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  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
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    Yep....just a quick note....
    you have to be patient.
    So stick with a caloric intake for a few weeks...see how things go.

    One weeks worth of caloric deficit can be undone on one day of binge eating.
  • sljohnson1207
    sljohnson1207 Posts: 818 Member
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    haha! I don't know if it affects the 1600 calories you suggested for me?!

    just as a comparison, i am 5ft5 and 133lbs and i eat NET 1700 cals to lose bodyfat, and i probably do less exercise than you... and i do a desk job...

    And you look really lean, ha I love eating, I'd love to eat more without having to worry about gaining any fat!

    And you don't look really lean???? If that is you in your picture, you look pretty darn lean to me. Lean machine, in fact. Very nice legs.
  • allanakern
    allanakern Posts: 245 Member
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    Should I expect to lose any weight when I'm cutting more body fat, or just throw away my scale?
  • allanakern
    allanakern Posts: 245 Member
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    haha! I don't know if it affects the 1600 calories you suggested for me?!

    just as a comparison, i am 5ft5 and 133lbs and i eat NET 1700 cals to lose bodyfat, and i probably do less exercise than you... and i do a desk job...

    And you look really lean, ha I love eating, I'd love to eat more without having to worry about gaining any fat!

    And you don't look really lean???? If that is you in your picture, you look pretty darn lean to me. Lean machine, in fact. Very nice legs.

    ahh thank you.... that was on my honeymoon.. so I had worked my *kitten* off up to that point! I mean, I still am working my *kitten* off, but ya know what I mean
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
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    Should I expect to lose any weight when I'm cutting more body fat, or just throw away my scale?

    If you are in caloric deficit, you will lose weight.

    What we are trying to do is have most of it be fat, and less of it be muscle.

    That is why a decent caloric deficit
    adequate protein consumption
    and lifting weights
  • allanakern
    allanakern Posts: 245 Member
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    Should I expect to lose any weight when I'm cutting more body fat, or just throw away my scale?

    If you are in caloric deficit, you will lose weight.

    What we are trying to do is have most of it be fat, and less of it be muscle.

    That is why a decent caloric deficit
    adequate protein consumption
    and lifting weights

    I'm ready to get my head back in the nutrition game
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
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    I did a decent caloric deficit....and lifted....and kept my macros in check

    Me in June 2013
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    Me last month
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    Doing just free weights, and 2 days of light cardio....
    all diet, and staying on my plan....
    and doing a desk job
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    I did a decent caloric deficit....and lifted....and kept my macros in check

    Me in June 2013
    IMG00730-20130618-1231_2_zps47fd984b.jpg


    Me last month
    photo019_zps770f91c9.jpg


    Doing just free weights, and 2 days of light cardio....
    all diet, and staying on my plan....
    and doing a desk job

    such a tease....
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
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    :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :laugh: :laugh:
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
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    I was pudgy last June. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    I was pudgy last June. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    oh yeah, a right fatty... :noway:
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
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    I was pudgy last June. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    oh yeah, a right fatty... :noway:

    :smooched: :smooched: :smooched: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • Naughty_ZOOT
    Naughty_ZOOT Posts: 4,310 Member
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    Also might want to read Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson and look into 5 x 5 lifting workouts.
  • squatsanddeadlift
    squatsanddeadlift Posts: 117 Member
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    I did a decent caloric deficit....and lifted....and kept my macros in check

    Me in June 2013
    IMG00730-20130618-1231_2_zps47fd984b.jpg


    Me last month
    photo019_zps770f91c9.jpg


    Doing just free weights, and 2 days of light cardio....
    all diet, and staying on my plan....
    and doing a desk job

    such a tease....

    Oh thumbs up. Very much indeed.:drinker:
  • tulips_and_tea
    tulips_and_tea Posts: 5,714 Member
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    I personally wouldn't worry about BF % and measuring it.

    I would go by how you look and feel....

    But hey to each their own
    Yes, this. By your own admission in your OP you get caught up in "numbers". Sounds like you're still focusing on them: calories, weight, BF%, etc. It's ok to know the numbers to use as a gauge, but don't let them take over. Keep track of your measurements and how you look and how you feel. Particularly when you get down to a lower weight and/or BF% the numbers don't move much, which can SEEM like a bad thing, but it's not necessarily the case.
  • allanakern
    allanakern Posts: 245 Member
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    okay! yeah I went a couple months without the scale but then I stepped on one last week and was discouraged to find it hasn't moved BUT I feel I look better

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