Andon Jones

That's true, how would I lose muscle?

Yes I am in the US

The hardest part about all this weight loss and fitness stuff is everyone says there right and everyone else says the other person is wrong... I don't know who to talk to for help, I obviously am not doing a good job alone. Any ideas how I can find the educated fitness gurus? There is a fella at the gym I go to who is hired as a trainer, is that like who ya'll are talking about? Or is he too just tying to get something? An older buddy of mine at the gym was telling me he has and is going to school for this stuff so I will start there I think. If not, what about a physical therapist would he/she know anything to help me? Also not trying to beat a dead horse here, but why would the $10,000 scale which he lets us use for free, be a ploy and not a tool?

Why should I stop using the scale? I was told by the owner of the shop that because I was loosing muscle to lift more weights and to cut back on carido, so the gym in for weights and my bike is the cardio portion. if you are looking for specifics, I stretch , free weights (depends what muscles group i'm working on that day)- or when doing legs I squat, then calfs, then lateral pulls, leg curls, squeezes, then abs, forearms, and finish with a cool down of cardio. you burn a lot of calories when lifting is what I was told.

So I have been changing my routine up around once every few months to keep sanity. my routine is this. Mornings I ride my bike for as long as I can 2-ish hours work at a ranch till it gets too hot to work out side 1pm around there then honestly take a small nap... (most the time) go pick-up my Dad from work then he and I go to the gym for 1.5 hours and go home. Sleep repeat. I have gained as much muscle as I lost idk why that's so far fetched but it's true. every week I get on a special scale at a local supplement shop that measures body fat% muscle %, even how much each limb weighs so I know what is happening, and what to focus on.

My name I Andon, I am 20 soon to be 21 and I have been loosing weight to go on my mission. This is mainly a post so I can get a little advice I am very lost right now... So right out of high school I had all my papers ready got all the doctor stuff done, met with my bishop and stake pres, all was good then got pulled aside my my bishop and he told me I had to lose a lot of weight before I could go. I was hurt sure, but that night my Dad and I signed me up for a gym. I have been working out for a year now and have lost 85lbs of fat. I needed to loose 50, BUT here is my problem the way things have been going for me is all the fat pounds I loose I gain in muscle their for my BMI (Body Mass Index) stays the same and this is the exact situation where the BMI is flawed in my opinion. But that's what the missionary board goes off of. So I have no idea what to do now, all my friends are gone on their adventure of the Lord and unless I grow 6'' taller I can't go. I don't want to do anything other than a FULL mission. I REALLY want to share the gospel for real ya know? I want to serve SO bad, I have worked so hard, everything has fought me the whole way and I just can't take it any more! I know the gospel is true I have read the BOM, PMG, gone to mission prep, loved seminary, but despite all of my work I am still not wanted. (sorry if that seams mellow dramatic but it's how it all looks to me right now) I talked to my stake pres, and he went to the missionary board but they just said I can't go until I hit that overall weight number... The way I see it right now I can stop all this and go with my plans I had after I got off my mission, and my family will hate me for it and I will always have to tell the story of why I didn't go on a mission for the rest of my life. Or keep doing this for HOW long? When I first stared this I was full of faith and confidence, but to be honest with you now I have never felt worse about my self than I do now.