what do you brahs cut on?

[WhyAmISoHuge]

I weight 180lbs, 5'7", and I have a little bit of mass... how many calories do you guys cut on? I'm starting to think 2300 is a bit too high. But I'm hesitant that 2000 is will start to cut low. I just lift. No cardio

[Junsuiakai]

I weight 180lbs, 5'7", and I have a little bit of mass... how many calories do you guys cut on? I'm starting to think 2300 is a bit too high. But I'm hesitant that 2000 is will start to cut low. I just lift. No cardio

I am cutting on 1,700 cals, aka 1,000 cal deficit, and zero strength loss, the whole losing muscle during a cut is a myth. Keep protein high, fat around 50gs, and train with intensity.

[WhyAmISoHuge]

I am cutting on 1,700 cals, aka 1,000 cal deficit, and zero strength loss, the whole losing muscle during a cut is a myth. Keep protein high, fat around 50gs, and train with intensity.

so you'd lose weight on 2300 cals even tho you're much lighter than me? sucks for me... as for losing strength, idk about that. I lose strength whenever I cut

[DarGwynn]

Cutting on 2200-2500 (potentially even more since I don't really track with a scale), been losing ~1 lb per week. I'm in the military and my lifestyle is very active however. Jog/run a mile to the gym and back everyday. Swim and lift 4 times a week. HIIT circuits and hill sprint on other days. I'm on my feet constantly around base, spent a good 60-90 minutes per day walking.

[unplugged]

I start my cuts at 3200ish calories and never really need to go below 2700-2800 and this gets me to 8-10% pretty easily (although to get to really lean figures like 6-7% i'd need to drop further obviously). That's with a very physical job though and at least 2-3 cardio sessions a week

[WhyAmISoHuge]

Cutting on 2200-2500 (potentially even more since I don't really track with a scale), been losing ~1 lb per week. I'm in the military and my lifestyle is very active however. Jog/run a mile to the gym and back everyday. Swim and lift 4 times a week. HIIT circuits and hill sprint on other days. I'm on my feet constantly around base, spent a good 60-90 minutes per day walking.

I start my cuts at 3200ish calories and never really need to go below 2700-2800 and this gets me to 8-10% pretty easily (although to get to really lean figures like 6-7% i'd need to drop further obviously). That's with a very physical job though and at least 2-3 cardio sessions a week

Looks like I'm probably going to have to cut some calories then. I'll give it a few more days then decide.

[Junsuiakai]

Yeah I would but, I'm sick of cutting and want to finish it quickly, you could add in more cardio to be able to eat more, but I hate cardio

[outofshape111]

My cut is slow but steady. I'm 5'6 and 157 and cutting on 1700. I'm losing less than a lb a week but I find cutting on any less to be uncomfortable so I'll take my time for now. We'll see how it gones tho (I'm down almost 20 lbs in 4 months)

[UniSkySW4]

I'm cutting currently on 1700 cals (500 deficit), 35 y/o 5' 11" 168lb male, sedentary lifestyle except for gym 4 times a week, protein 1g per lb body weight, fats 0.3g per lb, rest carbs.

Its working okay so far, lost 8lb in 4 weeks. Am using machine at gym to check composition progress which isn't the best I know, with that caveat (and consistently measuring each time at the same time, same time after eating and always pre-workout), the machine suggests 6lb of that is fat loss, the rest water or muscle. So far I haven't lost any strength on the weights.

[outofshape111]

I'm cutting currently on 1700 cals (500 deficit), 35 y/o 5' 11" 168lb male, sedentary lifestyle except for gym 4 times a week, protein 1g per lb body weight, fats 0.3g per lb, rest carbs.

Its working okay so far, lost 8lb in 4 weeks. Am using machine at gym to check composition progress which isn't the best I know, with that caveat (and consistently measuring each time at the same time, same time after eating and always pre-workout), the machine suggests 6lb of that is fat loss, the rest water or muscle. So far I haven't lost any strength on the weights.

if you lost 8 lbs in 4 weeks then by definition you're not at a 500 cal deficit.. you're at 1,000..

[GSXRMax]

900 on off days. 1300 on lift days.

[SouthPaw06]

Around 1950 right now.

Getting into the last few weeks of my cut. (Hopefully)

[jacobcmurphy]

Cutting on 2300 calories rn

Will probably drop them further this week

[UniSkySW4]

if you lost 8 lbs in 4 weeks then by definition you're not at a 500 cal deficit.. you're at 1,000..

Yeah if I was a few weeks into the cut already and then over the next 4 weeks lost 8lbs then I would think that too, but the 8lbs is from the start (4 weeks ago to now) and includes a fairly big drop in the first week of nearly 4lbs which I put down to water loss as well as fat, the rate of weight loss slowed after that. The water % reading on the body scanner also went down significantly too in this first week as expected

[outofshape111]

900 on off days. 1300 on lift days.

jesus christ.. aren't you starving? what do you eat to not be starving? plz help.. I'm SO hungry all the time

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900 on off days. 1300 on lift days.

Please tell me those are typos. lol.....

[Junsuiakai]

He must only be doing it for a couple weeks. I would like to believe gsrx knows what he is doing.

[GSXRMax]

Only for two weeks lol

To not be hungry I drink 3 gallons of water a day and brush my teeth when I feel hunger pangs coming on

[outofshape111]

how do you focus at work and not punch people in the face?

[oncewasinshape]

I weight 180lbs, 5'7", and I have a little bit of mass... how many calories do you guys cut on? I'm starting to think 2300 is a bit too high. But I'm hesitant that 2000 is will start to cut low. I just lift. No cardio

Started cutting on 2k, bumped down to 1.8k-1.9k. Weightloss started slowing down so I went to a psmf and am averaging 1,155 cals/day (800-1k 6 days a week, 2,200-2,500 on refeed days) with around 2.5 lbs of fat lost a week for the last 25 days. After I finish the last two weeks, I'll bump back up to 1.6k for 10-14 days and then adjust accordingly until I hit 165...I'll probably bump to 2k and cruise for a week or two and then decide whether to keep cutting for a little while longer or to start a bulk. 4 months in on this cut, I'm hoping I'll be done by early July. Finally starting to get that nice adonis belt. Hunger pangs aren't too bad as long as I'm taking YC. I plan on switching to EC in a few days to see if there is any notable difference.

I'm probably the most sedentary dude on this forum excluding my gym visits so my TDEE is very low for my height.

[GSXRMax]

how do you focus at work and not punch people in the face?

I don't lol

[RMohio]

I am cutting on 1,700 cals, aka 1,000 cal deficit, and zero strength loss, the whole losing muscle during a cut is a myth. Keep protein high, fat around 50gs, and train with intensity.

This has always held true for all of my cuts. It's what I am doing right now.