BaliDream

What's that supposed to mean?

The reason why I weigh less than when I started my bulk is because I had a lot of excess fat to begin with. Now I have gained muscle, lost fat, and am trying to get rid of that final layer. My body fat % has gone down by around 3.5%. Currently at 11.5%.

Apologies if I came off as blunt or vague! Was not the intention. Thank you so much for taking the time out to help me. Look, I handled my transformation in a way that would allow me to not obsess during the process. I did not count/measure my exact grams of macros, I did not feel the need. I roughly balanced/balance my…

I train 4 times a week, 45 minutes each session (a program similar to StrongLifts). I do a lot of walking, I walk everywhere. I was bulking on around 3500 calories at the time. My macros were 40 prot, 40, carb, 20 fat, and I still stick to this during cutting. My weight at the beginning of my bulk was 70KGS, my end weight…

Lost 5KGS in 5 weeks. Stats: 5"85, 70KGS, Male. Was bulking for 5 months, so don't want to lose fat too fast to reduce chance of muscle loss.

Wasn't expecting so many answers, thank you all so much. Means so much! Will follow everyone's advice and do what makes most sense - eat at maintenance and keep lifting heavy/getting my protein in. Hopefully I won't gain any more fat during this process! :)

You can do it mate :) Push through the temptations, don't stop!

Oh actually that needs to be corrected, I do increase weight in sets (usually in 5KG increments) through the session. Also I thought I am skinny-fat because I do have excess fat, and I am not really 'filled in'.

To everyone who took the time out of their day to open those links and respond to my thread, thank you so incredibly much. It's amazing how helpful complete strangers can be. I'd just like to point out that steroids have never even come across my mind. I don't know how the steroid topic came into this thread, but I have…

In the same question boat as nathan. I REALLY don't want to bulk, I want to get slimmer, worst case stay at my current shape. In the email posted in this thread, I did pick up a few sentences that I really like: None of them lost any more than 1 or 2 pounds of lean mass while dieting for a competition! They drop anywhere…

I'm beginning to wonder, what if I only restricted my calories during the days I wasn't lifting? Would that work?

Thanks all.... Something inside me really wants to eat less for some reason, maybe because it'll show change in my body quicker, which I like the idea of, I'm an impatient person. But, based on the fact I have failed so many times lowering my calories, I may force myself to eat my 'maintain' calories while lifting. Ill see…

Thank you dearly Berry, but I don't understand what you mean by 'i don't need to lose any weight'! Look at my dream body and my current body, isn't there plenty of fat I need to lose? Or am I being delusional? See, i don't even know.. If I do focus on lifting, what do I do about the fat? Don't I still need to get rid of…

After some reflecting, some influences from advice and some internet research, from tomorrow I'm going to experiment with a new 'diet' (which I will apply as a lifestyle change) - big breakfast (700~ calories), medium lunch (500~ calories) and a small dinner (400~calories). This has many big and small advantages that I…

WOW I love you guys. What I'm going to re-enforce to help solve/minimize this (SO FAR): - Have a bottle of water ready. - Smaller meals through out the day. - Use the 'first bite' technique. I will google this "intermittent fasting" that has been brought up, see how it looks. Keep these rolling!

Oh, and it has never been directly an emotional problem... unless my constant frustration and sadness that is CAUSED by my inability to lose weight is causing my demotivation? Woah, brain twist!

I crave anything, and I must have it in the largest quantity and immediately. Unfortunately, I am in some ways internally disabled because I won't have the time nor strength to 'cook a healthier version of it'. My mind skips all of that negotiating - it goes straight to "MUST. HAVE. THIS. NOW". -_-

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