Do I just accept that weight loss isn't linear before I yeet the scale out the window?

[lisa66uk]

@annamarinewife That would only be like 100-200 kcal extra per day, maybe less if the pace is low.

I would keep going like you are, if the trend stays around 0.75kg mark for another week I would increase deficit by another 250 kcal and see if the weight trend adjusts accordingly.

 

[annamarinewife]

@lisa66uk Thank you I’ll probably do just that!

 

[jesus111]

@annamarinewife Unrelated but how do you balance mma and bodybuilding?

 

[annamarinewife]

@jesus111 Oh in what sense like managing to do it physically or?

 

[jesus111]

@annamarinewife Yes. How do you recover?

 

[annamarinewife]

@jesus111 Tbh I’ve been trying my best to keep them a good 10 hours apart and make sure that I utilize my rest days to rest from both

So for example I’ll be in the gym for 8:00am and have MMA at 5:30pm and I just make sure I eat and relax well in between. Tuesdays & Fridays are rest days from both so it’s usually quite alright.

 

[deigratiavivere]

@annamarinewife dfsfd

 

[annamarinewife]

@deigratiavivere You don’t believe how helpful and reliving this is lol! Yes I’ve been tracking super accurately on spreadsheets for the past 2 years now using a food scale and minimizing anything that would require guesstimation until the end of this cut.

Patience it is then lol.

 

[deigratiavivere]

@annamarinewife dfsfd

 

[annamarinewife]

@deigratiavivere Thank you very much I guess I just have to ignore the scale and trust the process. I was thinking there’s no way I’m not in a deficit I suppose it’s just a waiting game.

 

[roger71]

@annamarinewife Don’t get to attached to your weight get more focused on the process. So yes weight lose and gain isn’t Linear A lot of factors goes into what the scale says body composition changes, water, digestive matter etc etc.

 

[livingme7]

@annamarinewife Diet break.

 

[annamarinewife]

@livingme7 4 weeks in? You reckon?

 

[livingme7]

@annamarinewife

I got all the way down to 89kg (196lbs) and about a month ago I decided I would just power through to get to my target goal of around 12% BF.

? You made it sound like you kept going. How long was the pause?

 

[annamarinewife]

@livingme7 Oh there was an unplanned 2 month diet break due to travel where I managed to stay on maintenance.

Edit: During the 2 year weight loss I’ve not done more than 16 weeks at a time without a diet break so since I had a long 2 month diet break I decided to just bang out the rest of the journey in one to.

 

[delilahc]

@annamarinewife U havtw metabolic adaptation cause your deficit was too big

 

[asperd]

@annamarinewife You know what's the best way to reduce your appetite? Start a bulk. You will get so sick of food. I've been bulking for a year. I can't with food anymore. If I ate how I wanted, I would end up in a defacto calorie deficit. But I don't want to risk losing gains. I want to at least maingain if I quit bulking. Bulking is so time consuming and/or expensive as well. I also can't with oats anymore. Even stuff like cookies and snack cakes gets old when you're eating like 1,200+ calories worth to hit your carb and fat goals for the day. Forget about getting all your calories from steak, pasta and rice. My stomach can't.