinker:

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