lose weight while building muscle?
is it possible to lose weight while building muscle because, 2 weeks ago i started lifting, and i made my diet really strict, not intending to starve myself, but it seems 2 weeks ago i was 164 and now im 159.. is this counterproductive to my muscle building?
Re: lose weight while building muscle?
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Originally posted by HiFi
lose weight while building muscle?
Possibly if you had an excess of fat and dropped 10lbs of fat and gained 5lbs of fat burning muscle - net loss of 5 pounds. Which is feasible in 6-8 weeks... certainly not 2 weeks. If you are down 5 pounds in 2 weeks it could be several things: your scale is f'ed up, you were holding major water, you weighed at different times of the day, you are not eating correctly and are catabolizing muscle tissue, ... and on and on...
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Originally posted by Warrior
Possibly if you had an excess of fat and dropped 10lbs of fat and gained 5lbs of fat burning muscle - net loss of 5 pounds. Which is feasible in 6-8 weeks... certainly not 2 weeks. If you are down 5 pounds in 2 weeks it could be several things: your scale is f'ed up, you were holding major water, you weighed at different times of the day, you are not eating correctly and are catabolizing muscle tissue, ... and on and on...
I would have to agree, make sure you weight yourself in the morning before you get any fluid or food in you. This will give a very acurate measure of your weight. Also I think if you did that in 2 weeks I would say it was mostly water. IMO
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