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I’m trying to LFGM, can someone tell me if this is valid for my goals: I’m 5’81/2, I’m around 193lbs, I lift&runontreadmil 3x a week while doing progressive overload, I’m eating 1750cals a day and I hit at least 150-60g of protein a day
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Anonymous 14h

cals sound low for your size

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

What do you recommend? I think I’m just eager to lose weight and prior to my body recomp i was around 250 lbs and I was eating around 1200 calories to drop weight quick and now I am stuck in that mindset so idrk what to do😬

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 13h

do you know what your maintenance is? I wouldn’t go more than 250-300 cals below maintenance. especially with trying to grow muscle, you need to fuel your body properly so your muscles can actually grow. growing your muscles will also help lose fat since muscle burns more calories at rest than fat does.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

if you’re in too large of a deficit, you can’t grow muscle as well and your energy will be super low. at some point your body starts compensating by slowing down your normal functions to conserve energy so you’ll start burning less calories naturally. a 250-300 deficit is a good in between where you can still build muscle while losing fat

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