Balancing fat loss and muscle gain

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Old female fatty here. How do you balance fat loss with muscle gain? Or is it an either/or thing?

I have lost 25 lbs over the last 5 months, consistently exercising and eating in a calorie deficit but am now faced with the dreaded plateau. Do I have to decide to work on just fat loss or just muscle gain? Can you ever balance the two? Obviously my primary goal is weight loss, but I also want to be stronger and healthier.

Thanks!

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fat loss is primarly from diet.

muscle gain comes from lifting heavy and eating in a caloric surplus.

what i suggest is getting on a legit lifitng program. I would suggest pen and paper strength app...grasshopper, house of the rising buns or lets get peachy. prolly best just to run them in that order.

eat in a 250-500 calorie caloric deficiet and make sure oyu get abotu 1g of protein for every lbs of bodyweight.

do that consistently....well you will make huge progress over time.

if you are at a plateau...you are not eating in a caloric deficit. up the daily steps or lower the cals...up to you.

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If you have hit this plateau, my advice is to hide the scale and start using your clothes tell you the story. Keep up the exercise! You will see your body start to change composition which will lead to fat burn.

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This must be where I am. My clothing is definitely looser and I'm losing inches. I guess Patience is one of the hardest parts of this equation.

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My clothing is definitely looser and I'm losing inches.

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That's awesome!!!!!

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Born in 1991

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Oh that's adorable! No, I graduated LSU in 1991, so def old