Cutting Advice

aguywholifts · 2018-06-29T13:36:46+00:00

You need to track your calories in order to know what you need to adjust. Because as you cut and lose fat, you’re going to require less calories and you’ll need to know when and how to adjust to continue progress and break past a plateau. You’ll get to extended period of times where your scale is no longer going down.

Start with 1800 calories - that’s about the number of calories you need to start losing 1lb a week at that weight and height. When you hit a plateau, lower the calories by 100 and continue to do so until you reach your desired physique.

Keep protein intake at a priority, but don’t neglect your fat. Really take notice of your macros during this period. It’s essential to reach them otherwise you’ll face declining performance at the gym. Combine that with the lack of energy from cutting (that’s what you are doing - depriving your body of energy to lose weight, you’re gonna notice it eventually), and failure to pay attention to your macros will be very taxing physically and mentally (bad workouts suck mentally, not being able to lift as much as you could sucks).

Don’t make any changes to your routine. If you need to back up on intensity because of the way you are feeling physically, do so. If you’re feeling exceptionally weak and find it tremendously difficult to workout, take a day or two and eat at above maintenance.

LeftAndRed · 2018-06-29T14:22:24+00:00

You gotta count. No avoiding it. You don’t have to be a scientist. I always round up to the nearest 50 kcal.

Never over 2000. Aim for 1600. Invest and live for your proteins. 180g/day. This means every meal must be devoted to fiber or protein. Say goodbye to carbs.

The__Tren__Train · 2018-06-29T15:56:54+00:00

you've received some pretty shit advice so far..

I can help you with your goals, but i'll need a picture to help ascertain what your starting point is..

and you really should track what you eat... your results will be meager at best if you don't.. especially if you are natural.

BeeBopJoe · 2018-06-30T06:07:51+00:00

I actually don't track calories when I cut. The key for me is to pace myself. My cutting cycles are slow it takes me roughly 5 or 6 months to cut to my goal weight. I eat slightly less every 2 weeks and I weight myself each week. I am to loose about 2 pounds a week during the first 1-2 months, then I slow it down to about a pound a week.

Pace yourself and do it slowly, if you try to make radical changes to your diet your body and mind will not be able to adapt.

Title	Cutting Advice
Author	_taeyeon
Upvotes	5
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Date	June 29, 2018 1:18 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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