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Cutting / prep advise
A little background info - as a natty, I went from morbidly obese, to doing a natty mens physique competition at 140 lbs. I had a coach and it took a me almost of year of consistent dieting. Fast forward 3 years later, here I am trying to cut weight / possibly into a prep. The difference is, I am now on trt.. I have been trying for the last 8 weeks but have not made much progress. The 8-12 weeks before that, I was slowly dropping carbs, but the last 8ish or so weeks I would consider myself in a deficit...
Basically, I have had to drop calories so much to try to get progress that I am eating NOTHING right now, compared to what I was eating during prep as a natural, and don't feel like I am losing fat.. the scale is going UP. I recently (1 wk ago) uped my test from my TRT dose because I wanted to become "supratherapetuic".
Even if I am gaining muscle from TRT dose test.. don't you think the fat lass should supersede the muscle gain and the scale should be going down? I feel like I have been stuck at 170lbs forever..
I guess I really don't know how to go about prep when on gear..
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Originally Posted by
thetank88
A little background info - as a natty, I went from morbidly obese, to doing a natty mens physique competition at 140 lbs. I had a coach and it took a me almost of year of consistent dieting. Fast forward 3 years later, here I am trying to cut weight / possibly into a prep. The difference is, I am now on trt.. I have been trying for the last 8 weeks but have not made much progress. The 8-12 weeks before that, I was slowly dropping carbs, but the last 8ish or so weeks I would consider myself in a deficit...
Basically, I have had to drop calories so much to try to get progress that I am eating NOTHING right now, compared to what I was eating during prep as a natural, and don't feel like I am losing fat.. the scale is going UP. I recently (1 wk ago) uped my test from my TRT dose because I wanted to become "supratherapetuic".
Even if I am gaining muscle from TRT dose test.. don't you think the fat lass should supersede the muscle gain and the scale should be going down? I feel like I have been stuck at 170lbs forever..
I guess I really don't know how to go about prep when on gear..
Hate to say this bro but you may have to go back to the drawing board. I don't know when your show is or how much time you have left you need to order this book read it, and read it again....
And I guarantee you you'll figure out what the problem is.
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Originally Posted by
thetank88
A little background info - as a natty, I went from morbidly obese, to doing a natty mens physique competition at 140 lbs. I had a coach and it took a me almost of year of consistent dieting. Fast forward 3 years later, here I am trying to cut weight / possibly into a prep. The difference is, I am now on trt.. I have been trying for the last 8 weeks but have not made much progress. The 8-12 weeks before that, I was slowly dropping carbs, but the last 8ish or so weeks I would consider myself in a deficit...
Basically, I have had to drop calories so much to try to get progress that I am eating NOTHING right now, compared to what I was eating during prep as a natural, and don't feel like I am losing fat.. the scale is going UP. I recently (1 wk ago) uped my test from my TRT dose because I wanted to become "supratherapetuic".
Even if I am gaining muscle from TRT dose test.. don't you think the fat lass should supersede the muscle gain and the scale should be going down? I feel like I have been stuck at 170lbs forever..
I guess I really don't know how to go about prep when on gear..
What's your carbs,fat, and protein at? It's not smart to stay on say 100 carbs for to long. When your that low you need to do refeeds or maybe a cheat. A refeed would probably be more beneficial. Have you tried either yet?
You may have to go on keto, it's hard saying
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Originally Posted by
animal23
What's your carbs,fat, and protein at? It's not smart to stay on say 100 carbs for to long. When your that low you need to do refeeds or maybe a cheat. A refeed would probably be more beneficial. Have you tried either yet?
You may have to go on keto, it's hard saying
Thanks for the reply. Thought this might be better suited here:
Cutting / prep advise
Long story short, I've been carb cycling, I put the details in the other thread.
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Originally Posted by
thetank88
A little background info - as a natty, I went from morbidly obese, to doing a natty mens physique competition at 140 lbs. I had a coach and it took a me almost of year of consistent dieting. Fast forward 3 years later, here I am trying to cut weight / possibly into a prep. The difference is, I am now on trt.. I have been trying for the last 8 weeks but have not made much progress. The 8-12 weeks before that, I was slowly dropping carbs, but the last 8ish or so weeks I would consider myself in a deficit...
Basically, I have had to drop calories so much to try to get progress that I am eating NOTHING right now, compared to what I was eating during prep as a natural, and don't feel like I am losing fat.. the scale is going UP. I recently (1 wk ago) uped my test from my TRT dose because I wanted to become "supratherapetuic".
Even if I am gaining muscle from TRT dose test.. don't you think the fat lass should supersede the muscle gain and the scale should be going down? I feel like I have been stuck at 170lbs forever..
I guess I really don't know how to go about prep when on gear..
This is a blanket statement: The more muscle you gain and retain(by keeping positive nitrogen balance with high protein intake)the more your bodies metabolism will clear calories and body fat to nourish the newly gained muscle. That is a fact for a normal human being.(weird diseases and medical issues do not apply to this statement) there are always people that have metabolic,medications, or other disorders that prohibit muscle gain.
Max
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