Safe amount of calories on a cut?
I'm currently in the end of a cutting phase, I've put off 30lbs from my bulk and am down to around 1800 calories a day. I've noticed that I've kinda stalled lately, but I was worried about cutting lower than 1800 calories a day. I was wondering, is it safe to go a little bit lower than 1800 calories a day while on a cut?
I'm currently 150lbs at 5'8". I wanna lose a couple more pounds of bodyfat before the summers end and start a slow bulk. I currently do HIIT 3x a week, I was thinking of lowering my intake 10%. |
Maybe you need to increase calories to keep losing... Post the diet history (starting calories, caloric reduction, what period of time, macronutrient ratio, etc).
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throw another cardio session or two in there...
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can i ask a question. why did you bulk then drop 30 pounds then want to bulk again?
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I started out at around 135 and put on about 40 lbs of mass, and lost about 25 actually. And here I am now. I wanted to lose some bodyfat and its usually easier for me to do that in the summer. I want to do a slow bulk over the fall but not gain nearly as much. Anyway, for now, I currently take in 1786 calories a day. Here are the stats:
Total: 1786 Fat: 43 387 23% Sat: 8 72 4% Poly: 8 74 4% Mono: 14 126 7% Carbs: 187 577 34% Fiber: 42 0 0% Protein: 186 745 44% Alcohol: 0 0 0% Trying to lose 4-5 lbs between now and whenever. Not in a rush to lose it. Any suggestions? |
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Are you eating clean? It doesn't sound like it. |
I've been eating very clean. My carb sources come from brown rice, veggies, beans, fruits. My fat sources come from salmon, fish oil, natural PB etc. Protein from lean chicken. I get in about 4-5 meals a day.
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that calorie intake seems really really low...even for a cut. especially if you're active.
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Should I just keep at what I'm doing right now and be a little more patient you think?
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you should do what ross says.
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Ok, that's where you went wrong. There is no point in lowering calories if you're still losing weight. It looks like you just followed a linear decrease in calorie consumption. You went too low and it wasn't necessary to do to begin with. You only need to decrease calories when you hit a plateau, and even then lowering calories isn't always the answer.
Increase your calories by 200-300 for a couple of weeks and see if that makes a difference. If not, then increase it by 200-300 more. If you go too low, then your body will try to hold on to the very small amount of calories that you're taking in and store them as fat. You'll end up losing a significant amount of muscle mass in the process. |
I would increase your calories to shock your metabolism. Your body has adjusted to your diet.
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I would say you are much too far below your maintenance level. Your body is now going into starvation mode where it stores everything it can as fats to protect itself.
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