Hi ladies,
New here! Quick bit of advice - I've been lifting for many years but since the start of this year I've been doing Powerlifting (just recreationally) and I'm loving it. I'm the strongest I've ever been. In the past many years ago I had issues with food restriction/binge episodes/too much cardio etc and dropped to a low weight (Currently sitting at 134-136lbs, 5'5 , 29 years old) I'm very familiar with macros/tracking etc but for the first few months of this year I stopped tracking altogether and just focussed on eating intuitively as tracking was causing me too much stress - I did gain weight during this period but was still lifting heavy 4-5 times a week so was extra hungry.
As of July this year I decided to go on a slow cut (as I was 141lbs and really wasn't feeling comfortable in myself), keeping my PL to keep muscle and not doing excessive cardio. I also have been seeing a nutritionist since then - And here in lies my question. The aim was to cut and then reverse diet when I got to my goal weight range. I want to be at a place body wise where I can eat a lot more but still maintain my weight as I do not want to be on low calories forever. So since July I have lost around 5-6 lbs. My nutritionist started me on about 1600 calories, then he dropped me to 1500 after a few weeks, and now he has me at 1400. My weight is dropping very slowly which is fine but I'm struggling on the low calories now and my weight has actually gone up the past couple of days and I'm starting to struggle mentally on the low calories, and I'm hungry a lot - which is leading me to crave less than healthy foods which is very unusual for me. I'm keeping my protein 120-130g per day. Weigh all my food.
I lift 3 x week (Wendlers 5/3/1) - I've had to drop from lifting 4-5 x week as the calories have been getting lower to help recovery. I do LISS (30-40 min walk outside at least 5 x week (purely because I really enjoy walking outdoors) and my commute to work is cycling (20 mins) or a 30 min walk - I also walk 20-30 mins on my break at work as I have an office job)
So my question is: Are my calories too low or should I stick with this for a bit longer until I reach goal? I feel like I can push through but it's very demotivating not seeing the scale move when I feel like I'm practically starving myself - I'm still not happy with how my body looks (hold weight in my stomach so even if I'm not overweight I look bloated and puffy easily there) and feel like I could stand to lose a bit more, but I'm not willing to be utterly miserable and lacking energy for my lifts to do so. I also don't want to reverse too quickly either and pile the weight back on.
My nutritionist has said whenever I want to he can up my calories slowly but I don't know what's best at this point.
Any advice would be much appreciated. TIA!
New here! Quick bit of advice - I've been lifting for many years but since the start of this year I've been doing Powerlifting (just recreationally) and I'm loving it. I'm the strongest I've ever been. In the past many years ago I had issues with food restriction/binge episodes/too much cardio etc and dropped to a low weight (Currently sitting at 134-136lbs, 5'5 , 29 years old) I'm very familiar with macros/tracking etc but for the first few months of this year I stopped tracking altogether and just focussed on eating intuitively as tracking was causing me too much stress - I did gain weight during this period but was still lifting heavy 4-5 times a week so was extra hungry.
As of July this year I decided to go on a slow cut (as I was 141lbs and really wasn't feeling comfortable in myself), keeping my PL to keep muscle and not doing excessive cardio. I also have been seeing a nutritionist since then - And here in lies my question. The aim was to cut and then reverse diet when I got to my goal weight range. I want to be at a place body wise where I can eat a lot more but still maintain my weight as I do not want to be on low calories forever. So since July I have lost around 5-6 lbs. My nutritionist started me on about 1600 calories, then he dropped me to 1500 after a few weeks, and now he has me at 1400. My weight is dropping very slowly which is fine but I'm struggling on the low calories now and my weight has actually gone up the past couple of days and I'm starting to struggle mentally on the low calories, and I'm hungry a lot - which is leading me to crave less than healthy foods which is very unusual for me. I'm keeping my protein 120-130g per day. Weigh all my food.
I lift 3 x week (Wendlers 5/3/1) - I've had to drop from lifting 4-5 x week as the calories have been getting lower to help recovery. I do LISS (30-40 min walk outside at least 5 x week (purely because I really enjoy walking outdoors) and my commute to work is cycling (20 mins) or a 30 min walk - I also walk 20-30 mins on my break at work as I have an office job)
So my question is: Are my calories too low or should I stick with this for a bit longer until I reach goal? I feel like I can push through but it's very demotivating not seeing the scale move when I feel like I'm practically starving myself - I'm still not happy with how my body looks (hold weight in my stomach so even if I'm not overweight I look bloated and puffy easily there) and feel like I could stand to lose a bit more, but I'm not willing to be utterly miserable and lacking energy for my lifts to do so. I also don't want to reverse too quickly either and pile the weight back on.
My nutritionist has said whenever I want to he can up my calories slowly but I don't know what's best at this point.
Any advice would be much appreciated. TIA!
by Nymeria24 via Bodybuilding.com Forums - Female Bodybuilding
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