How do I go about body recomp?

lucyholdcroft363

I'm eight pounds from my goal maintenance weight! Rather than bulking and cutting cycles, I'd like to begin 'body recomposition' once reaching my goal but I have no idea how to! Here are a few questions I have but any additional information would help...

1) Do I eat to maintenance as I would if I were choosing to stay the same. For example, my TDEE is around 2700, would I eat that amount?

2) How should my macro ratios be?

3) How slow is the process? Would lifting more often or incorporating more cardio help? How should my exercise schedule be?

Hornsby

start here.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

FitPhillygirl

There was good advice on this topic here as well: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10194357/re-comp-or-bulk#latest

feisty_bucket

lucyholdcroft363 wrote: »

1) Do I eat to maintenance as I would if I were choosing to stay the same. For example, my TDEE is around 2700, would I eat that amount?

That would be a standard maintenance thing to do. "Recomp", as I understand it, means basically a compressed bulk and cut cycle. Usually one day up, the next down. Or overeating post-lifting and then fasting once a week. Or whatever, point being you're calorically flat after some period of time.

2) How should my macro ratios be?

That's a religious question, sorry.

3) How slow is the process? Would lifting more often or incorporating more cardio help? How should my exercise schedule be?

Another iffy question. It's pretty slow, yeah. IMO, the best order is: get lean > get stronger > get faster.
Then don't stop 'til you're dead.