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Yeah, quite possible. A litre of water retained would account a couple of lb easily. It’s just quite discouraging!

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I started back at the gym four weeks ago after the third UK lockdown and had really done no strength work since early January.

I decided to combine this with a real effort to cut, so used a...

If you've lost half an inch from your waist already, then it suggests that the regime is starting to work.

A week isn't long. Just keep at it. Make sure you're eating in a deficit, get plenty of...

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I have recently started a new routine of push-pull-legs, which I am doing three times a week (Mon, Wed, Fri is the ideal).

Just got a couple of questions, if anyone is in the know from...

Since 1lb of fat is lost (gained) through a deficit (surplus) of 3500 calories, then you would have to eat and drink a truly enormous amount to do any real damage over two days.

Alcohol in moderation is OK. I try to keep it to once a week if I am cutting, maybe 5 or 6 pints. A very occasional blowout, such as 4th July, isn't going to cause long-term damage to your progress....

I am 5'8". Tend to find that I need to be about 133lb if I want to see full-on abdominal definition, as opposed to just the outline.

My experience is that these things can be very variable and that they have a tendency to underestimate body fat % (for example, the one at my gym put me at around 9%, despite the fact that I had only...

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I am currently on a cut for the summer.

I started about 3 weeks ago and found I was at 140lb exactly after a week.

That subsequently dropped 7 days later to 136.6lb, which seemed a...

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When cutting, I normally have three non-consecutive days where I work out with weights (followed by a 15-minute jog), and two days where I hit the gym purely for cardio. This has worked pretty...

Thanks for all the replies! I'll bear this advice in mind.

It was a general question, really, rather than me having a problem. I have found that I drop fat easily when I cut (131lb is pretty light for 5'8"!), but I don't have much muscle mass to speak of,...

If you find that you have reached a certain weight for lifting, and can't progress past it, are you stuck at that level of muscle mass or will your body continue to gain muscle until the point at...

A pint of beer is somewhere around 200 calories, so it depends how much you're drinking. I've always enjoyed a few while cutting, and still lost a good amount of fat, but you need to keep it...

I do increase the load as and when I can, so I am practising progressive overload.

Yeah, I know that free weights are superior, because of the muscles recruited by needing to stabilise the load...

Trying to. I find it quite difficult to get sufficient protein, though I do supplement with a post-workout shake. I didn't really expect to make gains when in a deficit, so I'll have to try to...

Yeah, I lift, though not with free weights at the moment. I do shoulder press, chest press, low row, pull down, leg press, bicep curl, tricep extension, weighted ab crunches, and lower back exercises...

I am really aiming for nicely defined abs -- ideally a six pack -- though I'd like to bulk my chest and arms a bit in the longer term. I've had conflicting opinions and just wondering whether I...

Very true, all this. I even allow myself a few beers and still lose fat. It all works, so long as you are in a deficit overall and getting the nutrients your body needs.

Thanks for all the replies. That makes a bit more sense now. I'm probably eating too little to make the gains in muscle mass, so maybe that's the aspect I need to look at.