Sorry, but I *am* getting bulky from lifting heavy....

Post pics of hyooge muskels.

This. Muscles are secksy!!!

I'm aiming for muscle growth, but if you are really unhappy with your results, maybe replacing some lifting days with cardio will help. I like both.

right? die in a fire, yoovie.

I thanked everyone & said that I couldn't get to everyone (which included you) with a response because I was at work. I'm sorry, but saying that I some how screwed you over was really uncalled for.

Look chick, this BS "oh I'm so bulky" and I don't eat much and I've been told by doctors to increase my body fat, but instead I do an hour of cardio every day and lift 3 times a week (or something to that effect) and by golly lifting is making me bulky REALLY DOES discourage others and it isn't cool.

A million and a half people just said you're hot. What do you need here? You're not bulky. You just aren't, and it isn't cool to title it this when it may well be the cardio and under eating that have your body fat so low that you are defined. So knock it off really. And your response to Yoovie, when she was talking about how hard it is around here to counteract the under-eating cardio bunnies seeking perfection and instead hurting themselves is where stuff go out of hand.

For clarity here is where it got out of hand. It was when you came up with this BS:

I'm sorry, but I was just stating how I was feeling about my body & this was totally rude & uncalled for. Saying I "****ed you over" Are you serious coming with some stuff like that? Wow

You're hot. Use less eye make up and don't flex and it will decrease the chances someone calls you mannish.

I have to second everyone who has said you are not bulky. To make it clear though, we don't mean this in a "being muscley isn't a bad thing, I hate the word 'bulky', you're just muscular" type of way. You literally ARE NOT BIG. Measure your bicep with a tape-measure. My bet from looking at you is that your actual measurements are relatively tiny compared to most girls your height. You have definition with low BF covering it.... Also your legs are also not remotely big or bulky or even particularly defined. You are less skinny than before when you were quite skinny. The fact you have people here telling you to start competing in bodybuilding just goes to show how skewed people's perceptions are...

Also for the record, I do not understand why so many people are prescribing lower weights at a higher rep range. That is the opposite to what you want. The bb rep range (12-15) is what builds muscle SIZE, low reps (1-5) of really proper HEAVY weights will build strength without necessarily building the same size. Not that I think that is particualrly relevant here given that your issue is low BF% and warped perspective.

I started to get bigger when I did mainly strength with little cardio (not even just lifting weights, a lot of it was bodyweight exercises). I was taking measurements and I gained inches. Especially on my stomach! It seems like the muscles under my stomach fat bulk like crazy. Even my boyfriend said he noticed I was getting bigger.

My shoulders are quite wide and large and I know I can't do anything about that since part of it is to do with my bones. I wouldn't mind my arms getting bulky. I don't like the rest of my body bulking, especially my stomach.

Within a few weeks of switching to mainly cardio with only a bit of strength I lost inches. So I don't what anybody says, I know, PERSONALLY, from experience that I do bulk when I do mostly strength and little cardio. I know it's not like that for most women, but some of us do bulk. That's a fact.

One nice thing is I've always gained muscle really easily...probably because I produce more testosterone than most females (due to PCOS)

Did you change your diet when you changed your training syle?

Did you change your diet when you changed your training syle?

Nope, everything was the same except my exercise. And this has happened before when I did more strength than cardio so I was only using that specific time as an example.

Also for the record, I do not understand why so many people are prescribing lower weights at a higher rep range. That is the opposite to what you want. The bb rep range (12-15) is what builds muscle SIZE, low reps (1-5) of really proper HEAVY weights will build strength without necessarily building the same size.

I think the half of my FL who are body builders would disagree with you from experience on that one.

In what way?

3-5 Strength
8-12 Hypertrophy
12+ Endurance

Im scared this post might scare other girls away

seriously.
put on some fat OP if you want to look softer, but knock it off with the bulky.

X1000

You aren't bulky, you're thin. You're not going to build a substantial amount of muscle on a 1200 calorie diet, even if you had the Hulks genes. If you don't like being able to see your muscles, then up your calorie intake. But stop scaring away all the chicks that don't understand the process.

Did you change your diet when you changed your training syle?

Nope, everything was the same except my exercise. And this has happened before when I did more strength than cardio so I was only using that specific time as an example.

In that case it is far more likely that you were simply creating a greater calorie deficit when you switched to cardio.

Well, either way I've discovered what works better for me so I just stick with that.