Had a quick question on weight loss. I have been cutting for the past week and already showing some good progress. The question is: when cutting, how do you know for sure you are not cutting into the hard earned muscle? I understand there is a compromise, but is there a preferred method to checking? I bought some sticks from store to check ketone levels and my body is not releasing any.
I posted diet in here and made quite a few mods to it after getting feedback and reading a shit load more. Here is the total breakdown on macros real quick
wt - 205
ht - 5ft 8in
bf - was at 20%
age - 32
total calories - 2360
total protein - 260g
total fat - 70g ish
total carb - bout 72g
Worked my ass off this past year, started lifting last August, and don't want to lose hard earned muscle, but I am definately dropping fat, or both.??
cardio 65%, 5 times week for 30-45 mins. weights are 1.0hrs - 1.5hrs - 5 times a week. Aside from gym, I pretty much sit in the office all day.
I can still push my normal weights
example:
bench - 315 - few times
squat - 405 - a few times
the rest of body currently about the same in stregnth as before I started diet.
Can I measure on stregnth alone? As long as I don't drop too much in stregnth, am I good to go??
Is skin fold test only method?
Thanks for any input...