Coli We did it!!! From 278 to 200 trying to hit 185 Skip to last post.
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You dropped 30 plus pounds in 3/4 weeks breh? How many calories a day are you eating? and what your protein intake/ Are you losing muscle?
God damn breh u are losing over a lb a day
I am dying trying to do 1.5 a week
but I am trying to hold on to my gains so I'm going as slowly/quickly as possible.
U clearly got shyt figured out better than me but heres some shyt Ive found thats helping or helped
- Eat clean... not for the nutrition but because its more satiating. Veggies and shyt will fill u way up and have next to no damn calories.
- Treat yourself :biggapls: Im a month in losing my shyt. I think Im gonna do a refeed/cheat day like twice a month. A sanity day or two a month won't kill gains much, especially for someone losing 1lb a day
- If they dont fukk with u use stimulants. I cant do shyt like caffeine as it fukks with my sleep no matter what time of the day I have it. But caffeine is the GOAT preworkout and appetite suppressant. Other shyt like yohimbe HCL and ephedrine work too, just dont go overboard and fukking clap yourself.
Im thinkin about makin that cut skruggle thread.... nikkas is dyin outchea. A.D.I.D.A.S.... all day I dream about snacks my nikka
I am dying trying to do 1.5 a week
but I am trying to hold on to my gains so I'm going as slowly/quickly as possible.U clearly got shyt figured out better than me but heres some shyt Ive found thats helping or helped
- Eat clean... not for the nutrition but because its more satiating. Veggies and shyt will fill u way up and have next to no damn calories.
- Treat yourself :biggapls: Im a month in losing my shyt. I think Im gonna do a refeed/cheat day like twice a month. A sanity day or two a month won't kill gains much, especially for someone losing 1lb a day
- If they dont fukk with u use stimulants. I cant do shyt like caffeine as it fukks with my sleep no matter what time of the day I have it. But caffeine is the GOAT preworkout and appetite suppressant. Other shyt like yohimbe HCL and ephedrine work too, just dont go overboard and fukking clap yourself.
Im thinkin about makin that cut skruggle thread.... nikkas is dyin outchea. A.D.I.D.A.S.... all day I dream about snacks my nikka
God damn breh u are losing over a lb a day
I am dying trying to do 1.5 a week
U clearly got shyt figured out better than me but heres some shyt Ive found thats helping or helped
- Eat clean... not for the nutrition but because its more satiating. Veggies and shyt will fill u way up and have next to no damn calories.
- Treat yourself :biggapls: Im a month in losing my shyt. I think Im gonna do a refeed/cheat day like twice a month. A sanity day or two a month won't kill gains much, especially for someone losing 1lb a day
- If they dont fukk with u use stimulants. I cant do shyt like caffeine as it fukks with my sleep no matter what time of the day I have it. But caffeine is the GOAT preworkout and appetite suppressant. Other shyt like yohimbe HCL and ephedrine work too, just dont go overboard and fukking clap yourself.
Im thinkin about makin that cut skruggle thread.... nikkas is dyin outchea. A.D.I.D.A.S.... all day I dream about snacks my nikka
You gotta be stupid careful with that for multiple reasons.
U def gotta do the research. I know just off how I feel from caffeine yohimbe would prob be the end of me. But some people swear by it.
You gotta be stupid careful with that for multiple reasons.
I'm running it now no issues but I took it really slow with the dosing. I did plenty of research and there is major element regarding insulin and use I can;t seem to crack.
Good shyt Pool Shark I've been trying to drop some pounds myself. I've had more focus on eating @ a caloric deficit than trying to burn calories exercising. Ankle flared up and sidelined me for a few days so I'll be trying to exercise more. Always good to see big dudes shedding that weight and getting lean.
Pool_Shark
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I'm not sure if I'm doing this the healthiest way. It works and I feel fine. The key to me staying on track is constantly drinking water. I'm not sure if I'm losing muscle cause I'm getting a lot stronger and can start seeing my body shaping up.
This is what I eat usually
Morning:
1 Cup of Oatmeal, just with water:300
1 Medium size carrot:25
1 orange:62
Drinking water all day
Have lunch at 5:00pm
Half of a Jenni-O turkey patty:90
A cup of broccoli: 31
a cup of cauliflower: 25
a cup of spinach:45
An apple 53
Then I'll eat the same thing for dinner at 8:00 pm
On days I lift I'll have a scoop of protein mixed with water. so that's like 180. I rotate the meats between chicken cutlet, fish, or the turkey patty.
I think the reason why I lost weight so fast was cause I went from not doing shyt to diving right in head first. I still struggle with weekends where for whatever reason I can't control my eating. Also even though I'm losing weight fast it's really easy to gain it right back. But from what I'm reading it's easier to lose weight than gain muscle, just keep creating that deficit. I think when I hit 220 I'm going to hit a wall and will start losing weight a lot slower.
You are likely having issues on the weekend because you are very restrictive during the week.
Strength isn't a indicator of keeping muscle. You could easily be gaining strength by your body learning to recruit your CNS better.
Without knowing your workout of routine ibwould just advise to slow down a little and up the cals reasonably.
Such a big restriction isn't sustainable and you run the risk of a bad rebound and gaining it back or losing so much and not being happy with your body comp.
You are right that it's going to slow down. The way to combat this is being giving your self room to drop cals. At this level you won't have room to manipulate levels.
Pool_Shark
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how much do you think I should go up by on the calories. This week I'm not running as much due to schedule changes. I just got addicted to the results. I know the healthy way is 2 pounds a week, but when i read that I thought that was for pussies. Hard work isn't the problem but I realize that if I don't eat right I could get injured or get to a point where I won't see any results. Anyway I'm open to any advice.
What I planned on doing was getting to 185 as quick as possible and then dialing everything back and acclimating to a new lifestyle. I can live with eating strict mon-fri then letting go of the steering wheel on saturdays then refocusing on sundays. Back to work on Monday. That's what I'm doing now.
That's really difficult to do without knowing a lot about you.
Think of it like this. Are you going to be happy with how you look at 185 pounds based on what you are doing. When I lost initially l lost 50-60 pounds but I had stripped what little muscle I had and people though I was sick. I'm heavier now but look better in my own eyes at least. Point being the scale is a number, optimal body composition is more important.
Also you aren't going to be able to go from such low cals during the week and eating heavy on the weekend at your choosing. You have to make adjustments along the way to get there. Again it's hard to say without knowing specifics but as best you can try to find a better balance across the week if possible.
I'm not an expert or in great shape. My perspective is someone going through the struggle of trying to get that ideal composition.
thats like 1100 calories bro i wouldnt do it like that u will hit a plateu and u will look like somebody grandma lift weiht and eat atleast 1800 calories your matain calories is 3,000 cutting that ,much is crazy thats why u have so much cravings bro
No man should consume less than 2,000 calories in a day on a consistent basis. I've done it in the past but only when I have a day where I exceeded my calorie goal and want to taper off/even out by the end of the week. But long term that low will jack you up.
what about eating 1800 all week and eating whatever on cheat day
It's not sustainable long term unless you are on the smaller side honestly, yea you might do it for a few weeks but I guarantee you will plateau quick, or end up binge eating, trust me I know from experience. When ever my calories start to get too low (I burn anywhere from 3500-4k calories a day) I end up binge eating. We have to realize losing weight is slow and steady and not a sprint. For example I love seeing the scale drop quick but I`m not Obese anymore where I could cut at huge deficits and be good, I have way more muscle than when I initially lost a ton of weight so I have to cut slower. If you are severely obese then you can maybe get away from it, for example I went from like 315 to 228 in 8 months, during the end of my cut I was eating like 1700 calories a day, and I just couldn't do it anymore so I bulked for a year, made good gains, and that muscle increased my TDEE big time.
My recommendation is once you hit the 2000 calories mark just increase the amount of cardio you do, or you can do something like 1800 calories on off days and 2200 calories on workout days. I was cutting at 2300 calories for the past month and losing weight but I`m 6'3 260 so thats wayyyy too little calories this early in my cut, I`m starting back over come Sunday, probably going to do more like 2700 calories, not sure yet.