Muscle vs weight loss

fteale
fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
edited October 2 in Fitness and Exercise
So, now I have lost the weight, can I build muscle, or is that just, like, totally the wrong way round?

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Yes, if you're done losing, you can turn around and start building.
  • laddyboy
    laddyboy Posts: 1,565 Member
    Actually some people perfer to lean out 1st them build muscle. Just do low weights and high reps and you'll build lean muslce and not bulky (which is hard for women to do anyway).
  • marialynnporter
    marialynnporter Posts: 95 Member
    You can build muscle any time you want but now that you lost the weight you will see the muscles faster and you will gain some weight but remember muscle weighs more than fat.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    i'm not quiet there yet, but you might need to up your protein intake to help build muscles. as far as your caloric intake for maintaing weight while building muscle, i have no idea.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    You can't actually maintain weight and build muscle. Muscle has weight to it, if you add more, common sense tells you that your weight will increase. 130 pounds plus 2 pounds of muscle will never equal 130 pounds. Math is still math.
  • rhinojoe
    rhinojoe Posts: 21
    Math IS math, however you forget about the transformative miracles the body can perform. You CAN maintain weight AND build muscle by burning fat. You will just take up less space. 130 + 2 lbs muscle - 2 lbs fat = 130 lbs., but LEANER and SMALLER because the same amount of weight of muscle takes up less space than fat.
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    Save up 12$ and buy 'The New Rules of Lifting for Women'.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Math IS math, however you forget about the transformative miracles the body can perform. You CAN maintain weight AND build muscle by burning fat. You will just take up less space. 130 + 2 lbs muscle - 2 lbs fat = 130 lbs., but LEANER and SMALLER because the same amount of weight of muscle takes up less space than fat.

    Unless you are severely obese, that physically will not happen. To burn fat you need a calorie deficit, to build muscle you need a calorie surplus. If you eat a calorie surplus to build muscle when you are at a healthy weight like the OP is, you will not burn fat, and if you eat a calorie deficit or eat at maintenance, you will not build muscle, as you don't have enough excess body fat to make up the difference needed. And if it does happen it would take several months to see any change at all.
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