Losing Weight - Lifting vs. Only Deficit
threnjen
Posts: 687 Member
Just want to share an interesting (and unfortunate) lesson I learned this month.
For the month of December I lifted... three times. I check in with my PT at the gym every month for measurements, body fat % and weight.
So in the 4 previous months of checkins, where I lifted 3x weekly, I lost 3-4 pounds each month, and it was always 80% or more fat loss. Woot! That felt amazing.
For the last month, I lost 3 pounds also. But... it was almost ALL lean body mass. I mean like 95% lean body mass, and hardly any fat. Basically, I did nothing but get weaker.
Moral of the story: Lift, lift, and lift some more.
For the month of December I lifted... three times. I check in with my PT at the gym every month for measurements, body fat % and weight.
So in the 4 previous months of checkins, where I lifted 3x weekly, I lost 3-4 pounds each month, and it was always 80% or more fat loss. Woot! That felt amazing.
For the last month, I lost 3 pounds also. But... it was almost ALL lean body mass. I mean like 95% lean body mass, and hardly any fat. Basically, I did nothing but get weaker.
Moral of the story: Lift, lift, and lift some more.
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Wow, good info!0
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That is awesome knowledge and definitely a great motivator! Your loss (recomp) is going very well!!! Kudos to you threnjen!0
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I have a similar experience. It's eye-opening isn't it?!
I do a BodPod reading every few months. In October, just one month into SL, I got one done. I was at 27.4% body fat with 129 pounds of lean body mass.
I just got another done last week. I spent about half of November and December sick or injured, so I couldn't lift even if I wanted to. I was down less than a pound, but my BF was at 28.7%. I lost 3 pounds of lean body mass and gained just over 2 in fat. Talk about depressing. Damn you injury, sinus infection, and the flu! You took away all my gainz!0 -
Oh, good to know! When I lost weight the first time around it was all cardio type classes and a few with strength training but nothing like SL.
I keep thinking I need to go back to cardio to get these "last 10 lbs" off my body, but this reassures me that I am doing the right thing sticking with weights :-)0 -
Hmm interesting. On my Polar watch/hrm, when I do a cardio class (like shred, so hiit) it's about 20% fat loss, but my lifting shows as around 50%. Kind of seems accurate!0
