Hello everyone
I am 5'11'' and weigh 320 lbs. I am on a 1100 calories a day diet as I need to lose about 90lbs or so. My daily protein intake is less than 100 gms. I started HST about a month back.
My question is - should I even bother with HST or any weight training routine until I am close to my target weight? I am asking this because from what I have read on other posts and in general, it seems if I am not taking in enough calories, esp protein, I am fighting a losing battle while weight training. Even though my goal is to gain muscle mass, I don't know if this is possible while dieting severely - as I also need to lose a lot of weight. I have also read that when you are trying to lose weight by cutting calories, the body starts burning muscle so weight training to increase muscle mass in this state seems contradictory.
Any advice/suggestions are really appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Sach
I am 5'11'' and weigh 320 lbs. I am on a 1100 calories a day diet as I need to lose about 90lbs or so. My daily protein intake is less than 100 gms. I started HST about a month back.
My question is - should I even bother with HST or any weight training routine until I am close to my target weight? I am asking this because from what I have read on other posts and in general, it seems if I am not taking in enough calories, esp protein, I am fighting a losing battle while weight training. Even though my goal is to gain muscle mass, I don't know if this is possible while dieting severely - as I also need to lose a lot of weight. I have also read that when you are trying to lose weight by cutting calories, the body starts burning muscle so weight training to increase muscle mass in this state seems contradictory.
Any advice/suggestions are really appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Sach