Thread: Losing some lbs

Some help would be greatly appreciated:

I am trying to lose 5 - 10 pounds but all in my lower half.

I am 5'7", and around 165 lbs. So by no means am i fat and have never been fat but when i gain weight i gain it all below the waist in my legs and ass.

What should i be doing other than running and trying to eat decent? Should I do high reps/low weight every time I lift?


any other tricks/advice?

Running isn't necessary. Large muscle compound movements - bench press, squats, chin ups, deadlifts are much more important. It all comes down to calories burned vs calories eaten. Running will burn a few calories but not a ton. Lifting weights and increasing muscle mass boosts your metabolism so you burn more calories all day, even when at rest. It's much more effective than knocking a hundred calories off here and there with running.

Don't worry... you aren't going to bulk up and look like a man. It's not that easy. You don't have the testosterone. (I am assuming you are a girl)