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Losing weight, no muscle concern..

warren3224 Posts: 49 Joined: 2008/04/13	2008/05/14, 05:16 PM Ok I have gone through the basic workouts. Kept my diet in check. Switched my cardio around from high and low intensity, HIIT, and its all worked out well. Im around 205-210 now. Which is down from 235 that I weighed on Jan 1. The lifting part is where im concerned. I have done basic splits that look like: Mon- Chest/Tri/Abs Wed- Legs/Abs Fri- Back/Shoulders/Abs I usually do about 3-4 excercises per muscle. I have also done full body workouts 3 days a week. I have all the muscle I want. In fact, I wouldn't be upset if I lost some. I know for most that is a little strange. I want to get to 180-185. I would like the majority of my weight loss to be from fat of course, but like I said, if I lost muscle too, no big deal. I keep reading that lifting is the best way to burn fat, but it seems like im keeping the weight because im gaining muscle, which I do not want. Should I just go with cardio and skip the weights for a while? Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2008/05/15, 07:52 AM Cut your calories, you can't build muscle on a deficit.
warren3224 Posts: 49 Joined: 2008/04/13	2008/05/16, 10:01 AM So then should I keep doing weight training as well. Im around 1800 calories right now. What should I go to? 1500?
Pemdas Posts: 973 Joined: 2004/07/22	2008/05/16, 10:28 AM 1500!!!! dude I would be starving at 1800 nevermind 1500. At 200+ you should be shedding weight like crazy. I am concerned that you have been starving yourself and now your metabolism is shot. How much were eating before you cut calories? You have the right idea that weight train will help weight loss, but your split/routine is less than optimal or even adequate for that matter.
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2008/05/16, 11:19 AM If you're at 1800, then I'd suggest a weekend refeed and then cut to 2000. Use the refeed to eat a shit-ton of calories of foods you wouldn't normally eat. Also, what I see is that in 5 months you've lost 30lbs. I'd stick with what is working, and 6lbs a month is working just fine. -------------- SQUAT MORE ~Jesse Marunde Blood Guts Sweat Chalk
warren3224 Posts: 49 Joined: 2008/04/13	2008/05/16, 01:45 PM Yeah im staying in the 1800 range but there are alot of days where I get sidetracked and go over in one area so I undercut another. For example I might go over fat by 15-20g so I keep my carbs or protein down a little that day. I was shedding weight pretty rapidly until I hit 215. The first 20 came off fast. And its been rough ever since. I knew it would get harder but my cardio sessions are longer and tougher since then, I have been adding in HIIT a couple times a week and my calorie intake is the same. So I would figure that since im working harder in the gym the weight would keep coming off at a decent pace but its just not so. What would you say is the best resistance workout to do for weight loss? Thanks for the help