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Recomposition: Maintaining weight while losing fat
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Hi @griffinca2 here is what I work from-
Research is showing a minimum of 1-1.2g/kg body weight for older people.
There is also research indicating that we do better when eating 20-30g at a time, rather than 10-15g.
Also we may benefit from eating protein separate form carbs.
There are numerous differing thoughts.
I am not a big day time eater so have a protein bar for breakfast, yogurt or cottage cheese for lunch, meat or fish at dinner.
I aim for 100g a day, which is probably a bit high as I weigh 100lbs -I don't like hitting under 80g. If I am short for the day I mix a 20-35g protien drink before bed.
I am not am incredibly scientific person, but what I am doing is working for me.
I have my macro setting at 40carb, 30protein, 30fat on MFP, but I haven't logged for a long time.
I know my daytime eating gives me a min of 50, my dinner is 30-40 and I just top up with the protein drink.
Hope this helps a bit.
Cheers, h.
One of many articles on sarcopinia....
https://www.iofbonehealth.org/preventing-sarcopenia1 -
griffinca2 wrote: »Need some advice on re-comp. Having trouble figuring out how many cals (pro/carbs/fat) I should be eating to increase muscle and reduce fat; info for re-comp on MFP says one thing and then another when you plug the info into MFP. I'm older (middle; I'm a little older than you), so I know more protein is a must (but how much?). MFP has me at 1460 cals, 50% carbs, 20% protein, and 30% fat. I figure, that because of my age 20% (73 g) protein would make it next to impossible to increase muscle (that’s not even the min of .8 g per lb of body weight). I’m basically happy w/my weight (adding a lb or two wouldn’t hurt); just trying to gain muscle and reduce body fat some. Many thanks for your help.
Also remember that the MFP 1460 is on days you do no exercise and match the activity level you selected.
On days you do more - you eat more.
And if not accurate on the activity level - probably should be eating more anyway.1 -
ppsuemon, I weigh 116 (+/-), am 5'3", and body fat is @ 23% (want to get down to abt 21%. Don't want to go too low; doesn't look good on older women. Been tracking for about year and half or so; missed a few days here & there but have been pretty consistent. Question is how much protein should I be eating (and possibly cut back on the carbs)? Many thanks.0
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griffinca2 wrote: »ppsuemon, I weigh 116 (+/-), am 5'3", and body fat is @ 23% (want to get down to abt 21%. Don't want to go too low; doesn't look good on older women. Been tracking for about year and half or so; missed a few days here & there but have been pretty consistent. Question is how much protein should I be eating (and possibly cut back on the carbs)? Many thanks.
If 1460 is your maintenance then 25% protein will hit 90g which is 1g. I would aim for 25 to 30% as it puts you in the 1.5 to 2.2g per kg of weight.0 -
middlehaitch wrote: »Hee hee @DebSozo, thank you.
You may think different when you see the 'official' (non nude or undies) pic. Good base to work from though.
Got to say, being so small, I find recomp draining. I am thinking of defecting to a bulk. Light enough, and been doing resistance work long enough, that I think I may get better results. Adding 10lbs would be hard but probably good for me.
@griffinca2, I didn't know that. When I got in the car 'I am the walrus' was playing, hence the thought transition.
The start for improvements......
Cheers, h.
You look INCREDIBLE!1 -
ppsuemon, Many thanks! I'll change the macros. Have a great weekend!0
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griffinca2 wrote: »ppsuemon, Many thanks! I'll change the macros. Have a great weekend!
No problem. And close on that name0 -
Oops; sorry abt that (one too many ps). Do better next time.0
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A question for the people on here with experience with recomp!
I am almost at goalweight, and I am actually considering to stop maybe a bit (1 lbs?) above that. With my current deficit, I lose about 1-1.5 lbs every 5 weeks, so reeeeaaally slow, almost eating at maintainance. I am about 3 lbs away from my original goalweight.
I'd like to tone my legs, back and upper arms a bit more. I train them and they are fairly muscled, but to see more toning you have to lose bodyfat % right? But on the other hand: There isn't so much left to lose in some places, my chest is starting to look bonier than I'd like. So maybe it would be better to continue to eat in a slight deficit (or maintain?) focus on more chest exercises and try to pack on muscle on top of the ribcage there? I know spotreducing isn't a thing, but I'd still like to hear your opinion about the best way to tone up while avoiding a bony chest..
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@Mariekegetsfit
You can feel where the upper margins of your pectoral muscles are quite clearly - is your "bonier than you would like" part of your chest are above that margin? Typically upper ribs and clavicle area.
Obviously you can target (or emphasise more) certain muscles - incline bench press for example to hit the middle/upper part of your pecs.
As for calories, being in such a tiny deficit or actually maintaining isn't going to make a huge difference to your training results.
In the end there may have to be a compromise between what you want and what your body will allow you to do. Pesky genetics!4 -
Mariekegetsfit wrote: »A question for the people on here with experience with recomp!
I am almost at goalweight, and I am actually considering to stop maybe a bit (1 lbs?) above that. With my current deficit, I lose about 1-1.5 lbs every 5 weeks, so reeeeaaally slow, almost eating at maintainance. I am about 3 lbs away from my original goalweight.
I'd like to tone my legs, back and upper arms a bit more. I train them and they are fairly muscled, but to see more toning you have to lose bodyfat % right? But on the other hand: There isn't so much left to lose in some places, my chest is starting to look bonier than I'd like. So maybe it would be better to continue to eat in a slight deficit (or maintain?) focus on more chest exercises and try to pack on muscle on top of the ribcage there? I know spotreducing isn't a thing, but I'd still like to hear your opinion about the best way to tone up while avoiding a bony chest..
I just wanna put my view for only the bony chest part... And please correct me if I'm wrong!
If you're talking about losing volume over that "bony area" while you're also losing weight/ having measurement changes over time, chances are you're losing fat over there and there's no way to control it (I knew this cuz sadly it happened on me too...). Now you can certainly start to train your pec major and increase the volume by doing so, but those are muscles, not the same fat that used to be there (or around the area). That means it's not just gonna be harder for us females to increase the volume (cuz it's muscle...), it's also gonna look different than before...
I am in a similar process as you now (close to my goal weight and still have some areas that I'm not satisfied yet). My upper chest (clavicles to 1st-2nd rib area) is always bony though even when I was 20 lb heavier, but now it's literally like all bones covered by skin. This is all determined by our genes, so I'd say pick one and go for it. Either stay like where you are now or focus on muscle training and keep going...1 -
Thank you both for your replies!!
You can feel where the upper margins of your pectoral muscles are quite clearly - is your "bonier than you would like" part of your chest are above that margin? Typically upper ribs and clavicle area.
Obviously you can target (or emphasise more) certain muscles - incline bench press for example to hit the middle/upper part of your pecs.
I don't mind my clavicles sticking out, but yes it's my upper ribs that are showing through as well now that I lost fat. There was never much in that area to begin with either... But if I go with your description and look at pictures of the pectoral muscles, I guess *some* improvement could be made with training them.
Based on your advice, I think that for now I will continue with my tiny deficit until goalweight and focus more of my training on the chest-area. If this doesn't help, I can always veryyy easily decide to gain a bit back (and hope that this will be the area that fills up..)
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Question regarding maintenance calories and fueling our workouts and recovery in recomp.
I am using MFP'S numbers for maintenance and fitbit for exercise adjustments. MFP says 1790 for me: 41 female, lightly active, 5'5", 135lbs, 23-25%BF (macros set for 40c, 30p, 30f). I am currently doing week 10 of Strong Curves beginner program on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays (with 15-20minutes cardio after). Mondays are my rest day, Wednesday and Saturday I usually have long walks (with short sprints) of 4-5k along with about 30minutes of cardio (dance). Typically, with my adjustment I'm getting a calorie goal of 1950-2400 depending on the day.
I workout at night. Best time to fit it into my schedule is the window between my daughter getting ready for bed and actual lights out. So between 8pm and 930pm. I'll usually have a small snack and protein shake after my workout and before I go to bed.
My question is, should I be eating slightly more the next day after a workout where my workouts are so late? Currently I'm eating more the day of because that's how my fitbit adjustments work. Should I ignore the adjustment the day of a workout and count it towards the next day instead?0 -
@capaul42, it gets very confusing adjusting everyday.
Personally I take my average fitbit HR over a few weeks. My long term weekly average calorie burn is 22500, so divide that by 7 and that gives me my daily burn, so I aim to eat a little more than that for a slow bulk.1 -
Question regarding maintenance calories and fueling our workouts and recovery in recomp.
I am using MFP'S numbers for maintenance and fitbit for exercise adjustments. MFP says 1790 for me: 41 female, lightly active, 5'5", 135lbs, 23-25%BF (macros set for 40c, 30p, 30f). I am currently doing week 10 of Strong Curves beginner program on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays (with 15-20minutes cardio after). Mondays are my rest day, Wednesday and Saturday I usually have long walks (with short sprints) of 4-5k along with about 30minutes of cardio (dance). Typically, with my adjustment I'm getting a calorie goal of 1950-2400 depending on the day.
I workout at night. Best time to fit it into my schedule is the window between my daughter getting ready for bed and actual lights out. So between 8pm and 930pm. I'll usually have a small snack and protein shake after my workout and before I go to bed.
My question is, should I be eating slightly more the next day after a workout where my workouts are so late? Currently I'm eating more the day of because that's how my fitbit adjustments work. Should I ignore the adjustment the day of a workout and count it towards the next day instead?
I personally eat more on my lift days so I have more protien in my system and I have more energy to do the workouts, especially for the lifting0 -
@capaul42 - if you can keep it straight there's nothing wrong with flowing one days needs into the next day.
On hard lifting workouts that actually can makes sense because the repair is the next 24-48 hrs.
But - it can get confusing if you don't have good method - and inadvertently start causing a deficit when you really don't desire it.
That's when the weekly avg TDEE method mentioned above works well.
Or you create a food called Make-up calories, with a serving being negative 100 calories.
At end of one day you see how much you were short, and right then go log on the next day however many servings makes that number of calories.
That increases the daily goal so you don't have to do the math later.
I still have a negative calorie food - so hoping they still allow you to make it. I made the macros of the food match what I desired, easily make it match 40/30/30.5 -
@capaul42 - if you can keep it straight there's nothing wrong with flowing one days needs into the next day.
On hard lifting workouts that actually can makes sense because the repair is the next 24-48 hrs.
But - it can get confusing if you don't have good method - and inadvertently start causing a deficit when you really don't desire it.
That's when the weekly avg TDEE method mentioned above works well.
Or you create a food called Make-up calories, with a serving being negative 100 calories.
At end of one day you see how much you were short, and right then go log on the next day however many servings makes that number of calories.
That increases the daily goal so you don't have to do the math later.
I still have a negative calorie food - so hoping they still allow you to make it. I made the macros of the food match what I desired, easily make it match 40/30/30.
Thank you! That is perfect. It was the repair window I was worried about since I do workout late at night. I will try the negative calorie food, hopefully it still works.0 -
I had to go and look to remember.
I made an adjustment food that has positive calories, perhaps because that's all I could do.
But then made a Meal out of that food with negative serving size.
So I can go to Meals and select it and there's the block I needed for a refeed day.
So just make adjustment food of 100 cal and other stats.
Then when you log it - use negative servings.
287 cal short for the day, then log -2.87 servings for next day.
Bam, daily goal goes up along with carb/prot/fat goals.2 -
Or you can make a fake exercise and call it something like "Surplus calories exercise".
I have a food called "deficit calories not eaten" that I can use when I set my calories on maintenance but want to eat at a deficit for a certain day.4
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