Anyone cutting after a bulk?

alexandramosenson wrote: »

psuLemon wrote: »

Several weeks of seeing weight gain has my debating going back to keto to control my cravings!

I am at 170 again which has been several years since i was previously at that weight.

It has not helped that I have dealt with a lot of work issues, long hours and travel. Damn you margaritas!!

I bet you like different now at 170 then a few years ago at 170 though!

But Same here. I decided to just maintain what I am at right now. I am not UNhappy with where I am. But I want to be. I am strong and fit and heck even took my shirt off at the gym the other day.

That is certainly true. While my weight gain is largely in my stomach, my chest, arms and legs are more defined.

I am IN on proats!!! They are delicious and I eat them everyday for breakfast! For the past.....3 years?? LOL.

I finally dropped my work travel/vacation weight and am pleasantly surprised to see I can maintain on about 80-150 more calories than previously thought! However we have 3(!!!!) work dinners/parties this week so I think I'll run what my previous calories were for at least the week.

psuLemon wrote: »

Anyone else a huge proats lover?

As I’m uk based what exactly is proats??

alexandramosenson wrote: »

psuLemon wrote: »

alexandramosenson wrote: »

I am IN on proats!!! They are delicious and I eat them everyday for breakfast! For the past.....3 years?? LOL.

I finally dropped my work travel/vacation weight and am pleasantly surprised to see I can maintain on about 80-150 more calories than previously thought! However we have 3(!!!!) work dinners/parties this week so I think I'll run what my previous calories were for at least the week.

Good luck. You can always drop a bit of calories before those dinners or try to fast a bit on those days. That is generally what i "try".

Thanks! I usually find this just backfires. I probably will fast for the first dinner since it starts earlier. The others....well....it's the holidays....

Fasting never works well for me either, though I'd probably eat lighter and ensure I get some form of workout in. We always used to do a 10K benefitting our local food bank on Thanksgiving morning; made for a nice tradition and felt like I had free reign for dinner. Each of the last two years my wife and I have gotten up early to lift before our son was up for presents and breakfast but he's not sleeping nearly as late anymore so we'll see if that tradition continues.

I'm seeing some decent downward scale movement and seeing a similar elevated TDEE at the end of last year's bulk ~2800/day. Definitely still some room for improvement, too. Working on getting my sleep/training schedule locked in and migrating my food routine back down from bulk mode.

steveko89 wrote: »

alexandramosenson wrote: »

psuLemon wrote: »

alexandramosenson wrote: »

I am IN on proats!!! They are delicious and I eat them everyday for breakfast! For the past.....3 years?? LOL.

I finally dropped my work travel/vacation weight and am pleasantly surprised to see I can maintain on about 80-150 more calories than previously thought! However we have 3(!!!!) work dinners/parties this week so I think I'll run what my previous calories were for at least the week.

Good luck. You can always drop a bit of calories before those dinners or try to fast a bit on those days. That is generally what i "try".

Thanks! I usually find this just backfires. I probably will fast for the first dinner since it starts earlier. The others....well....it's the holidays....

Fasting never works well for me either, though I'd probably eat lighter and ensure I get some form of workout in. We always used to do a 10K benefitting our local food bank on Thanksgiving morning; made for a nice tradition and felt like I had free reign for dinner. Each of the last two years my wife and I have gotten up early to lift before our son was up for presents and breakfast but he's not sleeping nearly as late anymore so we'll see if that tradition continues.

I'm seeing some decent downward scale movement and seeing a similar elevated TDEE at the end of last year's bulk ~2800/day. Definitely still some room for improvement, too. Working on getting my sleep/training schedule locked in and migrating my food routine back down from bulk mode.

So I ate more than intended, but I also found that I moved a little more this day and that standing for the entire event, made me quite hungry by the time I departed. We have another dinner tonight, and I probably will do something similar. Honestly, I think I had only about 2600 cals yesterday, including my single glass of red wine, which is quite on par with the higher side of a bulk. (about 2200-2300 maintenance cals). I am not mad. If I only have 2-3 more days like this during the holiday season, success. My only regret is that this type of day leaves me quite sleepless.

It saddens me to say, i respond very well to a keto diet. Weight is doing well, no cravings and no more stomach issues!!! Damn you! I want more carbs.


I might try to do a cyclical keto diet like UD2

alexandramosenson wrote: »

psuLemon wrote: »

It saddens me to say, i respond very well to a keto diet. Weight is doing well, no cravings and no more stomach issues!!! Damn you! I want more carbs.


I might try to do a cyclical keto diet like UD2

ahhh what stomach issues did this resolve? I am having a bad bout right now.

I was bloated and fairly nauseous. Fiber wasn't much different either.

Welp, I've been under the weather with a pretty nasty sinus infection after dealing with seasonal allergy-related congestion for probably the last month (darn mold and leaf PM). My terrible sleep habits finally got the better of me and our weather has been bonkers which never helps matters. I woke up with a slight cough from drainage Thursday morning and it's only escalated from there. Was able to get prescribed some antibiotics this morning. Hoping the antibiotics work fast and I'm back to normal-ish by week's end. Turns out I'm mildly allergic to Delsym, which made things worse Saturday night. At least it's not 'rona but I missed training Thursday & Friday, cut a make-up attempt on Saturday short and had no illusions of training yesterday or today. Weight has been noisy but certainly not losing like I was intending.

alexandramosenson wrote: »

well...i just contracted a virus so i have to take some antivirals...so at least i won't be drinking this holidays season. weight is back to normal and stabalized despite 3 parties last week.

Sorry to hear that. Feel better

steveko89 wrote: »

Welp, I've been under the weather with a pretty nasty sinus infection after dealing with seasonal allergy-related congestion for probably the last month (darn mold and leaf PM). My terrible sleep habits finally got the better of me and our weather has been bonkers which never helps matters. I woke up with a slight cough from drainage Thursday morning and it's only escalated from there. Was able to get prescribed some antibiotics this morning. Hoping the antibiotics work fast and I'm back to normal-ish by week's end. Turns out I'm mildly allergic to Delsym, which made things worse Saturday night. At least it's not 'rona but I missed training Thursday & Friday, cut a make-up attempt on Saturday short and had no illusions of training yesterday or today. Weight has been noisy but certainly not losing like I was intending.

I feel like I could have written this. Cheers I hope we recover soon. If it makes you feel better, when I had rona, I did not train for SIX WEEKS and I literally weighed the same and got my muscle definition back in 3 weeks.