Bulk almost over, Whats the formula for Maintaining current weight while losing BF%

insanebulls
insanebulls Posts: 6 Member
edited November 11 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I am about to finish up a bulking phase, I want to remain the weight I am at currently while losing some bodyfat from my current weight. What is the proper caloric formula, to maintain my current weight but decrease body fat over time.? Please help, thank you.

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Um- you can't.

    If you want to stay the same weight you are now- and lose body fat- keep bulking - then cut back down to where you are now.
  • starfish235
    starfish235 Posts: 129 Member
    From what I know eating more protein is the best for the place where you are. I have been at at maintance for 15 years after losing 20 lb. I fight keeping it off all the time. I get people after me all the time for not eating certain things. Keep up the good fight. I am now working in keeping my carbs low to keep my cholesterol down. Carbs are bad news all around.
  • TriShamelessly
    TriShamelessly Posts: 905 Member
    What JoRocka said!
  • jenglish712
    jenglish712 Posts: 497 Member
    Going into Recomp is insanely slow progress, especially post bulk. If it made good time people wouldn't bulk and cut. It would be great if I could stop at my weight right now and drop to 10% bodyfat. But I would be doing it forever.
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  • G8rRay
    G8rRay Posts: 89 Member
    So, with very low carbs, how do you get adequate fiber in your diet? I'm trying to figure out the answer for myself, but haven't found the solution, yet. [Also, are there no "snack" foods--aka quick-n-easy, bite-size foods--that aren't full of carbs?]
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Doing a re-comp is a ridiculously slow process...either you need to be happy with your bulk and carrying around a little more fat (not the end of the world) or you need to cut.

    You can't have your cake and eat it too.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    starfish235 wrote: »
    From what I know eating more protein is the best for the place where you are. I have been at at maintance for 15 years after losing 20 lb. I fight keeping it off all the time. I get people after me all the time for not eating certain things. Keep up the good fight. I am now working in keeping my carbs low to keep my cholesterol down. Carbs are bad news all around.

    Do tell me more about how carbs are the devil...

  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    edited January 2015
    Harvard Medical School says that to maintain weight, eat 15 calories per pound per day.
    (Sadly, when I went to get the URL to post, they've removed or changed it & I can't find the article any more.) :disappointed:

    Here's a calculator where you can figure out how many calories per day to maintain your current weight.
    https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/caloriesneed.cfm

    And one from the Mayo Clinic.
    http://www.mayoclinic.org/calorie-calculator/itt-20084939

    And one which will even tell you how many servings of the various food groups you should eat.
    https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.html

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    starfish235 wrote: »
    From what I know eating more protein is the best for the place where you are. I have been at at maintance for 15 years after losing 20 lb. I fight keeping it off all the time. I get people after me all the time for not eating certain things. Keep up the good fight. I am now working in keeping my carbs low to keep my cholesterol down. Carbs are bad news all around.

    well since this is the GAINING forum, we like carbs here because gaining weight and muscle…

    please keep the fear mongering to the general forums…where that nonsense is accepted...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    OP - if you want to maintain your weight just at at maintenance..if you want to do a slow cut then figure out what a .5 per week loss would be and eat to that number and keep lifting/working out…

    you can lower carbs a tad and fill that in with more protein to minimize muscle loss ...
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  • projhex
    projhex Posts: 23
    If you just eat maintenance you will eventually start to recomp as long as you're lifting still. It takes a lot longer than the bulk/cut cycle, but some people prefer this as you never have to change your calorie goals.

    Google Body Recomposition.
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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    OP - be really clear about your goals and your timeline to get to those goals.

    As no-one knows where you are now and where you are trying to get to you will get very generic advice based on just your age and that you have just finished a bulk. Are you a body builder? A sportsman? What's your current BF percentage. etc. etc.
    There's some really knowledgeable and helpful people in this forum so give them some data to work with.

    Are you really prepared to take the slow and steady route that recomp involves? At your age I would be surprised if that's the best choice for you but no-one but you knows your goals at the moment or why you seem to want to stay at your current weight.

    This may be of interest but note the bold part!

    Question
    J Beaty: Generally speaking, what bodyfat percentage do you allow your bodybuilders to reach before beginning a lean out phase?

    Answer
    A Aragon: This question carries the implication that all bodybuilders must undergo separate phases. This really only applies to my clients in formal competition, where specific phases are unavoidable. For non-competitors, and even competitors to a modified degree, I prefer the “culking” approach. This is a tongue-in-cheek term I coined which basically fuses the whole cutting & bulking cycle in to one slow, steady, refinement of the physique in terms of both size AND leanness. This is entirely possible to achieve, but the timeline is generally a period of years rather than months. In the purest sense, culking is a perpetual process that’s linear for the most part. The typical cycle scenario is spending half the year looking like a bloated mess, and the other half looking decent to drawn. At fleeting points for only a few weeks (or days) at a time, they look great. That doesn’t sit too well with me.
    From alanaragon.com/bodybuilding-nutrition-roundtable-alan-aragon-will-brink-jamie-hale-layne-norton.html

  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    As a person who has been doing recomp for most of the past couple of years, let me echo what everyone else is telling you. It's painfully slow. I wouldn't even be doing it except due to some health problems I'm not in a good position to bulk and cut at the moment.

    I'd recommend that you either bulk a little more so that you can cut down to the weight you are now, or cut a little now and then bulk again to get build more muscle later.
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