This is very helpful.
Also, I think just about everyone in my local area is a member of the gym I go to - and there are plenty of fit, pretty women around who aren't wearing very much. But, then there are a lot of unfit women, who also aren't wearing very much, so it kind of evens out I suppose.

The link the OP gave us doesn't work anymore

Is this I_love_muscle from world fitness forum?

Yes it is Different avatar, same person

Oh, this is stroutman81 if you didn't know.

Yeah, I read a few posts and you were giving such solid advice to everybody I knew it had to be you

Thanks

What brings you into this neck of the woods? Not that I mind!

I joined up a couple of months ago and thought I should start posting

Although I don't need weight loss. I need muscle gain

We talk about muscle gain here too.

We talk about everything, really.

Yeah, I've been going through a lot of the threads and I'm really enjoying it over here

It's good reading!

"Developing muscle is a very effective way to drop body fat as
muscle burns many more calories than fat"

But you say you cant develop muscle while...loosing fat because they are contradictions. (deficit and surplus of calorie intake).

If you really and truly honestly just want to LOOSE WEIGHT just be less of ones self no actual increase of anything unsightly (like bulking up (which I am also aware you say we cant/wont do)) - just ..decrease but as quickly as possible.

Which do we do - just a mixture of activities - is yoga better than doing weight training because it avoids the bulk (beca or ...how do we know what is better than other exercises than others- For ourselves (because you say its individual)?

Context means everything in this case.

If a person is new to weight training or carrying a good bit of excess fat, concurrent fat loss and muscle gain is a very real possibility.

You're trying to peg this to something much simpler and cleaner than it really is.

I like to say this:

Proper nutrition AND exercise (cardio AND resistance training) work in synergy.

Good nutrition = A
Resistance training = B
Cardio = C
Total Health and Good Physique = D

A+B+C=D

Take A, B, or C out of the equation and you are operating sub-optimally and giving up unique benefits associated only with the dropped variable.

Can you lose weight without lifting weights?

Certainly. Losing weight is a function of being in a chronic/consistent energy deficit, meaning, more calories out than in. This deficit can be established however you see fit.... less food, more activity, a combo, etc.

Will you look good only eating less without exercising?

Probably not, unless you are genetically blessed. And if you were, you probably wouldn't be here.

If the number on the scale was all that mattered, this would be a VERY simple process. Unfortunately for some, total health and appearance matter more than the scale and those things require a balanced approach.

It's lose.

And gaining muscle and losing fat simultaneously does happen. It simply shouldn't be expected, especially the more trained you are or the less fat you're carrying.

well...i believe weights training do help women look sexier. However, looking at those hardcore women bodybuilders i would really think twice...

rene

Those hardcore bodybuilders are also hopped up on drugs too so there's no reason to think twice.