I purposefully recomped for several months when I was able to return to regular workouts. Then, happier with my muscle mass, decided to focus more on losing the extra fat (I'm still over where I should be weight wise).

Originally I was thinking a steeper cut and drop the weight faster, but the hangries hit hard and fast, so I've accepted it's going to be a slow loss road - currently around a pound a month, so not terribly far off a recomp.

It's slow. It gets discouraging. There are days I think it's just not worth it all the effort for such slow progress (the muscle gains are much slower now as well).

Meal Prep is helping me keep from going over, and I'm trying to focus on that right now to help make my life easier and keep me headed in the right direction.

Fitness training is easier to keep up as I need it for my sport, so that is the driver for me there. Skipping workouts can and does sometimes happen when life gets crazy insane, but the desire to be back at it doesn't go away.

I'm following this thread because I am really interested in long term recomp. The longest I've gone is 3 months and it just didn't work for me and my goals.. but at some point I want to give it a real go.

I know I'm being hypocritical because I'm usually the one complaining about wanting to defluff (when other people don't see fluff), but @wellnesschaser, you HAVE an amazing physique and I don't see where you have any fat to lose! I would say just keep doing what your are doing and see what changes your daily activities have on your body a year/two/three years from now.

wellnesschaser wrote: »

I’m dropping about a pound a month too. Nice to have the athletic goals to motivate you. What’s your sport?

Nice. It's not fast, but it's manageable.

I road race motorcycles