Should I bother lifting at the gym if I eat at a calorie deficit every day?

Altagracia220
Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Should I bother lifting at the gym if I eat at a calorie deficit every day?

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  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    If you want to retain your lean body mass and/or get stronger, yes.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Yes. It will get you faster to your vanity goals if you have any.
  • mochapygmy
    mochapygmy Posts: 2,123 Member
    Yes! Lifting helps retain muscle mass so you lose mostly fat. Lifting helps strengthen bones and will help you look great naked so you won't look like a smaller version of your current body when you reach your goal weight.

    Consider a program like Starting Strength, Strong Curves or New Rules of Lifting for Women.

    Also lifting gives you that special badass tingle that nothing else can.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    mochapygmy wrote: »
    Yes! Lifting helps retain muscle mass so you lose mostly fat. Lifting helps strengthen bones and will help you look great naked so you won't look like a smaller version of your current body when you reach your goal weight.

    Consider a program like Starting Strength, Strong Curves or New Rules of Lifting for Women.

    Also lifting gives you that special badass tingle that nothing else can.


    its called testosterone.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    ah yes...
  • juliewatkin
    juliewatkin Posts: 764 Member
    Years ago I lost weight and got to be thin like I thought I should be to look good. However, I didn't start looking as good as I wanted to until I started lifting.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    Well, what is your ultimate goal?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    juliewatkin wrote: »
    Years ago I lost weight and got to be thin like I thought I should be to look good. However, I didn't start looking as good as I wanted to until I started lifting.

    I think every person should read this. Its something I really notice about women who lift weights. The body composition changes for the better.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Staci @ nerdfitness...nuff said

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  • Altagracia220
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
    Well it's good to know i'm not wasting my time then. I will continue to eat at a deficit and lift along with cardio.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    juliewatkin wrote: »
    Years ago I lost weight and got to be thin like I thought I should be to look good. However, I didn't start looking as good as I wanted to until I started lifting.
    This!

    SezxyStef wrote: »
    Staci @ nerdfitness...nuff said

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    And this!!

  • mochapygmy
    mochapygmy Posts: 2,123 Member
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    mochapygmy wrote: »
    Yes! Lifting helps retain muscle mass so you lose mostly fat. Lifting helps strengthen bones and will help you look great naked so you won't look like a smaller version of your current body when you reach your goal weight.

    Consider a program like Starting Strength, Strong Curves or New Rules of Lifting for Women.

    Also lifting gives you that special badass tingle that nothing else can.


    its called testosterone.

    I'm pretty sure it's a combination of chalk dust and the magic sprinkles from the gainz fairy.

  • kellyj0729
    kellyj0729 Posts: 44 Member
    AmyRhubarb wrote: »
    juliewatkin wrote: »
    Years ago I lost weight and got to be thin like I thought I should be to look good. However, I didn't start looking as good as I wanted to until I started lifting.
    This!

    SezxyStef wrote: »
    Staci @ nerdfitness...nuff said

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    And this!!

    This!!! I spent all of 2014 doing cardio and eating at a deficit....got to my goal of 115 lbs from 142 lbs. Guess what?? I was just a smaller version of myself with still way to high BF %. I have spent 2015 upping my calories and hired a trainer to begin lifting heavy, and 8 weeks in I see more difference in my body, more definition and less flab, weight is about 130 lbs now. Have gone from 26.4% BF to 24.6%, and feel amazing. Good luck to you!
  • Iri_2
    Iri_2 Posts: 349 Member
    Yes! If there's one thing I regret it's that I didn't start lifting from the start.
  • Altagracia220
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    Well, what is your ultimate goal?

    Ultimate goal is to lose 25 more lbs but I want to be toned and fit when I do hit that goal.
  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    Agreed with the others - never too early to start!
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    jazmin220 wrote: »
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    Well, what is your ultimate goal?

    Ultimate goal is to lose 25 more lbs but I want to be toned and fit when I do hit that goal.

    Then yes. Keep lifting.

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