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Gain Muscle Weight - Lose Fat Weight

dmpease Posts: 5 Joined: 2003/08/05	2003/08/22, 06:54 PM Everytime I start back lifting I gain weight. However, I never get back to the weight I started at (and wanted to lose weight from that number to begin with). Question: So when do you actually start to lose weight?
timbaland Posts: 192 Joined: 2002/12/23	2003/08/22, 08:47 PM What is your workout routine? To lose weight you'll have to analyze your diet. List that too.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/08/22, 11:00 PM Instead of looking at your weight, consider measuring yourself and looking at BF%. These are much more meaningful than a number on the scale. Hope this helps and good luck. -------------- You can walk to anywhere you want, it only takes time. Ivan Montreal Canada (aka SpongeBob Square Pants to some!)
dmpease Posts: 5 Joined: 2003/08/05	2003/08/22, 11:57 PM I have a lifting program four days a week. I do approx 30min cardio on the same day, unless I have a softball game the next evening. I figure my jogging on the field in the hot sun and sprints around the bases would work okay. I have also began myoplex shakes after my workouts. As far as BF%, if my starting weight was 127 during my first lifting expedition and I am now on my fourth at 134 - I would like to be back to 125. UGH!
azredhead57 Posts: 1,651 Joined: 2003/04/11	2003/08/23, 03:14 AM Muscle is more dense than fat so the more muscle you have the more you will weigh. Carivan is right, go by your measurements and not the scale. I've had to accept that if I continue to lift heavy and build more muscle I will look thinner but may never get to 150 although I will have less body fat and wear a smaller size. -------------- ~Victoria~ ...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills