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The ADD said:
You can’t spot reduce first and foremost

Second you always keep protein at body weight during a cut to help with muscle preservation and satiation. For the most part you can’t gain fat from protein consumption.

Body recomps are largely a waste of time for casual lifters.

I don’t know enough to say what your macros should be but start with .80 - 1 grams of protein to body weight and figure it out from there.

Stop starving yourself. For what you want to likely achieve it’s not going to work.
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:whoa: let's hold out on that





:russ: I'm just fukking around. I fast for spiritual reasons but I'm the OMAD plan with water and no sugar. Finna cut out bread too
 
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boardman said:
Can someone tell me the best way to approach losing belly fat? Had been building muscle from a program that suggested body recompositioning. Aka eating less while lifting heavy to allow me to lose fat and build muscle, cool. All was well until we entered another Lockdown - lost acess to gym. As I wouldn't be working out as much, I decided to strave myself to drop body fat percentage. Been eating around 1200 calories - sourced from foods rich in fats (40) and carbs (40) and little protein (20). However, there's been no change, the scale has dropped but the gut is there. Am getting desperate at this stage and considering doing 1000 calories and less. And doing 30-45 minute HIIT home workouts 5 days a week. Ive got a good frame just that I cannot seem to eradicate bellyfat. fukked up yesterday and ended up eating 3330 calories so Im not going to eat today. However, I know this is unsustainable so I am desperate for some tips.
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Your body is in starvation made, that’s probably why the scale not changing. 1200 cal? Hard to maintain that for a long time and consistently get results. I’m trying to figure out a reverse diet so my body can get used to calories again so I can start cutting again.
 
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Your body is in starvation made, that’s probably why the scale not changing. 1200 cal? Hard to maintain that for a long time and consistently get results. I’m trying to figure out a reverse diet so my body can get used to calories again so I can start cutting again.
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Slowly bring your calories up.
 
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The ADD said:
You can’t spot reduce first and foremost

Second you always keep protein at body weight during a cut to help with muscle preservation and satiation. For the most part you can’t gain fat from protein consumption.

Body recomps are largely a waste of time for casual lifters.

I don’t know enough to say what your macros should be but start with .80 - 1 grams of protein to body weight and figure it out from there.

Stop starving yourself. For what you want to likely achieve it’s not going to work.
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You also don't do a recomp by eating less (especially at those macros) to try and gain muscle and lose at the same time. :ehh:
 
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boardman said:
Can someone tell me the best way to approach losing belly fat? Had been building muscle from a program that suggested body recompositioning. Aka eating less while lifting heavy to allow me to lose fat and build muscle, cool. All was well until we entered another Lockdown - lost acess to gym. As I wouldn't be working out as much, I decided to strave myself to drop body fat percentage. Been eating around 1200 calories - sourced from foods rich in fats (40) and carbs (40) and little protein (20). However, there's been no change, the scale has dropped but the gut is there. Am getting desperate at this stage and considering doing 1000 calories and less. And doing 30-45 minute HIIT home workouts 5 days a week. Ive got a good frame just that I cannot seem to eradicate bellyfat. fukked up yesterday and ended up eating 3330 calories so Im not going to eat today. However, I know this is unsustainable so I am desperate for some tips.
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Have you tried intermittent fasting? I lost 50 pounds, I'm so use to it now I just stick to it even though I've met my goals.
 
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