Maintainance or deficit?

frankie671

Hey! So these are my stats: height - 4ft 11, weight - 120lbs, BMI about 24, TDEE 1,600, strength train 4x a week, 1x hour of dance a week, walk 12,000 steps a day on average. In order to lose fat and gain muscle with StrongLifts should I be eating at maintainance, deficit or actually eating extra calories? I just started the programme but have been strength training for a while now. Also a very active person generally thanks for the advice in advance! x

mzbek24

I would eat maintenance, or if you want to do a deficit, a very small one so that you've got plenty of energy to fuel your workouts and for optimum recovery. I put my stats into Scoobys workshop accurate calorie calc and selected lose fat gain muscle as the goal, I eat at maintenance and so far so good (I'm on my 7th week of Stronglifts) http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

frankie671

Thanks Mzbek! How are you getting on? have you noticed changes in your body yet doing maintenance and with StrongLifts? Also, do you do any other strength training besides SL? x