>Go on a 500 cal. deficit diet for a few months
>reach a healthy BMI
>Switch to eating the normal amount of calories for my BMR
>gained back all the weight back
Seriously, why does this always happen??
>>37480696
Could be
> not counting calories correctly
> over estimating activity level
>>37480696
because you have no discipline, that's why
>>37480709
I'm 5'11" 180 lbs and eat 2000 calories a day. Is that really too much? It feels like nothing.
>>37480696
because you eat too much junk food dumbass
>>37480727
Impossible to estimate someone over the internet. I'm 6'1 189 lb and eat about 2200 calories a day. This is to maintain a 4 day week program + cycling to work daily.
You need to just play with calories and diet to find what you respond well to.
I went from 195 to 165 and was really lean at 5'7. (4 years lifting).
I was on 2,500 calories at first, then 2,400, then 2,300, then 2,200. About 4-5 weeks on each. I was 165 during the 2,200/per day stage.
Then I started eating like 3000-3300/per day to bulk and within 8 months I gained back 20 pounds.
I am in the process of cutting again, this time when I finish cutting I'm keeping calories in check much lower, probably like 2,500-2,700 or so, and I'll be sure to watch the scale to make sure it isn't spiking up.
>>37480727
Then continue with your deficit diet. Why did you switch back ?
>>37480727
It's too much if you sit around all day
Did you not think "oh why gosh darn' by golly I seem to have gained some of those pesky pounds I lost! Better make a deficit before I get fat again" instead of only asking once you put the weight back on you silly sausage.
>>37480750
Well shit, I don't have time to workout all day.
I don't want to eat at a deficit for the rest of my life...
>>37480859
You weren't eating "the normal amount of calories for your BMR" if you gained weight back, fatty.
Whats a realistic time frame to see results when cutting at 1200cal or a bit under?
>>37480741
You only need a 500 kcal surplus to bulk. Do it that way and you will gain the same amount of muscle anyway but less fat. Unless u start roiding. Then the game is different.
>>37480727
Seems like to count all the calories that you DRINK... you know beer soda etc have calories too
>>37480696
Its called metabolic adaptation. Your body adjusts to eating less food. Stop relying on calculators and formulas.
>>37480877
if you are 5'11 and over 200lb, 3lbs a week
>>37480696
Easy, you switched back to your old eating habits, that's why.
It's not a temporary thing, anon. If you want to lose it and keep it off, you can't go back to eating a shit ton of calories
>>37480696
It's probably a problem with your diet, stop eating calorically dense foods and eat some quality gruel. Helps to just not eat when your hungry, your body is often lying to you.
>>37480951
5'1 145lbs
>>37480859
Get a standing desk. Sitting for hours on end in general isn't good for you and standing simply burns more calories as well.
>>37481155
>standing isn't good for you
>the most natural thing we can possibly do
>Not good for you
Heh
>>37481174
Uh, think you read that comment wrong bud.
>>37481174
>it's natural so it's good for you
Good to know. I guess I should just stop lifting and eat continuously.
>>37480727
I'm 5'9, 167lbs, eat 2200 calories a day and am still losing fat. You're not counting correctly or you're not exercising enough.
>>37480727
If you're gaining weight then yes. How fucking obvious does this need to be? Did all your lost weight come from brain?
