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Cutting Thread!
Discuss your routines, diets, goals, etc.
>>37691745
>fast 20:4 on rest days, 16:4 on training days
>drink seltzer water, and lots of reg water
>fiber and multi supps with first meal
>850 kcal deficit (1600kcal a day)
>400-500 first meal
>train after first meal
>1000-1200kcal normie dinner with nonlifting bfs
Feels good man. 3 weeks in, and down to 173 from 182 (adjusting for some presumed water weight loss, but i generally carb up and high sodium to reduce that)
First go at nonrestrictive dieting, and i think i have been foolish for restrictively dieting so much on prior cuts.
Granted i still love my steak and salad for rapid weight loss....
Havent eaten anything in almost a week. Hopping to get down to a 16 bmi by the end of summer
>>37691823
Your body is eating its own organs.
Enjoy your unhealthy stupidity
>>37691823
However i did have a huge splurge on wensday. Have 4 grapes and immediately regreted it
>4 weeks 2 days
>5'11, was 190lbs
>down to 175.7 this morning
>still see ZERO FUCKING DIFFERENCE IN THE MIRROR
IT'S NOT FAIR
on 1000-1200 calories a day
surprisingly not hungry
>>37691854
Use a tape to make sure it's not muscle you're losing. Tape waist, hips/ass, chest, thighs, and upper arms. That's a huge amount of weight. In theory you should be needing a new wardrobe, or at least a belt.
>>37691854
some of it could probably be water weight
Keto for days, son
Trying calorie cycling for the first time instead on straight cutting.
3100 calories rest day about 3800 work day
I feel way better now.
>>37691877
I'm exaggerating, jeans that I could wear without a belt requires one now. It's just my stupid eyes who can't see the difference, I guess.
Still, at first I thought I'd be super lean when I hit 150-160. Now I'm starting to wonder if I'll have to drop below 150.
>>37691846
Fuck you. I want a pizza
>cutting and practicing vacuums
>notice my waist is a lot smaller this time around and my stomach doesn't have that bloated look
>lower abs and obliques have veins on them and are pretty flat without the little fat bump
My waist is a 27 inches now, and I can vacuum to a 25.5.
>>37691745
Had a piece of PIZZA today.
Hold me bros
THIS. FUCKING. THREAD.
Ruined my fucking day. So here I thought, hey Liz, today seems like one of those days where you can go to 4chan for sum lulz. You can handle it.
You didn't vomit for 2 months, you've grown stronger.
Well seems like I didn't. I deliberately went into this thread as a test but I failed. The urge to throw up is so strong right now.
I don't blame anyone in this forum. I know this is just for cheap lulz but for me it's the end of the world right now.
>>37692023
I appreciate your bait.
>>37692023
Not the end of the world until you kill yourself.
Can I just skip cardio if I'm cutting relatively hard? TDEE is around 2900 and I'm cutting on about 1900 right now.
This looks like it could help some people out.
>>37692128
Cardio is gud 4 u
Just eat more food, pb is gud for filling out calories
I was raised on the shittiest food imaginable and thus I have an extremely difficult time not eating high fat and calorie food.
Been eating oatmeal for breakfast and small quantities of unhealthy food for lunch and dinner. While staying well under my limit
Is this sustainable, or should I force feed myself salad
>>37691745
Aw shit. First time I'm noticing I may be closer to 15% guy than 20% guy.
I've been on an average of 1400 cal/day since early january and I'm going mad, mostly from the counting
>>37692184
you'll lose weight no matter what you eat as long as you're reaching your deficit.
eating healthy food does stuff like keeps you full longer, makes your shits better, helps your skin, general health benefits, etc.
>>37692203
Keep it up dude, you're going to make it!
>>37691745
6' 150 hoping to be 140 by August 1st.
Heading up to Whistler , CA w/my lads, and some George Foremans that I hope to please with my aesthetics.
Other than that, I have very
little motivation to cut and it's really fucking my cut up. I'm no longer fat, and I fit well into the clothes I already own, so it's been hard to find the charge I need to really keep at this self-flagellation.
>>37692128
Not it if you want to keep in cardiovascular shape.
Plus, if you stop doing cardio, certain veins that bulge under cardiovascular stress will start to become smaller. If you're like me and you like to use vascularity as a way to indicate bodyfat levels, this might be a bad thing.
>>37692172
>TDEE=0% is recomp
As a fatty who's been lifting for about 3 months, do I really need to cut then? Can I just eat at maintenance and keep increasing my lifts, and will muscle replace the fat?
225lbs, 5'9, about ~28%bf, 220DL, 185Squat, 135Bench
Or do I need to cut down to like 180 or something (lifts will increase slower :((() and then bulk up?
>>37692234
Thanks, I hope we all do.
Next week its time for my third progress pic. I'm trying to build a nice album.
>>37692180
>>37692243
Cardio is just so fucking boring. How do you guys manage?
>>37692282
Music/Audiobooks/Raise the speed at least to 12km/h
i need to start planning more meals that are heavy protein/fat and some carbs. i feel like i just play shit by ear too much and don't cut out my 500 cals for the day. just seems like my weight stays the same.
anyone have a trusted TDEE calculator?
>>37692262
I'm no expert, but I think it depends entirely on what you want.
If you're lifting for aesthetics, fuck your lifts and cut immediately. Once you get to a decent bf, 15-18% is a good range to shoot for, start bulking and cutting in smaller cycles like the sticky says.
I've found that lifts do not go down while cutting, unless you're fat, like you are.
it will take much longer for you to not look like shit if you don't cut. Recomp takes a lot longer.
>>37692282
focus on form, I guarantee yours is shit
>>37692318
Well what would you suggest between bike, treadmill and elliptical?
>>37692282
I am training for cross country, so I can't say I don't enjoy it. It helps to be light on your feet and in good health, even though i'm on a deficit. After a while, the mythical "runner's high" does indeed become a reality, it feels really good to run after a certain point in your training. Don't be a bitch anon.
Change up your environment. If you're running on a treadmill for any reason but convenience, you're only fucking yourself over. If you like to do cardio after your lifts, go outside your gym and find a nice loop that begins and ends at the gym(record the distance with your phone).
>>37692308
I listen to Podcasts, music, audiobooks as well.
>>37692262
It will, just way to slow.
I don't have extreme aesthetics as my goal so I do just that.
But with 225 and 5'9 you can run a -300~500 deficit without much trouble with your lifts
It's been a long time, but I'm almost out of it. I'm still hovering around 20% body fat, but that's a blessing compared to the 70% I started with.
>430 pounds ~70% bodyfat - completely sedentary
>222 pounds ~20% - lifting 3 days a week/running 3 days a week
I told myself I'd cut until July 10th, so these last few weeks I've been keeping to my diet as perfectly as possible.
I also started using Yohimbine and I'm losing as much fat as I did in the beginning - 3-4 pounds a week easy.
I guess when you're 3 times the size of a normal human being you've stored up 3 times the amount of emergency fat.
It's been a struggle and a triumph. I can't wait to lift on a surplus for the first time in my life. We're all gonna make it, brothers.
>>37691916
You probably will, it's so easy to underestimate how much body-fat you're starting with.
Though, you'll probably be around 15% body fat at 150 so the choice is yours to build up or continue cutting down from there. Good luck!
>>37692392
I run inside just because of the weather. It's over 100 during the summer here so I'll die if I go outside. Any suggestion on shaking up the speed or distance anything of that sort?
So gauiyz, I wake up in the morning and skip breakfast, skip lunch, and only eat dinner. I maintain 150 and I looke like 20% on this chart. Wat do?
>>37692394
somehow, a picture of a delicious looking sandwich with a poor fucking excuse for a joke as a caption ,fails to motivate me
Is any of this true?
https://www.quora.com/What-if-I-only-eat-300-500-calories-a-day-a-few-months
>>37692426
well, i'd suggest to run either earlier or later in the day to beat the heat.
I never go below 7.5 mph on a treadmill, otherwise i'm bored af. maybe for cycling, there are like virtual spin classes, where you can listen to shit that changes up the intensity of your cardio. I've never done it, but i imagine it exists.
>>37692428
count your calories retard
>>37692433
Not exactly - it depends on how super morbidly obese you are. The more body fat you have the longer you can last on a very low calorie diet without feeling like shit from it.
Some Scottish bloke completely fasted from 200 kilos to 100 kilos over the course of a year - came out of it perfectly healthy. Though he had medical supervision monitoring his vitamin levels and vitals.
Protein Sparring Modified Fasts are the way to go if you're looking for a vlcd.
Get a hold of a copy of Lyle McDonald's Rapid Fat Loss Handbook if you're down. It's grueling but extremely effective.
>>37692279
I'm not going to, but I'll try.
My self-control is so shit, but at least I'm dedicated to hitting the gym.
Eating less is so hard for me.
>>37692433
based on the url, no it's likely everyone involved in that discussion is some kind of chucklefuck
>>37692426
If you have an incline treadmill, use the incline.
Really ramps up the toughness
Been eating only 1500 calories a day starting @ 190lbs 5'8 with 300 test and 400 tren, 80mcg clen. winny in 3 weeks.
Going on ketosis for the majority of the time even though I'm not on keto (sometimes have 30g carbs, sometimes 50-60).
The improvements on my arm definition, face and mid section is just amazing after 2 weeks, definitely gonna be happy shopping for clothes end of july.
>New PRs
>Fill out shirts better
>Eat like a king
>Feel fucking great in the gym thanks to all that food
I don't think it's possible for me to cut after creating such an apetite for myself
>>37692552
it's possible.
don't be a bitch.
I'm trying to adjust my calorie intake to 1600 calories/day, but I feel incredibly hungry in between meals. TDEE calculator says my daily calorie expenditure is around 2100. Any tricks to stave off hunger? Extra-filling, cheap foods that are light on calories?
>>37692552
>fill out shirts better
>your face is bloated as fuck
>look like shit
fuck bulking. bulking is a meme. never again.
>>37692657
caffeine, amphetamemes, fruit.
I eat pretty much whatever the fuck I want, as long as I make sure that by the end of the day I've eaten about 1600kcal at 40% carbs, 40% protons, 20% fat.
>>37692657
protein makes you feel full, if you feel like you eat because you're bored try and force yourself to do something productive or make a habit of doing pushups/squats or something.
I found that If I eat >100 grams of protein daily my appetite is usually lower between meals. It also depends on what you're eating. 1600 calories of mcburger&fries is different than 1600 calories of veges, chicken, lean meat and bread.
>>37692405
Stay the course, anon.
You'll get there before you realize, and all the hardships and struggle with make your triumph all the sweeter.
Afterwards be sure to fuck Stacy, film the whole thing, and send the tape to Chad.
kinda wish I didnt store all my fat on my lower abs/back
>visible adonis belt
>still small pouch of fat on stomach
sucks, but i'll get it eventually
>>37692016
CHAD?
What are you doing here bro!?
I kinda just starve myself after a 500-600 calorie breakfast. I usually wind up splurging at my nearest Wawa :( ... 6lb in 4 months...
>>37691745
194 LBS 25% body fat
My diet is composed entirely of as much Edamame as I want at any time (never too much because I don't like edamame very much) as much water as I want, and occasional high nutrition fruit snacks. I have no specific goals but how ever much body fat I can cut by the end of summer with the above diet and plenty of cardio will be enough for me. Does anyone have any pointers on how to make this process even more efficient?
Anyone here feel like they pack mass on to thighs faster than other parts when bulking? Is this shit genetics?
I'm finishing up the last two weeks of my cut -
5'9, 154->129 atm. I want to get down to 125 which is what I think 10-12% bf will look like. I've been cutting since March and used EC for about a month. I cycled off since the beginning of April and just restarted a cycle a few days ago. I'm doing a 16/8 IF split at a 500kcal deficit (800 when I use the stack). I plan on staying on it for 2 weeks which should get me down to my goal. I've been getting at least 120 g or more of protein a day and go to the gym daily to try and prevent too much muscle loss. I don't look too skelly but I can't wait to start the bulk. For a good portion of my cut I was going to the gym every day but I realized I wasn't getting much done because I was too fatigued after a while so now I probably lift 5 out of 7 days and only do legs once a week. I play about 2-3 hrs of pick up soccer 3 days a week typically on rest days + one lifting day. Happy with my progress - I feel much quicker and better on the field and look pretty good aesthetically.
My diet is relatively clean -if I eat junk food it's probably once every 2-3 weeks and I try to work it into my weekly caloric deficit. The hardest thing is alcohol though which is tough to cut out for a college student but I managed.
The negatives: I definitely lack a lot of upper body strength, both genetically and bc I haven't been eating. I just want to start eating so I can start filling out my upper frame.
>>37694878
jesus 125?.. i'm 5'9 currently 178 after starting at 190. you must be fresh out of auschwitz
>>37695138
Maybe I just have body dysmorphic but I really don't think so. I have above average muscular features. I can post a pic in a second. I might even start a bf guessing thread in a bit with it. Let me know what you think.
>>37695245
>>37695138
here ya go
>inb4 poo in loo
bf estimate?
been cutting on 100mg var and 250test e for 4 weeks now, 6 to go
>>37695354
>cutting on gear
it's okay as long as you enjoy wasting your gear
>>37695390
it's 250mg of test e a week, and var. pretty standard cutting cycle.
lost 6kg so far, and no strength loss at all
>>37695354
You're better off asking SAK or coach.
Guess it's +- 10-12. Lower than me but you're a lot bigger.
Im going to run 150/250 test/tren indefinitely and add dnp for 10 days while I will stay under 800kcal a day. Maybe eat my way through 150-200mcg t3 a day if I get my sdrol/msten in time.
>>37695354
Do some physical activity with your body other than lifting, jesus christ. The gym rat look is not good.
>>37695418
i got measued with a bod pod at 11 before this cut. i store legit all my fat on my stomach. feels bad man
>>37695442
i have a big ass and thighs, and women often ask me what code of football i play, so i'm doing ok. thanks for your consideration
>>37692494
Discipline yourself to count your calories for 2 months it will become a habit
>>37695354
Id say 12% or a bit lower in this pic, post back
>>37695442
Hatin a$$ NiGGA
>>37692016
tfw just ordered a PIZZA
idgaf
down to 126, started at 156 in march 9th, started measuring my belly and lost 3 inches since my last weight in, feels good mein
you guys wanna add eachother on my fitness pal for the support?
my username is swoldobaggainz
>>37692282
hiit, so i only have to do it for 1/4 the time
>be me
>Cutting for 4 months
>Lost 21 pounds
>Decided today shall be first cheat day
I ate a whole pizza, 10 wings, 1 beer, 2 Jones sodas, a energy drink, a 3 oz bag of Doritos, a 20 oz coke, 2 toaster strudels, and half a pint of ice cream. Prolly gonna eat more ice cream + sandwich later
Started cutting early may. Counting calories makes me want to kill myself so I went with a restrictive diet: nothing with over 10% calories from fat or added sugar, and I have to eat my fucking vegetables. I'm down to 221 from 233.
>>37695794
what do you estimate that total calorie intake for today is? 6000? 8000?
>>37695872
About 6000
> start cutting
> go keto & IF
> cook 350g beef and 320g chicken breast for breakfast at 5PM
> 8-900 calories all up
> can't even eat it all
> haven't been hungry all day and already full on 800/1800 calories
??
>>37694104
If you're talking about muscle mass then yes, quads are the fastest growing muscle for everyone
Gonna lose 20lb. Not a very structured diet, just way way less processed/unhealthy food and counting calories. 1400 cal/day.
Lost 20.5 lbs in 10 weeks, still at least 13lbs to go. I don't really exercise and am 5'2" so the amount of calories I have to eat a day to lose weight is ridiculously low. As soon as my exams are over I'll start exercising more.
>>37691854
you have to take pics otherwise the gradual change is unoticeable
>mfw all i needed to lose weight at a steady pace again was one refill day per week
>>37696595
Girl?
>>37691745
My bulk is FAILING, should I say fuck it and cut/maintain for the summer?? I'm 5'9 158 at 15-17% bodfat
Will keto give the exact same results as a regular diet on the same deficit? Been on a regular deficit awhile. Am losing weight but am wondering if keto is better for hunger.
>ECA stack
>only at breakfast/lunch
>can't sleep 10+ hours after last dose
Does not taking caffeine make epinhedrin useless, or is it still ok?
>>37691916
5'8" here. the difference between 150 and 160 for me is huge so make it to your goal then decide
Not counting calories here.
But everyday I eat the same except for dinner, which sums up to pretty much the same calories every day.
I just make sure that I lose 0,5kg per week.
Am I going to make it this way without counting?
>>37692282
Try something different.
I find trail running and swimming almost fun.
Not easy, this whole cutting business. Also, I started tracking recently and I'm not entirely sure I'm doing the measurement rights, since even if I eat the same as I always do I'm still just hitting my target, so that means I should have lost weight by now.
Either the measurements or maybe I was eating more than I was aware of before.
>>37698408
If you literally just started and there is no progress after 1-2 weeks you 100% count wrong.
You can go a week without change in weight, but its very unlikely if you JUST started. When you start you lose weight very fast because of the water weight.
>>37698498
I didn't start cutting just now, I started counting just now. Before I just ate less and it seemed to work but now I hit a wall when it comes to weight lose so I figured I better count up them calories.
What I meant is that for the past three days I've been counting and I'm just surprised at how much calories I used to eat anyway and how close it is to my target. Should probably work harder on counting right.
>>37692312
Aw shit, me too. I'm just counting in my head with a bit of google mostly for conversing lbs and cups and whatever shit Americans use to kg and grams.
And I think I'm off by a lot because not only I'm slimmer after 3 months, I actually feel fatter.
>>37696173
down a couple protein shakes and keep the calorie deficit i guess? damn impressed
>>37697447
Seems boring af, but whatever works. As long as you're losing weight.
It's really not that much work to count calories. I'm fine with getting a rough estimate from MyFitnessPal, I don't go through and manually enter everything, just search on the app and go with the closest result. Takes about 2 minutes after any meal.
>>37691745
I just got done with a massive cut someone critique my current calorie intake.
mon-thur 1.2k calories, meet almost all macros.
fri (party night) 2.5k, supplement with an extra meal replacement shake comprised of vegetable and whey protein to exceed macro needs.
sat-sun 2.1k
I'm losing weight pretty steadily about 1lb-2max a week, but i'm sitting around 14% body fat and getting to the point where i'm physically tired from the cut.
>>37691809
I wish that 1600kcal was a 850 deficil for me. Alas, I'm a skeletal manlet that just happens to have all of his bodyfat stored right over his abs
