Successful 5 foot women

rugratz2015 wrote: »

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CarobChip108 wrote: »

@rugratz2015 I opted to lose 1 lb a week so it gave me 1500, I'm not very active at work, but I have been doing the Insanity program 5-6 days a week for 3 weeks and have only lost a pound, I have been eating back half or most of my exercise calories so this week I am trying 1300 calories and eating back only half or none and see if that helps. I have heard that the gaining of muscle can cancel out weight loss on the scale but I think I can have lower calories since I am shorter. What do you think?

If you're truly in deficit then generally speaking, you will not gain any weight, including muscles. In order to gain muscles/weight you have to be eating in surplus. It's either water retention or you need to tighten up your logging.

I lost 11 lbs in 3 weeks last year whilst toning up and developing muscle using a personal trainer ...

It's science; a person cannot lose weight and develop muscle at the same time unless it's newbie gains for a small % of the very obese community that is just starting out with exercise for the first time..
What confuses people is that if you lose fat, the muscles that were hiding under the fat start to show, which is really neat and people tend to confuse that with building muscle.
Looking at it from a point of health-fitness and sports medicine there is no " toning up ". People confuse getting stronger and using their muscles more efficiently through lifting with " toning " and every trainer who perpetuates this myth should lose their job.
We either lose fat by eating at a deficit, or we build muscle by eating at a certain surplus and lifting weight. That is why serious weight lifter go through " cutting " and " bulking " cycles. It's just plain science....nothing more. There is no way to lose and gain at the same time, which would have to be the case if you lose weight and gain muscle.