Does toning necessarily mean losing weight?

lauraspberry
lauraspberry Posts: 655 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can you tone but stay on the same weight? It's kinda hard to believe for someone who's addicted to the scale. lol not seeing the numbers go down is making me sad

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  • lin7604
    lin7604 Posts: 2,951 Member
    no, you don't have to lose weight to tone. . it happened to me. i was losing fat but gaining muscle and stayed the same weight.
  • kwedman488
    kwedman488 Posts: 132 Member
    Yes. It depends from person to person and where they're at, but yes. I'd you eat at a slight deficit while doing weighted exercise of some kind, it will allow you to shred that body fat you have to reveal more of the muscle you have underneath, while keeping the muscle you DO have lean and strong. Doing weights on a cut will keep your body from cutting down on the amount of muscle you have since you're actively using them, which forces your body to take the excess from your fat instead. You won't gain any new muscle while you're eating at a deficit. It will look like it as you reduce your body fat and can see more of your muscles, making them appear larger. I will say that your muscles will increase in size a little as part of "noob gains", but overall muscle growth is extremely small. Hope I helped a little :)
  • lauraspberry
    lauraspberry Posts: 655 Member
    no, you don't have to lose weight to tone. . it happened to me. i was losing fat but gaining muscle and stayed the same weight.

    Yeah that is what I am hoping to hear. I regularly workout and it's kinda unusual to not see the scale go down mainly because I was used to the numbers going down when I had lots of excess weight
  • DamianRendon
    DamianRendon Posts: 14
    only at a begining level do you bulk up and cut down at the same time after that they are done seperatly
  • lauraspberry
    lauraspberry Posts: 655 Member
    Yes. It depends from person to person and where they're at, but yes. I'd you eat at a slight deficit while doing weighted exercise of some kind, it will allow you to shred that body fat you have to reveal more of the muscle you have underneath, while keeping the muscle you DO have lean and strong. Doing weights on a cut will keep your body from cutting down on the amount of muscle you have since you're actively using them, which forces your body to take the excess from your fat instead. You won't gain any new muscle while you're eating at a deficit. It will look like it as you reduce your body fat and can see more of your muscles, making them appear larger. I will say that your muscles will increase in size a little as part of "noob gains", but overall muscle growth is extremely small. Hope I helped a little :)

    Thank you :) I am eating a deficit and so far only lost 2-3lbs now I'm not so sure if my routine is still effective
  • tottie06
    tottie06 Posts: 259 Member
    As long as I am gaining muscle and my clothes are fitting better, I could care less what the scale tells me.
  • frood
    frood Posts: 295 Member
    Maybe try seeing changes with a tape measure instead of the scale?
  • LishLash79
    LishLash79 Posts: 562 Member
    smash dat scale
  • kwedman488
    kwedman488 Posts: 132 Member
    Yes. It depends from person to person and where they're at, but yes. I'd you eat at a slight deficit while doing weighted exercise of some kind, it will allow you to shred that body fat you have to reveal more of the muscle you have underneath, while keeping the muscle you DO have lean and strong. Doing weights on a cut will keep your body from cutting down on the amount of muscle you have since you're actively using them, which forces your body to take the excess from your fat instead. You won't gain any new muscle while you're eating at a deficit. It will look like it as you reduce your body fat and can see more of your muscles, making them appear larger. I will say that your muscles will increase in size a little as part of "noob gains", but overall muscle growth is extremely small. Hope I helped a little :)

    Thank you :) I am eating a deficit and so far only lost 2-3lbs now I'm not so sure if my routine is still effective

    Just go by how you look in the mirror, or if you really like to see numbers, measure yourself with a tape measure all over your body and record every week or so. I know numbers can be really motivating for some people.
  • lauraspberry
    lauraspberry Posts: 655 Member
    Yes. It depends from person to person and where they're at, but yes. I'd you eat at a slight deficit while doing weighted exercise of some kind, it will allow you to shred that body fat you have to reveal more of the muscle you have underneath, while keeping the muscle you DO have lean and strong. Doing weights on a cut will keep your body from cutting down on the amount of muscle you have since you're actively using them, which forces your body to take the excess from your fat instead. You won't gain any new muscle while you're eating at a deficit. It will look like it as you reduce your body fat and can see more of your muscles, making them appear larger. I will say that your muscles will increase in size a little as part of "noob gains", but overall muscle growth is extremely small. Hope I helped a little :)

    Thank you :) I am eating a deficit and so far only lost 2-3lbs now I'm not so sure if my routine is still effective

    Just go by how you look in the mirror, or if you really like to see numbers, measure yourself with a tape measure all over your body and record every week or so. I know numbers can be really motivating for some people.


    I just did and found that I lost an inch around my chest :( sad but at least there was a loss lol and in my waist I lost 0.5 inches as well in my hips. Thanks for the tip! I'll use the tape measure instead

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