Is it possible to preserve muscle gains and losing fat while playing soccer regularl?

[Warcryhash]

Hello all! I'm 22 years old and work out 4-5 times a week. The intensity of my work is pretty high and generally lasts for around 40-45 mins with , I'm completely exhausted by the end of my workout. Im around 5'9, weigh around 84 kgs, have body fat % of roughly 15-16% I play soccer 2-3 times a week because I really love the sport. I consume around 2050 Calories a day which consists of about 175g protein, 200g carbs and around 55-60g of fat. I'm consistent with my diet but have cheat meals twice or thrice a week! Being a vegetarian my main source of protein is protein shakes, I eat a lot of veggies and eat clean all day long else. I can't seem to keep my gains after soccer games for some reason and even through i feel pretty good after the game my body loosens up the next day and my arms feel small again. I take 7.9g of bcaa when I take up in the morning before working out and another 7.9g before my games to try and preserve my muscles.This has been going on for almost 2 months now. Am I doing something wrong? Is there any way I can play and keep my gains as well? My game usually lasts for an hour and half which I know is a lot of cardio! Will I have to cut down on it to see the gains? Thank you in advance!

[markthrones]

In order to preserve your muscle mass you will have to take more calories so that you come up to the point of balancing your body index and don't quit soccer.

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Hello all! I'm 22 years old and work out 4-5 times a week. The intensity of my work is pretty high and generally lasts for around 40-45 mins with , I'm completely exhausted by the end of my workout. Im around 5'9, weigh around 84 kgs, have body fat % of roughly 15-16% I play soccer 2-3 times a week because I really love the sport. I consume around 2050 Calories a day which consists of about 175g protein, 200g carbs and around 55-60g of fat. I'm consistent with my diet but have cheat meals twice or thrice a week! Being a vegetarian my main source of protein is protein shakes, I eat a lot of veggies and eat clean all day long else. I can't seem to keep my gains after soccer games for some reason and even through i feel pretty good after the game my body loosens up the next day and my arms feel small again. I take 7.9g of bcaa when I take up in the morning before working out and another 7.9g before my games to try and preserve my muscles.This has been going on for almost 2 months now. Am I doing something wrong? Is there any way I can play and keep my gains as well? My game usually lasts for an hour and half which I know is a lot of cardio! Will I have to cut down on it to see the gains? Thank you in advance!

The "size" you think you are losing is water/depleted glycogen from your soccer games! You are running around burning up a **** ton of energy so hence you feel depleted afterwards. Go shovel down 300-400grams of sweet potatoes or brown rice and I can assure you your "size" will return