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Incredible transformation! You lost about 10 years in age too!

Freakin' amazing progress, man!

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Leaning more towards faster weight loss. My caloric deficit definitely reflects that. I'd like to spend the next 4 ish months cutting body fat as effeciently as possible while doing what I can to retain muscle. Soaking up this advice from everyone for sure though.

Yeah, I know it's prob a bit low. I'd like to go for something closer to 1g of protein per pound of body weight but idk, it's just...so..much...chicken lol. I'll probably kick it up to around 185g, something i know I can hit pretty comfortably.

Thanks for the info, man! Some good stuff here. I hate the idea of losing any muscle, but I guess I'll have to accept the fact that some muscle loss is going to occur on a high-deficit cut. I'll take your advice and add in the refeed day once a week to try and counteract the sluggishness. Right now I feel great, but there…

Yeah, I've done a little research on it and the feedback seems to be really good as far as the fat burning aspect goes. I'll probably incoprate this a little later into my diet to switch things up.

@aspdenbrae Good luck, man! I'm thinking about raising my protein intake as well. And the higher carbs in the morning, higher protein at night is interesting, might have to experiment a little with mine to see what gives me the most energy

Macros roughly: 150g protein - 220g carbs - 92g fat I'm 6', 219 lbs to put those more in context. As far as my program, I workout 5 days a week doing a full body split. Minimal cardio. I'm doing 3x8-12 on everything except compound lifts. Compound lifts (squats, deadlifts, bench, OHP) I'm doing 5x5 after warmups. Numbers…

I like the idea of lowering volume. I still have 40ish lbs to lose though so I'm not ready for bulking of any kind just yet.

As crappy as I felt about the way I looked, I did it the first day I decided to start losing weight (about a year ago) and I'm definitely happy that I did. When you're feeling unmotivated or lazy some days, and just don't feel like going to the gym or for a run, its awesome to be able to pull up the old photos of yourself…

You would need to lose 6ish pounds a month which is definitely possible as long as you restrict your calorie limit & moderately workout, maybe 3 or 4 times a week (cardio mixed with some weight lifting) Add me for support or advice if you want! I log everyday & am pretty active w/ friends :)

I log everyday & am pretty active within the group of friends I already have on here, but always looking for more! Add me if you want :)

Good luck with your journey! Stick with it and you'll be back to a size 7 in no time :)

Thanks everyone for your replies, I really appreciate it. I think I'll follow what a lot your guys' advice was & go ahead and visit a back specialist to find out if I have any real underlying issues.

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Same as what some of the others were commenting, do what feels best for you. For me, if I eat 1000 calories over my limit on Monday, for example, I'll lower my limit for the next three days by 350ish calories to balance it all out, & by the end of the week I'll be where I need to be.

You can, but you'll feel much better as far as energy level, mood, & focus goes by eating 1500 calories worth of good food (lean meats, veggies - that sort of thing) as opposed to eating 1500 calories worth of pizza and soda lol. Nothing wrong with a slice or two here and there tho!

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