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this... OP, lifting weights doesn't make you lose fat, it just helps you retain muscle and hopefully build a little while you lose fat - which is the result of a calorie deficit.

How old are...

As long as you prioritize protein at every meal (eat a good serving of protein 3-4 times a day), and you're gaining no more than about 2-3 pounds per month, then you're fine. Ideally you would get...

Good luck to you too, enjoy your plateau.

Yeah no... I'd rather not eat that 300 calorie thing than spend an hour on the treadmill trying to burn off those calories.

And why would you come here and basically say you don't know what you're...

Possible, of course. But the question is, why?

You wouldn't stay any more lean than you would on a regular bulking diet that includes carbs. The size of your surplus and effectiveness of your...

Yeah I was going to say something along these lines as well. You've already been training for 5 years, and most people unless they're fairly tall do not posses the genetic potential to be muscular...

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As someone who is 13 years old you should NOT be restricting calories, especially at your size. Stop trying to drop weight when you just entered your prime growing years.

Eat right and start...

Stop eating so much. Seriously, its all going to come down to eating less calories than you burn. Very little of your daily calorie burn is through exercise.

And you don't need to eat under 2000...

Go back 1 page, read the Don't Look Past the Basics sticky thread near the top of the forum.

Water weight can be a factor for a few weeks, not for 3 months.

OP, you're eating very close to maintenance or in a surplus.

If you're able to sustain regular workouts, and function (chores, job, etc) you are nowhere close to even being at low calorie.
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Funny timing, I just made an Instagram reel yesterday talking about body somatotypes. People think that those labels somehow inhibit them from making progress, and the fact is that your current body...

Yep, there's lots of them out there. How many days a week do you like to train, that will most often times drive what program would best suit you. I'm in the gym 5 days a week and I really like the...

Remember you're 41, and since you have a history of strength training from your earlier years you won't be able to build muscle like that anymore. You still might be able to add a pound or two of...

Low carb diet = lower calorie diet

If you didn't get the same results on a "calorie deficit" diet its because you weren't in a big enough calorie deficit.

The same principles that you used to get from 190 down to 159 are the same you need to apply to go even lower, only now your maintenance is about 300 calories lower than it was before.

Drop cals...

Probably a little over 20%, but you seriously lack muscle mass. Which is why you need to prioritize strength training over whatever you're doing at Orange Theory.

Thats a pretty low maintenance for a 26 year old male, unless you're just really, really inactive. I can't imagine someone who is your size at 26 years old needing to eat under 1800 cals at the...

This may sound a little harsh, but I would ditch Orange Theory and go to a real gym. Orange theory bases everything off heart rate, sure it might be great for your cardiovascular fitness, but thats...