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MickyCrispDipper
MickyCrispDipper Posts: 41 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm 35, male, 6ft, 176 lbs, 19% body fat, and my week consists of 4 days heavy weight training, 2 days HIIT cardio, 1 day rest, I'm on a cut eating 2250 calories and intermittent fasting 16/8, should my calories be higher or lower, as my body fat doesn't seem to be shifting. I'm eating 62g Fat 210g Protein and 213g Carbs
Any help would be massively appreciated

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  • ldwatene
    ldwatene Posts: 150 Member
    edited June 2017
    Are you losing weight just not fat and are you maintaining your weight lifting levels or improving?
  • Luna3386
    Luna3386 Posts: 888 Member
    Are you using a food scale?
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    IF doesn't matter, calorie balance does. You've documented that 2250 calories seems to be your maintenance intake level with your exercise routine. What span of time are you talking about with this? One week? Two?
  • MickyCrispDipper
    MickyCrispDipper Posts: 41 Member
    I'm using a food scale for everything, I've been counting macros for just under a month, maybe I'm just being too impatient, my lifting is getting stronger. I'm losing weight. I think from your questions I've just got to ride it out.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    If you are trying to cut, I sincerely doubt that adding more calories is the answer.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    michaelgazzard wrote: »
    my body fat doesn't seem to be shifting.

    What exactly does this mean? Are you or are you not losing weight? When is the last time you lost weight?

    How did you determine that you are 19% bf? 176 seems relatively light to me for your height so I am trying to picture whether or not you should focus less on fat loss or more on muscle gain.

  • MickyCrispDipper
    MickyCrispDipper Posts: 41 Member
    This is where I'm at. I determined 19% through Boditrax machine at the gym
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Thanks. Here's what I understand:

    You want to lose fat.

    You are doing heavy lifting and HIIT cardio and getting weekly rest.

    You are eating 2250 calories daily average.

    You are not losing fat.

    It looks pretty simple to me. Reduce your calories and maintain your workout.

    The math suggests that if you go down to 1750 calories for a 3500 calorie weekly deficit you should be able to reduce weight by 4 pounds in the next 4 weeks.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    michaelgazzard wrote: »
    This is where I'm at. I determined 19% through Boditrax machine at the gym

    I think you don't have much muscle and should stop cutting in order to build some.
  • MickyCrispDipper
    MickyCrispDipper Posts: 41 Member
    One says cut one says bulk, confused.com
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited June 2017
    Your measurement device may or may not be accurate.
    It may or may not show a true trend either.
    (Measurements and progress pictures are better ways to track IMHO.)

    If you are training and losing weight (are you?) then it would be very surprising if you weren't losing fat over an extended period of time.

    Hard to give advice when you haven't given information on your goals / status / timeline....
    Someone whose priority fat loss / aesthetics is going to say cut.
    Someone whose priority is strength and size is going to say maintain (or even bulk).
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