Caloric deficit, ~200 cals below maintenance to start, track your AVERAGE weight over 1 week, if you lost less than 0.5lb of body weight with average then increase deficit by 100 cals, if you lose more than 1lb per week then decrease deficit by 100 cals, keep checking your weight every day, eat 1g protein per lb of bodyweight per day, remove calories in carbs before anything else, eat most carbs for the day before and after lifts, increase deficit if you don’t see progress after 2 weeks

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