Cutting for my wedding

creepa07

Hello, I have been training for 8 years all wieght lifting over that time my goals have constantly changed I have always battled with my wieght since being a teenager by this I mean Weight gain, I am now looking to cut I am currently around 14.7 stone 33 years old 6ft 2, I have been dropping my calories which are now down to 1700 200g protein 110g carb and 30g fats I Train 5 days a week purely muscle, my only concern now is that I start to drop my calories even more to try and lose the wieght which will then cause me to lose muscle as well, I am really stuck and want some advice on what to do, do I just introduce cardio
Thanks in advance

Buff_Man

1700 seems a bit low, 500 calorie deficit is a max I think. As long as you get at least 0.8g per lb bodyweight your muscle will be fine. You just need to keep a consistent calorie deficit. Add cardio if it helps

creepa07

Thanks for the advice

Justin_7272

30g of fat is also considered too low for your stats, which could lead to issues (hormonal imbalance, mental clarity, etc), so you should focus on increasing this, regardless of whether you add calories.

creepa07

I was having cheese and almonds not together but I removed them from my diet to cut more calories

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L1zardQueen

You have a lot of round numbers in your food diary. Do you use a food scale or just sort of eyeball the amounts?

Congrats on your upcoming wedding

pierinifitness

May I suggest reducing your strength training to 3 days a week and a daily walk of 60 minutes? Believe it will give you better results that you seek. Of course, the three days of training need to be of the "tough as nails" variety. Rest and recovery are your friends in your journey.

PoundsOfJules

I have a long way to go before some of these questions but there's an article that seems like it could help you out a bit.

http://physiqonomics.com/muscle-strength-loss-diet/

Hope it helps. Congrats on the wedding!!

creepa07

Thanks guys and yeah I wiegh everything even my scoop for the protein I am introducing a protein bar high in fat and adding 1 more egg this will put me around 1800 230g protein 120g carb 45g fat going to 2 days cardio see how I get on

Justin_7272

creepa07 wrote: »

I wiegh everything even my scoop for the protein

Your numbers are way to precise to be weighing everything. And you have your apple listed as 1 apple. Weigh everything.

L1zardQueen

Justin_7272 wrote: »

creepa07 wrote: »

I wiegh everything even my scoop for the protein

Your numbers are way to precise to be weighing everything. And you have your apple listed as 1 apple. Weigh everything.

This^^^ It must have been a small apple.