I posted on here a few days ago that I think I was eating too

>>41755560
You gotta be measuring your caloric intake wrong if you think you're eating 2000 a day and gained 7 pounds in 3 days. Try cutting back to 1500 for a week and see what happens.

>>41755572
I had been on 1500 a day and steadily losing weight, however instead of maintaining any semblance of muscle I had become a flabby DYEL. Not only that but I could tel my muscles would be tired in one set. I am 100% positive I did not miscount. I have been counting calories for 11 months and I have been losing weight the whole time, so I do not that there is a problem there.

Give it a week or two. Your body was in starvation mode and is hording all of the calories. I bet you haven't shit yet either.

>>41755560
Eat 1700-1750 and keep at the exercise. Nutritionists are full of shit desu

>>41755776
If I do that I would be 500 below my TDEE before working out, I work out 5 times a day so on the days I work out I would be around 750 below my TDEE.

Would that be too far below my TDEE to have adequate energy for intense workouts?

>>41755572
I should point out my weight has fluctuated 2-4 pounds on normal days before.

>>41755806
>Would that be too far below my TDEE to have adequate energy for intense workouts?

Try it and see what happens. Did you just start exercising?

From my experience the body inevitably will adapt to long term deficits by making you feel like shit. I fought this somewhat by eating in one sitting and taking caffeine pills shortly before gym. Reality is tho that you're going to have to trudge through the last 40 lbs sooner or later.

>>41755861
No I have been exercising the whole 11 months.

I would say its 80% cardio and 20% lifting though. I am also 100% free from caffeine (to the point I drank a cup of coffee a few weeks ago and It had my mind racing at night). I had made progress on my lifts the first 5 months I started lifting/dieting however for the past 6 months my maxes have been the same and I have no definition even after losing 80 pounds. I have another 35 pounds I want to lose however I do not want to be a flabby DYEL once I hit my goal weight.

>>41755902
You'll have some definition once you lose the fat, which should be your main goal right now. Once you've hit your goal weight, eat maintenance for a month and let your body settle before you focus solely on building muscle. And if you're worried about loose skin I can tell you from experience, the rate you lose mass doesn't matter. Whatever damage has been done is already done.

Just find a deficit that you can work at somewhat comfortably and keep at it.

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>>41755977
I'm not worried about loose skin. I am mostly worried about the absolute insanity of my flabbiness. This pic is a few weeks old but you get the idea. I look DYEL as fuck.

>>41755560

stavation mode is a myth unless you're like 5% bodyfat lmao


maintenance/cheat days are fine once in a while. there are also lots of reasons for you to be holding water or fluctuating on the scale.

>>41756021
Flab = bodyfat. Lose it, then cultivate some lean mass. But get a haircut first.

>>41756111
I am getting a hair cut when I hit my goal weight.

So should I just stick to my 1500cal a day diet? Or should I try to 2000 a day?

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>>41756021
>tfw you look almost just like me in every way

>>41756021
Lmao lift more

>>41756122
??? that hair looks like shit on you, why not get one now

>>41756122
1500 a day, you are flabby and dont even have muscle to lose, just get skinny first then lean bulk
>>41756260
this
>>41756814
and this

Your hair look like shit m8, idk even how you leave the house like that

>>41755560
This is my EXACT weight. Just weighed myself 5 min ago. Weird.

>>41756872
>>41756111
>>41756814
>/fit/ is now a bunch of nu-males who care about hair style.

>>41758922

It's one thing to have ugly hair, and another thing to have ugly hair and glasses.

Cut your hair.

>>41759062
That wasn't me (OP). I just woke up and weighed and I am at 218.0 this morning.

>>41759116
Pretty sure it isn't normal to lose 3.5 pounds overnight

>>41756021
>being this fat
>thinking he isnt eating enough

What the fuck is wrong with americans?