Maintaining metabolic rate when cutting

[Inspired]

It's delicious, it's extremely tasty and now we don't know how to refuse to eat it every day

You will know when to stop eating it. Sometimes you get a warning. Your weight may go up on the scale, or you might bite onto a popcorn seed that was too hard and feel like you could have hurt a tooth.

 

[JesterBOB]

You will know when to stop eating it. Sometimes you get a warning. Your weight may go up on the scale, or you might bite onto a popcorn seed that was too hard and feel like you could have hurt a tooth.

I think yes weight and appearance will be a good limiting factor. We try not to get carried away, but it's very difficult.

 

[TheCant]

Just as an update. I ended my cut a week ago. Had good results but I won't be doing a drastic calories reduction like this again.

When I started I was 97kg, dropped down to 86kg and regained some muscle, that was in 14 weeks period so I consider it pretty good. Before I had to squeeze myself into 36inch trousers now 32inch are slightly too big.

I had some refeeds especially after 8 weeks dieting, without them I would be miserable. I noticed that after the refeed when I returned to the deficit my rate of weight loss would boost and I would reach new lows. Apparently there is no scientific evidence to that but that was my experience.

It was a lot easier to diet aggressively at the start, I actually upped my calories on the last few weeks and fat loss continued.

I spent this week trying to find my maintenance calories and that's around 3300 calories so I will probably never gonna drop calories below 2000 again. I set myself a goal of an average 10k steps a day even when bulking for health reasons, so I will have to see how that affects my maintenance calories.

 

[JesterBOB]

Just as an update. I ended my cut a week ago. Had good results but I won't be doing a drastic calories reduction like this again.

When I started I was 97kg, dropped down to 86kg and regained some muscle, that was in 14 weeks period so I consider it pretty good. Before I had to squeeze myself into 36inch trousers now 32inch are slightly too big.

I had some refeeds especially after 8 weeks dieting, without them I would be miserable. I noticed that after the refeed when I returned to the deficit my rate of weight loss would boost and I would reach new lows. Apparently there is no scientific evidence to that but that was my experience.

It was a lot easier to diet aggressively at the start, I actually upped my calories on the last few weeks and fat loss continued.

I spent this week trying to find my maintenance calories and that's around 3300 calories so I will probably never gonna drop calories below 2000 again. I set myself a goal of an average 10k steps a day even when bulking for health reasons, so I will have to see how that affects my maintenance calories.

Excellent results. By the way, I also noticed that refeeds work better than cheat meals. The gastrointestinal tract feels better and better then weight loss occurs. And of course the head is satisfied.

 

[JesterBOB]

As I started walking at least 10,000 -15,000 steps a day, my body began to feel better, my head hurt less and my cardiovascular system was happy.

 

[TheCant]

Excellent results. By the way, I also noticed that refeeds work better than cheat meals. The gastrointestinal tract feels better and better then weight loss occurs. And of course the head is satisfied.

That's is how I felt. I didn't go overboard, usually staying between
2700 calories and 3500 calories aside from one day that I ate 5000 calories, gained just over 1kg the next day but 3 days following that I reached a new low. The same happened 3/5 days after every refeed.

I will be using refeeds again next time I cut, it helped me feel sane and stick to a prolonged deficit.

I started tracking steps not too long ago but ever since I started I've been going on walks, or incline treadmill, nothing high impact. I feel healthier, it doesn't impact recovery (if anything it is helping as I feel more energetic) and a little cardio assistance helps when taking AAS so it looks like there are no downsides to me.

 

[malfeasance]

Just as an update. I ended my cut a week ago. Had good results but I won't be doing a drastic calories reduction like this again.

When I started I was 97kg, dropped down to 86kg and regained some muscle, that was in 14 weeks period so I consider it pretty good. Before I had to squeeze myself into 36inch trousers now 32inch are slightly too big.

I had some refeeds especially after 8 weeks dieting, without them I would be miserable. I noticed that after the refeed when I returned to the deficit my rate of weight loss would boost and I would reach new lows. Apparently there is no scientific evidence to that but that was my experience.

It was a lot easier to diet aggressively at the start, I actually upped my calories on the last few weeks and fat loss continued.

I spent this week trying to find my maintenance calories and that's around 3300 calories so I will probably never gonna drop calories below 2000 again. I set myself a goal of an average 10k steps a day even when bulking for health reasons, so I will have to see how that affects my maintenance calories.

As for the refeeds - if you are still hitting your goals, then you certainly did not harm anything in respect to your cut.

 

[JesterBOB]

That's is how I felt. I didn't go overboard, usually staying between
2700 calories and 3500 calories aside from one day that I ate 5000 calories, gained just over 1kg the next day but 3 days following that I reached a new low. The same happened 3/5 days after every refeed.

I will be using refeeds again next time I cut, it helped me feel sane and stick to a prolonged deficit.

I started tracking steps not too long ago but ever since I started I've been going on walks, or incline treadmill, nothing high impact. I feel healthier, it doesn't impact recovery (if anything it is helping as I feel more energetic) and a little cardio assistance helps when taking AAS so it looks like there are no downsides to me.

It will be necessary to experiment with such a refeed scheme.