trying to find that niche

matgh124

Hello All,

I'm a 30 yr old male and I'm 5'9 and weigh now 264 - 262 pounds. I have been working out now for about 2.5 months or so, and have been using My Fitness Pal to clock my macros. about 2 months ago, I started consuming about 1800 calories with a cheat day every weekend (and some times more) but then resorted to just focusing on my macros (protein carbs and fats) and not really worry about calories. I cant say i was 100% on my diet game but overall, i would say i was about 85-90% on point with my diet. I went hard every time I was in the gym. weight lifting about 1-1.5 hours or so. and my cardio consisted of me riding my bicycle from my home to the gym and back home after my work out which was maybe 20 minutes each way. I noticed that I have lost about an inch or so in my hips and am now able to snuggly fit back into my size 38 pants and that my size 41 pants are now a bit big on me. My stomach still measures about 44 inches (used to measure 46 inches 2 months ago). I am getting stronger. My bench has gone up from about 100-115 to 215. I'm now able to do dips and my dumbbell chest presses have gone from 40 pounds of weight up to 60 pound dumbbells. I also just incorporated deadlifts and stiff leg deadlifts into my back workouts and have made strength gains. I'm noticing some muscle definition as I'm making gains and I just had my fat percentage read to be about 25-28%
After watching the hodgetwins and Chris jones and coming across one of Chris Jones meal plans, i have decided that maybe i'm not seeing the results I'm wanting to see is because of my nutrition. So I tried taloring that and am now trying to do a 10 week program starting at 2300 calories and will decrease down to 2000 calories next week and will tailor down again in 5 weeks to 1700 calories. I'm consuming 230g of protein and 230g of carbs but by the end of the program i will be down to 75g of carbs with 230g of protein. My question is, will this work or should I stay the earlier course and focus on my macros and not so much my calories? what would you do to tailor this plan? I'm interested in preserving as much muscle as I can while losing the fat. thanks a bunch. sorry for the long windedness.

maybebaby34

Hey! What is your ultimate goal? Muscles? Are you using protein powders and other muscle building drinks?
I have ideas, just need to know your main goal. Can I see your food diary?