Thread: Questions on "Skinny Fat"

Yes, weights will do wonders for overall health and fitness. You said you looked very small after losing weight and not very lean. Its probably because you cut weight too fast with too few calories and lost muscle as well as fat. Thus your metabolism slowed down and you gained weight back very fast. Read the stickies at the top and try to get your metabolism back up then work on your goals from there.

Thanks for the help. I'm going to try 2500 calories with 40% proteins like was suggested from the guide

I have one more question however. I enjoy cardio activities, mainly running, and also recreational activities like soccer on the weekend. I've read in some posts here that cardio and weightlifting aren't great friends. Am I simply replacing my cardio all together with weightlifting or is it still alright to do some? What' I'm currently doing is 30 min runs twice a week, nothing too fast, then two interval runs (like normal pace, sprint, normal, etc.) twice a week as well, all in the mornings. I feel great after I do them, I guess it's the heartbeat thing

Originally Posted by Tactics

Thanks for the help. I'm going to try 2500 calories with 40% proteins like was suggested from the guide

I have one more question however. I enjoy cardio activities, mainly running, and also recreational activities like soccer on the weekend. I've read in some posts here that cardio and weightlifting aren't great friends. Am I simply replacing my cardio all together with weightlifting or is it still alright to do some? What' I'm currently doing is 30 min runs twice a week, nothing too fast, then two interval runs (like normal pace, sprint, normal, etc.) twice a week as well, all in the mornings. I feel great after I do them, I guess it's the heartbeat thing

No way, weights and cardo are fine together and very good for fitness. But when you do alot of cardio its more difficult to gain muscle mass. But if your happy at the weight your at, than all those activities are encouraged. But what your doing isnt really excessive. If you ate enough, you could probably gain size while still doing your cardio.

for the most part I would seperate weight training and cardio sessions. if possible I would do several sessions of exercise over the course of the day vs doing it all at one time

Thanks again for the replies. I was planning to do 3 days cardio, and 3 days weights. Should I be doing my workouts more than 1 time a day? Also for my current weight, which I think is "normal" for me (150'ish pounds), is 2500 calories a good place to start for muscle building for my size? Or am I going too high to start? Again my current intake is around 1800 calories