Caloric Deficit & Lifting Weights

kamikazze
kamikazze Posts: 10 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey, just wondering what happens when you are in a caloric deficit and are lifting weights. I want to lose about 25 more pounds. I have already lost 60 pounds before I started using myfitnesspal.

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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Lifting while in a deficit helps you to retain the lean body mass you already have.
  • kamikazze
    kamikazze Posts: 10 Member
    So would it be ideal when trying to lose weight?
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Absolutely.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    Yep.
  • kamikazze
    kamikazze Posts: 10 Member
    So mainly weight training and little cardio? Or should I increase the amount of cardio I do?
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    Absolutely.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    kamikazze wrote: »
    So mainly weight training and little cardio? Or should I increase the amount of cardio I do?

    Well, you could weight train as little as a couple times a week to maintain as long as you are doing some kind of plan. I believe a person can do as much cardio as they want (as long as they aren't overtraining) so that is dependent on you.

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