How to slim up without loss of muscle?
So, I don't know my weight as I don't have a scale, but I do want to slim up a bit, with no rush (currently size ten as a young woman). Keeping up a diet isn't the issue at all, and I have no trouble staying in a healthy deficit while getting 90 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. But I really struggle with getting daily exercise. Today I dragged myself outside to go on a 2 mile walk, but noticed my sweat smelled like chemicals afterwards. After looking it up, it seems like the strong ammonia smell originates from burning protein as energy; I obviously want to burn the fat on my body as energy. What am I supposed to do in this situation? What do I need to fix? Will I ever reach my goals if I continue my current methods?
Hi,
Perhaps it's best to try to focus on more weight-based exercises. Cardio burns everything, whereas weight exercises target specific muscle groups which has a greater tendency to burn the glycogen stores (fat) in your body because your muscles require the glucose for energy production. This will both maintain your muscle and simultaneously burn fat.
Dieting is great, you should keep up the high protein intake since it's essential to keep muscles at their size.
You don't have to go to a gym, you can buy some weights for at-home use, or look into calisthenics (SUPER fun super effective super enjoyable)
Perhaps it's best to try to focus on more weight-based exercises. Cardio burns everything, whereas weight exercises target specific muscle groups which has a greater tendency to burn the glycogen stores (fat) in your body because your muscles require the glucose for energy production. This will both maintain your muscle and simultaneously burn fat.
Dieting is great, you should keep up the high protein intake since it's essential to keep muscles at their size.
You don't have to go to a gym, you can buy some weights for at-home use, or look into calisthenics (SUPER fun super effective super enjoyable)
The recommended level of protein intake is 0.75 grammes per kg of body weight per day. Do you weigh 120 kgs?
Too much protein from animal sources is associated with kidney disease and cardio vascular disease.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457722000419
Are you on a Keto diet or a somewhat Keto diet?
Try adding as much Fenugreek to your food as you can. It's associated with increasing strength levels and making sweat smell sweet. It's also a spice that's a tasty addition to dishes such as curries and chilli-beans.
Beetroot is good for enhancing stamina.
Berries, cherries, watermelon are good for reducing muscle soreness after intense exercise, and they're delicious.
And eating anti-oxidant foods such as watercress will help with the oxidative stress that exercise puts on your body...
For most people in the UK, replacing a proportion of their junk and semi-junk food with a wide variety of delicious, unprocessed plant foods is enough to keep their weight and fat in the right direction. Or replacing fizzy drinks / booze with water...
Too much protein from animal sources is associated with kidney disease and cardio vascular disease.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457722000419
Are you on a Keto diet or a somewhat Keto diet?
Try adding as much Fenugreek to your food as you can. It's associated with increasing strength levels and making sweat smell sweet. It's also a spice that's a tasty addition to dishes such as curries and chilli-beans.
Beetroot is good for enhancing stamina.
Berries, cherries, watermelon are good for reducing muscle soreness after intense exercise, and they're delicious.
And eating anti-oxidant foods such as watercress will help with the oxidative stress that exercise puts on your body...
For most people in the UK, replacing a proportion of their junk and semi-junk food with a wide variety of delicious, unprocessed plant foods is enough to keep their weight and fat in the right direction. Or replacing fizzy drinks / booze with water...
Original post by Dunnig Kruger
The recommended level of protein intake is 0.75 grammes per kg of body weight per day. Do you weigh 120 kgs?
Too much protein from animal sources is associated with kidney disease and cardio vascular disease.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457722000419
Are you on a Keto diet or a somewhat Keto diet?
Try adding as much Fenugreek to your food as you can. It's associated with increasing strength levels and making sweat smell sweet. It's also a spice that's a tasty addition to dishes such as curries and chilli-beans.
Beetroot is good for enhancing stamina.
Berries, cherries, watermelon are good for reducing muscle soreness after intense exercise, and they're delicious.
And eating anti-oxidant foods such as watercress will help with the oxidative stress that exercise puts on your body...
For most people in the UK, replacing a proportion of their junk and semi-junk food with a wide variety of delicious, unprocessed plant foods is enough to keep their weight and fat in the right direction. Or replacing fizzy drinks / booze with water...
Too much protein from animal sources is associated with kidney disease and cardio vascular disease.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405457722000419
Are you on a Keto diet or a somewhat Keto diet?
Try adding as much Fenugreek to your food as you can. It's associated with increasing strength levels and making sweat smell sweet. It's also a spice that's a tasty addition to dishes such as curries and chilli-beans.
Beetroot is good for enhancing stamina.
Berries, cherries, watermelon are good for reducing muscle soreness after intense exercise, and they're delicious.
And eating anti-oxidant foods such as watercress will help with the oxidative stress that exercise puts on your body...
For most people in the UK, replacing a proportion of their junk and semi-junk food with a wide variety of delicious, unprocessed plant foods is enough to keep their weight and fat in the right direction. Or replacing fizzy drinks / booze with water...
No, I'm definitely between 57-60 kgs, but I thought since I have not currently found the motivation to use my muscles like I should be, 90 grams would be necessary to avoid muscle loss? But with all the conflicting arguments about losing weight healthily, I'm confused. One calculator told me I should be eating 150 grams of protein a day, and another told me to eat 45...I'm not on any sort of keto or low-carb diet; I mostly just focus on getting in protein and staying in a deficit. I truly love fruit and vegetables, so eating beetroot, cherries, and berries is no problem for me. Never heard of fenugreek or watercress, I'll look into it, thanks.
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