Where did my butt go , lol

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  • Gymfanatic2017
    Gymfanatic2017 Posts: 218 Member
    Squat
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,183 Member
    tufntender wrote: »
    There are tons of great youtube work outs to get the "best" results in building up the glutes and a few sites have some tips.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsTYPYsG5kQ&list=PLoWnyrj11_mBYkzj1ihe6NB9SEYDFWfty
    https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/glute-workout-6-ways-to-build-your-perfect-booty.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOlovjcKrEc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jua0PXZdgA

    I'm trying to prevent this right now. I started at 244lbs and i didn't have weights XD I'd been using 1ltr water bottles until a few months ago when i decided to buy some weights for my partner and myself. I imagine I have some muscle i can hopefully save while i lose which is why i started weight lifting straight away. I'm down 30lbs and my butts still there, it seems nicer than it was tbh, the cellulite's gone already o.o. So i'm hoping if i keep up my weight training it will stay there when i get to maintenance. Fingers crossed.

    You would probably need to gain very slowly to get the results you want and eat 200-250 calories more each day and i think you'd want to up your protein to 0.8 - 1gm of protein per lbs.

    Once you achieve the results you're happy with, you'd have to keep up the workouts to maintain it. So find a balance of work outs you enjoy =D I'd also invest in some weights =)

    I am having a huge issue with the protein, that may have something to do with it. I only get about half of that on a good day :(

    Just in case, since it wasn't clear to me whether you're all the way to goal weight or not: Protein requirements stated in terms of body weight can be calculated based on a healthy goal weight. We don't need extra protein to maintain extra fat mass.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    I lost mine too. Then built it back in a calorie surplus with hip thrusts and other money lifts.
  • Qskim
    Qskim Posts: 1,145 Member
    @bbell1985

    I'm old enough to remember you when you first started. Prior to bbell.

    Dedication shines through.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Qskim wrote: »
    @bbell1985

    I'm old enough to remember you when you first started. Prior to bbell.

    Dedication shines through.

    Aw! Thanks. Sometimes it feels like time is standing still with all of this.
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    When I'm thin I have no butt. I've never HAD a butt when thin. As a little kid I remember people complaining about my bony rear end if I sat in their lap. I was a jumper from elementary through high school track & field and I never, ever had a butt despite all the training. I was decent, too.. I just didn't have that nicely defined rear. Instead, pancake *kitten*. It never got "bubbly" when I got huge either. So I'm not terribly surprised it's nearly nonexistent now that I'm down to being a healthy weight again.

    The only irritating thing, to me, is that I have to wear a belt with low- or even mid-rise jeans to keep them up if they're at all loose. I guess I figure its not worth the effort when my entire family is full of flat-bottomed folks.
  • STEVE142142
    STEVE142142 Posts: 867 Member
    Bad news for you. Your genetics are going to determine how fast and where you lose the wait and the fat. Yes you can do exercises to tone it up but it will only help so much.

    Learn to embrace the new you congrats on your success so
  • tufntender
    tufntender Posts: 98 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    tufntender wrote: »
    There are tons of great youtube work outs to get the "best" results in building up the glutes and a few sites have some tips.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsTYPYsG5kQ&list=PLoWnyrj11_mBYkzj1ihe6NB9SEYDFWfty
    https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/glute-workout-6-ways-to-build-your-perfect-booty.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOlovjcKrEc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jua0PXZdgA

    I'm trying to prevent this right now. I started at 244lbs and i didn't have weights XD I'd been using 1ltr water bottles until a few months ago when i decided to buy some weights for my partner and myself. I imagine I have some muscle i can hopefully save while i lose which is why i started weight lifting straight away. I'm down 30lbs and my butts still there, it seems nicer than it was tbh, the cellulite's gone already o.o. So i'm hoping if i keep up my weight training it will stay there when i get to maintenance. Fingers crossed.

    You would probably need to gain very slowly to get the results you want and eat 200-250 calories more each day and i think you'd want to up your protein to 0.8 - 1gm of protein per lbs.

    Once you achieve the results you're happy with, you'd have to keep up the workouts to maintain it. So find a balance of work outs you enjoy =D I'd also invest in some weights =)

    I am having a huge issue with the protein, that may have something to do with it. I only get about half of that on a good day :(

    Just in case, since it wasn't clear to me whether you're all the way to goal weight or not: Protein requirements stated in terms of body weight can be calculated based on a healthy goal weight. We don't need extra protein to maintain extra fat mass.

    I am at goal weight, actually a little below. Upped my calorie intake and it went straight to my stomach where I have residual fat/ flab, so that is very undesirable to me. I probably took in more carbs too than I should have but I was/ am hiking at least 4 days a week. I started doing squats with small weights but idk....
  • tufntender
    tufntender Posts: 98 Member
    tomteboda wrote: »
    When I'm thin I have no butt. I've never HAD a butt when thin. As a little kid I remember people complaining about my bony rear end if I sat in their lap. I was a jumper from elementary through high school track & field and I never, ever had a butt despite all the training. I was decent, too.. I just didn't have that nicely defined rear. Instead, pancake *kitten*. It never got "bubbly" when I got huge either. So I'm not terribly surprised it's nearly nonexistent now that I'm down to being a healthy weight again.

    The only irritating thing, to me, is that I have to wear a belt with low- or even mid-rise jeans to keep them up if they're at all loose. I guess I figure its not worth the effort when my entire family is full of flat-bottomed folks.

    I did track in high school as well, long jump, 100 m and relay. Always had a butt. But, I haven't given up completely yet. Determined to do something, Genetics and history has proven not to be the issue, I suspect age has something to do with it. It is firm, still have some dimple in upper thighs, sigh...I just don't want to be skinny fat lol
  • tufntender
    tufntender Posts: 98 Member
    Bad news for you. Your genetics are going to determine how fast and where you lose the wait and the fat. Yes you can do exercises to tone it up but it will only help so much.

    Learn to embrace the new you congrats on your success so

    I am trying, but my mom is 71 and still has a nice butt lol.Ahhgh. I just got some kettlebells cheap at a yardsale lol, maybe i can do something with them. I am so clueless it is pathetic :#
  • tufntender
    tufntender Posts: 98 Member
    Oh, and I forgot to mention, I have no access to a gym, so no weight bench, any way to do hip thrusts without?
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    tufntender wrote: »
    Bad news for you. Your genetics are going to determine how fast and where you lose the wait and the fat. Yes you can do exercises to tone it up but it will only help so much.

    Learn to embrace the new you congrats on your success so

    I am trying, but my mom is 71 and still has a nice butt lol.Ahhgh. I just got some kettlebells cheap at a yardsale lol, maybe i can do something with them. I am so clueless it is pathetic :#

    The kettlebell swing should become your friend:

    https://www.onnit.com/academy/1-exercise-that-fixes-99-problems/
  • liftorgohome
    liftorgohome Posts: 25,455 Member
    I like the cable lunges and the forward push ups. Inventive.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,183 Member
    tufntender wrote: »
    Oh, and I forgot to mention, I have no access to a gym, so no weight bench, any way to do hip thrusts without?

    Sure. Look at the YouTube videos. Stable couch or chair - heavy, or backed up to a wall, is a fine bench substitute, for hip thrusts. Start with bodyweight for form, and add almost any manageable heavy household thing when you're ready to add weight. Eventually, you'll probably need real weights, but you can start without them.
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    Deadlifts for life!

    *Squats are so overexposed these days but yeah they're great too.

    Hip thrusts are supposed to be amazing but I honestly just can't be bothered.

    The hip thrust has changed my life... and my booty. Try it !! :)

    Me too, I had a flat but even before I lost a lot of weight. Hip thrusts helped me more than squats.
  • born_of_fire74
    born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
    Your butt is prolly hanging out with my boobs on the beach somewhere. They ditched me last year when I lost a mere 15 lbs. Didn't take much for them to pack up and leave. *kitten*.
  • Luna3386
    Luna3386 Posts: 888 Member
    Deadlifts for life!

    *Squats are so overexposed these days but yeah they're great too.

    Hip thrusts are supposed to be amazing but I honestly just can't be bothered.

    Heavy hip thrusts helped my deads out too.

    OP, I got back into lifting after hiking a lot and seeing some nice changes in my butt. Yay!
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Luna3386 wrote: »
    Deadlifts for life!

    *Squats are so overexposed these days but yeah they're great too.

    Hip thrusts are supposed to be amazing but I honestly just can't be bothered.

    Heavy hip thrusts helped my deads out too.

    OP, I got back into lifting after hiking a lot and seeing some nice changes in my butt. Yay!

    Meh... they didn't help me at all.
  • crooked_left_hook
    crooked_left_hook Posts: 364 Member
    I had a similar problem, but I started having pain in my left hip due to a torn labrum from running. I did 4 weeks of PT because I was diagnosed with the injury right before my vacation to Machu Picchu (last week). Then I spent 8 days climbing around 7 different Incan archeological sights and walking around in cities where all the streets are steep hills (like in the photos below). My butt isn't so flat anymore. Climb stairs, walk up hills, do one leg deadlifts, one leg hip bridges, and one leg squats and you should start to see some flute definition.
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    butt totoally non existent after losing over 100lbs.. hurts to sit :neutral:

    Me too!
  • richardpkennedy1
    richardpkennedy1 Posts: 1,890 Member
    Heavy weight training and more food