Fat Loss/Bulking Cycle...need advice...

[d_rson]

i usually have a protein shake in the morning, a light healthy lunch....sometimes just a smoothie, and then a regular portion chicken & veggies dinner....please, someone just tell me what to do to make this happen and i'll do it, im just sick of trying to figure this shit out.

Bing! Like I said, Diet. You're diet is crappy. You're metabolism is probably shut down because you're not eating near enough and not often enough. The secret to losing fat and gaining muscle is to EAT enough, and eat correctly. Go to the diet section and get it kicked in.

 

[Nelson Montana]

I believe diet is overstated. Eat less and make sure you get adequate protein. Check out GEAR. And a good multi like DX7. The rest is all about the amount of food -- baring you do;t take up caloric count with crap.

 

[chesty]

I eat 300 plus grams of protein a day, between food and pure protein. I keep my carbs around 100 all from complex stuff like broccolli, green beans, asparagus. I have brown rice and some dry ass rice cakes with my albacore tuna at lunch. I eat about every 2 to 3 hours religiously, even when I wake up to take a piss in the morning. My fat content is less than 50 gms a day as well.

It is the combination of diet, supps, learning, perseverence, sacrifice, etc. Did you look at my post to see how Radar modified my cycle to better suit my needs?

 

[chesty]

I have a friend, my lifting buddy as well. He is doing a mild cycle and wants to get his body fat down to like 8% (he is probably at 10 or so right now)I have talked till I am blue in the face, but he doesn't put in the effort (at least to the same level I do imo) He won't give up his beer, red wine, etc. He also won't eat properly (by that I mean, frequently enough, etc) So, while he may look better at the end, he won't achieve what he wants because it isn't truly the priority in his life. But that is cool. I think his main reason for cycles was to get on HRT and that is cool with me. I lift with him, but I also have to lift on my own to keep my attitude focused on the the gym and the life.

You sound like it is a quick answer, that one of us has the magic bullet so to speak. Plain and simple, it takes quality time in the gym over years of busting your ass till you cry at night from doing so.

 

[DeviousNet]

believe me i have been busting my ass...4-6 days a week in the gym for the last year. i've lost over 70lbs of fat, but now i just can't get into that "cut/ripped" catagory. Can anyone give me an idea on how often to eat, and what to eat....if someone was to just lay out what i need to eat ill do it....but apparently what i keep coming up with isn't working.

 

[d_rson]

Diet section. Diet Section. Diet Section.

 

[chesty]

That last bit is always the hardest too. I would usually take about 50% of my total cutting phase getting that last 2 or 3% off.

 

[RADAR]

here is the holy Grail you seek

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/a...-build-muscle-loose-fat-then-read-712503.html

 

[DeviousNet]

thats pretty damn helpful...thanks. anyone have any success stories for what they ate/did while on a cycle and what kind of cycle, to build muscle and cut?

 

[oklahoma86]

believe me i have been busting my ass...4-6 days a week in the gym for the last year. i've lost over 70lbs of fat, but now i just can't get into that "cut/ripped" catagory. Can anyone give me an idea on how often to eat, and what to eat....if someone was to just lay out what i need to eat ill do it....but apparently what i keep coming up with isn't working.

Man, with the results you got from burnin off, well... essentially more fat off your body than you are allowed to carry onto an airplane in a carry on bag... all in a year - anything is gonna seem like a plateau!! Your doin great, and I know from experience its when you get down from 25%+ body fat (Im guessing your number was a good bit higher) to like 12-15% (which is, just over those three percentage points, a HUGE range...), it starts to actually look like your stalling when your not, because the intramuscular crevasses that you are expecting to be exposed at this point, at the rate the fat has been coming off, are not... there is still fat covering that muscle. Imagine fat like water... when it was "poured" on it filled those areas first, so when it dries it leaves those areas, which are the "deepest" , until last. So when you hit about 13 or 14 percent you start to see the shadow of abs that arent gonna come through comepletely without a lot more work, and the beginning of muscle definition that will not show through completely for quite some time.... especially when your trying to pile on muscle and bulk in the meantime!