Women lifting too heavy?

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  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Bellsforkelly wrote: »
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    In the other thread you said you tracked on and off and didn't use a food scale.....

    Correct. I track on and off on this app. I don't own a food scale, but I'm planning to get one. I do however eat the same things every day, so am aware of what the cost is. I don't weigh my food if I go out and I occasionally screw up drinking alcohol with friends. I understand the point you are trying to make, but I'm asking for help, not criticism. Thank you for making me aware I'm not in be deficit I assumed I was. If you just want to point out all the things you think I'm doing wrong without adding any tips to be helpful, why even post?
    @singingflutelady was trying to help. She's awesome. Tracking consistently and weighing all the food that you eat is a great help. No criticism at all. This type of information is what helped me to lose over 80lbs.

    The thing is, since your deficit was so small, not weighing food would easily wipe out that deficit. This happened to me when my food scale broke and I was too lazy to get another for 3 months (yeah, I know...I know...). Once I bought that scale and started to weigh my food, I started losing again. Those with a much larger deficit can get away with not weighing all their food.

  • esjones12
    esjones12 Posts: 1,363 Member
    There absolutely is a "too heavy", and that is when you can no longer hold proper form.

    It sounds like you are getting consistent exercise. I would really focus on your nutrition. Definitely get a food scale to help you learn portion sizes (that is key to those who have overeaten for awhile). Learn to measure your food, count your calories and try to start eating whole foods over processed stuff.

    Keep staying active and slowly increase weight and distance as you can.
  • Bellsforkelly
    Bellsforkelly Posts: 21 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    Bellsforkelly wrote: »
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    In the other thread you said you tracked on and off and didn't use a food scale.....

    Correct. I track on and off on this app. I don't own a food scale, but I'm planning to get one. I do however eat the same things every day, so am aware of what the cost is. I don't weigh my food if I go out and I occasionally screw up drinking alcohol with friends. I understand the point you are trying to make, but I'm asking for help, not criticism. Thank you for making me aware I'm not in be deficit I assumed I was. If you just want to point out all the things you think I'm doing wrong without adding any tips to be helpful, why even post?
    @singingflutelady was trying to help. She's awesome. Tracking consistently and weighing all the food that you eat is a great help. No criticism at all. This type of information is what helped me to lose over 80lbs.

    The thing is, since your deficit was so small, not weighing food would easily wipe out that deficit. This happened to me when my food scale broke and I was too lazy to get another for 3 months (yeah, I know...I know...). Once I bought that scale and started to weigh my food, I started losing again. Those with a much larger deficit can get away with not weighing all their food.

    Thank you, I appreciate that! Very helpful. No one in my years and years of trying to lose has anyone ever expressed the importance of a scale. I have known people to lose jug on a regular calorie counting diet and regular exercise, no food scales. I guess this is something that may open my eyes to how much I actually eat to help me lose. @singingflutelady I apologize for the harsh tone of my last comment. I am new to all of this and it's a sensitive topic for me. I have always been careful with what I eat, but now I need to be careful with how much I am eating. It's frustrating when you eat all of the "right" things and exercise 3-5 days a week for 60-75 min and see NO changes on the scale. I have lost an inch on my waist and my hips in the last 3 months, but the scale hasn't moved more than a pound here and there and then it just comes back it seems as soon as I eat one meal.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    No such thing as lifting too heavy.

    When you blow your back out, it's too heavy.

    I see I failed to engage the "joking" font. My bad.
  • LolBroScience
    LolBroScience Posts: 4,537 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    No such thing as lifting too heavy.

    When you blow your back out, it's too heavy.

    I see I failed to engage the "joking" font. My bad.

    Forgot sarcasm detector too
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    LolBroScience wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    _dracarys_ wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    No such thing as lifting too heavy.

    When you blow your back out, it's too heavy.

    I see I failed to engage the "joking" font. My bad.

    Forgot sarcasm detector too

    Yep.
  • rileyes
    rileyes Posts: 1,406 Member
    Inch loss > scale loss
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    You can never lift too heavy(unless at the expense of proper form). and if you're consistently only lifting the exact same weight then you'll stop making progress. You need to try and push for more weight each time, if you're worried about muscle you should lower your rep range to about 5 reps a set to focus more on strength. Also look into an actual lifting routine, it sounds like you're just doing whatever everyday which will lose its value fairly quickly. Id suggest something like strong curves or strong lifts. And yes buy a food scale, I live off of mine.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Carlos_421 wrote: »
    Can we just take a moment to appreciate an OP who actually accepts constructive input from people who are trying to help?

    cool-proud-gif-714.gif

    *Fist bump* haha
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    I always wonder how people can say (1) lifting won't make you bulky, and (2) squats will give you an a** without realizing those two statements contradict themselves. Lifting does build muscle. That's the point. You won't look like Arnold of course, but you can build mass. Lighter weights higher reps actually builds mass faster (8-12 reps at 50-70% ORM) than heavy weights lower reps (3-8 reps in the above 80% ORM range).

    30 lb squat wont' do much but a 30 lb OHP at 10 reps can.

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