Newbie!

ehudspith9691 wrote: »

42 yr old, relatively active, a one time FitBit community user which I found motivational, but the transferred to an Apple watch about a year ago and eventually took the plunge to use Fitness pal in combination with it. Looking to drop fat but up Muscle content due to my Ectomorph biological design and a "cuddly" area appearing around my mid section. Looking for inspiration and motivation from this community and see what goes on.

Gaining muscle and losing fat have opposite requirements in that losing fat requires a calorie deficit and gaining muscle requires a calorie surplus. Generally the best you can do is to prioritise one and try to minimise the impact on the other. So if trying to lose fat you'll be in a calorie deficit to initiate fat loss while employing a lifting program to maintain as much muscle as possible.

As for being an 'Ectomorph', there's no such thing. Somatotypes are a long debunked pseudoscience that was actually a part of the field of psychology. It was proposed that 'body type' could predict temperament and personality. It's about as valid as palm reading or phrenology.

This community is great and I credit the information I've gleaned from here as a big part of my successfully losing weight. Pay attention as there a lots of people here who've gained lots of knowledge over the years. The great thing about this community is that it's quick to jump on useless nonsense and call it out

G'luck

Here's the low down on what sounds like a recomp you want to do, and how it can work.

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

You can do it!!