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Originally Posted by Pwmp
Upped my calorie intake today going to stick with it. meat and some veggies, can of tuna chicken etc. at 180g of protien now and sipping off my last shake. got ballsy lifting and put 220 on the bar.. was able to break it, bring it down and rack for 1 rep. Not sure how eating more cals & meals (even if they are mostly protein based) is going to help me cut weight but everybody ive talked too says thats the thing to do lol. if it dont work fuck it back to the drawing board
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Do whatever adds muscle.
Adding muscle is the key to everything. It takes seven times the calorie expenditure for your system to maintain the same amount of muscle vs fat. When you have more muscle than fat on your body, you burn more calories when you're not in the gym.
This is not a situation where you're going to "lose a few pounds" in a couple of months. This will take a couple of years, but the results will be close to permanent unless you choose not to do the little required to maintain it.
Two years ago, when I was out of shape I weighed about 196 pounds. I wasn't obese, but my midsection was round and I was beginning to develop a good set of man tits. I had been working with weights off and on since I was a teenager, but basically just swung around the same poundages every workout. I started focusing on proper form and progressive overload, and now I'm in the better shape than I was at half my age.
My weight is only 2 pounds less than when I started as a flabby guy. The best advice I could give you is to not focus on the scale number. Use the mirror and a tape measure to gauge your progress.