Reached goal but unhappy with body comp. Maintenance time?

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  • Cheri_Moves
    Cheri_Moves Posts: 625 Member
    Here"s my thoughts.

    You need to be lifting heavy. period. It takes muscle growth and strength to succeed at body re-composition. Look at a program like stronglifts, and GIVE IT TIME. Losing the weight can be easy, but working on strength is much more of an involved process. And then EAT. Especially protein. get about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight (or at least lean body mass.) And check out this link.


    http://gokaleo.com/2012/09/19/body-composition-that-last-five-pounds-and-how-to-deal-with-problem-areas/

    Thanks for this awesome info!

    You're quite welcome!!! :drinker:
  • balancedbrunette
    balancedbrunette Posts: 530 Member
    Just replying to have this for again some great info on here, sorry i'm of no help :P..i'm actually in similar position to you, have been maintaining now for a while and looking to work on body comp slowly, as i'm in my final year of college have not been able to focus on reading up on the lifting routines and forms as much as I would have liked however, I do kickboxing with college and am fitting in my own lifting sessions of the main compound lifts twice a week.
    I went to strength training classes for women in september at my local gym I found these so helpful to aid me to start lifting at home, I hope to do more in the future, if there is any on near you would definitely recommend it. However, people have listed sites here which are just as useful, sounds like you're on the right track! :)
  • PEIIslandGirl100
    PEIIslandGirl100 Posts: 62 Member
    Here"s my thoughts.

    You need to be lifting heavy. period. It takes muscle growth and strength to succeed at body re-composition. Look at a program like stronglifts, and GIVE IT TIME. Losing the weight can be easy, but working on strength is much more of an involved process. And then EAT. Especially protein. get about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight (or at least lean body mass.) And check out this link.


    http://gokaleo.com/2012/09/19/body-composition-that-last-five-pounds-and-how-to-deal-with-problem-areas/

    I am curious how many time this woman in the story has had slip ups on her nutritional diet within the 4 years. Like did she only mess up once a month? mess up twice a year on diet. What is consistency? Sure isn't gonna be 100% consistency - not possible right....
  • fitspo145
    fitspo145 Posts: 81
    Here"s my thoughts.

    You need to be lifting heavy. period. It takes muscle growth and strength to succeed at body re-composition. Look at a program like stronglifts, and GIVE IT TIME. Losing the weight can be easy, but working on strength is much more of an involved process. And then EAT. Especially protein. get about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight (or at least lean body mass.) And check out this link.


    http://gokaleo.com/2012/09/19/body-composition-that-last-five-pounds-and-how-to-deal-with-problem-areas/

    Thanks for this awesome info!

    You're quite welcome!!! :drinker:

    Ah I seemed to have missed this post. I love this article! :happy: Promised my friend I'll stick through this Les Mills Grit nutrition challenge with her so will be moving on to maintenance in a week's time and SO looking forward to it!!

    I just have one last question. I calculated my maintenance TDEE (1774 cals) and my macros using the IIFYM calculator and it puts my carbs at 217g, protein at 188.8g, and fat at 47.5g per day. However I was wondering whether 200g of carbs is too high? I don't believe in restricting foods but my layman's impression of building lean mass and fat loss was to lower carb intake?:ohwell:

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