HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

I heard this thread was getting back on track?

Dis is me, at the end of May, before lifting.



Dis is me, sometime in June, after about a month of lifting (included cause back shots!)





And this is me now, Today, in November. (Taking pictures of my backside is hard, okay?)

Now we return you to the regularly scheduled inspiration woman who lift heavy, have curves, look fabulous and eat a hell of a lot more then 1200 calories



Oh and don't look bulky even after benching 150 repeatedly.

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Are you insinuating I don't have curves and look fabulous? This is discouraging and this is an encouraging thread. Please post encouraging messages only.
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Well now you're just reaching.

And badly at that.

"The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute suggests that sedentary women weighing less than 165 pounds generally need 1,000 to 1,200 calories daily to effectively lose weight"
via http://livehealthy.chron.com/sedentary-lifestyle-calorie-intake-3186.html

This is garbage. A 40-year-old woman who is 5'2 and weighs 135 lbs has a BMR that is higher than 1200. Do you know what BMR is? Do you know what it means? If you think there is anything reasonable about the recommendation to which you linked, I'm going to take a wild guess and say the answer to both of those questions is a big fat "no."

K now I am going to be mean, actually down right mean, not the "MFP Mean" where I say weigh your food

The Poster who says crossfit and 1200 calories made her bulky so she had to stop

GET OFF THIS THREAD

This thread is to celebrate woman who got their results from lifting heavy not to misinform people with inane misinformation that has no relevance to the actual discussion here...it's called baiting, trolling and hijacking a thread...now begone with your "bulky" self while the rest of us celebrate our hard earned curves.

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I said everyone looked great but it isn't for me and how I felt.

Welcome to the internet where we have opinions.

The fact that women get bulky heavy lifting is not an opinion, it is a harmful myth. People use this thread for motivation and inspiration, I have it posted to my profile so I can copy/paste it over to welcome newbies who are interested in lifting but worried that they'll look like Schwarzenegger. Lifting while in a deficit is important because it preserves lean muscle mass and will give you better recomposition, lifting at maintenance is also good for preserving muscle mass, lifting in a surplus, you will add some muscle, but very slowly and it will not look bulky EVER unless you are eating like a bear before hibernation and lifting like, well, Shwarzenegger. Those facts need to get out there and muddying up the water with the notion that ladies can get bulky eating 1200 calories a day and doing crossfire is doing these new readers an injustice.

How many times do I have to repeat I DID NOT EAT 1200 CALORIES A DAY DOING CROSSFIT. I likely ate somewhere around 1800 because I was effing starving. My arms got bulky, the muscle on top of not losing the fat on the arms made them bigger. I'm sure the fat would have burned off if I stuck it out but I stopped because I personally hated how they looked.

You look fantastic, Chelle!

+1 fab results I think it's time for me to take some pics....10 weeks of lifting would warrant it.

Thank you both, and yes! Pictures! Must get things back on track!

If girls want that toned look they need to do isolation movements with 5lb dumbbells. Anything heavier than that and they will begin to look like female bodybuilders.

Fact.

Not srs

Girls that lift heavy = girls that are sexy

Girls that lift heavy = girls that are sexy

Girls that lift heavy = sexy
Girls that don't lift heavy = sexy
Girls that don't lift all = sexy

Fixed.

Girls that lift heavy = girls that are sexy

Girls that lift heavy = sexy
Girls that don't lift heavy = sexy
Girls that don't lift all = sexy

Fixed.

Quite the attention seeker aren't you? Hijacking ANOTHER thread....(rolls eyes).

Why are you so mad at this post? Do you not agree?

K, In my opinion this would be bulky...me before...woke up one day at 40 and said SELF, that is NOT you.


lifting and calorie deficit made me SMALLER:

Omg, your are NOT 40 years old! GTFO! *swoon* I think I'm in love with you...