Bulking phase?
bluehayan
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For the past couple months I've been taking supplements and making smarter decisions on food to lose 30 lbs. I've reached a plateau and now have started working out to include a couple days a week of HIIT and a couple days a week of weight training. Beginning weight was 235. I've been hovering at 205 for the past couple weeks. I'm at 30% body fat.
Should I still be focused on trying to cut, or should I increase protein and weight training in favor of bulking, building muscle mass? Focus on that for a few months and then return to cutting for better results?
Should I still be focused on trying to cut, or should I increase protein and weight training in favor of bulking, building muscle mass? Focus on that for a few months and then return to cutting for better results?
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If you're 30% you need to cut!
Keep protein at 1g/lb, lift weights and eat in a calorie deficit.2 -
I definitely know that BFP is entirely too high, but would packing on muscle help to burn that faster if returned to a deficit in 6-8 weeks?0
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MFP currently has me at 94g protein recommended. Should I be doing 1g/1lb weight or the recommended 94g?0
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The more fat you have, the more likely any weight gain you have in a surplus would be fat too, right? Like the potential for muscle growth/development is lower if you have too much fat?
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For the past couple months I've been taking supplements and making smarter decisions on food to lose 30 lbs. I've reached a plateau and now have started working out to include a couple days a week of HIIT and a couple days a week of weight training. Beginning weight was 235. I've been hovering at 205 for the past couple weeks. I'm at 30% body fat.
Should I still be focused on trying to cut, or should I increase protein and weight training in favor of bulking, building muscle mass? Focus on that for a few months and then return to cutting for better results?
What is your goal? Do whatever will lean you in that direction.
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That's what I thought. I got 134g yesterday and it was showing red like I had too much protein, which is confusing.0 -
sammyliftsandeats wrote: »The more fat you have, the more likely any weight gain you have in a surplus would be fat too, right? Like the potential for muscle growth/development is lower if you have too much fat?
Correct. As you become more overfat, insulin sensitivity decreases, allowing nutrients to convert to fat more easily (at least from my mediocre understanding of nutrition partitioning).
OP, for ever lb of muscle you gain, you only burn an extra 4-6 calories per day. You'd have to gain a lot of muscle to even make an impact on TDEE. But at 30%, you should cut.0 -
MFP currently has me at 1850 calories. I will continue to work on cutting down BFP and eat at a deficit till I reach a good percentage. I don't know that I've ever been at 12% but I sure will try.0 -
That might be a bit low. The way MFP is designed is to eat back exercise calories.0
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That's what I thought. I got 134g yesterday and it was showing red like I had too much protein, which is confusing.
That's because your goal - per MFP - is 95 g (as of just peeking at your diary now). Whenever you go over any goal, MFP puts it in red. Kinda silly, as it'll remain green even if you're waaaaaaaaay too low on a nutrient.
You can manually go in to Home>Goals>Daily Nutrition Goals>Edit and change values, if you like.1 -
That's what I thought. I got 134g yesterday and it was showing red like I had too much protein, which is confusing.
That's because your goal - per MFP - is 95 g (as of just peeking at your diary now). Whenever you go over any goal, MFP puts it in red. Kinda silly, as it'll remain green even if you're waaaaaaaaay too low on a nutrient.
You can manually go in to Home>Goals>Daily Nutrition Goals>Edit and change values, if you like.
This is what I do. It makes everything so much cleaner. OP, if you want you can also calculate your daily calories using a TDEE calculator. That calculation takes weekly exercise into consideration so you don't have to worry about a changing calorie target every day like you do with MFP. I like knowing what my target is every day so I can meal plan a week at a time.1 -
That's what I thought. I got 134g yesterday and it was showing red like I had too much protein, which is confusing.
That's because your goal - per MFP - is 95 g (as of just peeking at your diary now). Whenever you go over any goal, MFP puts it in red. Kinda silly, as it'll remain green even if you're waaaaaaaaay too low on a nutrient.
You can manually go in to Home>Goals>Daily Nutrition Goals>Edit and change values, if you like.
Thank you for the tip! I'll go in and adjust my protein0 -
I had to adjust mine too. What MFP suggested for protein was way to low.
Congrats on the weight loss.0
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