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Gym 1d
on the scale i’m “maintaining weight” but i look leaner than i ever have, feel the strongest ive ever felt, and am the most active ive been since graduating high school. i’m eating around a 400 cal deficit and have been slamming protein. see comments
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Anonymous 1d

my goal was around 5 lbs lower but i’m not sure if it’s even attainable for my body tbh. are these good indicators for a successful body recomp?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1d

i would say yes! you’re clearly at a stable healthy weight for your body and as you said trying to lose more than this is probably pushing it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 23h

awesome thank you!!! do you think i should keep my deficit or go to my maintenance calories then? i think im confusing myself bc im eating in a deficit but maintaining so not sure if i should go to what i thought was my maintenance

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 23h

go back to maintenance for a bit and see what happens!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 18h

You’re probably maintaining bc you’re losing fat and gaining muscle. Muscle is more dense than fat so actually if you somehow lost fat proportionally to your muscle gains (which ik is like saying ‘if I threw this ball at a 45 degree angle in a vacuum’) you’d actually gain pounds. So this is probably the point in your journey to stop watching the scale and just focus on how you feel and look, listen to your body’s cues, eat a healthy amount of food and take care of your body!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 16h

awesome thank you!!! i appreciate all the help

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