dropping calories as much as 1500

[thyce]

cliffs:

- started bulking on 2700 cals
- added roughly +10% cals when i stopped gaining weight over time
- in about 7 months i got up to 4500 cals a day
- stopped gaining weight at 4500 cal, but had gained about 30 lbs in total over the past 7 months

- wanted to start a diet, lowered cals like this:
4500
4250
3750
3250

- when i lowered cals to 4250 and 3750 i GAINED weight
- first week on 3250 i lost bloat on my stomach but only about half a pound


so i dont really have any idea what happened, i track my calories daily on myfitnesspal and my weight slowly rose up with my increases.. so its not like i counted everything wrong or am counting it wrong now?

[RhysBuddy]

cliffs:

- started bulking on 2700 cals
- added roughly +10% cals when i stopped gaining weight over time
- in about 7 months i got up to 4500 cals a day
- stopped gaining weight at 4500 cal, but had gained about 30 lbs in total over the past 7 months

- wanted to start a diet, lowered cals like this:
4500
4250
3750
3250

- when i lowered cals to 4250 and 3750 i GAINED weight
- first week on 3250 i lost bloat on my stomach but only about half a pound


so i dont really have any idea what happened, i track my calories daily on myfitnesspal and my weight slowly rose up with my increases.. so its not like i counted everything wrong or am counting it wrong now?

Have you changed anything workout wise? Like time in the gym , amount of excersises or days you workout

[thyce]

Have you changed anything workout wise? Like time in the gym , amount of excersises or days you workout

that did cross my mind bro, sometimes id go like 5 days without going to the gym, may of ****ed up my calories in calories out...

[Dhruv0213]

cliffs:

- started bulking on 2700 cals
- added roughly +10% cals when i stopped gaining weight over time
- in about 7 months i got up to 4500 cals a day
- stopped gaining weight at 4500 cal, but had gained about 30 lbs in total over the past 7 months

- wanted to start a diet, lowered cals like this:
4500
4250
3750
3250

- when i lowered cals to 4250 and 3750 i GAINED weight
- first week on 3250 i lost bloat on my stomach but only about half a pound


so i dont really have any idea what happened, i track my calories daily on myfitnesspal and my weight slowly rose up with my increases.. so its not like i counted everything wrong or am counting it wrong now?

idk bro, 1500 seems extremely low... idk bout u coz everyones different but i cud never gain any muscle while eating 1500 calories...

[thyce]

idk bro, 1500 seems extremely low... idk bout u coz everyones different but i cud never gain any muscle while eating 1500 calories...

i meant dropped by 1500, from 4500 -> 3000, not to 1500, **** that haha!!

[DMfitness96]

Slowly drop cals weekly brah until at maintenance then decide what you wanna do from there. You're still in a surplus remember

[INB4HULK]

Was recently eating about 1500 calls a day. Great strength gains. Very minimal mass. Bumping back up to 2900

[CrazyBlackPanda]

stay with 500 caloric surplus
that type of diet is not really necessary.
it won't do magic.

[PrinceAikins]

*few steps backwards*
Eating more because you weren't gaining the mass?
Did you consider increasing your lifts to see if you would gain more size instead of resorting to food so quickly?

[thyce]

oh no, bit of confusion here

i had been bulking for like 7 months, id put on 30 lbs and was happy to still bulk but i figured id put on a bit too much EXCESS fat, so i thought id cut for a bit, then start the slow bulk again