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Few things: 1100 calorie deficit is a bit extreme. Shoot for 500, or maybe 750 if you are pretty heavy. How much protein did you eat? You'll maintain more mus
by joevandyk 6y ago
Few things:
1100 calorie deficit is a bit extreme. Shoot for 500, or maybe 750 if you are pretty heavy.
How much protein did you eat? You'll maintain more muscle if you eat more protein.. consider 50% of calories from protein. Lifting weights also helps with maintaining lean muscle mass.
Alcohol can mess a lot with fluid retention. A good strategy for that when measuring progress is to weigh yourself each day but only look at the average weight over two weeks to see if you are progressing in the right direction.
- optymizer 6y agoGood advice, thanks. There is another aspect here, which is mostly about applying discipline and force of will. Seeing good progress feeds the reward system, and though discipline should be distinct from that, it helps me stay on track if every week I see 1kg lost, as opposed to 0.5kg, which could just be usual weight fluctuations.