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I agree with everyone else here. Just cause you're a woman, does not mean you cannot lift heavy! I lift heavy myself and encourage other females to do the same. You will not get bulky by accident. Women who look like that train/diet purposely to get that way. Since you said you're new to lifting I would recommend looking…

I'm 5'0" my SW was 144.8 and my CW is around 133. My current body fat % is roughly around 28%. My GW is around 120-119 and that's because I want to have some muscle mass since I want a lean/slightly athletic physique. At 120-119 lbs I'd be around 18%-20% body fat. :) I lost the first 12 lbs by doing Insanity for two cycles…

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Congratulations!!! :D I'm short too (5'0") and just recently broke into the 120's weighing in at 129. It felt SO GOOD because I also plateaued at 130 for the longest! Good job and keep up the great work! :D

HUGE difference! Definitely inspirational!!! I'm def honna get this book! I already lift but might change routines once I'm a little stronger! :)

Hello! :) I ran your numbers really quick and you're definitely eating too little especially for your activity level. A good intro thread on how to calculate TDEE and everything is this one: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr I calculated your TDEE - 15%…

I'm actually doing Rippetoe's Starting Strength. I decided I wanted to focus more so on strength training initially and will move on to a hypertrophy routine like SL after I make some considerable gains with strength training. :) Thank you btw and I could not agree with you more now that I see the difference! :D

That's so awesome to hear!!! :D Glad to hear it! :)

Thank you ladies! :) I'm really motivated with lifting heavy and hearing about how my lifts are going to progress faster with proper nutrition and diet is exciting! I actually stalled on all my lifts for about a week and was getting frustrated. I had a feeling I wasn't eating enough but I guess I just needed that nudge to…

Thank you very much for your response and clarification both here and in my message! I'll do exactly as you said. :) I'll start with 1600 for now and once I plateau I'll up it by 100 or recalculate with cut value. Very excited to try out this new approach! :D

once you start a weight training regimen, it'll lay out how many days you'll be lifting. you can still do cardio with weight lifting but many say it's optional. i personally only do cardio on the days that i lift and it's only HIIT cardio which only lasts about 10-20 minutes depending on how much energy I have that day.…

If you've never weight trained before, I suggest starting a novice program. Popular ones among women are: - Rippetoe's Starting Strength (I'm currently doing this one) - Stronglifts - The New Rules of Lifting for Women (this one is very popular and I plan on trying it out eventually. it's a book that you can purchase.) If…

If you want to gradually up it, I've read to up it 50 - 100 calories a week till you get to your TDEE.

I calculated using the calculator from the top stickied thread in this group. Here's the link to the calculator: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html weight: 130 lbs height: 4' 11" workout 3 times a week so i used lightly active I also did it manually and it's about the same as what the calculator…

heyitsnani@hotmail.com thank you!!!

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edited to say i started my own thread for the question. :P

Haha! I love your thread title and I could not agree more!!! You look GREAT! Keep up the great work!!! :D

Hello! :) I have indeed calculated both. My BMR is about 1370 and my TDEE is about 1700 - 1800 depending on the calculation/calculator. So for now I've been eating slightly above my BMR. I plan to gradually keep increasing my caloric intake gauging it with how my strength training goes (if my gains stall or not) also by if…

Thank you everyone!!! :D I'm so glad I decided to lift heavy. :P It's made a great difference! dg09: i was actually pretty surprised to see that much of a difference in only a month with only a 4 lb. difference!!! i was pretty excited when i saw the pictures side by side! :P

The first thing for me was my face followed by my collarbones becoming more apparent and my bra size decreasing. The thing that's tough is everyone loses weight differently depending on their body shape, so results may vary. :P

I'm still a work in progress, but here are my photos. the picture on the left was taken while I was at my heaviest, before trying anything (144 lbs). The picture on the right is the most recent at 130 lbs. I'm 5'0" tall btw. I finished the first 30 days of P90x, finished two cycles of Insanity and ate at a calorie deficit…

So inspired by this thread!!! :) I just got barely got back into weight lifting heavy a few weeks ago and this further reminds me that if you keep at it, the results will be awesome! Thanks for sharing your pictures ladies!!! :D

I'm curious. If you input the data into that calculator I linked, do you get a higher or lower calories burned total than the formula you use gives?

Forgot to mention, I enter 30 VO2 max because after researching VO2 max I found out that females have a lower VO2 max than males and that the average VO2 max for a female is about 30. That's why I use 30, instead of the 35 they say to use on the site.

I do enter VO2 max, but I enter 30 because it says to enter that as default if you're a female and if you don't know your VO2 max. It gives me a lower number than my HRM. I do Insanity and the calories burned i get from my HRM is about 600-700 per workout, when I use that calculator I get about half that (around 300 cals…

I use a HRM when I exercise too and I honestly felt that the calories burnt I was being given on my watch was too high and kind of unrealistic. I've been using this online calculator and inputting my average heart rate and workout time from my watch into it. It gives a lower number, but I feel it's more realistic. Maybe…