Thread: cut 50lbs ready to build

Originally Posted by kellydbdb

I have just cut 50lbs and am now ready to build muscle. I started lifting weights at the gym last week and have a question. I want to build alot of muscle but not to much fat with it. I know I have to eat like 500 calories over what my body needs a day and alot of protein. What is the best diet for someone like me? I would like to get ripped butnot fat again. Would it be best to gain alot of muscle and then cut calories to burn the fat?

Foremanrules
100mg Test for 12 weeks

think of yourself as a statue. Do sculptores start off with a thin shape and then sculpt the desired image? No, they take a huge slab and trim and cut from there. IMO you should have done the cutting after the bulking

by the way, 100 mg's test is not going to do much.

Originally Posted by bkunzi01

think of yourself as a statue. Do sculptores start off with a thin shape and then sculpt the desired image? No, they take a huge slab and trim and cut from there. IMO you should have done the cutting after the bulking

Any other opinoins on this ? If so then I'm doing the wrong thing right now.

You have accomplished a lot. Ridding 50#'s is no easy feat. You have lots to be proud of.

The key to success is doing whats important or what feels right to you... accomplishing that goal... and moving on to the next goal... and accomplishing that one, etc. etc. etc.

What I would do for your current goal is get yourself a journal for this next phase. Write down your goals and your measurments along with body fat. Yoiu may even want to take pictures. Take note of the type of eating schedule it took for you to lose weight. For instance did you follow a low carb? If so then for the building mass stage do opposite, for instance, and do high carbs. And then increase your caloric intake by about 500 calories a day or you may consider staggering your intake for instance 250 calories one day, 0 one day, 500 calories one day, 700 calories another, etc.

Eat healthy, nutritious foods. Record the changes in your physique weekly to learn whether or not the changes you are making today are bringing you closer to your goals tomorrow.

Be happy. Keep up the good work. You are doing great!!

Originally Posted by Robyne Arrow

You have accomplished a lot. Ridding 50#'s is no easy feat. You have lots to be proud of.

The key to success is doing whats important or what feels right to you... accomplishing that goal... and moving on to the next goal... and accomplishing that one, etc. etc. etc.

What I would do for your current goal is get yourself a journal for this next phase. Write down your goals and your measurments along with body fat. Yoiu may even want to take pictures. Take note of the type of eating schedule it took for you to lose weight. For instance did you follow a low carb? If so then for the building mass stage do opposite, for instance, and do high carbs. And then increase your caloric intake by about 500 calories a day or you may consider staggering your intake for instance 250 calories one day, 0 one day, 500 calories one day, 700 calories another, etc.

Eat healthy, nutritious foods. Record the changes in your physique weekly to learn whether or not the changes you are making today are bringing you closer to your goals tomorrow.

Be happy. Keep up the good work. You are doing great!!

that's good advice

Originally Posted by bkunzi01

think of yourself as a statue. Do sculptores start off with a thin shape and then sculpt the desired image? No, they take a huge slab and trim and cut from there. IMO you should have done the cutting after the bulking