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Old January 19th, 2007, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tanyav83 View Post
Hi everyone. I'm new to this website, but I stumbled upon it and thought I'd voice a concern of mine. So I had been jogging every night for the past few months and I lost 8 lbs before January 1. I joined Gold's Gym on the 1st and I've been working out at about 5 days a week. I usually go on the elliptical in the cardio zone and keep my heart rate up to about 165-170 the whole time for 45 minutes, and then I usually do about 20 - 30 minutes of strength training. One day I'll do legs, the next arms, abs, etc, rotating the different muscle groups. I have been eatting very healthy, consuming about 1,200 to 1,300 calories a day. Since I started working out pretty steady in the gym I have not lost even a pound. I am confused by this a little. I am 5' 6" and I weight 180, female by the way, and I am pretty muscular too. Has anyone experienced this before? I know muscle is more dense than fat, and so if fat is turning to muscle then there could be no weight loss/maybe a weight gain. But then again I thought the only way to build musicle was if you were eatting excess calories and I am not. Please, any input would be great. Thanks!
The body can do funny things when you first introduce it to resistance training. Beginners can actually add muscle while in a caloric deficit. That said, how certain are you that you are eating 1200-1300 calories per day? If you are certain, then how consistently do you eat 1200-1300?

And the above post is correct, fat does not turn into muscle.
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