Questions about training with weights and fat loss........

[ksharp01]

I am most likely being impatient and will have to come back in another month or two to let you know.

I didn't get chucky over night so I know I can't expect to lose it over night but I do get impatient. I just didn't want to keep doing things one way and in 3 months get told I was doing it all wrong.

 

[youngguns]

I dont' recall saying anything about tone but I sure as hell don't want to just build muscle under fat.....ewww!

I always laugh at this, the more muscle you build, the more efficient your body is at burning fat. I honestly would rather tell people to lift heavy and do NO cardio, than do tons of cardio and no weights.

AHHHH girls dont understand it at all, not at all....

"I dont want to get bulky"

Ok well since your test is at 0.1 mg a year, the only way your ever going to get bulky is on steroids.

Or...

"I want to tone"

Ok stop eating bagels for breakfast and french fries for lunch, lose that fat to SEE the muscle, your muscle is going to look a certain way no matter how you lift, it cant "mutate" into a certain shape.

Heavy Lifting= Growth
Dieting= Seeing the growth, simple as that.

 

[the-short-one]

about a month now and to be honest I have gotten away from counting my calories but if any they are probally to low. Cardio, depends...if I do the eliptical thing I can only hang for about 10 minutes and if I am on the bike, pretty much full speed for 30 minutes--treadmill I can't do anymore that is what stopped me before.
When I was young I was hit by a car, broke my left femur, was in traction and well as a result that one leg is slighty shorter (nothing you can see by just looking at me) but my foot ended up with a HUGE knott that was bruised..couldn't walk for some time so I have been staying away from the treadmill.

oh and I also take thermoxin, glucorell r, sesapure, and a multi vitamin.

I am just getting conflicting suggestions on how I should weight train. Some say do the pyrimid, some say back down and do more sets, and some say do less sets at max weights.
Like I said, I can tell that I am building muscle but under my fat.

your problem lies right there. you need to start putting things into fitday again to make sure you are right on track. Your problem right now is in your diet - Like Daisy Girl said.

1. put your cals in fitday to see where you stand
2. make sure your macros are on target. you may be taking in too many carbs - the trips to subway, for instance
3. make sure you're eatin smaller, frequent meals and not going a large part of the day without eating

Protein with every meal. I cannot stress this enough. Imagine a plate with the sections in it. the big section should be make up of protein. the two smaller sections should be carbs and a fat source. (I know subway is mostly carbs. they put very little meat on their sandwiches) Also make sure you're getting vegis in there a couple of times a day.

 

[*Bunny*]

Dang girl the femur breakage makes me ache!

I think Frisky is awesome and is probably giving you great advice. What does she think about your diet?

I like what you're, I think you should stick with it and takes notes how that works for you.

I do agree with DG that Diet should be the primary focus.

Maybe start paying a little bit more attention to cals & get those in

 

[feisty11975]

I always laugh at this, the more muscle you build, the more efficient your body is at burning fat. I honestly would rather tell people to lift heavy and do NO cardio, than do tons of cardio and no weights.

AHHHH girls dont understand it at all, not at all....

"I dont want to get bulky"

Ok well since your test is at 0.1 mg a year, the only way your ever going to get bulky is on steroids.

Or...

"I want to tone"

Ok stop eating bagels for breakfast and french fries for lunch, lose that fat to SEE the muscle, your muscle is going to look a certain way no matter how you lift, it cant "mutate" into a certain shape.

Heavy Lifting= Growth
Dieting= Seeing the growth, simple as that.

ok...I am gonna compliment you and bitch you out at the same time. hahaha

You are giving great advice. The changes will not appear overnight. She knows this. We are working out together and I am surely pushing her to get all her sets and reps in. We are learning together.

and stop saying crap about GIRLS!! I am gonna keep your booty blacked out if you keep it up! tee hee hee

 

[Sassy69]

Check the "Are you new to EF Women's Board - START HERE" sticky. Everythign we are tellign you is in that sticky.

We can give some guidance if you can post up your diet and the info that comes out of fitday.com - total cals & macros - then we have something specific to talk about instead of the high leve discussion - we need the details. "I probably don't eat enough" doesn't give us anything to work with specifically.

General guidelines to check yourself on based on what you get out fitday.com :

- total cals should prob be around 12x your currently bodyweight.
- macro ratios - a great & very broadly usable ratio is 40% protein / 30 % fat / 30% carb.

Does your stuff line up w/ that? what do you eat specifically?

 

[youngguns]

ok...I am gonna compliment you and bitch you out at the same time. hahaha

You are giving great advice. The changes will not appear overnight. She knows this. We are working out together and I am surely pushing her to get all her sets and reps in. We are learning together.

and stop saying crap about GIRLS!! I am gonna keep your booty blacked out if you keep it up! tee hee hee

K sorry, it's probably more of a flirty thing, me bashing on em...
But ya, It's just I've heard it all soooo many times before ahhh, it's like if your female (not talking about you guys here), it gives you a ticket to know nothing about the gym and diet!!!
But the women on here are obviously smarter than the average girl...

 

[the-short-one]

K sorry, it's probably more of a flirty thing, me bashing on em...
But ya, It's just I've heard it all soooo many times before ahhh, it's like if your female (not talking about you guys here), it gives you a ticket to know nothing about the gym and diet!!!
But the women on here are obviously smarter than the average girl...

...and she asked this is the women's forum - not CHAT. If you have specific advice to give that is worthwile, great. If not, please shush.

 

[velvett]

I think my diet is pretty good, I just dont the exact calories. I did do the fitday but to be honest, I am embarrased to say but I didn't understand all that macro stuff. and it seemed so hard to find the food I was looking for, never sure if I had the right food and I couldn't always add it in by scratch because I didn't know. I never wanted to admit that because I have never seen anyone else compain about it.

Write down everything you eat in 4 days from now post up here 3 full days of what you eat and drink. Also take note how you feel during the day - upon waking, before and after meals, after training and just before bed.

And don't be embarrased - no one learns without asking questions.

 

[*Bunny*]

Write down everything you eat in 4 days from now post up here 3 full days of what you eat and drink. Also take note how you feel during the day - upon waking, before and after meals, after training and just before bed.

And don't be embarrased - no one learns without asking questions.

^^ to add to that when I 1st used fit day I was like WTF I am so annoyed I couldn't find anything... then i decided well, i'll just use the 'add a new food' feature which allows you to customize everything sure it took some time, but every label of every food I just logged it as 'custom' so i wouldnt have to search, and now it's no problem. You just have to take some time and set it up to be easily assessible. It is your friend (eventually).

Im glad you pointed that out b/c i am SURE you are not the only one that has had any questions about it.