Am I reading this right? You ended your cut on 900-1000 calories a day? What are your stats? 200g of protein is 800 calories by itself.
Reverse dieting ?
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Am I reading this right? You ended your cut on 900-1000 calories a day? What are your stats? 200g of protein is 800 calories by itself.
Yes you are .. my stats are
Female
5'7
current weight 153
stage weight 135 I think I didn't weigh myself during peak week
The coach I had at the time felt going that low would help lean my legs out well it didn't all it did was eat up what little muscle I had left. Needless to saw this person is no longer my coach!
Female
5'7
current weight 153
stage weight 135 I think I didn't weigh myself during peak week
The coach I had at the time felt going that low would help lean my legs out well it didn't all it did was eat up what little muscle I had left. Needless to saw this person is no longer my coach!
I guess I should have started with I'm a female. I'm currently 153, it took 11 months but I did do a mini cut during that time also.
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Definitely don't blame ya on firing the coach!!
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Absolutely. Smaller increases over a longer amount of time is the best way to go about it
This makes more sense, however 900-1000cal still seems low..as you now know. Good job on firing the coach.
I have also read material that suggest the longer the cut, the smaller the increases.
With those low numbers I knew you had to be a female . Cuz I was like wtf !? Imo still a little low .
I think smaller would be way better Any way. As small as you can tolerate atleast . Anything you can do to give your body ample time to recover and get used to it . I would assume that your reverse diet should most likely be almost if. It equal to the time it took you to take the weight off . And I wouldn't reduce cardio untill your done with with reverse diet . Maybe reduce the duration depending on how long your sessions are . Or if you were doing 7 days of cardio cut it back to 2 dAys and cruise there . Not just to reduce fat gain but for heart health . Over the past few years I have taken cardio very serious and I think it's just as important as weights bc of hearth health . You can have all the muscle in the world but if your heart is garbage you will be garbage . the positive benefits to cardio are endless imo no matter what goals you have .
This way seems to make the most sense . In a video I watched it says people can't stick to reverse dieting cuz it's to hard ?? Idk what's hard about adding more food . It may be slow but atleast it's increase not decrease lol . I've never had a problem sticking to any diet plan . What happens to me is I get bored and run out of shit to eat that I like . I don't eat fish so there's a bunch of stuff off my menu from the start .
Regarding cardio, personally what I do is decrease my cardio to a baseline amount.
Example:
If I ended my cut at 2100 calories and 2.5 - 3 Hours Total Cardio per week, I would begin my reverse diet by increasing calories to 2200 (by adding 25 carbs) and reducing cardio to 1 Hour total per week. This takes me out of the deficit. I then use that 1 hour of cardio per week as my baseline as I increase calories over the coming weeks/month. Unless I am cutting, I don't do a lot of cardio. I stay lean by keeping energy balance in check and do a few cardio sessions per week for cardiovascular health.
IMO people can't stick to reverse dieting because it requires a high degree of compliance and a greater attention to detail. I mean adding a 100 calories is almost a negligible amount of food to the eye. Adding 100 calories is equivalent to adding 20-30g of oats or 100g of sweet potato to a meal. Most people don't have their nutrition dialed in that precise nor do they have the desired too, which I can respect. However, at the same time, I have no sympathy for them when they gain it all back either.
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