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Men for some reason can often get away with getting fairly lean while just doing weights, but for women they do usually have to do both. I'd hypothesize that it has to do with the fact that women in general have less caloric requirements, so the cardio allows you to eat more and be less miserable while dieting than you otherwise would be. Men can kind of just cut calories, but it's not as painful for us because we have naturally higher caloric requirements.
This has been said multiple times in the subforum before, but men tend to do different weightlifting workouts than women. As I said earlier, the women who tend to have those ideal bodies are doing most of the same workouts men are doing, but often with more focus on the lower body.
I've never understand how yoga is considered a form of fitness since it seems to me to be stationary and meditative rather than physically intensive (ex: cardio workout). Pilates is offered in my area during a time when I'm at work so unable to attend. But, I could purchase a pilated dvd or pull it up online now that I think about it and get the workout that way. Thanks for the suggestion.
buy some cheap pilates equipment for the house. like a pilates ring and stretch ropes with handles... these work fast and you might just see results..
You must be at caloric deficit in order to lose fat/weight.
You can lose body fat by being at a caloric deficit, which can be done by:
1# Eat less than the calories you burn per day (calorie intake - (*BMR + expended calories))
2# Do some cardio that helps you burn more calories than you need in a day
3# Increase your BMR by weight training. This causes your basal metabolic rate to increase, which increases the amount of calories you burn at rest!
*BMR - BASAL METABOLIC RATE (Calories burned at rest) - you can figure this out with a machine at the gym or doctors or you can count calories for a few weeks and estimate what your BMR is.
Counting calories is a tool for your fitness and nutrition toolbox. It is something you can do when you want to cut down in body fat. It is a misconception that cardio is the best way to lose weight! Counting calories is the fastest and most efficient way to cut down the fat and keep the muscle you have.
Loosing 1lb of fat per week is a good way to lose fat and conserve muscle!Many people believe counting calories is a tedious tasks and it can be at the beginning when you have never done it before!
After awhile you do definitely get used to it and it actually becomes convenient, because all your meals are pretty much made and set out for you!
For the most part, you can just eat pretty healthy year round with some cheat meals and outside food on occasion.
1.Dexa Scan
2.200-300 less cals than TDEE (Keto or low carb diet)
3.HIIT(Sprints 3-4 times a week)
4.Get your Iodine in as well as other micronutrients.
Buy pants that fit better. Muffin top's usually a symptom of wearing pants that are too tight and too low cut for your figure.
Sure, but at the time you bought those pants, you had no muffin top because the pants fit you just right. Then maybe 2-3 years later, you're wearing the same pants, but now you have a muffin top, which means you gained some belly fat.
The way I did it was to run to work instead of driving.
Nice, but doesn't work if you drive across a bridge and pedestrians aren't allowed on bridges. And if your commute is already long by car, running will take forever to get there.
Reading a Redbook magazine yesterday, I saw an article stating belly fat is only water weight which is from eating salty foods/snacks. I thought it was stored fat that for some reason I can't get my body to burn it for energy. A thread on Health & Wellness touts intermitted fasting (IF) to lose weight / burn fat but I already do this and it hasn't diminished my love handles at all.
I dont know if am fat or skinny fat https://imgur.com/a/v611yhn
Can I build large muscles on a calorie deficit? Or do you suggest a lean bulk where I gain little more fat?
This has been said multiple times in the subforum before, but men tend to do different weightlifting workouts than women. As I said earlier, the women who tend to have those ideal bodies are doing most of the same workouts men are doing, but often with more focus on the lower body.
Forgive me but I'm not sure I'm following the point you're trying to make. My post was related to women often needing a combination of weights and cardio in their fat loss programs, while men can often get by on just weights (at least until they get to about 10% or so). I'm not really sure how the type of weightlifting workouts they do really factors in. Perhaps there's some context from earlier in the thread that I've forgotten/am missing? My post you quoted was from a few months back so I don't quite remember.
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How to start, track, and correct your calories for maximum diet progression
