Hi I'm new to the bodybuilding community and this past year I took two pretty aggressive cuts and unlike the last cycle my metabolism has slowed down significantly. I've been reverse dieting for some time and weighing myself once at the end of the week. For the past two weeks I have been eating 2300 calories (241g carbs, 74g fat, and 179g protein) and prior to this two week period I weighed in at 194.2 pounds. After the first week I gained 1.6 pounds to 195.8 pounds. After the second week I continued to gain 1.8 pounds to 197.6 pounds. At this point I am lost and not sure if I should keep eating this same amount or add in more to try and repair my metabolism.
Some other information is that I intermittent fast eating one large meal at the end of the day and I lift weights six days out of the week.
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Thread: Reversing metabolic damage
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12-08-2019, 09:54 AM #1
Reversing metabolic damage
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12-09-2019, 12:36 AM #5
As a beginning bodybuilder at 195 pounds you should probably be cutting.
How tall are you? Can you upload a picture to your body space or imgur?
Metabolic damage is a misnomer. It's completely normal for your metabolism to adapt to varying energy intake. It's not damaged.Recommended science based fitness & nutrition information:
Alan Aragon https://alanaragon.com/
Brad Schoenfeld http://www.lookgreatnaked.com/
James Krieger https://weightology.net/
Jorn Trommelen http://www.nutritiontactics.com/
Eric Helms & Team3DMJ https://3dmusclejourney.com/
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