Need help and or some advice Any advice !

Cowboycc1990 · May 2018

Ok so i'm currently 5'5 and a little chubby and would love to start losing weight or gaining weight by building muscle but the thing is i am a beginner and i'm not sure what anything means when it comes to healthy eating and portion control any and all advice is helpful even if its a few recipes to get me started

thank you in advance

Cody

mmapags · May 2018

You don't lose weight by building muscle. You lose weight by eating fewer calories than you burn. Developing muscle is great for fitness and exercise can help burn some calories. After some initial newbie gains, you won't gain muscle in a calorie deficit. But you can keepmost of what you have and that is better than losing muscle as you lose weight.
Plug you numbers in here, set a reasonable deficit and follow that for a month. Adjust based on results. Follow a proven well designed strength training program for fitness and muscle development.

Cowboycc1990 · May 2018

awesome thank you for your input I'm ok with being heaver as long as its muscle not fat

AnnPT77 · May 2018

This thread has good information about strength training programs to build muscle:

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you

If you want to stay around the same weight, lose fat, and gain muscle, that's called "recomposition", and there's a thread about it here (including some info about nutritional/eating needs):

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat

Cowboycc1990 · May 2018

Annpt77 thank you i will be checking out thoes links!

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