What happens if I eat at maintenance ?
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From my personal experience recomp is more difficult from a higher BF%. I think your steep cut is contributing to losing more mass than you want to lose. Based on your other posts it seems you have a good lifting routine. I would consider a smaller deficit 250-500 and continued lifting. You'll lose weight slower but hopefully retain more mass.0
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From my personal experience recomp is more difficult from a higher BF%. I think your steep cut is contributing to losing more mass than you want to lose. Based on your other posts it seems you have a good lifting routine. I would consider a smaller deficit 250-500 and continued lifting. You'll lose weight slower but hopefully retain more mass.
I'm losing around 0.5-1.5 lbs per week. Isn't that slow already? I thought this was the healthy range.0 -
viren19890 wrote: »From my personal experience recomp is more difficult from a higher BF%. I think your steep cut is contributing to losing more mass than you want to lose. Based on your other posts it seems you have a good lifting routine. I would consider a smaller deficit 250-500 and continued lifting. You'll lose weight slower but hopefully retain more mass.
I'm losing around 0.5-1.5 lbs per week. Isn't that slow already? I thought this was the healthy range.
You claimed that you are at a 1000 calorie deficit, that should be 1.5 to 2 lbs per week. If you're only losing .5 to 1.5 per week then your actual deficit is actually 250-750 per week. If you want to minimize muscle loss then keep the deficit small and lift. I didn't say you're losing at an unhealthy rate, but was trying to address your concern of losing mass.
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Some people keep losing once they eat at maintenance but I sure as hell isn't one of those people.0
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Recomp is wonderful! That said: it's a VERY SLOW process and for those who are used to the mini-victories the scale brings, it can be a very disheartening. Stick to your calorie counts, weigh everything, hide the scale...and start measuring for progress.0
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jessicarobinson00 wrote: »Recomp is wonderful! That said: it's a VERY SLOW process and for those who are used to the mini-victories the scale brings, it can be a very disheartening. Stick to your calorie counts, weigh everything, hide the scale...and start measuring for progress.
this!
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viren19890 wrote: »From my personal experience recomp is more difficult from a higher BF%. I think your steep cut is contributing to losing more mass than you want to lose. Based on your other posts it seems you have a good lifting routine. I would consider a smaller deficit 250-500 and continued lifting. You'll lose weight slower but hopefully retain more mass.
I'm losing around 0.5-1.5 lbs per week. Isn't that slow already? I thought this was the healthy range.
You claimed that you are at a 1000 calorie deficit, that should be 1.5 to 2 lbs per week. If you're only losing .5 to 1.5 per week then your actual deficit is actually 250-750 per week. If you want to minimize muscle loss then keep the deficit small and lift. I didn't say you're losing at an unhealthy rate, but was trying to address your concern of losing mass.
Yeah something is off in my calculations or I'm overestimating the activity level. According to my deficit level I expected to have lost 24lbs in 12 weeks since I started the process but I lost around 19 lbs. I did lose size every week from here and there though.0
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