What's the best diet you've ever had for losing weight and muscles?

[Anonymous]

So basically the thing is, I want to lose 8 kilos. But because I used to do running for years when I was younger, my body builts up muscles extremely fast. Like if I cut down my food a little bit and start exercising even the slightest, my body will just built up muscles. Something I don't want. I want to get at 50 kilos (I'm now 58kilos, and height 1,64) and once there I will start to exercise to tone my body when it's going to be thin.
So do you have anything to suggest? What should I do? What is the best diet you've ever tried?

[Cosmic_S]

Yoga! It is total body, it balances your core, it makes you more flexible, and its an low-intensity workout that uses your weight against you.

[Asker]

Agree... How about pilates?

[Flex4Ever]

Why would you not want muscles?
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Honestly^

[Asker]

Ewwww first of all I don't even have that much of muscles, but I fear that if I exercise I will get like that, and I would hate that!!!

[Flex4Ever]

You don't even like the physiques on the right?
And muscle takes time to build. You can exercise and feel your way through and just slow down and take it easy when you think you become a little too muscular according to yourself.

[Asker]

No I don't like even the physique the girls on the right have. Too much muscle. For me thin and slightly toned bodies like the ones Victoria's secret models have are perfect. I know typical, but they indeed have the best bodies in the "fame " industry? I guess..

[BertMacklinFBI]

losing weight AND muscle? hahaa all cardio and less and less food everyday baby.

[Asker]

Really?

[BertMacklinFBI]

that's what happened to me a long time. I lost nearly all my muscle definition, lowest I got was 164, holy shit. now your genetics are different to mine so this may not effectively work for you but if you have not attempted it yet then its worth a shot, just run for exercise, any cardio really that doesn't require much resistance, like if you have the option then run straight, don't run uphill. and just eat casually.

[Asker]

I have tried running and my legs got even more toned! Besides running was the kind of exercise that built up my muscles in the first place... The only thing that kinda slimmed me down was blogilates. Which is basically pilates and some cardio...

[BertMacklinFBI]

well running will tone your legs because your body needs to be able to handle the toll that running takes on your body, so you will gain a little bit but you won't continuously keep gaining if you don't add resistance. you will stop at a certain point and remain there. another option is to not exercise at all, just eat only when you're hungry but don't eat a lot and your body will.. slowly decompose, as in lose muscle and fat. but this isn't a good way to get smaller, your bone density will weaken, your body won't be surviving on much except itself and what little you feed it. I also believe your immune system will falter, its just not good for your body ya know but if you really have a goal in mind and your genetics are working against you then you either accept it and find a new outlook on life or try certain methods to get what you currently want.

[Asker]

I see... I was only eating 1.200 calories per day and eventhough at first I lost like 2,5 kilos, then all of a sudden I gained 2 kilos. What that was, I don't even know. So know I'm pretty frustrated and want those 8 kilos off!!

[BertMacklinFBI]

well I don't know your body type but 1,200 is really low, you probably lost weight initially due to the lack of calories, and then when you gained it all back, what did you do? eat junk food or something similar? cause restricting your body of the required calories it needs to function properly will force your body to hang on to your fat deposits for emergency energy when needed, ANNDDDD when you do consume more calories during this time then your body basically says "OH THANK GOODNESS FOOD!" and it goes straight towards more energy preservation, aka fat deposits. your mind and your body are not one, your body has a mind of its own too so you have to trick it. people call that "starvation mode".

[Asker]

No, I didn't change anything. I was still eating 1.200 per day and I just gained weight. That's why I lost my mind!! Because I was like, I'm starving myself here, counting calories all day and all of a sudden I gain weight?

[BertMacklinFBI]

its most likely your body putting more energy into the fat storages in case of emergency, if you eat enough and make the right food choices then your body will function properly and it will then listen to what you tell it to do. nutrition is key to getting the body you desire but if you lack knowledge in nutrition then you may only be holding yourself back even further everyday. from what I know, I can honestly say that what you are doing is unhealthy and it is the reason you cannot reach your goals.

[I_am_repulsive]

All I do is arc exercise/treadmill for 30 min and 15 min of weight lifting and I usually lose 2.5 lbs per week