i am at a plateau, how long should i eat at maintenance?

[Lao Tzu]

right now i am eating about 2800 calories a day and doing about 40 min cardio 4-5 times a week. the cardio burns roughly 600 calories.

I am going to eat maintenance for a week or so, then when that week is over i will start green tea extract (for a metabolism boost), 45 min. cardio 4-5 days/week and 2700 calories a day in the hopes that these 3 things, which provide about a 300 calorie deficit extra a day will rejump weight loss.

How long should my maintenance phase before i restart dieting be? i have heard 1 meal, 2 days and 2 weeks on EF so far. Does anyone have any scientific (preferably) or personal stories of how long i should eat maintenance?

should i eat at maintenance or above maintenance (by 200 calories or so).

 

[serbyte]

Best way to keep your body off balance is to do 2 weeks diet 1 week off.

Im not positive but from what i have heard, it takes your body aproximatlye 20 days or 3 weeks to adapt to something(diet, suppliments, roids).

If you have been on a diet for a long time, you might want to take 3 weeks off, maybe try to regain a little bit of muscle, then go back to dieting.

 

[juve]

Umm, bro, if your weight loss plateau'd I think it would make sense to actually eat above maintenance - a refeed of sorts to stimulate an increment in thyroid hormone production and restoring leptin up to a full, and then dip back into deficit. Changing training routines and cardio approach could also have a positive effect - try HIIT in cardio, and high volume moderate weight in lifting with short resting periods for a while - give a body something new, because as you can see it becomes maladaptive if you do the same thing for an extended period.

peace!

 

[Mr.X]

right now i am eating about 2800 calories a day and doing about 40 min cardio 4-5 times a week. the cardio burns roughly 600 calories.

I am going to eat maintenance for a week or so, then when that week is over i will start green tea extract (for a metabolism boost), 45 min. cardio 4-5 days/week and 2700 calories a day in the hopes that these 3 things, which provide about a 300 calorie deficit extra a day will rejump weight loss.

How long should my maintenance phase before i restart dieting be? i have heard 1 meal, 2 days and 2 weeks on EF so far. Does anyone have any scientific (preferably) or personal stories of how long i should eat maintenance?

should i eat at maintenance or above maintenance (by 200 calories or so).

What are your stats? (i.e. bf/weight/height/years training/dieting etc...)

Mr.X

 

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[goal245]

The amount of calories your eating doesnt tell us much and isnt that important. Post your macros. How much protein/fats/carbs are you eating. You may not need to drop calories but instead j increase protein and reduce carbs and fats. You need to eat 1.5-2g protein per lb of body weight, keep fat intake as low as posible and play with your carb intake to either gain or lose the weight.