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    Lost 9 kgs in 3 weeks due to illness

    Hey all, as the title says I have lost a bit of weight. I had Glandular fever and terrible acute tonsillitis, basically hurt so much even to sip on water. That and the medications I was on diminished my appetite to hell.

    I could mainly only eat fruit, but as I improved i ended up eating an egg or something..And for the people who would have suggested doing B/w exercises, I could barely walk up/down the stairs to my room. I could just lie in bed

    Before this I was cutting. Down from 222Lbs (101Kg) to 94Kg in about 2 months, so it was pretty steady and i didnt notice muscle loss..

    But now I feel like I have lost a lot of muscle, and bugger all fat. I know that everyone gets ill and shit happens, but it is almost heartbreaking to see my gains go out the window like that.

    The doctor reccommended that I wait at least another 4 weeks till i can do strenuous activity, Ie weighlifting.

    So now my questions:

    1. Because I have been on such few calories, should i gradually bump it up, or does my body need a re-feed type phase. I dont wanna go too high and then put on more fat, as i cant really do cardio or anything for a while

    2. should I try to cut further, knowing that i have lost loads of LBM

    3. should I jack up the calories and try to get some LBM back. (muscle memory?)

    thats all.. I should be feeling 100% by next week i think.

    Thanks

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    That sucks to hear. At least your getting better. Try eating clean and starting with what you were eating before this happened and see how that works.

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    Im eating Cleaner than I was prior to my illness, and I feel that I am losing more BF. I started taking creatine again, so that has given my strength a bit of a boost, so I am almost where I was before I got sick. Also I cant drink alcohol at all for a minimum of a month, or I risk doing long term damage to it. The virus I had wreaked havoc on it. I would normally drink a bit on the weekends and such, so that obviously helps with cutting.

    I have noticed more definition, which I can only assume is due to lowering the BF. I can say that being rooted sick makes you appreciate your health a lot more, and I believe that it has given me greater desire to eat clean and train harder.

    Goal is to Get to around 13-15%BF and then bulk up slowly, but cleanly.

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