I lost a few lbs in the first few weeks, then *crickets* .....nothin.' I decided soon after to do more of a recomp. I was happy to find out that I didn't have to cut my cals extremely low, they're at 1800 now, and that's about as low as I can go. I think my body has found its sweet spot. It seems to want to stay at 123 so what the hell, I'll take it. I have noticed however that my waist is smaller, and I have lost body fat according to a caliper test that was done last month.

Cut is still going good; typical losing from the top down and I'm ok with that. My legs have slimmed some but not a great deal and I will be happy if they never do! I've only lost 2lbs on the scale but I know I've lost inches by measurements and I fit in my normal clothes again, just fill them out much more curvier. My girls pretty much disappeared overnight last week but I lose much weight there first...???? Cals at 2150, lift 5 days and cardio is 1-2 times a week for 15ish mins. Happy with my results though slower than some, just means I am maintaining what I built up and that's what I wanted.

Strength is still going strong, lifts are still going up though at a different rate bc I moved to the 6-8r rep for awhile as a break. Dead/Squat # go up as well as reps each week and hit 135lb on last set for decline bench yesterday. No cutting effects with my lifting here.

I bulked over winter, started at 123lb and topped out at just under 132lb. I've been cutting at about 100 cals under a day for a couple of months and am at about 128.5lb. My maintenance is 1750(coz no car, 9 yo son, no tv or sofa and insomniac lol) so it's between sedentary and lightly active on the scooby scale. My burns vary drastically, as I use 7 heart rate zones over 3 disciplines! But I think I've got em nailed!

Because my measurements are so close to when I was 123lb, I'm convinced I've gained more muscle than I previously thought. Or maybe my bones have just densed up? I planned to gain 1.5lb muscle tissue over 6 weeks. There's 3.5lb left unaccounted for, it can't be fat coz I'm the same size as 123lb give or take a couple of shoulder and back inches that I didn't measure.
It's mysterious.

Very happy with results. Now that tri training season is here, I'm on maintenance, but weirdly seem to be still slowly dropping, even though I haven't changed my numbers since I was at 132lb. Maybe high carbs before training makes me burn more calories because I can do more. Maybe my BMR is higher. I'm not doing any lifting either at the moment, as I'm getting too tight in glutes and hams to run.

I am nutrient partitioning and loading heavy carbs before/after cardio, and keeping lower carb other times.


I plateaued for about 6 weeks (just like last cut), which has made me even more convinced of Lyles woosh effect.

I am seeing where I end up but still using the same maintenance and burn numbers.

Fitness wise, getting faster very quickly, and passing times I was running a year ago training for same race. Nowhere near as fast as when I was 123 lb yet, but my goal is to be as fast with the added muscle. Still strong in the lifts.

Lyles woosh effect? Not heard that one before! :happy:

Thanks for clearing that up, sounds great. I now have wonderful mental images of fat 'whooshing' out of the body :laugh:

FWIW, I get these "whooshes". I got one today, actually...I've been stuck at 137 for several weeks and today - boom: 135.5. So things are looking good overall for this cut so far. I think I have another 3-4 lbs to go before I'm close enough to happy to up my intake again. Definitely losing body fat - upper body is getting leaner and the abs are starting to make an appearance again I've managed to stick with 2000/day but I'm feeling the effects - not hungry, usually, just that annoying dopey brain-fog. Gym performance is fine, but that's probably because I've started a new lifting program and it meant doing a big deload. Probably good timing
Hope everyone else is doing ok!

I miss feeling like a freaking beast while lifting. I wish bulking season was foreeeeeever!

lol I know dem feels :P

Cut is not going, for me, now at all. Dropped 1.8 the first week then no drop on the scale since, in fact, I've all but gained the first loss back

I've been over most days but just averaged things out for the past fortnight and it works out at 1730. Sticking to this for one more week then I'll need to get more drastic, I think. 6:1 sounds interesting, hishtagat - might try it too. On the plus side, I haven't noticed a drop in strength yet.

Fingers crossed for one of these 'whooshes' you speak of.