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Cutting weight

MattReibeling
MattReibeling Posts: 24 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
so I've been doing bodybuilding and powerlifting style workouts for about a year now and have gotten relatively good muscle growth I am 300 pounds and am 6'5"beating around 3-4000 calories a day and about 220 grams of protien. This past couple weeks I have been really limiting my calories to under 2500 and just maintaining my protien consumption as well as some Heathy carbs and uping my cardio. I haven't lost a single pound. I feel like I'm losing fat though. Do you guys think I'm just losing the fat and replacing it with muscle so my weights not really changing?

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  • ibnfaqir
    ibnfaqir Posts: 139 Member
    If your lift are going up quite possibly. Too many variables.
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    It's hard to say from your post. I would go for a month. At that point, weigh in and check your measurements. If you're losing inches, you're doing it right, whether or not you lose weight.
    Here's a good macro split that works good for me when I'm cutting.
    Protein:0.8-1.2 g/lb...although, I think doing 220-250 g/day is good for you
    Fat: 20-30%
    Carbs: the rest of your calories
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