Dad bod to not so dad bod!!

anew45 wrote: »

Maybe a little different thinking but as a newbie lifter I think if you went on a 500 calorie deficit per day and lifted you would make huge gains in body composition. You will most likely gain muscle and very slowly if at all loose weight but your body fat will drop as you gain muscle. You will like what you see in the mirror much more this way. I lost 65 lbs in six months and then increased my calories to about a 500 cal deficit for the last two months and have consistently been lifting every other day strongs 5x5 program with some additional exercises mixed in. I’m barely loosing weight but my abs showed up, muscles in my back started popping out, and so on. It’s mentally hard to lift weights at a calorie deficit but it is the only way to get a shredded look and get away from being skinny fat. If you bulk right now, that is lift on a calorie surplus you will raise your body fat percentage and that just means much more work to repair your body composition and lower your body fat. In the end the only way to do that is lift at a deficit.