Females only - lifting/weight training results?

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  • Kimsoontobe
    Kimsoontobe Posts: 110 Member
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  • redlipsticklyfe
    redlipsticklyfe Posts: 164 Member
    In for the awesomeness! I did some lazy lifting and still got results that I was really proud of. I'm starting New Rules of Lifting for Women next week and have upped my calories and am going to invest in protein powder. Definitely going to do this the right way!
  • PrincessEliNa
    PrincessEliNa Posts: 524 Member
    In.
  • savemama
    savemama Posts: 105 Member
    I get my NROLFWtomorrow and am just starting the lifting journey as I keep on my weight loss journey. CANNOT WAIT. Thanks for the inspiration ladies!
  • zivasak
    zivasak Posts: 88
    So inspiring and motivating before my workout. Thank you for sharing. You are all amazing!
  • Mell00546
    Mell00546 Posts: 158 Member
    Keep up the amazing work ladies!

    <- - - My lifting progress pictures are in my profile :)
  • jrhanna84
    jrhanna84 Posts: 66 Member
    In for the AWESOME!
  • Mommabeeto5
    Mommabeeto5 Posts: 30 Member
    Any body weight train while breastfeeding? I had 4 kids plus a recent miscarriage all in 4 years and I decided I MUST get my body back! Im 28 5'1 124 lbs and 29% body fat! I have been exercising for 2.5 weeks. i strength train 3 days a week with 20-30 minutes of cardio and i do an exercise class with cardio 2 days a week. i drink a gallon of water a day and on monday i started adding in a 30g protein drink daily to make sure I am eating enough protein. I am eating 1900-2000 cals a day but I have not seen any pounds lost yet...UGH! Do you think Im eating enough/ too much? Should I weight train all 5 days?
  • chichi2130
    chichi2130 Posts: 65 Member
    I'm weight training and breastfeeding. I'm 22, 5'0, and currently 136 lbs. I lift on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and do a brisk walk for half an hour every morning. I am doing the Paleo diet and eating a net of only like... 900 calories (after adding in breastfeeding and exercise). I've lost 8 pounds this month doing this.

    Don't take this advice. You're netting 900 calories? ...while weightlifting and breastfeeding?! You definitely need to be eating more.
  • Mommabeeto5
    Mommabeeto5 Posts: 30 Member
    That's what I thought! I try to net 1200 after eating back my breastfeeding and exercise burns. 900 sounded way too low! I'm wondering though since my BMR is 1340, if that is what I should have as my net goal???
  • Mommabeeto5
    Mommabeeto5 Posts: 30 Member
    I'm weight training and breastfeeding. I'm 22, 5'0, and currently 136 lbs. I lift on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and do a brisk walk for half an hour every morning. I am doing the Paleo diet and eating a net of only like... 900 calories (after adding in breastfeeding and exercise). I've lost 8 pounds this month doing this.

    Don't take this advice. You're netting 900 calories? ...while weightlifting and breastfeeding?! You definitely need to be eating more.

    March 20, 2014 2:56 PM
    That's what I thought! I try to net 1200 after eating back my breastfeeding and exercise burns. 900 sounded way too low! I'm wondering though since my BMR is 1340, if that is what I should have as my net goal???
  • chichi2130
    chichi2130 Posts: 65 Member
    That's what I thought! I try to net 1200 after eating back my breastfeeding and exercise burns. 900 sounded way too low! I'm wondering though since my BMR is 1340, if that is what I should have as my net goal???

    BMR is what your body uses just to stay alive. This means you would burn 1340 if you were in a coma. They say you also burn about 500 calories a day when you're breastfeeding, so you need to be netting AT LEAST 1840 (this should actually be more, since I'm sure you aren't spending your days literally not moving at all). And then, of course eat back your exercise calories as well.
  • Molissa08
    Molissa08 Posts: 112 Member
    This is the most amazing thread ever. It gives me hope.
  • Elainaf
    Elainaf Posts: 17 Member
    To the women who followed New Rules of Lifting for Women did you follow the diet or did you do your own thing. Also how many calories were you taking in and can you recommend a protein shake. I love my cardio, did you still fit cardio while following the book.

    Any advise will help or if you wanted to add me.

    Thanks
  • cccmmj12
    cccmmj12 Posts: 13 Member
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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    This is how I calculated all that:

    A pound of fat has about 3500 calories, and a pound of muscle has about 600 calories. So, if you know your weight loss and calorie deficit from TDEE, you can calculate the amount of muscle and fat that are gained or lost. There is only 1 way for the calorie deficit to make both the weight loss and calorie deficit work. So (3500 x lbs of fat) + (600 x lbs of muscle) will equal the total calorie deficit. And the (lbs of fat lost) + (lbs of muscle lost) has to equal the total weight loss. So then you have two equations. If X = lbs of fat lost and Y = lbs of muscle lost, you know ( 3500x + 600y = total calorie deficit ) and ( x + y = total lbs loss ) You can then solve those two equations to find where they are both true at the same time, giving your amount of each that were lost.

    For example, here is my equation for this month:

    I lost 8.4 pounds. My calorie deficit is 34199 (which is my TDEE - net calories)

    x+y=8.4 and 3500x+600y=34199

    x (fat)= 10.0548
    y (muscle)= -1.65483

    So I lost 10 pounds of fat and gained 1.6 pounds of muscle this month. But again, do whatever you feel comfortable with!

    Except calorie counting is still highly inaccurate no matter how perfect we try to be. Packages are allowed to be off 10%, so unless you ate only fruits, vegetables and lean meat that you weighed perfectly you have a 10% margin of error (assuming you weigh and measure every bite, lick and taste too). TDEE is an estimation, even if you are using a Fitbit or other tracking device.

    Also, for a woman to gain 1.6 pounds of muscle in a month on a deficit is nearly unheard of. I managed to gain 1.5 in a month while bulking and training hard. Unless you were using an accurate method to determine body fat your calculation is wrong. Even then, gaining lean mass does not mean you gained muscle because some methods of body fat calculation end up counting water as lean mass.

    Worry more about the tape measure and mirror.
  • Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel
    Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel Posts: 10,919 Member
    Bump, for the inspiration! :wink:
  • freddi11e
    freddi11e Posts: 317 Member
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  • acceber2287
    acceber2287 Posts: 2
    How long have you been lifting?
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    That's what I thought! I try to net 1200 after eating back my breastfeeding and exercise burns. 900 sounded way too low! I'm wondering though since my BMR is 1340, if that is what I should have as my net goal???

    I'm nursing an older baby (he's 15 months) with minimal feedings. Less than -200 calories a day. I burn around 300 when I work out. I don't really eat any of that back, so yes I'm netting around 900ish a day. It's up to you, but according to my calculations I've lost 10 pounds of fat this month and gained about 1.5 pounds of muscle. *shrug*

    You are netting too little and losing muscle...you are not gaining muscle at all...

    It is hard for a woman who is in a surplus, has excellant macro control and lifting to gain muscle let alone one eating 900 calories a day...

    ETA: I have been lifting for 6months and eating a small deficet...(about 300 calories a day as I eat 1700 calories a day) and I personally have not gained any muscle...my BF% has reduced but based on that calculation vs my weight I have not quite maintained all my muscle so out of the 25lbs I have lost some of it has been muscle. My LBM ranges between 119-122lbs and I know that the range is due to other factors not muscle gain.
  • fitnessf0x
    fitnessf0x Posts: 28 Member
    bump. new favorite thread.
  • 93nan
    93nan Posts: 130
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  • cggrlsteph
    cggrlsteph Posts: 36 Member
    Lifting 5x per week on a deficit and working with a trainer. I killed it every single session.
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    My overall results of lifting from start to now.
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    Oh WOW! just wow. Great results. I was on the fence on whether I was gonna get a trainer, you just pushed me over it!!
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
    I pretty much only lift weights, I do cardio but not nearly as much as my lifting, and in the past 10-11 months I've lost 27kg/ 59lbs
    not close to my goal yet but I'm getting there!
    WEIGHT LIFTING FOR THE WIN!
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    Good luck ladies and thank you all for being so inspirational. You are all what keeps me going! <3333


    I can complete relate to this post! The before photos are the closest to me I have seen. I hope I get your amazing results!!!
  • dwarfiegodsmack
    dwarfiegodsmack Posts: 317 Member
    this thread is full of awesomeness!!
  • Hazelnut79
    Hazelnut79 Posts: 27 Member
    ETA: I have been lifting for 6months and eating a small deficet...(about 300 calories a day as I eat 1700 calories a day) and I personally have not gained any muscle...my BF% has reduced but based on that calculation vs my weight I have not quite maintained all my muscle so out of the 25lbs I have lost some of it has been muscle. My LBM ranges between 119-122lbs and I know that the range is due to other factors not muscle gain.

    I'm the same - I'm lifting heavy and eating at a small deficit. I want to lose fat, but every time the scale moves down I still shed a proverbial tear because I know at least a bit of that was some of my hard earned muscle (despite all the protein I'm eating)!
  • bri503
    bri503 Posts: 8 Member
    wow! congrats to all!
  • kacorlis
    kacorlis Posts: 13 Member
    Wow! what was your weight routine ? How many days/amount of time per week? What exercises and how long to lose your 52 lbs? You look amazing.:-):smile:
  • losingit000
    losingit000 Posts: 1
    bump...going to watch this thread grow.

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