Gym on Yik Yak | i need advice: im helping my gf get into locking in at the gym. my guidance is more with workouts but shes doing a calorie deficit which im not the most familiar with. she weighs 135 and the deficit is 1100-1200 calories a day, and shes (continued)

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i need advice: im helping my gf get into locking in at the gym. my guidance is more with workouts but shes doing a calorie deficit which im not the most familiar with. she weighs 135 and the deficit is 1100-1200 calories a day, and shes (continued)

Anonymous 6w

Holy fuck. 1100 deficit? You’re supposed to lean into it or else you’ll eventually stall out and your body will get adjusted those calories. Start with 200 and weight in daily, put your data in a chart and judge on weekly basis. 1 pound loss a week is about right.

Anonymous 6w

Wayyy too steep of a deficit. Deficit should only be 200-400 calories which is why her energy is tanked.

Anonymous 6w

In a deficit you can just eat your carbs for the day before going to the gym for energy

Anonymous 6w

struggling either way having enough energy at the gym. any advice?

Anonymous 6w

dawg that deficit leaves you with like 600 calories a day no shit she's got no energy

Anonymous 6w

Idk how tall she is but I started my cut weighing 135, at 5'4. My calorie deficit goal was 1,800 per day, and I lost about 5 lbs/month. Pls don't have her cut that low, as that is EXTREME and she will probably feel horrible and very quickly lose motivation on top of no energy

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OP 6w

how tall is she if you dont mind me asking? 1200 calories seems pretty low---and what are her macros looking like? (if you know, what foods does she generally eat? a lack of micronutrients can be a factor in low energy) also, does she eat carbs before, during, and/or after her workouts?

Anonymous

#1 6w

i was thinking the same, how much of a deficit would you recommend instead?

Anonymous

OP 6w

Is this rage bait? He clearly stated this in his response

Anonymous

#6 6w

I worded that wrong. My goal was to eat 1800 cal a day, which was about a 300 cal deficit iirc