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McLifterPants
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I'm two months in to a cut, and am not getting the results I was hoping for at all. I got back from the holidays feeling bloated and constipated (TMI? Too bad!) and weighing about 150 lbs, so I decided to do an extended cut to get rid of the extra puffiness (I had been experimenting with bulk/cut cycles before the holidays). I lost 5 lbs in January, partially due to an herbal cleanse from Whole Foods that I used in conjunction with normal food and exercise. I gained two pounds back in February. Honestly, I'm not THAT concerned with my scale weight, but I am trying desperately to get my BF% below 20 and it doesn't want to budge. Here's my story.
I'm 5'7", female, 27 years old. January 10 I was 149.2 lbs, 23.1% BF (Escali scale measurement). February 10 I was 144.8 lbs, 22.1% BF. This morning, 147 lbs, 22.6% BF, and NOT HAPPY. I've estimated my TDEE to be around 1780, and I eat back exercise calories. My net calorie goal has been 1600, so I figured I would be losing around 1.5 lbs a month.
In both January and February, my average caloric intake (pre exercise) was 1730. My net was about 1589. On average, my macros have been approximately 97g protein, 189g carbs, and 61g fats. I use a food scale, I measure as much as possible, and I track 99% of what I eat (I occasionally skip listing super low cal things like tea with sweet & low or pickles, and I don't log my gum, which is sugar free, and which I chew massive quantities of). I never take cheat days, I never take days off, and when I eat out I try to get the best approximation possible for what I've eaten.
In the past year, I've lost about 15 lbs. I really didn't have a ton to lose in the first place; I started at about 162. My weight loss has gone in jumps and stops, mostly because I started out doing the 1200 cal + all of the cardio thing, and then later got in to lifting and actually eating. I got down to 144 doing the first iteration, got back up to 150, and am back down to 147. It's worth noting that my measurements are the same at 147 as they were when I was 130 in 2007, so I know my lean mass it much higher than it used to be.
My current activity level looks like this: I live in NYC and don't own a car, so I walk to and from the subway multiple times every day and do the stairs associated with that. I also walk to buy groceries, etc. I cook every night. My job is at a desk and I barely move at all between 9 and 5 on weekdays. I go to the gym 3 days a week and lift for around an hour, and every weekend I do one session of body weight exercises at home for about 30-40 minutes. I throw in 20-30 minutes of cardio about once a week.
Diary is open, have at me. Please note that I went up to 1800 calories today because I decided to try to go to maintenance for a week to see if I can't shake my body into behaving.
I'm 5'7", female, 27 years old. January 10 I was 149.2 lbs, 23.1% BF (Escali scale measurement). February 10 I was 144.8 lbs, 22.1% BF. This morning, 147 lbs, 22.6% BF, and NOT HAPPY. I've estimated my TDEE to be around 1780, and I eat back exercise calories. My net calorie goal has been 1600, so I figured I would be losing around 1.5 lbs a month.
In both January and February, my average caloric intake (pre exercise) was 1730. My net was about 1589. On average, my macros have been approximately 97g protein, 189g carbs, and 61g fats. I use a food scale, I measure as much as possible, and I track 99% of what I eat (I occasionally skip listing super low cal things like tea with sweet & low or pickles, and I don't log my gum, which is sugar free, and which I chew massive quantities of). I never take cheat days, I never take days off, and when I eat out I try to get the best approximation possible for what I've eaten.
In the past year, I've lost about 15 lbs. I really didn't have a ton to lose in the first place; I started at about 162. My weight loss has gone in jumps and stops, mostly because I started out doing the 1200 cal + all of the cardio thing, and then later got in to lifting and actually eating. I got down to 144 doing the first iteration, got back up to 150, and am back down to 147. It's worth noting that my measurements are the same at 147 as they were when I was 130 in 2007, so I know my lean mass it much higher than it used to be.
My current activity level looks like this: I live in NYC and don't own a car, so I walk to and from the subway multiple times every day and do the stairs associated with that. I also walk to buy groceries, etc. I cook every night. My job is at a desk and I barely move at all between 9 and 5 on weekdays. I go to the gym 3 days a week and lift for around an hour, and every weekend I do one session of body weight exercises at home for about 30-40 minutes. I throw in 20-30 minutes of cardio about once a week.
Diary is open, have at me. Please note that I went up to 1800 calories today because I decided to try to go to maintenance for a week to see if I can't shake my body into behaving.
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First: I'd really discard the idea of cleansing moving forward. They're basically pointless/unnecessary.
Set your intake to 1600 kcal flat, on both exercise and rest days.
P: 115g
F: 50g
Remainder of your calories in carbs but you can exceed p/f and lower CHO if you prefer.
Follow up in 2 weeks. If you have performance/adherence issues prior to 2 weeks then PM one of us.0
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