Entering my first cut.

kazane1

Hi all I’ll be entering my first cut at the end of this month as I’ve been bulking for 5 months now and I’m kinda going in blind..
At the moment all I know that I’ll be doing is cutting my calories by 250 and keeping the protein the same and I’ll also be sticking to the same workout aiming to still progress and make strength gains.
Has anyone got any tips or advice for cutting? Any interesting facts or general guidelines that could help me both mentally and physically? Thanks all!

livingleanlivingclean

Don't expect strength gains continuously or consistently.

It's just a phase of restricted calories... Heading over to the weight loss section of the forum would be a better place to get tips

Silkysausage

But you've changed your routine so many times and cutting so early, do you expect to see anything?

TavistockToad

kazane1 wrote: »

Hi all I’ll be entering my first cut at the end of this month as I’ve been bulking for 5 months now and I’m kinda going in blind..
At the moment all I know that I’ll be doing is cutting my calories by 250 and keeping the protein the same and I’ll also be sticking to the same workout aiming to still progress and make strength gains.
Has anyone got any tips or advice for cutting? Any interesting facts or general guidelines that could help me both mentally and physically? Thanks all!

Have you actually figured out maintenance now then?

andreaen

I would highly recommend laying out a plan of goals in terms of how much and how fast you want to lose. For example that you want to lose 15lbs in 30 weeks. With the deficit you have now you should not expect to lose more than 0.5 lbs per week, but with that smaller deficit you might also keep more of your strength and muscle mass. Also if you have an activity monitor I would recommend keeping a track of your NEAT, as your body tends to trick you into expending less energy by walking a little bit less and doing less random movements when you are cutting.

kazane1

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

Don't expect strength gains continuously or consistently.

It's just a phase of restricted calories... Heading over to the weight loss section of the forum would be a better place to get tips

Thanks!

kazane1

Silkysausage wrote: »

But you've changed your routine so many times and cutting so early, do you expect to see anything?

Yeahh I was still doing some sort of routine before doing this PHAT routine and I have been doing this PHAT routine for 2months now. So I will see some results because I have put on muscle.

kazane1

TavistockToad wrote: »

kazane1 wrote: »

Hi all I’ll be entering my first cut at the end of this month as I’ve been bulking for 5 months now and I’m kinda going in blind..
At the moment all I know that I’ll be doing is cutting my calories by 250 and keeping the protein the same and I’ll also be sticking to the same workout aiming to still progress and make strength gains.
Has anyone got any tips or advice for cutting? Any interesting facts or general guidelines that could help me both mentally and physically? Thanks all!

Have you actually figured out maintenance now then?

Yeahh I have. My calorie intake routine and goals are all on lock now

kazane1

andreaen wrote: »

I would highly recommend laying out a plan of goals in terms of how much and how fast you want to lose. For example that you want to lose 15lbs in 30 weeks. With the deficit you have now you should not expect to lose more than 0.5 lbs per week, but with that smaller deficit you might also keep more of your strength and muscle mass. Also if you have an activity monitor I would recommend keeping a track of your NEAT, as your body tends to trick you into expending less energy by walking a little bit less and doing less random movements when you are cutting.

Great, thanks for the pointers I’ll be sure to apply them

sardelsa

This is an interesting sticky thread which I actually forgot about:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10320115/cutting-techniques-post-bulk/p1

And while I do agree that cutting is mainly just eating in a deficit, your goal is going to be to maintain as much muscle as possible as you lean down (not everyone trying to lose weight has that goal). Also.. depending on how lean you want to go, it can get very very grindy. At that point different techniques can be utilized to help.

kazane1

@sardelsa
Awesome! Thank you