Cutting General

torille ->

So far so good. 1500kcal a day. Just need to lose another 15-18lbs and I can start maintaining and eventually bulking.

Oats with protein and eggs have been my fucking staple for some time now. Thank god I can can both for fuckin $3

>>38072999
5'5 manlet here. How come I lose 2 pounds per week when I am eating at 1600kcal? I only go to the gym 4 times a week for 1 hour each time.

Losing 2 pounds per week means my TDEE is at 2600kcal which is far higher than most TDEE calculators give me.

>>38073019
I go 3 times a week and have a very mobile job, and I lose roughly 2lbs a week. The TDEE calculator isn't perfect, it gives a rough estimate.

op swede ? go fishing for easy protein and cardio gains (paddling , walking beside river )

>>38073035
OP's Finnish master race

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pretty gud, but i'm still fluffy.

next target 80kg

>tfw bulked too hard

>>38073025
Thanks for clarifying. Good luck on your journey anon.

Thats even better for fishing. Do you go fishing for protein ? hecht is like 90 g protein a 100g. Of course your hands will stink but who cares :D

I´ll start cut in 2 weeks . chicken, rice, olive oil, eggs , veggies thats it

>>38072949
Pigged out on my birthday and ate 3500 calories instead of 1600 on saturday, essentially reversing my whole deficit I dieted for in the last week.

>>38072949
pretty good. Down from 220 to 181 so far this year. I'm aiming for 170-175 before I stop.

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>>38072949
eyy fucking svenne bror du käkar bara grönsaker medan jag käkar pizza

>>38073064
whats that app?

>>38073019
U have a higher than normal metabolism like a little rabbit

>>38073094
hecht has 18.2g protein per 100g. it has around 90 calories per 100g, if you meant that...

>>38073133
fddb extender
i bought the pro upgrade tho, no idea if its worth without it

>>38073127
vitun hurri menisit säkin vittu TÖIHIN :---D

Usually eat around 1800-1900 and run 4-8 miles a day. Though, today is my birthday so I'll need some restraint.

>>38072949
I've lost roughly 6 pounds of fat. Probably want to lose at least 6 more. Wasn't that high with bf in the first place but I want to have more defined features. Get some abs.

Now that I can see them a bit they look horribly lopsided. I pray that they look better when they fully come out.

>>38073127
Jeg spise bare pizza med mer gronnsaker enn pizza. Dette er best.

Down from 15 stone to 14 in a week. Good water weight loss combined with a heavy PSMF. Strength has gone up too, mostly, though I think I'll do a refeed on Saturday.

Trying to eat around 1500 calories daily and lift or run every other day. Shits hard because sometimes i give into the feels and get tanked. On weekends I cheat too much. Need to lose another 10 pounds of fat.
>not gonna make it

>>38073222
You should start tanking a lot of water anytime you feel hungry.

Started my cut monday, been bulking for the last 8 months.

I have had my first meal of the day 600kcal, 60g protons and i still feel starving. How do you curb the hunger for first few weeks? I have gone from eating 3500kcal to 2500kcal a day and im having constant hunger cramps.

>>38073240
Not really the hunger thats the problem, it's the alcohol.

>>38073313
That sucks bro. I never had to deal with drug abuse so I can't help here.

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I had to manually change manually the 'burned calories' which is the bmr because if I see the actual amount I'm always thinking "I can eat a bit more" which I don't want to happen. Also I'm doing intermittent fasting, I start eating at 2pm (later if possible) and I have my last meal at 8pm (earlier if possible)
I have 3 meals of 75 calories each and 2 snacks, 1 between meals of 60 calories.

Am I going to die?

>>38073363
Dont know how you can function on that little amount of calories. Or am I missing something about IF?

>>38073268
Lots of water, lots of low cal veges, high protein macros curbs hunger too.

>>38073363

What the fuck? Enjoy being in a hospital with your Auschwitz diet

>>38073381
Well when you're doing IF your body allows even more fat to be burned which is why it is very effective, and you burn more fat because your body gives you more energy, somehow it thinks you don't have enough food and improves your energy, focus and performance so you can go hunt for some food, is just the way the brain is weird, lurk for what doctors and fitness pros say about it and they all agree on this

>>38073389
Shut your yapper or I will put you in the hospital

>>38073430
>yapper
This is a big word.

>>38073389
I eat maintenance 2 times a week though, it's hard for me to do deficit when I'm off from work because I'm home with food available at all times, plus I spend time with my family who is always telling me I should eat every time they get a chance

>>38073035
Finnish and I've already done all my fishing for the year. My fridge is full of white fish that should last many months.

Rate my daily cutting diet

>BREAKFAST/LUNCH
480g quark
1 banana

>DINNER
400g chicken
380g sweet potato

>LATE NIGHT MEAL
120g egg whites
3 whole eggs (turned into omelette)
300g broccoli
20-25g olive oil

Everything approximately 1800kcal

>not cutting by eating zero carbs and drinking a gallon of olive oil a day
not gonna make it

>>38073494

I really, really, really like this daily cutting diet.

>>38073494
>Everything approximately 1800kcal

How's this a cut? My bmr is 1322.. Are you 8ft tall?

>>38073527
Not that guy but I'm only 6 feet and my BMR is 2000, and that's sedentary

Are you fucking 5ft tall?

>>38073059
It's basically the same thing

>>38073559
I'm 5'7, also sedentary because I work night audit, gotta sleep during the day work during the night, im a front desk receptionist and not much to do anywhere during the hours I'm awake

>>38073064
Which McFit is it, mein negger?

>>38073527
BMR is shit, base your cut around your TDEE instead
Cutting at 1300 kcal is a total overkill

But fyi my BMR is ~1780 and my TDEE ~2600

>>38073527
Not that guy either but my TDEE is 2875 and I'm 5'11''.

>>38073611
But even if you don't change your gym routine, sedentarity level etc, your TDEE will change if you start eating more or less, because metabolism adapts to some extent.

Basing your cut on your BMR is a good idea. You know that you can't "damage" your metabolism as long as you eat fairly above your BMR, so you can just decide to eat BMR+400cal (or +200 or whatever, depending on how active you are) and then lift a lot, knowing that any exercise you do will contribute to increasing the caloric deficit but also knowing that you're not cutting too much.

>>38073560
Can't recommend saying that in Finland.

>>38073127
Såg honom på Uppdrag Granskning, vilken jävla pajas som försvarar vänster-våld-töntarna

I started a week ago. Out of town for work and the hotel has a shitty fitness room so i went and bought some free weights after reading the fucking sticky and realizing i was holding myself back by using machines.
5'11, 200 lbs. i'm a week in. Totally cut out alcohol, shooting for 1,700-1,800 calories a day. Alternating lifting and cardio. Drinking a lot more water. Job is mostly sedentary but its outside in the heat and i climb up and down 60 ft ladders about 2-3 times a day. Hoping to get a little more definition.
Company buys all my meals so i'm trying to make good choices. Eating sushi and steak for dinner mostly, making sure to get veggies or a salad.

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>>38073494
>Rate my daily cutting diet
>>BREAKFAST/LUNCH
>480g quark
>1 banana

EXTREMELY BAD!!! No dairy on a cut. That's also way too much quark. Replace quark with oats. Cook 100g-200g oats for 2 minutes in the microwave with water.

>>DINNER
>400g chicken
>380g sweet potato

You should be eating less at your height. 200g chicken and 200g sweet potato should be enough
>>LATE NIGHT MEAL
>120g egg whites
>3 whole eggs (turned into omelette)
>300g broccoli
>20-25g olive oil

Too much eggs. Eat what OP is eating. Vegetables are a must when cutting. They will fill you more.

>Everything approximately 1800kcal

At your height your cut should be at 1000 calories max

>>38073592
mcfit herne

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>>38072949
>anon chowing down to a big plate of petit koitus every night
>idktf

>>38074025
not the one who asked, but im close enough to visit, kek

>>38074073
The one who asked is in Berlin baka

>>38072949
Going good.
Fucking relapsed with my birthday and just kept thinking I'll continue cutting the next day which didn't come but will is renewed.

Currently cutting around 1500kcal most coming from protein so i can maintain my DYEL muscle. Just gotta get to that sweet 70KG, should be there start of November.

>>38073937
worst post ive ever read

Been cutting 7 weeks.

6'3"
278lbs-->251lbs

Hoping to get under 220lbs by the end of the year.

5'7" 160lbs here 15%+ bodyfat
Will eating at a 300 cal deficit be best or should I go on a 500 deficit?
I don't want to lose any strength or muscle mass.
What weight should I cut down to? 150?

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About to eat lunch
>grilled chicken
>measly vegetables
Maybe some watermelon later

>>38072949
What's a delicious way to cook carrots/peas/corn mixed vegetables?

>>38073937
Lmao ultimate DYEL post

I cut at 3k because I'm 210lbs at 15%, 6'1", 2/3/4/5, and do fucking cardio

Are any finnish guys on here well ... normal?

Whenever I imagine Finnish or German people on this website I can't help but think of extremely obese shut-ins. Please say it ain't so :(

>>38074312
I make egg fried rice with curry powder and mix veg in.

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>>38073493
>keeping fish for month
>in the fridge

>>38074408
It's true

>>38074408
I wish it wouldn't be so.

>>38074312

5 minutes from frozen in the microwave then splash some Thai chilly sauce on it

>>38074418

Freezer actually

>>38072949
Just ate 2000kcal, around 200g proteins. TDEE of 2800.

>>38074531
Good. Learn more words lappfaggot.

>>38072949
Made a glorious cut lunch:

Lean BBQ Chicken Pizzas:

2 thin wheat wraps 150 cals
7 oz chicken 200
2 oz mozzarella 150
Peppers and onions: 20
BBQ sauce 2 oz: 80

Total 600

Cook chicken peppers and onion.
Lay wraps flat on bake shet
Sauce them
cheese them
put cooked stuff on them
bake for 10 mins 425
broil hi for 4 mins

So good.

>>38074736
gonna fify senpai
>Skip the pointless tortillas
>Cook that shit
>Use lettuce as glorious scooping device
Ebin lunch, 300 calories.

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>>38073937
>No dairy on a cut.
triggered.

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I have no idea how to do up my macros

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>>38074807
>this post

What can I do about the headaches I get?
I have them almost every day.
I think I'm drinking enough water.
wat do

>>38072949
My life went through a loop, I fell off the wagon and gained all the weight back, so im afraid im starting from square one. Wish me luck boys.

>tfw alcoholic
>tfw all I have to do to lose weight is stop drinking 12 beer a day

Stay jelly fags

not so great... I've been eating low carb for about 2 months and haven't noticed any difference. and I doubt that I''m getting more calories now. gonna keep doing this low carb thing until september and then eat normal again

Milk or no milk?

I have loads of whole milk left over, and have been having 300ml a day just to get calcium. Its only like 180kcal. Do people still drink milk on a cut? And should i switch over to skimmed.

>>38076219
I don't drink milk on cuts.
I find that water only while cutting works best and milk is best when bulking.

I've only eaten 850 calories but I'm just not hungry after seeing how much my bf has let himself go.
>tfw he gained 6 stone (84lb) in less than a year
>tfw you, the fatass, are the thinner one
I've lost my appetite brehs

>>38073019
Are you using fitness frog tdee?

>>38074287
Did you grill that chicken yourself? If so how?

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Anyone know some good high protein shit i can get at Chipotle while cutting?

>>38073168
happy birthday anon

Ostin sipsejä
Not gonna make it

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>>38073168

>>38074919

Install Myfitnesspal app

>>38072949
>peas, corn, paprika
why do you eat what they feed us in the schools?

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>>38077077

Oh fug

I mostly eat caesar salads.

>>38077048
I'm not >>38073019
but I am getting about the same weirdness and I used fitness frog tdee. I just eat under what it says but enough where I'm satisfied. I lose like 2 lbs a week this way. Work out 3 days a week.

>somehow it thinks you don't have enough food

that would be because you don't have enough food

>didn't shit for the last 4 to 5 days

This is not that bad r...right?

>>38072949

I just remove most of the carbs and no snacks between meals.

End up with yoghurt for breakfast, cottage cheese with rye bread for lunch, bacon, eggs and cabbage for dinner.

Seeing the difference pretty quickly and I'm still eating around 1800kcal/day.

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>>38075955
>alcoholic
>It's so easy I'll just stop drinking
Oh senpai

>>38074408
I'm a skeletal shut-in, if that helps.

>>38072949
Bad. Any suggestions for recipes using a sow cooker or even a pressure cooker?

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Only had 2 scops with milk and 160 grams of black beans for the the whole day, and im not even that hungry what the fuck is going on?

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Why didn't more people tell me about intermittent fasting? Jesus christ I love this diet.

It's been about 2 months since I started doing this. Before...

>be skinnyfat WoW nerd
>zero muscle mass but also kinda fat
>clean bulk for 9 months, get way stronger than I was before
>still kinda fat
>cut at a 500 deficit. Lost a lot of fat.
>also lost a lot of strength

It felt almost like I was back where I started. Not quite, but my lifts suffered even though I was cutting slowly and hitting my macros.

>in comes intermittent fasting
>I lose shitloads of body fat while INCREASING both my lifts and my muscle mass
>i did the measurements, lost fat while gaining a bit of muscle and strength

This is seriously a god-tier diet. I feel "cleaner" if that makes sense. I don't get tired during the day anymore, and I'm never hungry either.

Idk if this diet works for everyone but it sure as fuck works for me.

The USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory indicates that 1 cup of edible podded cooked peas has 64 calories, meaning you can eat 2 to 3 cups of peas throughout the day and consume less than 200 calories. Peas are a good source of protein, with 1 cup offering you 5.2 g protein. The protein in the peas aids in keeping you full. Peas also contain 4.5 g fiber per cup, 67 mg calcium and 3.2 g iron. Other nutrients include potassium, vitamin C, choline and 83 mcg vitamin A.

>>38078862
i feel the same about it. it just works in every respect. its great to know my body takes care of me for 12 hours if i just give it some water and occational black coffee

>>38076219
Usually use like 400-500ml of milk, 3-4 spoons of oat. And add a fruit for a lof of fiber/protein. and in like 400-500 cals (i cut at 2000-2200 cals). Also 1 spoon of cinnamon gives a fiber boost for like 30 cals.

>>38078862
I love everything about IF except it fucked my digestion up and it took me 3-4 months to fix it by eating regularly (in particular, eating breakfast) after doing IF for years.

I wish my digestion could handle it because IF makes cutting ridiculously easy, even for a former fatty like myself.

>>38078831

>only

that's plenty of calories m8.

at least 350 from the whey and milk , then another ~540 from the beans

so "only" is pushing 900 kcal

Just had myself 750g roast beef joint, alongside some pasta/bacon/onion fry my gf cooked for me, although it was a bit shit, alongside a Nutella sandwich.

I got all my protein for the day from that Roast beef anyway, since it's at 27g protein per 100g.

>>38079251

IF? do you only do one meal a day?

>>38079281
No, when I say alongside, I just mean that was my diet for today. I don't actually mean in one whole meal lmao.

>>38078862
c-can you explain to me what you did exactly? I know its like, eat 8 hours a day and fast for the rest or something but I dont get it all. really want to try intermittent fasting :(

>>38079337

just look up lean gains or intermittent fasting.

it's pretty straightforward. even bodybuilding.com have an easy spoonfed way to go about it.

>>38079337
Basically think of it like this:

It's not a traditional "diet" in that you're eating no carbs or whatever. You eat exactly like you would normally. You still eat a lot of protein, same amount of calories etc. The only difference is that you have a smaller "window" in which you eat.

Consider this: Even now, you and everyone else in the world does intermittent fasting. If you eat 4 hours before you sleep, then sleep for 8 hours, then eat when you wake up, that's 12 hours of intermittent fasting. So the idea is to expand that window to 16-20 hours instead, so you have a 6-8 hour window in which you eat all your food.

Basically during that "fasting" time, your body uses a lot more fat for fuel. You have a big window in which you're not digesting, not producing/utilizing a lot of glycogen, etc. Then, once you DO eat, your body is like "FUCK YEAH, look at all this protein!" and utilizes the protein more effectively for muscle growth. This applies for not only protein, but also vitamins and whatnot.

Just had a cup of non-fat greek yogurt w/ 1 scoop. 50g protein, <5g carbs, but Jesus christ, this stuff is dry. How do I make the next 3 servings palatable?

>>38079591
Blend it with a bit of water and something else. Bananas, oats, peanut butter, etc.

1850 cals here 270p|75c|50f

5'10" 85kg (from 92kg).

3x5 RM
SQ: 130kg, Dead: 170kg, Bench: 100kg, OHP: 65kg

>Lunch (12pm)
250g chicken breast
1/2 avocado
>Pre-workout (3pm)
250g chicken breast
200g peas,corn and carrots (frozen)
>Intra-workout (5:30pm)
40g Whey
15g dextrose
>Post workout (7pm)
100g grapes
>Dinner (8pm)
100g broccoli
200g salmon
1 cup egg whites

Cut seems to be going well. Losing weight, maintaining strength and size.

>>38073064
>tfw bulked too hard
No such thing my man.

>>38073169
If you can only just see your abs now you have a lot more than 6lb to lose.

>>38073268
>How do you curb the hunger for first few weeks
Just sack up for the first few days, black coffee or tea helps.

>>38072949
Breddy gud.

Mfp predicts under my goal weight in 5 weeks.

Have been permacutting from ~260 to 155

The nightmare is almost over. Literally more excited for my cut ending than my birthday (around the same time)

Reverse dieting, here i come

>>38073116
What? If a maintenance of 2100, that is only a little under 3 days deficit

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8 month cut, struggling.

pls someone tell me am i ready to bulk yet? 5'11", 178lb. So hung up on dropping weight for so long I just can't shake that I look like shit and actually rationally decide to stop cutting just yet.

>>38073423
This is some of the dumbest bullshit I've ever seen on /fit/

Fasting does not put you in "hunting mode".

>>38073494
Getting enough fat? I'd consider dropping a banana for oil in the quark.

Where are the dnp threads lads? anyone got a uk source>

>>38079732
>cutting before you can bench 200

kek

>>38079732
Where are your pecs, senpai? You have to bulk, then cut - you need the muscle there first.

>>38077067
>Anyone know some good high protein shit i can get at Chipotle while cutting?
Directions to a butcher

>>38077762
>This is not that bad r...right?
Yes it is. Eat more fibrous veggies. A cup of broccoli with every meal, it will slide through you. If you can't do that, supplement fibre.

>>38077762
I literally went to the ER for constipation. Go clear yourself right now. Use whatever your laxative of choice is.

>>38079808
>200
kek

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Are there any downsides to having this mixed with water and lots of it? Don't even need much for a ton of filling broth, turns out to be hardly any calories either at 15 calories per tsp. Lots of sodium, sure, but I drink a ton of water all day. Speaking of which, considering I AM ingesting a ton of liquid all day, what's a good way to get rid of the water weight, just sauna?

>>38079815
pec free zone. I want em so bad but I wanted to drop bfat more and now here I am. Should I just go ahead and eat up and get them numbers up now? Maxing out at 85kg/187lb on bench and just can't push further on cut.

>>38079762
yes it does

>>38079675
Meh, alright. I'm in no rush

First cut and I'm terrified of losing muscle.
500 calorie deficit for 10 weeks will be alright, right?

337 calories today
People say I might die
I tell them "am I really alive if I'm fat?"

>>38081663
You won't die. But you'll have a hell of a time f a m.

I was in your shoes about 2 year ago

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After 5 months of clean eating, I'm doing a refeed/''cheat day'' once a week. How fucked am I?

>>38081858

Not at all. I did cheat days once a week for several months and still lost weight and kept it off.
Just dont go insane.

>>38080846
Don't stress it, lad. There'll be minimal gain loss but it's worth being a shredded kunt.

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Starting weight: like 390 or some shit (last year)

Current weight: 304

Been consistently losing ~2lbs/week for the last few weeks.

With some light exercise ~5-6 days a week and a max caloric intake of around 2k its been working so far.

I know it'll get harder as I lose more but I look forward to the challenge.