HALP! Heavy Lifting Made Me SUPAH Bulky!!!

mmdolly56 wrote: »

So did the extra exercise also turn your hair black? Just doesn't seem like the same people in the before and after pics.

o_O
And hair dye doesn't exist @mmdolly56 ?

I too, have changed my hair color since lifting. It must be certain lifts, cuz I've been purple, fuschia, black, and red-violet.

As of last night.

Congrats on the loss so far.

Yes, being petite makes those last few ponds torturous. I ended up losing 1lbs every 6 weeks at the end. Stick with it- it will happen.

Take a big breath and start lifting. Yes you will get a 3-5lbs weight gain. (At 5'1 and 105 lbs mine is 3lbs)

Have it in your mind that this is going to happen. It is part of getting healthy, strong and looking Fantastic, not a fat gain. Once you have that in mind and know what it is- start lifting.

Make sure you fuel yourself well, lifting can be deceptively tiring.

It is a mind game that you have to play with yourself but it is so worth it.

Cheers, h.

youdoyou2016 wrote: »

I feel a little ridiculous writing this, but I hope some on here will understand.

I have struggled with my weight for over 10 yrs and finally, with the help of a dr, found and addressed a health issue that caused the weight gain and prevented loss. I'm a little over 5', and gained over 100 lbs. It's been absolutely horrible.

Now, I'm about 10-15 lbs away from my goal, and the scale moves very slowly. Like -.2 or, maybe, -.4 lbs a week.

I'm tempted to begin resistance training. (Currently, I swim.) But, if I saw the scale go UP from weight lifting ... honestly, I just can't do that. Does this make sense? Is it something to be concerned with? Does it even happen with weight lifting? Does anyone have experience with this issue and can give me a pointer or two as I contemplate beginning a weight lifting program?

I know the scale doesn't tell the whole story, but for me, given my experience and circumstances, the number means a lot. Maybe it shouldn't, but right now it does.

Thanks for reading and, hopefully, understanding ...

Congrats on your loss.

If you're in a deficit, the scale won't really go up. Maybe for a week while you retain water. For the most part, the trend will be downward. Lifting in maintenance, it still shouldn't go up. You might get little swings if you retain a lot of water after a workout again.

The only time I've ever seen the scale go up while lifting heavy is while I was eating in a surplus.

i started out at 145-150ish and got down to 132 (i know that number precisely even two years later; it's burned on my brain) by going back to my bike commuting ways and being a little less free with the chocolate bars. looked into lifting because i was so annoyed with not being able to get under 130 pounds no matter what i did.

just gave that for reference. i had sort of the same motives as you though with a different history. yes, i gained a pound or two when i started to lift - you retain water to help heal your muscles, plus they start stockpiling glycogen which binds water too. it all fell off me a few weeks later in a night and a day of marathon peeing.

i've had the same experience on re-starting after a break, every time. so yes, if seeing hte scale shift up is scary for you it might be a dealbreaker. but i'll leave this alternate way of looking at it here for you:

i'm not going to presume to understand your point of view. but supposing one day you'll want to be free of that scale tyranny and the stuff you associate with an uptick. if/when you get to that, heavy lifting might actually be a great way of introducing your psyche to 'safe' mini-spikes on the scale. because honestly, i never have held onto that water weight for too long. my body always sheds it when it's gotten adjusted to the new life and no longer needs it.

memathmfp wrote: »

Syneea wrote: »

memathmfp wrote: »

I just finished my first 8 weeks of SL. I'm down 6.8lbs and up 7lbs of muscle. I've lost 21.5 inches in total, 5 of them off my waist alone. And I'm down 11.6% BF. Totally stoked by these results! I can't wait to see what the next 8 weeks brings!

Congrats on the loss! What tool did you use to gauge your muscle increase and bf% decrease?? :-)

A combination of calipers and measuring tape.

not to be a downer but to ensure we are all educated about this in a proper way there is no way you are up 7lbs of muscle...

you are probably down a significant amount of weight and inches and using a tape and calipers will help determine that but not increase in muscle.

Mainly because of the following:

To build muscle in a deficit you either need to be obese (you are not), young male (you are not) or new to lifting which you could be but those increases are measured in ounces not lbs.

To build 7 lbs of muscle you need 7 months of good lifting and eating in a surplus and that is if you are spot on with everything esp as a woman.

SO bulky! Smallest I've been in decades despite 2 yrs of heavy lifting.