Should I Cut , Carb Up or Bulk?

RubyRunner14
RubyRunner14 Posts: 148 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
Hey guys! So... I've been doing low carb for a month now, finally well adapted and doing well, even destroyed a running pr last week. My weight hasn't fallen very much and the mirror... I lost some ab definition, which is disappointing. Right after a carb up I saw some definition, it was gone after a day, and I gained 2lbs that took me two weeks to get off. Right now I'm on the upper end of 115 and have 't seen much change lately despite exercise 6x a week and a fair defect (500).

I'd estimate my bf% to be 20. My legs are practically fat free, my arms and shoulders got pretty beefy, and my back/shoulders shed some fat since dropping carbs, but my stomach still looks pudgy. I do ab workouts as a supplement with my weight workouts and I can feel them but maybe they are not perky enough?

Should I consider bulking, continue cutting, maybe another carb refeed? Thanks!

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  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    What are your goals? Just to have a defined stomach?

    Well, it is pretty much all diet there. I don't do more than 3 minutes in planks a week and I have ab definition.

    I find that when my diet is lower carb/less processed and sodium, my abs are more defined.

    Weight training/compound lifts also helps.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    No pics. No idea.
  • RubyRunner14
    RubyRunner14 Posts: 148 Member
    My diary code is 6784. I usually never hit over half daily sodium levels and I drink about 12 glasses water minimum daily. Calories are as low as I can get. I am high protein/fat low carb. I'm maxing at 35g carbs daily right now, at a steady carb reintroduction.

    Yes for stomach definition. My stomach is a marshmallow and the rest of my body is nice and muscular. I'm 5'3" and short waisted which probably doesn't help the situation.

    I do weights once a week at least and 3x a week I carry a drum just over 1/4 my weight on my shoulders and requires a lot of an strength to support (I carry it for 2 hours at a time usually). I do abs exercises with my weight machine when I do arm work, and when I do pulls ups I do ab variations. I can hold an earthquake for two minutes. I don't ab train as religiously as I used to so maybe that's it. Would adding an work after every workout help?

    I can post pics tomorrow or Sunday if you really want.
  • rosej31
    rosej31 Posts: 189 Member
    No pic...No idea
  • RubyRunner14
    RubyRunner14 Posts: 148 Member
    I'll get on that, then. (:
  • RubyRunner14
    RubyRunner14 Posts: 148 Member
    http://i42.tinypic.com/2zt9jxk.jpg
    http://i43.tinypic.com/ojjx8j.jpg
  • RubyRunner14
    RubyRunner14 Posts: 148 Member
    If it's hard to tell, this stomach looks nearly identical to my own but mine has a little extra fat (if that's what it is) on the elevated part under the belly button. http://www.womenshealthmag.com/files/images/1103-flat-belly.jpg
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    you look to be at a healthy weight/BF% to me. So it really is up to you and your goals. I find that having performance goals helps a lot more than pure aesthetic ones. If you were a runner, you may want to lose some weight or if you are a lifter you may want to gain a bit? It really does depend on what you want to do.

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