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Sounds good :) I don't think I'm ready to bulk, im no where near experienced enough. 5 months ago I didn't even know what macros were lol

Oh sorry. Um I was eating 1300 cals a day for the last two months and nothing changed (That was about 500 cals under maintenance). Only a week ago that I started eating 1610 cals a day. Still do the same amount of weights training but I cut down on cardio a bit.

Why do you think I'm not as far under maintenance as I think I am? Lol am I calculating my TDEE wrong? Ahh so confused lol. By the way how do I get out of a stall?

The heavier you are the higher your maintenance is :)

My maintenance is probably higher than 1850. I'm eating 1600 cals at the moment. When I worked out my TDEE I chose "lightly active" which is 1 - 3 exercises a week. Not sure if that means cardio exercises or cardio exercises AND weights training. Because weights training don't burn many calories. I do two BodyAttack…

I was eating 500 cals under maintenance for about two months and nothing really changed. Got told I was in a stall and that my metabolism has slowed down. So a week ago I started eating only 250 cals under maintenance. Let's see how this goes lol.

I'm eating 250 cals under maintenance atm :) I do cardio and weights. Let's see how it goes

You are right about the last bit lol I'll prob get depressed if I put weight back on hahaha.

Btw when you say 0.8g of protein per pound of body weight do you mean Your over all body weight or your LBM?

I've only done a lot of research on cutting, I haven't really looked into bulking. Watched some videos on it and it seemed pretty depressing lol cos you do gain a lot of fat during the bulk right? That's another reason why I don't wanna bulk :/ i'm not too fussed about gaining big muscles either. Just want a really slim…

Yup my BF is 19% at the moment lol it was 28% about 5 months ago. Oh no I don't want to bulk.. Because bulking will also make me gain fat as well and I don't want to have to cut again after the bulking process lol plus I don't want big muscles anyway.. Just wanna be lean and toned with defined muscles. I'm pretty toned at…

I'm eating 1600 cal a day at the moment

I don't think I'm in maintenance because I worked out my TDEE and stuff and to be in maintenance I should be eating 1850 calories a day.

Wow! A year? Hahaha no way I'm waiting for that long lol guess I'll keep eating under maintenance then

So you're saying it's better if I keep cutting by eating under maintenance ? :) and once I've lost all the stubborn fat I can eat at maintenance and improve my body?

I have no idea what a caloric cycling is lol and were you eating under your maintenance or at your maintenance? :)

I do believe that starvation mode exists. I was in a caloric deficit for so long.. The first 2 - 3 months I was losing weight very fast. I went from 28% body fat to 20% body fat. After that I was still eating 500 calories under my maintenance for about 2 months and nothing changed. I was working out a lot too, A LOT! I…

Of course! They still have calories so you have to count them :) check my diary if you want, I eat a lot of vegetables

Cool just gave it a quick read :) I used to wonder if there was a way to not choose to either bulk or cut haha so to summarise it, you can still improve your body and look better eating at maintenance and training hard over time

There was one time when I couldn't resist a slice of pizza so I ate it, felt really bad after so I made myself throw up -.-

I'm 5"4 and weigh 57kg? Lol

How do I find them? :O new to this lol

How do I find them? :O new to this lol

I'm 5"4 and I'm eating only 100 more cals than you. I'm in a deficit too. Are you eating back your exercise calories or not? Sounds like you are exercising A LOT! I used to do this too, then was told that I was doing too much and not eating enough (I never ate back my exercise calories and I only ate 1300 cals back then)…

Hey do you mind explaining exactly what recomp means? :) so you can still tone up and stuff while eating at maintenance?

Atm im eating about 200 under maintenance. Hopefully it works lol thanks haha but trust me it's just a good picture

And how are you eating? :) macros?

I want to know as well :)

Hey thanks for that :) you look great btw. I've been eating about 500 calories under my maintenance. It worked at first but hasn't changed for 2 months now. A trainer at the gym said that I've been in a deficit for too long and my metabolism has slowed down. So now I'm eating about 200 calories under maintenance and still…

How long did that take ? :)