I try exercising to lose weight and instead of losing body fat, I seem to lose muscle instead???
81562
You should try strength training instead.  Using weights would help build muscle.
1069321
I have to say, I'm not sure what you're talking about, the way this is written!  If you're losing, it's because you're doing some cardio, which will burn away fat.  If you want to keep "your bubble" go for some walks, do some lunges, you can find these online when you go to "toning the legs and butt" they will show pics to show you how to do them, as the alignment is really important and it's easy to do them wrong.  There are many ways to tone, so look up some good sites, they're easy to find.
1103031
I'm in the same boat you are.  With out knowing the full extent of your exercise and diet I can't say a whole lot.  What I will recommend is a book called The Liver-Cleansing Diet by Sandra Cabot.  Your liver the the "pump fat out of the body" organ.  If that organ is not working properly it may retard your ability to lose weight.  Another factor to consider is not the scale, but rather the fat % I remember starting (again) to lift weights.  I looked at myself in the mirror and thought I was getting thinner, but the scale said nothing had changed.  The reason is, muscle is three times denser than fat.  For a more accurate measure of fat loss take measurements.  Use a piece of string or get a tape measure use for sewing.  Maybe even body fat calipers.  The fact that you are not losing weight does not mean you are not losing fat.   Another book I often recommend is Body for Life \nBy Bill Phillips.  Maybe your are not lifting heavy enough to gain enough muscle to burn the fat.  For what it's worth, my biggest hurdle to overcome is sugar!  I love it and it goes straight to my waist.
770198
After a person exercises, depending on how much they sweated and how intense the exercise was, their weight will drop by 1-5 pounds. That weight is not actual fat loss, it is just water weight and will be regained when they eat something and drink something (which they should be doing if they exercise). To lose actual body fat, the exercise has to be continuous over a long period of time (a month maybe), and the calories taken in has to be less than calories expended. \nAlso, exercise creates more muscle, so it is possible that when you regain the weight, it might be muscle weight. Muscle makes you look slim and toned even if your actual body mass is more than it was before you had muscle mass. So....muscle is good. Not TOO much muscle, but once or twice a week in the weight room with light weights will do you very well.\nIf you have any questions, contact me!
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good for you for not wanting to change what you eat - you're already on the right track: exercise!\n\nI recommend some all-body exercises: swimming and jump-rope.\n\nHowever I also recommend measuring your waistline or similar if you are trying to "loose weight" because you are most likely shedding fat but putting on muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat, so you are probably getting slimmer without loosing actual weight, which is perfectly normal and healthy.
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increase your cardio and you need to look at your diet very carefully.\n\nIf you're not eating the right things to lose fat, even with the added cardio..you're not going to lose the fat.\n\nincorporate weightlifting into your regimen.  muscle burns fat
610456
Fat cannot convert itself into muscle.You have to burn the fat by aerobics by simultaneously building up muscles with diet and strength training.
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anyways, here are the following reasons:\n\n1. when people say "weight loss," the mean a loss of fat and a gain of muscle.\n2. Since your trainer said you are only gaining muscles, i suggest you do home hard core cardio.\n\n    my suggestions is lay off the following: anything  involving weights will not get you to where you want to look  or be. You have to use the natural resistance of your body to gradually build up your core (the core is your torso and abs basically). Tell your trainer that you want to be trained in your core area. also when you are doing cardio, the legs are known to basically gain mass if you do a constant amount of running wihtout making it harder.\n\n3. Your state of mind. you have to realize your perception of your body and your state of mind may be different.\n\n4. Do not follow any diet plans. The only advisble thing to do is to eat smaller meals throughout the day. do not avoid breakfast!\n\n5. which part of your body do you feel is the larges?\ndo you feel you can lose weight in your breat area?\n\n6. the best type of exercise is generally being enrolled in "boot camp" style exercising courses.\n\nhope that helps.
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It doesn't sound like you need to lose much weight, if at all.\n\nFitness is most important anyway ... you can be very fit even if you're weight is a little higher than you'd like it to be.\n\nIt's also possible to be lighter, but less fit.\n\nYou can probably cut back on the aerobic stuff if you do it first thing in the morning -- that's when your body burns the most fat.  \n\nI'd do weights more often if I were you.   I do it three or four times a week, and I don't look like a bodybuilder.  I keep the weights pretty light, with high numbers of repetitions.  \n\nIf you do heavy weights with fewer repetitions, you'll start looking like a bodybuilder!  \n\nAlso, I rotate three types of weight exercises at the same time.  For instance, I do a set of shoulder presses, a set of bicep or tricep curls, and a set of an abdominal or leg exercise, all in succession.  Then I repeat the process, until I've done at least three sets of each.\n\nThis maximizes your time in the gym ... give you some aerobic benefit ... and gives you a total body workout that will leave you carrying your weight well, whatever the number on the scale is.  \n\nGood luck ... !
973366
If your weight is staying the same than the amount of exercise you do is enough. If you are gaining or losing weight then you have to adjust the amount of exercise you do accordingly. For more information on weight balance, visit http://straighthealth.com
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Fitness is not just about losing weight.  Like you say, you have built muscle.  Do your clothes fit better?  Are you down a size?  This should be very encouraging.  \n\nI've been on Jenny Craig for 9 months and have achieved my goal.  Now to maintain.  I've been doing cardio (spinning and walking every day) and now I'm facing doing resistance training because, as you know, your body plateaus on the same exercise over and over.\n\nWould it be possible for you to change exercise?  Instead of spinning, try the elliptical or walking or running.  Try that for 1-2 weeks and see if you start losing weight again.
711653
exercise adds muscle which makes you heavier. It is possible to gain weight from exercise, that is basically what body builders do.  Conversely you can lose weight by doing nothing simply from the deterioration of muscle.  That is what is going on with me right now. I have not exercised in months since my daughter was born but the pounds have continued to drop.  The difference is that my body is not toned like it used to be. I am thinner but I am out of shape.  Hopefully you're not!  And, based on what you've said you are concerned more about the number on the scale than the actual size and composition of your body.  As long as you are the size you want to be and you like how you look, the actual weight should not matter as much.  So unless you are actually growing fatter by exercising, which I think is impossible, you should keep it up.
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are you really working out properly and really dieting properly? Its a basic law of nature that you can't get more energy then you put in. meaning if you take in 1000 calories and workout to lose 2000 then your body HAS to take the extra 1000 calories from fat etc. Uneven fat lose from one side to the other does seem a bit odd. Is one side more dominant then the other? It could have larger muscles. Are your hips even most folks are not but yours maybe more so. Keep working at it
220643
try lifting weights. gaining some muscle raises the rate at which you burn calories, because it takes more energy to maintain muscle. and it will help you lose the weight.
994788
I think you have no idea how much your harming your body. If you want to lose weight, lessen your calorie intake and increase your exercise.
687642
well are you trying to loose weight or gain muscle....what is your goal....i can help u if u tell me your goal....email me!
36337
The advice you were given is not true at all. I've also heard people say if you life wieghts for a while and quit, the muscle will turn to fat. Not true! If you start working out and quit, you will be a little better in shape and are not prone to gaining more weight. Tell that person who told you that, they are full of it!