Thought on eating less than TDEE-20% for a few weeks?

marie_2454

I'm currently 159.8, 5'9", & 24. My ultimate goal weight is between 135-140. I lift moderately heavy (3 sets of 10-12 at a weight where the last couple of reps are a bit challenging), full body routine, 2-3 times a week, take a kickboxing bootcamp for 90 minutes 3 times a week on non-lifting days, then I run a couple of miles a few times a week as well. I'm working on getting into better shape to join a police force. Anyway, I've been eating around 1700 for a while & have been slowly losing, but I graduate from college & am moving to a new state in 4 weeks & have been thinking about lowering my calories to 1500 until then to lose weight a little quicker, then gradually increasing to my TDEE -15-20% after I move. According to scoobysworkshop, my TDEE is about 2400, so if I eat 1500 then thats about 35% under TDEE. I'll also probably allow myself a cheat meal per week. I know this isn't exactly ideal, but since I plan on doing it short time I was thinking I'd probably be ok? Will this mess up my metabolism long term? Also, I've read & heard that lifting & eating adequate protein helps to maintain more lean muscle when people eat low calorie. I know I'll lose some muscle, I just want to mainly lose fat. Any advice or experience would be great!

TavistockToad

I'm not sure what the point is of doing that for 4 weeks? Will losing an extra pound or 2 really make a big difference? If you are consistently losing at the moment, why change it?

CipherZero

You can certainly lose weight faster by lowering net calories There's always a price, and in losing weight quickly it's losing more muscle mass than necessary.
If you insist on being hardheaded about it read up on Scooby's site about nutrition on a hard cut. In addition, take a look at anything written by Lyle Macdonald - while his approach is off-putting (he told me, verbatim, "Eat less you fat ****") he's not wrong when it comes to diets for shredding fat.