Calories while lifting

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    chickybuns wrote: »
    I don't know what "they say" about overweight, but I have a pretty large frame. Around 160 would be my goal. I was 140 in high school, but I was way too twiggy! Maybe I'll try to cut down to around 2000 and see how that goes.

    Come join our large frame thread: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10338480/you-dont-have-big-bones-or-a-big-frame/p1

    (I'm in the I-do-so-have-a-large-frame camp.)
  • chickybuns
    chickybuns Posts: 1,037 Member
    Thanks. I am keeping better track of it now. I have been losing this week averaging around 2300 calories so I will stick to close to that and track my progress :)
  • chickybuns
    chickybuns Posts: 1,037 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    chickybuns wrote: »
    I don't know what "they say" about overweight, but I have a pretty large frame. Around 160 would be my goal. I was 140 in high school, but I was way too twiggy! Maybe I'll try to cut down to around 2000 and see how that goes.

    Come join our large frame thread: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10338480/you-dont-have-big-bones-or-a-big-frame/p1

    (I'm in the I-do-so-have-a-large-frame camp.)

    Thanks. I feel the same way. At 130/140lbs I was still in a size 10...just have those big hips!
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    rainbowbow wrote: »
    in my opinion, considering you are currently 40~ pounds overweight I would stick to a fat loss goal for now.

    Right now, you have too much body fat to even see the amount of muscle mass you have. My bet is that you probably already have a pretty significant amount that would look greatly improved once it is no longer covered in body fat. My goal if i were you would be to RETAIN not gain muscle mass while simultaneously losing body fat. this can be done by having a slight calorie deficit, eating adequate protein, and performing resistance training.

    Once you get down to a lower body fat level and you can actually see where you are muscle mass wise you can determine whether or not you actually need to *gain* new muscle.

    Considering you dont know her body composition how can you say she is 40lb overweight? I'm 5'7" and for my frame and build should weigh 145-165 to be in my healthy range.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    SCoil123 wrote: »
    rainbowbow wrote: »
    in my opinion, considering you are currently 40~ pounds overweight I would stick to a fat loss goal for now.

    Right now, you have too much body fat to even see the amount of muscle mass you have. My bet is that you probably already have a pretty significant amount that would look greatly improved once it is no longer covered in body fat. My goal if i were you would be to RETAIN not gain muscle mass while simultaneously losing body fat. this can be done by having a slight calorie deficit, eating adequate protein, and performing resistance training.

    Once you get down to a lower body fat level and you can actually see where you are muscle mass wise you can determine whether or not you actually need to *gain* new muscle.

    Considering you dont know her body composition how can you say she is 40lb overweight? I'm 5'7" and for my frame and build should weigh 145-165 to be in my healthy range.


    Why did you resurrect a three month old thread? Anyways, 140 is the general ideal for most women of her height. Even if her goal weight was 165 the issue of having too much body fat to see muscle mass still stands.

    What is it you wanted to discuss here? Or are you trying to white knight someone over a perceived attack?
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