I'm I on the right track?

EHinata

EHinata

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I believe I'm on the right track to make my goal by June 12th but I'm not sure. I have lost already 46 lbs and have 50 lbs to go. I started my weight loss journey on September 5th and lose about 2.4 lbs a week. That's the average from the begining. I am exercising 40 mins a day, treadmill at a 2 incline, and eatting roughly 1200 cals a day. Tommorow I'm starting weight lifting with my manager, she's a stick and says we will use 10 lbs weights, I would do that like three times a week. I'm I doing good or is there something else I ought to be doing to help myself.
 
Sounds great to me, but I am no expert & just starting myself. I just had to say congrats on all that you have achieved so far. Inspiring!

Good luck with meeting your goal. Sounds like you know what you are doing & are determined!
 
In the most loving tone possible, when it comes to lifting... go heavy or go home! 10lb weights are really not going to do anythign for you. And I promise, you don't have to worry about bulking up. Don't get me wrong, if a woman wants to there are ways around genetic nature, but it's nothing that's going to happen to you.

I lift hard, I lift heavy, and I lift often. All that's happened is... i've lost weight! Weight lifting is second only to nutrition in terms of fat loss. In fact, if I had to choose lifting over cardio, I'd choose lifting anyday. Keep in mind as well, a lb of muscle takes up 3 times less space than a lb of fat.

I will say this as well... you need to up your cals, or you will not reach your goal. Your body will get to a point where it goes into survival mode and will start storing fat. Up the cals slowly as to not confuse your body and you'll probably see your fat loss accelerate.
 
10lb free weights for a woman just starting weight lifting is actually pretty good I think, its obviously alot different if you were using machines. As long as you focus on proper form, it sounds like a good start point to me. :)
 
If you have any program where you say "i'm going to only use X lb weights" the concept is faulty. You should be lifting according to each lift. A woman really has very little need to lift any differently than a man with the same goals.
 
Well especially for someone just starting out, Im just saying that anything more than 15lb free weights is probably going to be pretty heavy for a woman, and you will end up sacrificing form to try to finish the reps. Some muscle groups might be stronger or weaker than others and she may want to adjust the weight, so I see what you are saying there. But in my opinion going to heavy is a mistake with freeweights...
 
Go as heavy as you can handle. if 10 is all you can handle, that is completely okay. However, you can't just use 10lb dumbbells forever and get anywhere at all. All it will do for you is make you more proficient at using 10lb dumbbells.

For someone to say "we're going to go lift weights, and we're using 10lb dumbbells" it means they have no intention of customising or increasing.
 
I completely understand where you are coming from, you should increase how much you lift as you get stronger, I was just saying that since she is a beginer it sounds like a good starting point. If someone is completely new to lifting and they start too heavy they could really hurt themselves.
 
"heavy" is subjective. someone's "heavy" might be someone's warm up weight. If 10lbs is heavy, then so be it. But 10lbs is never universally heavy for every exercise.
 
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