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beards73
beards73 Posts: 5
edited January 29 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,
My name is Marc and my current stats are as followed;

33yr Male
moderate activity level - As in I train at least 4 times a week (currently running Mike Changs 6 pack shortcuts prog)
waist 30" 164
height 5'7"
current weight 11st
body fat 19% (although this is based on home scales)

A few months ago I decided I wanted to bulk up however, prior to doing so, felt it best I drop some excess body fat aiming for a target of 15% (no particular reason for that figure).

I worked my TDEE to be around 2480 cals and BMR to be around 1640 (average after comparing on various online calculators) as such I averaged my calorie intake between 1600-1800 daily!

When I started out I was 23% body fat and 11 1/2stone so have definately improved, however cannot seem to drop below 19% on body fat..

I am halfway through this six pack shortcut programme which is pretty much high rep super setting and something I am enjoying so will maintain this for its duration which is approx. 4 weeks.

In order to shock the body I have started the KETO DIET and dropped calories to 1500 which I know is well under my BMR but was something I thought I would try to try and reach my 15% body fat goal...

My questions to you (and I apologise for how disjointed my post is) are:

1) Would you revert back to a calorie controlled diet plan or stick with Keto diet?

2) re above would it be best to increase calories back up to 1750-1800?

3) Would you scrap this altogether and just begin the bulking up? If I did this, baring in mind how low my calories have been - what would be a realistic increase to make?

I would appreciate all constructive feedback as I want to do this right. I have researched quite a bit, however a little bit of knowledge as they say is dangerous and I certainly feel i am in those realms at the mo'...

Thanks in advance
Marc

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  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    1. Keto is irrelevant. No difference in fat loss (big difference in water weight.) Personally, my lifting suffers greatly when I cut carbs, so I avoid any kind of low carb plan. It's personal preference. Base it on performance, or even just on food you like.

    2. Bulking and cutting is cyclical. How long you've been cutting will determine whether you should go ahead and start bulking or not. If you want bulk, bulk. Generally stick to an 8 week cycle for each, for consistency. As for calories, of you're bulking, you need to increase to about 200-300 calories over your TDEE.

    Also, are you sure you calculated your TDEE right? It sounds low to me.
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