Weight: 177.8 (regular) It's weird.... on one hand, I'm happy- seeing 177.x all weekend and basically dropping 2+lb last week was good. But the rolling average losses were not that crazy. Like a lb. I'm taking it as a 2+lb loss. I guess the big difference is last Sunday I was 177.8, but that Monday I shot up to 180 flat; yesterday I was at 177.8 and I stayed down at 177.8 today. This bodes really well as I have my ride tonight, so hopefully I can take another big dip and stay down.
I am definitely starting to feel this deficit. Like I said before... switching to "hold on" mode; acquiring gains from here on is a pipe dream. I have never been this lean so I'm in new territory, and to boot I've never been this strong at this kind of body weight. 265x10 on squats is a PR for me, period, like no asterisks or anything. So I'll be happy to hold on to that through the rest of the cut, though I will try and add more reps if I feel I can. But overall I'm in a really good place, even if shyt's not meeting my unrealistic expectations.
I am definitely starting to feel this deficit. Like I said before... switching to "hold on" mode; acquiring gains from here on is a pipe dream. I have never been this lean so I'm in new territory, and to boot I've never been this strong at this kind of body weight. 265x10 on squats is a PR for me, period, like no asterisks or anything. So I'll be happy to hold on to that through the rest of the cut, though I will try and add more reps if I feel I can. But overall I'm in a really good place, even if shyt's not meeting my unrealistic expectations.
Thoughts: Thinking about how to transition back to a surplus when I'm done, as well as how much of a surplus I want to come back up to. I've got to where I'm not really craving sweets anymore... I just want more carbs and bigger meals in general.
*MATH WARNING*
Big adjustment is going to be from cardio. I'm eating ~1900kcal/day, but doing about 2600kcal/week (or ~375kcal/day average) of cardio. So my net intake is about 1525kcal/day... fukking low as shyt. BUT, I'm losing about 1.4lb/week on average, which is about 4900kcal/week or 700kcal/day. So based on that, my maintenance right now is 1525+700 = 2225kcal/day. I'm thinking that's a little lower than it would be in a surplus, because I do feel a little shytty and tired. So when I get back in a surplus, I think I'm gonna shoot for 2500kcal/day, and get in ~1000-1500kcal/wk of cardio if I can. I do think I eventually got up to 2900-3000kcal/day with minimal cardio last year and little to no weight gain... I'd love to get back to that point again. But I also want to try and stay lean- if I get down under 170 I don't want to go past 180. And that's going to be all carbed up and shyt. Then again last year I wrapped up my cut at 180, and only crept up to like 192-193, so I think I can do it.
Just trying to think through what I'm gonna do with this extra 600-800kcal/day. That's a LOT
Basically an extra meal a day for me. A nice one too. I still want to make good on no more uncooked foods (ready made cookies, cereal etc).... but I might bring shyt like brownies and biscuits back in the mix. I have picked up a lot of good habits on this diet... really sticking to my feeding windows, eating more veggies, cooking all my meals, managing social shyt and conflicts, just having more discipline in general. I'm enjoying it and want to continue that in the surplus. It feels good to have this level of control, even while I'm hungry as shyt.
*MATH WARNING*
Big adjustment is going to be from cardio. I'm eating ~1900kcal/day, but doing about 2600kcal/week (or ~375kcal/day average) of cardio. So my net intake is about 1525kcal/day... fukking low as shyt. BUT, I'm losing about 1.4lb/week on average, which is about 4900kcal/week or 700kcal/day. So based on that, my maintenance right now is 1525+700 = 2225kcal/day. I'm thinking that's a little lower than it would be in a surplus, because I do feel a little shytty and tired. So when I get back in a surplus, I think I'm gonna shoot for 2500kcal/day, and get in ~1000-1500kcal/wk of cardio if I can. I do think I eventually got up to 2900-3000kcal/day with minimal cardio last year and little to no weight gain... I'd love to get back to that point again. But I also want to try and stay lean- if I get down under 170 I don't want to go past 180. And that's going to be all carbed up and shyt. Then again last year I wrapped up my cut at 180, and only crept up to like 192-193, so I think I can do it.
Just trying to think through what I'm gonna do with this extra 600-800kcal/day. That's a LOT
Basically an extra meal a day for me. A nice one too. I still want to make good on no more uncooked foods (ready made cookies, cereal etc).... but I might bring shyt like brownies and biscuits back in the mix. I have picked up a lot of good habits on this diet... really sticking to my feeding windows, eating more veggies, cooking all my meals, managing social shyt and conflicts, just having more discipline in general. I'm enjoying it and want to continue that in the surplus. It feels good to have this level of control, even while I'm hungry as shyt.
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but that shyt sounds heavy AF right now. Legs are holding on strong though, thats for sure. Glad I found the right recipe for that in this cut... leg days are damn near easy right now, squats were springy
