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There is a difference between losing for weight loss and losing for fat loss. Dropping weight on a calorie restricted diet alone will be a mixture of fat, fluids and organ size. Focusing on dropping fat will ensure that you preserve as much of your lean muscle as you can along the wayso that you mostly lose fat. Some…

Lifting weights has reduced mines. Hoping that by dropping body fat but sparing lean mass will improve it even more

It depends on your goals really. If you are just wanting to drop weight and concentrating on a scale number then its basically calories in vs calories out and you will lose weight that combines some fat, water, glycogen and muscle. I done that a few years ago and although I got to goal(9 stone), i was sort of just a…

Seconded

Depends on your goals in my opinion. Whey is fast absorbing and ideally for around workouts. Caesein is a slower releasing protein and ideal for in between meals or while you sleep.

You can change these percentages to suit yourself on mfp. If you go to goals>custom settings then you can play about with it. I personally set my protein to match my body weight in pounds so that as I drop weight, i'm not sacrificing as much muscle. Fat is set to 0.45g per pound pf body weight too and the rest is filled…

It's quite frustrating at times. I work out mon-fri (4 days heavy lifting). It can be hard to judge due to water weight. Even at the weekends if i have a nice meal out of the norm then all it takes is for higher sodium etc to keep that water weight on! Sometimes i'm just glad if the scale stays the same but my clothes feel…

Did you see how long the gain stayed there for? If your body is used to eating at a lower amount then it is going to suppress a bit. Eating more food is going to equal more water weight and glycogen. For example. I have been on 1400 cals for a longggg time. Had stopped losing weight. Gradually added 100 cals on per week…

I make mug cakes with my chocolate protein powder. Scoop of powder, half teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa. add an egg and tablespoon of water. Mix really well until smooth. Microwave in a mug for 20-25 secs and its all gooey. I'll add things like peanut butter to mines too. Don't be afraid of fat i.e yolk in eggs etc. Protein…

Another here for water weight. It is really frustrating to track progress on the scale, especially if you do a lot of exercise. It's hard to judge if you are actually losing/gaining when the scale jumps up and down a couple of pounds. I'm trying to find my maintenance calorie level right now and its hard because the scale…

Thanks all for your imput. I should be hitting maintenance in the next couple of weeks. I havent lost anything since I started upping my calories (which I expected). Recomp wasn't my original goal per se but im happy to do it until I feel ready to cut again. There was no way I could progress in lifting on a rubbish 1400…

Thanks..I was thinking along the same lines. I'm going to be at maintenance until around January 2016 as I just feel my body could do with the diet break. I will still be lifting 4 times a week and be progressing in strength as much as I can, before I do a cut in the Jan. I was just curious if I will just continue to get…

I think there is a difference between focusing on fat loss and weight loss. When trying to drop bodyfat and keep lean mass you have to go about things a little differently.

Also, as long as you are in a deficit of calories you won't put any muscle on. you have to be eating a surplus and lifting heavy for that to be happening. Resistance training along with adequate protein will help you keep some lean mass as you drop weight. I totally understand the anxiety of not taking a break. Its taking…

1 personally do 1g protein per pound of body weight. 0.45g per pound of body weight and the rest is carbs

How long have you been restricting calories for? Im a 5ft 4 female and i'm currently in the process of finding out my maintenance calories after restricting for a long time. I go to the gym 5 times a week (lift 4 and do hiit one). My tdee is around the 2000 mark (online calc but will find out for myself). To cut I would…

* Aim to drop body fat instead of body weight. I once became just a smaller version of the body I didn't like. * You shouldn't restrict for long periods of time as it suppresses your metabolism. I'm doing a re-set now. * Don't over complicate things. I feel liberated now and understand that I need food to fuel myself to…

I'm not a massive lover of drinking it as a shake. I make 'mug cake' with it though. One scoop of chocolate powder (usually 25g), half teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder and a pinch of baking powder. Add an egg and mix really well either in a mug or slightly bigger container until its pretty smooth and runny. Microwave…

Don't eat foods that you don't like or enjoy. You have to make this work for you in a manner that makes you be consistent. So many folk over complicate things for themselves. For example. No one has to eat chicken, brown rice and an abundance of vegetables if they don't like it or want it. It's all about choices and being…

Fantastic results :smile:

On a recomp you eat at tdee im pretty sure...bulking above tdee and cutting tdee-x% of calories. Your bmr is the calories needed for your body to function properly so if you choose to eat that as the minimum and then lift, it will mean that you will be burning below your bmr? Do you know what your tdee cals are?

The only thing I can think of is do you put weight on your bottom half first compared to the rest of you? And is it only happening when you start creeping up the higher end of your scale? It does sound a bit strange and silly but could the jeans have shrunk or maybe just tighter feeling after a wash? It doesn't sound like…

Yeah...don't put me down for cardio!....ok then, if I must :( I do two rounds of hiit on the the treadmill, one day a week. Ihe rest of the time I lift. I do a min walk and a min run and increase the running speed. I also find it less boring than steady state cardio. I also started unfit and you do progress quite quickly…

Hi I personally do it 4 times a week. An example of my schedule is: Mon-Upper Tues-Lower Wed-hiit cardio Thurs-Upper Fri-Lower You could google a dumbbell routine online and go from there. The only machines I really use are for legs. Anything else is dumbell or barbell. With things like squats, start with some body weight…

I think lifting can come across as quite intimidating if you have never done it before. Once you do it for a few weeks though it is addictive. I personally get a buzz off of being able to increase the weight i'm lifting now than I do get from a bathroom scale reading. Also my body tells me I need to eat more so they sort…

I agree with bulk/lift/cut

I'm slowly but surely saying goodbye to my chest(cries)

I can be a bit of a binger when it comes to things like chocolate, cakes...sugar basically. Right now I try and find a place for it at the weekend, within calories and also within macros. I only buy them in single servings as well. I have done keto before and it does actually help with cravings. I still logged calories…

Add some stock powder to it. Tastes a bit like the savoury rice you get in packs. You then have various options-chicken, vegetable, beef etc or even some curry powder :)

Started lifting heavy 9 weeks ago, 4 times a week and a session of hiit in the middle (compound moves along with some accessory work). It's down to that type of exercise that I realized my body wasn't getting the fuel it needed to run. I get such a buzz from upping weights each week now that it has taken over any buzz i'm…