Sorry for the huge thread in advance.
I feel completely unmotivated. I follow my dietitian's nutritional plan and I'm getting measured by him (caliper, scale and measuring tape) every 2 months to check progress.
Bulking since february... put on 2kg of muscle and lost 600g of fat during the first 2 months (body recomp after restriction). I got pretty lean, 1,6 meters tall and 54kg... Was consuming 1600kcal, 2,7g of protein for body weight in kilos and taking creatine. Weight lifting 6x a week and also doing cardio 6 times a week.
Got measured yesterday just to find out I lost 1kg of muscle mass and gained 800g of fat in the last 2 months of my bulking. I was eating 1700kcal and kept the protein amount and creatine. I am actually lifting heavier but I also increased cardio sessions duration and intensity.
Do you guys think the cardio made me lose muscle? Idk about the fat gain tho.
Which of the following do you guys think it may caused it:
1) Cardio and high volume work outs (4 day split routine, 2 leg days and 2 upper body days). Not being able to recover properly made me lose muscle and the small surplus I ate turned into fat.
2) I take statin medicine because I have genetic cholesterol problems. In the first gaining phase I wasn't taking it. Started about 2 months ago. Some say those medicines wreck muscle mass.
3) I've been throught a lot of stress lately (study and family related), also putting the body throught a lot of stress due to those insane work outs... I've heard cortison, the stress hormone, can make you lose muscle and gain fat.
4) I got pretty lean during the first 2 months due to body recomp (had 8kg of total body fat) and that's unsustainable. I didn't get my period last month (maye stress?). Thus my body made it way to use my small surplus to gather fat and get to healthier levels of body fat.
5) Going out to eat and increasing calories at th weekends due to social events (which happens every weekend tbh). But that would make me think that I should at least have gained muscle with the fat.
I thought about doing a mini cut because I have this euro trip in 2 weeks and it's gonna get worse in terms of getting fat, I won't be able to work out there and I just want to have a kick ass vacation and enjoy food. But since I am almost developing an eating disorder (according to my dietitian), it would be a punishment behavior and worsen the ED.
I decided to reduce cardio to 3 times a week after upper body work outs. Also I decided to eat intuitively, not measuring stuff and having a balanced diet with mostly clean foods for the next 2 weeks so I can travel without feeling guilty, freaking out and being anxious about food. I'm letting it go for this month so I can put my mind back to sanity and get on track after I get back from vacation. I feel like I need to get a step back to make progress in the future, otherwise I will develop an ED (I'm glad I recognized the red flags in advance)...
What do you guys think about this approach?
I feel completely unmotivated. I follow my dietitian's nutritional plan and I'm getting measured by him (caliper, scale and measuring tape) every 2 months to check progress.
Bulking since february... put on 2kg of muscle and lost 600g of fat during the first 2 months (body recomp after restriction). I got pretty lean, 1,6 meters tall and 54kg... Was consuming 1600kcal, 2,7g of protein for body weight in kilos and taking creatine. Weight lifting 6x a week and also doing cardio 6 times a week.
Got measured yesterday just to find out I lost 1kg of muscle mass and gained 800g of fat in the last 2 months of my bulking. I was eating 1700kcal and kept the protein amount and creatine. I am actually lifting heavier but I also increased cardio sessions duration and intensity.
Do you guys think the cardio made me lose muscle? Idk about the fat gain tho.
Which of the following do you guys think it may caused it:
1) Cardio and high volume work outs (4 day split routine, 2 leg days and 2 upper body days). Not being able to recover properly made me lose muscle and the small surplus I ate turned into fat.
2) I take statin medicine because I have genetic cholesterol problems. In the first gaining phase I wasn't taking it. Started about 2 months ago. Some say those medicines wreck muscle mass.
3) I've been throught a lot of stress lately (study and family related), also putting the body throught a lot of stress due to those insane work outs... I've heard cortison, the stress hormone, can make you lose muscle and gain fat.
4) I got pretty lean during the first 2 months due to body recomp (had 8kg of total body fat) and that's unsustainable. I didn't get my period last month (maye stress?). Thus my body made it way to use my small surplus to gather fat and get to healthier levels of body fat.
5) Going out to eat and increasing calories at th weekends due to social events (which happens every weekend tbh). But that would make me think that I should at least have gained muscle with the fat.
I thought about doing a mini cut because I have this euro trip in 2 weeks and it's gonna get worse in terms of getting fat, I won't be able to work out there and I just want to have a kick ass vacation and enjoy food. But since I am almost developing an eating disorder (according to my dietitian), it would be a punishment behavior and worsen the ED.
I decided to reduce cardio to 3 times a week after upper body work outs. Also I decided to eat intuitively, not measuring stuff and having a balanced diet with mostly clean foods for the next 2 weeks so I can travel without feeling guilty, freaking out and being anxious about food. I'm letting it go for this month so I can put my mind back to sanity and get on track after I get back from vacation. I feel like I need to get a step back to make progress in the future, otherwise I will develop an ED (I'm glad I recognized the red flags in advance)...
What do you guys think about this approach?
by itsmeisa via Bodybuilding.com Forums - Female Bodybuilding
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