weight dispersal and building muscle

feathernaut
feathernaut Posts: 66 Member
edited December 1 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi. I have a problem. I'm losing weight, doing great. The weight that's coming off, though, looks kinda terrible. My chest looks like a skeleton and my thighs are looking like tree stumps. It's like gravity is pooling all of my fat away from the places that don't need fat reduction.
I have always had little breasts and losing that one thing was terrifying but I still was willing to try losing weight. Haven't lost them yet, but my chest looks like it belongs in a crypt and the baby boobs don't help.

Are there chest exercises I can do to build up that area between my boobs so my weight at least looks somewhat like a normal person of my weight? I am 5'5" and 130 lbs for reference.

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    my first question is this...what is your daily calorie goal?

    What is your weekly weight loss goal?
    How much have you lost?
    Did you do exercise/resistance training while losing?

  • feathernaut
    feathernaut Posts: 66 Member
    1,200 calories. 1 lb/week. Lost 3 pounds and aiming to be around 125, so five more to go.

    I exercised mostly with HIIT and bodyweight and light weight training.
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    feathernaut wrote: »
    1,200 calories. 1 lb/week. Lost 3 pounds and aiming to be around 125, so five more to go.

    I exercised mostly with HIIT and bodyweight and light weight training.

    And there is part of the problem.
    For weight training, go heavy as you can, and go progressive overload.
    Don't go light, especially when losing weight.

  • aub6689
    aub6689 Posts: 351 Member
    edited May 2016
    I would definitely start strength training. You cannot control where your body pulls fat, but you can change the shape underneath. It sounds like you are saying you have a pear shape? I would start doing upper body strength training to work shoulders, back, chest and arms. This will help give you more of an hourglass figure (it will take time).

    It is hard to gain muscle in a deficit, but if you are new to the weights, you could experience newbie gains! Otherwise, you may want to consider starting strength training and no longer eating in a deficit.

    EDIT: sorry didn't see your post about lifting until after.
  • feathernaut
    feathernaut Posts: 66 Member
    edited May 2016
    MityMax96 wrote: »
    And there is part of the problem.
    For weight training, go heavy as you can, and go progressive overload.
    Don't go light, especially when losing weight.

    What does progressive overload mean? Sorry.

    Thank you all. Are resistance bands a good start? I don't own weights yet but I do have some bands.
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    feathernaut wrote: »
    MityMax96 wrote: »
    And there is part of the problem.
    For weight training, go heavy as you can, and go progressive overload.
    Don't go light, especially when losing weight.

    What does progressive overload mean? Sorry.

    Thank you all. Are resistance bands a good start? I don't own weights yet but I do have some bands.

    Means trying to add weight to the bar each time you hit that muscle group.

    So if you did 135 lbs on bench press on Monday, and next chest day was Friday....you would try to go to 140 for the same number of reps and sets as you did on Monday.
    Progressively going heavier.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    feathernaut wrote: »
    MityMax96 wrote: »
    And there is part of the problem.
    For weight training, go heavy as you can, and go progressive overload.
    Don't go light, especially when losing weight.

    What does progressive overload mean? Sorry.

    Thank you all. Are resistance bands a good start? I don't own weights yet but I do have some bands.

    It means going heavy and steadily increasing the weight as you get stronger.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    feathernaut wrote: »
    1,200 calories. 1 lb/week. Lost 3 pounds and aiming to be around 125, so five more to go.

    I exercised mostly with HIIT and bodyweight and light weight training.

    and the fact you are on such a low deficit losing 1lb a week will contribute to not "looking" the way you want.

    Slow weight loss is a good thing....1lb a week probably means you are losing muscle and fat.

    Goal should be to eat as much as you can and lose a reasonable amount of weight while preserving muscle mass.
  • Keladelphia
    Keladelphia Posts: 820 Member
    feathernaut wrote: »
    Hi. I have a problem. I'm losing weight, doing great. The weight that's coming off, though, looks kinda terrible. My chest looks like a skeleton and my thighs are looking like tree stumps. It's like gravity is pooling all of my fat away from the places that don't need fat reduction.
    I have always had little breasts and losing that one thing was terrifying but I still was willing to try losing weight. Haven't lost them yet, but my chest looks like it belongs in a crypt and the baby boobs don't help.

    Are there chest exercises I can do to build up that area between my boobs so my weight at least looks somewhat like a normal person of my weight? I am 5'5" and 130 lbs for reference.


    This statement cracked me up! I didn't have any boobs to start with but lot's of upper body strength training with progressive overload actually made them look bigger (even though they did get smaller. I've added some real mass to my pecs which at least gives the appearance of cleavage (until I take my shirt off) ha-ha
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