Don't say you can't do it. 3 days out from my first show! [PROGRESS]

[dawn16]

@helenbarbara You realize that is less than 1lb a week, right? And that's actually a modest rate of weight loss, right? And that she's almost finished with it and will go back to weight gain after, right?

You should probably avoid talking about things you really don't know much about (e.g., her TDEE does take into account her lifting).

 

[mbiddle]

@helenbarbara TDEE, by definition, takes into account level of activity if it is accurate. So it's 3150/week including exercise.

 

[bstudy]

@mbiddle 3150 a day?

 

[mbiddle]

@bstudy It's like you can't read.

 

[helenbarbara]

@mbiddle Ah ok, my bad. Thanks!

 

[dawn16]

@helenbarbara It's not fat at this point. Now she's burning away muscle mass.

 

[pwhite]

@dawn16 This is the fundamental problem with competing too early. No time to build a physique, so you just diet into one as best you can, believing the noob gains from lifting are progress, when in fact you're sabotaging your true potential.

The fact that she thinks she can build glutes in 12 weeks of "bulking" (e.g. eating at maintenance, if I know bikini coaching), and then diet down for another show perfectly demonstrates the short-term planning that plagues women's physique competitions.

 

[dawn16]

@pwhite You should probably be carpet bombing this thread with knowledge fyi.

 

[dawn16]

@pwhite Please provide that perspective to the poster below me who thinks I'm just being a big meany and that I know nothing because I don't compete.

 

[dawn16]

@dangtt1 So just help me understand... What is this competition judged on? Thinness or muscle definition or what? I'm just surprised that you've been at a 9 month deficit...

 

[dangtt1]

@dawn16 Bikini is a relatively new competition which means that judges are largely subjective in their choices of winners. They want lean, firm, soft bodies with big delts, thin waists, and huge round glutes. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to build the muscle many other girls who are active / seasoned competitors are coming in with, but this first show is more about me feeling comfortable on stage. In my next show, I hope to come in with a much more muscular physique.

 

[jaderisley]

@dangtt1

lean, firm, soft bodies

You realize this makes absolutely no sense, right?

 

[x1027xoxo]

@jaderisley

https://imgur.com/8bRCLJ1

 

[jpmarcel]

@jaderisley It makes sense if you think of "soft" as meaning "not hard." As in firm, but not tooooooo firm.

 

[dawn16]

@dangtt1 OK so I'm a little confused. Why are you eating at a deficit then? Wouldn't it have been more beneficial to switch to a surplus to gain some more muscle after your cut?

 

[ljp]

@dawn16 Not right before competition

 

[dangtt1]

@dawn16 I did. I ate at a deficit to lose weight originally and then ate at a surplus for 12 weeks to build some muscle. Now I'm at the end of a 15 week cut.

 

[helenbarbara]

@dangtt1 Ok wasn't sure if that meant a negative 100 deficit of the entire day, as in you worked off all your calories and then some.

 

[dawn16]

@helenbarbara You're an idiot. A 100 kcal deficit is nothing.

 

[helenbarbara]

@dawn16 Her TDEE is 2250, shes eating 1800