Heavy Weight & Cottage Cheese(lactose intolerant)

[Guest guest]

Hey Ladies, I have good and bad news. Good news is I'm a whole lot

stronger than I imagined. But I'm starting off short(5 ft 1 in) and

very obese(300 lbs). Should I still push to lift the heaviest weight

I can as I increase my sets? For instance I did the leg press for the

first time today and was able to press 265 pounds. I chatted with a

personal trainer in the gym and he said I will look bulky and should

only use about half of the heaviest weight I can lift and use more

reps until I lose some fat. Was he right?

Bad news is: I brought a lot of cottage cheese, but DUMB ME, forgot

I'm lactose intolerant. go figure. when I eat the cottage cheese it

makes my nose and throat feel all congested. Looks like I wasted

money on this. Does anyone know if it will have the same effect if I

cook it? I don't seem to have much trouble eating cooked cheese in

moderatio so I'm hoping it will be the same for the cottage cheese.

Thanks Crimson

[Guest guest]

I want to smack that trainer in the head!!! It is ridiculously easy

to lose muscle. Lift as heavy as you possibly can and worry about

how " bulky " you look when you've lost a hundred and forty pounds or

so. Muscle burns fat. The more muscle you have, the easier the fat

loss will be. When you get to your goals, if you feel like you've

bulked up too much muscle (which IS possible, but not likely) THEN

reduce your weights. If you don't use muscle you lose it.

By the way, before I got pregnant, I was a size 8 and leg pressing

about 308lbs max. And I'm pretty sure there are a few women on this

board (sorry, can't remember who, please speak up!) who can leg press

darn near twice 265lbs, so I wouldn't worry much.

Congratulations on starting a program that works! Ignore meathead

trainers who think women should use fluffy pink weights and do 3

hours of cardio a day. Yay for you!!!

I'm afraid I can't help with the cottage cheese, I can't even begin

to imagine how horrible it might be to cook the stuff. ;P

Phoenix

> Hey Ladies, I have good and bad news. Good news is I'm a whole lot

> stronger than I imagined. But I'm starting off short(5 ft 1 in) and

> very obese(300 lbs). Should I still push to lift the heaviest

weight

> I can as I increase my sets? For instance I did the leg press for

the

> first time today and was able to press 265 pounds. I chatted with a

> personal trainer in the gym and he said I will look bulky and

should

> only use about half of the heaviest weight I can lift and use more

> reps until I lose some fat. Was he right?

>

> Bad news is: I brought a lot of cottage cheese, but DUMB ME, forgot

> I'm lactose intolerant. go figure. when I eat the cottage cheese it

> makes my nose and throat feel all congested. Looks like I wasted

> money on this. Does anyone know if it will have the same effect if

I

> cook it? I don't seem to have much trouble eating cooked cheese in

> moderatio so I'm hoping it will be the same for the cottage cheese.

>

> Thanks Crimson

[Guest guest]

There are tiny women at my gym who leg press over 200 lbs so I

wouldn't worry about bulking. However, consider you've lived a

sedentary life and have just starting lifting weights 265 is DAMN

IMPRESSIVE. You'll probably be pressing 400 by next year. They'll be

calling u little china. lol

> Hey Ladies, I have good and bad news. Good news is I'm a whole lot

> stronger than I imagined. But I'm starting off short(5 ft 1 in) and

> very obese(300 lbs). Should I still push to lift the heaviest

weight

> I can as I increase my sets? For instance I did the leg press for

the

> first time today and was able to press 265 pounds. I chatted with a

> personal trainer in the gym and he said I will look bulky and

should

> only use about half of the heaviest weight I can lift and use more

> reps until I lose some fat. Was he right?

>

> Bad news is: I brought a lot of cottage cheese, but DUMB ME, forgot

> I'm lactose intolerant. go figure. when I eat the cottage cheese it

> makes my nose and throat feel all congested. Looks like I wasted

> money on this. Does anyone know if it will have the same effect if

I

> cook it? I don't seem to have much trouble eating cooked cheese in

> moderatio so I'm hoping it will be the same for the cottage cheese.

>

> Thanks Crimson

[Guest guest]

Thank you ALL for the feedback. The next time that trainer tells me

to lower my weight I'll have a word or two for him. Crimson

> > > Hey Ladies, I have good and bad news. Good news is I'm a whole

lot

> > > stronger than I imagined. But I'm starting off short(5 ft 1 in)

and

> > > very obese(300 lbs). Should I still push to lift the heaviest

> >weight

> > > I can as I increase my sets? For instance I did the leg press

for

> >the

> > > first time today and was able to press 265 pounds. I chatted

with a

> > > personal trainer in the gym and he said I will look bulky and

> >should

> > > only use about half of the heaviest weight I can lift and use

more

> > > reps until I lose some fat. Was he right?

> > >

> > > Bad news is: I brought a lot of cottage cheese, but DUMB ME,

forgot

> > > I'm lactose intolerant. go figure. when I eat the cottage

cheese it

> > > makes my nose and throat feel all congested. Looks like I wasted

> > > money on this. Does anyone know if it will have the same effect

if

> >I

> > > cook it? I don't seem to have much trouble eating cooked cheese

in

> > > moderatio so I'm hoping it will be the same for the cottage

cheese.

> > >

> > > Thanks Crimson

> >

> >

> >