Strengh Training...YES OR NO ???

[Jachut 487]

That's so true - when I use the leg press machine in the gym I lift on the heaviest possible weight that it can do - which is about 200kg. I have never been hugely overweight but boy do I have some muscle in there, it astounds me when little, normal sized women (I'm five ft 10) get on and put the machne on the third of fourth pin hole down and I come along and put it on the 20th, lol.

My thoughts were exactly the same - I'm strong from being heavy, if I can just keep that muscle......

That's in the lower body though, my shoulder strength is pathetic!

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) as you lose, you will lose some of that muscle no matter what you do, as your body just wont have the constant drain of carrying weight around. Even if you work out, your muscles wont have as much work to do if you're 100lb or more lighter.