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Eat when you're hungry. Your body doesn't *kitten* you.

Take a progress picture once a month to know for sure what direction you're going in. It seems like you're making strength gains so in turn you're probably building muscle. What changes have you seen in your body weight?

Spot reduction doesn't exist. Keep lowering your body fat percentage. Isolating your core with exercises won't do anything. I can't believe nobody has said this yet. Stick with a caloric deficit and be patient.

This is what I was going to get at. If you're lifting weights in your routine as a beginner, you will gain a little bit of muscle even if you're on a caloric deficit. People call this "noob gains". It only happens for the first couple months of lifting, and it's a good thing.

What does your routine look like.

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Didn't read the thread, but here's my advice... Don't do those garbage "cardio bunny" Jamie Eason or whatever her name is full body busy mom circuits. If you truly want results, do a routine like Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5. They are cut to the chase, quick, simple routines and they WORK. Don't get intimidated by…

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This. All day long.

Looks like you could be holding a bit of water weight. The number on the scale usually isn't relevant when you have a BF% measurement. Did you take in more sodium than usual during Christmas?

Water weight will go away when it wants too. One day you'll wake up and it will be gone. It's called the "woosh" effect. You will also retain water if you are eating too much of a caloric deficit. Just be patient.

Milk is my secret weapon. Skim milk for cutting fat, whole milk for building muscle. 1 cup of milk has roughly 9g of protein, so 2 cups of milk plus one scoop of cheap whey protein equals out to be around 40g of protein. Do that twice a day and you've nailed 80g of protein. You can get the rest from eggs, tuna, lean…

No worries. Good luck to him!

Sick brah. Great transformation.

As of right now it's 4000 cals, 400 carbs, 250g of protein, and whatever the fat ends up being. I don't really care what my BF% gets to, since I'm going to go on a hard cut for about 5 months starting in February.

fredericton, new brunswick, canada eh.

very festive bulk. dat sugar though. i would puke for sure.

strict form always. if not, you've got a one way ticket to snap city. if you can't lift it with good form, lower the weight.

this is spot on. would of said the exact same thing. just keep in mind, the weight on the scale might throw you off if you do this, because you'll gain a little bit of muscle mass regardless of your caloric deficit or not (noob gains). your weight loss will slow, but you'll lean out nicely and your bodyfat % will get lower.

making huge gains on 5x5. haven't plateaued on any lift. doing a modified SL with added power cleans and some pull up/chin up work.