rga
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- Nov 9, 2011
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So, odd weekend kind of. Weighed myself on the scale at the gym... 183.8lb. Home scale (which I normally use) said about 185.6 right when I got home. The gym scale is the one where you move the little blocks around til the lever evens out... So know whos which one is right.
I guess that brings me to second point which is... I'm down down another belt loop. Size 36 belt, on 5th notce in from the last. Not sure how belts are measured, but I know before late last year when I was at my heaviest, I was usually on the 3rd notch. Assuming each notice is about one inch, that would put me down 2'' on the waist now.
Gym is now up to 5x per week so I get in more activity with out eating less. Lifts slowly going up still.
Thanks for all the support.
Are you really down another belt size, or just back to the belt size you were a year ago at 186 lbs. and ~16% bf?
BW= 185-187
BF = ~16%
BMR for my weight, height & age was around 1900cal. For light exercise 3-5days a week I believe the calc said maint. level would be around 2300cal. So to cut the ol' 3500cal/week, I am aiming at around 1800cal net per day. I actually eat closer to 1900cal on my lift days. I don't really think I am burning more than 100-150cal a day from lifts + cardio.
Do you think I need to eat more? Goal right now is to cut down to about 12% fat, then bulk up and assuming I'll gain maybe 1lb fat per every 2-3lb muscle I gain, I'd prob bulk up to around 15-16% fat again, then do a final cut down to 10% or so.
I don't really know the best way to do it, but ultimately I'd like to be around 10-11% body fat @ around 185lb.
Edit:
Fack I'm redoing my macro's and I'd been using the "sedentary" numbers -_- For "moderately active (1-3days/week exercise)" and "active (5days/week)" my cal needs would be around 2500 and 2750 respectively. So to lose 1lb/week I should actually be eating more like 2000-2300cals/day.
I'll prob cut the dif and call it ~2150 as I really don't feel like I'm doing "moderate" exercise 3-5 days a week. My lift is 20-25mins followed by a fairly intense plyo/cardio session for 5-10min. Idk, I figure a moderate work out would last at least an hour.
No wonder I haven't lost weight but have lost strength. I've probably been cutting like 7000 cals a week 0_0. Seeing as I only need to drop around 10-12lb, I'm guessing my body went into starvation mode.
Your goal was to be your current weight (~185) at ~10% body fat. If you're the same weight and the same bodyfat percentage you were a year ago, you haven't really put on any lean mass.
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