Should I keep cutting or bulk? (Pics)

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  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Looking at the veining, you're sub 8% and should bulk. LONG and SLOW bulk, progressive lifting program, keep the protein up, watch your macros, get enough micros, and enjoy getting to eat more.

    What you're seeing is skin. As you bulk up, that will definitely tighten up.

    ^^yep.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    Great work. Gotta love body image issues huh? You're probably 8% bodyfat, have a visible 6pack and you're thinking you still have fat to cut. Too funny isn't it?

    Add calories SLOWLY (100-200/week until you start gaining) and pick a good lifting program. You will be amazed at the results.
  • stephe1987
    stephe1987 Posts: 406 Member
    Great work so far! :)

    You have some excess skin on your stomach because you used to be overweight; that is not body fat. You can tell by looking at your veins that your are at a low body fat percentage. (Your BMI is actually considered to be underweight by some doctors because of your age.) I think it's time to slowly bulk up; eat a little more and start lifting weights. :)
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
    bulk
  • jackielou867
    jackielou867 Posts: 422 Member
    I don't see fat I see loose skin, and you have a lot less than me so good work. Im following the crowd, which I don't often do. Start lifting, strength or bulk. Probably eat maintenance a while then slowly increase calories. Otherwise you will freak out about putting weight on like I did last year.
    Be aware, you will put on a few pounds quite fast, mainly water and glycogen storage as your muscles prepare to build. This is not a bad thing. Start to use your mirror and tape rather than scales. Muscle is heavier than fat. You will put weight on, and a little fat. But after a few months you can do a little cut and you will like the result.
  • Shackleford83
    Shackleford83 Posts: 5 Member
    Well folks, considering the clear consensus I'm glad I finally decided to seek advice on this. I certainly recognize I'm pretty lean, but the fact my belly still rolls over my pants when sitting or bending over is what has kept me in the cutting mentality. I guess it's just a reality of being so over weight for so long. Adding lean mass to begin filling in the skin and allowing more time for it to adjust will give better results. It's something I've thought about many times, but I just couldn't decide on my own if it was time to make that transition yet.

    I'm convinced and I'm transitioning to focus on building muscle starting today. It is a relief mentally to be ending this. Thanks for the replies.
  • TheMetalMan0
    TheMetalMan0 Posts: 64 Member
    Good decision.
    There's no way the "roll" you have is fat, so further cutting isn't going to help.
    Get bulking!
  • MeganAnne89
    MeganAnne89 Posts: 271 Member
    Well folks, considering the clear consensus I'm glad I finally decided to seek advice on this. I certainly recognize I'm pretty lean, but the fact my belly still rolls over my pants when sitting or bending over is what has kept me in the cutting mentality. I guess it's just a reality of being so over weight for so long. Adding lean mass to begin filling in the skin and allowing more time for it to adjust will give better results. It's something I've thought about many times, but I just couldn't decide on my own if it was time to make that transition yet.

    I'm convinced and I'm transitioning to focus on building muscle starting today. It is a relief mentally to be ending this. Thanks for the replies.

    That's why it can be very beneficial to get an outsiders opinion. When you've been staring at yourself in a mirror your whole life, you tend to lose the appropriate perception of yourself which is exactly what you've done. You used to be overweight, and you're so terrifed of letting yourself get that way again because, I assume, being that way made you very unhappy, yet your focus on dropping ALL of the "excess" weight has caused you to lose what can be considered too much. It's a ridiculous, yet understandable, cycle. The more lost in your own head you get the more you lose focus, so I'm glad you're starting to turn it around a bit.

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