first loose weight then lift

Yes, it is possible to reach your goal weight without going to the gym; you may still not have achieved the look you're going for, but only you can be the judge of that.

As for all the comments about muscle loss during weight loss, I don't really understand. If you've been inactive for years at a time and now out of shape or were never fit to begin with, you're not going to be Adonis under all the extra weight. Things just don’t work like that. During healthy weight loss, according to goggle, you lose fat to muscle at a rate of 9:1 (90% fat to 10% muscle) which sounds great to me. If muscle loss is a big concern for you though, I’d recommend losing weight slowly and sustainably. Not all weight loss is good weight loss, and unfortunately, the faster you drop weight, the more muscle you’ll lose.

You want to lift as you lose weight. It helps you maintain your muscle which is key to being able to sustain the weight loss by keeping your metabolism running well.

https://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/a-calorie-is-sometimes-not-a-calorie

From article:
There's a study to illustrate the point [...] two groups of obese subjects put on identical very low calorie diets. One group was assigned an aerobic exercise protocol (walking, biking, or jogging four times per week). The other group was assigned resistance training three times per week and did no aerobic exercise.

After 12 weeks, both groups lost weight. The aerobic group lost 37 pounds, 27 of which was fat and 10 of which was muscle. The resistance-training group lost 32 pounds, and 32 pounds were fat, 0 was muscle. When resting metabolic rate was calculated after the study, the aerobic group was burning 210 fewer calories daily. In contrast, the resistance-training group had increased their metabolism by 63 calories per day.

Don't wait! I did~actually I didn't know how much lifting could or would do for my body or how much I'd fall in love with it. I lost most of my weight through just watching and tracking my food, weight watchers and 2-3 short days of cardio at the gym. After maintaining that for about a year, I discovered weights and whilst I didn't lose much more in body weight, holy crap did I transform my body! I wish I would've started a lot of things a long time ago, and lifting is definitely one of them. Best part? Get to eattttt alllll the foooooddd!!! (And still lose )

Hornsby wrote: »

I lost all my weight with cardio. No resistance training. Just a bicycle. Not saying it's right or wrong, but I did it. It was fine. I wasn't happy when I got there though, although I knew I wouldn't be. I just wanted to see the number drop as fast as possible and figured cardio was the best way for that to happen.

YOU LOOK amazing!! Your back is so well defined! That's about the only thing I like about exercising-lifting wts!What a feeling it gives a person! Powerful in all ways!
You done good!

PowerKickChic wrote: »

Do both. Trust me on this one.
So, at the most weight I lost, 83lbs (and now 52 but I'm working on it again), I was a size 12 at 203 lbs. I got all kinds of crap on here from girls with my same height that were a size 16 at 170lbs. Yup. That's what weight lifting does for you. Skinny girls look good in clothes, fit girls look good naked.

Love your example will be buying tangerines from now on-hee!

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