Advice on cutting fat and maintaining recovery and training level

[Fatpaddy]

Hi all.

First of all a bit of background. I'm very very active. Crossfit twice a week. Martial Art three times a week and a 5km run on the weekend.

I was running IF for the past few weeks on -30/10 and it gave me a cal intake of 1900/2400 restday/workday my carb levels for this was 60/100

After 3 weeks ive moved little to no weight and I am finding myself with low energy levels and very poor recovery. I find myself getting very tired on the mats when training. I am taking two rest days a week as well.

My question is would i be better to change to running a 2500kcal a day diet based on the below for a while. Would i still lose weight on this as 2400 is my daily requirements? I wouldn't be running a deficit. Is it possible to lose minimal weight loss without a deficit?


Is my under eating the reason im not recovering?

[Retoaded]

it is not possible to lose weight without a deficit.


that being said, with all of that activity I am suprised that 2400 is your maintenance rate.

[niknguyen]

maybe you aren't acccurately tracking your calories? like said above. im surprised you arent losing on that amount of calories

[Fatpaddy]

it is not possible to lose weight without a deficit.


that being said, with all of that activity I am suprised that 2400 is your maintenance rate.

Ya maybe im working it out wrong. I'm taking it as bw in lbs x 14

im 172 lbs.

I'm training 5 times a week.

[Fatpaddy]

maybe you aren't acccurately tracking your calories? like said above. im surprised you arent losing on that amount of calories

cheers for the reply. 70% of the nutritional info is coming from the labels on foods. the rest from nutritiondata.self.com Everything is weighed on a kitchen scales.

I've attached what I've had today so far.

any advice is welcome.