Need an Advice !

fatimaelmustafa

Iam on week 6 of stronglifts, 5'2 my starting weight was 124lbs, my goal was to gain strength lose fat and hopefully gain some newbie muscles!
I knew getting results was not going to be easy hence my goals maybe mutually exclusive as some would say, BUT I didn't know i'll end up 8 pounds heavier!!
On the first 2 weeks i kept my calorie intake around 1650 but i was miserably hungery all the TIME!! And i was still gaining weight, the lifts where so hard to pull although i was just beginning with bar weights!
I got frustrated of being tired and hungry so I started adding calories, this time too bad i wasn't counting just estimating. Maybe i ended up eating 2000 calories a day. Which was supposed to be my TDEE mantainace according to an online calculator.
So what do you guys think? should i let go the recomp idea and start Cut/bulk cycles.. if i cut my lifts will suffer and iam just beginning, if i bulk i'll get way heavier than I could mentally handle
Regarding lifts I started with bar weights my results currently are:
Squat: 48 kg (105 lbs)
Deadlifts: 63 kg (138 lbs)
Bench and OHP: 23 kg (50 lbs)
Row 30 kg: (65lbs)

pinggolfer96

Why cut while doing strong lifts? You will keep progressing if you stay at a slight surplus. Here's my question.....when are you competing? Do you have to lose weight for a show? Does your body image make you money by looking a certain way? Unless you can answer yes to those or you're obese and your health is in danger, there's no reason to go into a cut. I would say maintain what you are doing and just slowly progress in weight and strength. 8 lbs in 6 weeks isn't a lot, especially since a lot will be more glycogen and water retention due to increased exercise and overall calories. I would say go in a slight surplus though and not a recomp phase hoping for newbie gains. It's not efficient

fatimaelmustafa

pinggolfer96 wrote: »

Why cut while doing strong lifts? You will keep progressing if you stay at a slight surplus. Here's my question.....when are you competing? Do you have to lose weight for a show? Does your body image make you money by looking a certain way? Unless you can answer yes to those or you're obese and your health is in danger, there's no reason to go into a cut. I would say maintain what you are doing and just slowly progress in weight and strength. 8 lbs in 6 weeks isn't a lot, especially since a lot will be more glycogen and water retention due to increased exercise and overall calories. I would say go in a slight surplus though and not a recomp phase hoping for newbie gains. It's not efficient

Thanks for the reply! .. and to answer your questions, no i don't plan to compete or anything. but will going on a surplus + SL help me lower my body fat percentage without having to cut in the future??!!
My weight is in the healthy range but i do want to lower my body fat percentage.

ajnb88

Feed your growing muscles. As they grow and work, they'll be taking more from your reserves, and you'll be pushing them harder. It's a glorious cycle that tends to lead to fat loss and muscle/strength gain. (As long as you don't overdo it)