Help! My body doesn’t want to budge! (Repost from female section)
Alternatively titled : my body is an a@@hole and I can’t figure this out!!
My goal right now is to drop some fat while retaining as much lean muscle as possible. I have started a var cycle (4 weeks in as of this weekend), have maintained caloric deficit, work out 5x week (weights with cardio finish 1.5-2.5hrs per session). I know the scale is not always accurate so I also do weekly comparison pictures and measure (under bust, waist, hips, upper
Thigh, lower quad, left bicep). I’m not unfamiliar with weight loss as I’ve lost and maintained 85lbs. I have a good muscle base but I’d like to lean out a bit. I am not a competitor.
I have broken through my lifting and cardio capacity plateaus, so that is great -
My workouts feel amazing....but seeing absolutely NO positive change is so frustrating - especially with everything I am
Taking. I didn’t expect a miracle - but even a little movement would have been awesome. My weight has stayed within a 3lb range up and down. Measurements abd photos have been completely flat..:except o gained a fricking inch in my waist. Wtf
Stats
44yo
5’2”
159lbs (range from 158-161 but mostly sit squarely at 160 morning 162 evening)
TDEE Dependent on Which calculator used is 2000-2400 - the calculation in the sticky was towards the higher side of this
Calories per day 1560, dropped after I was seeing no results at 1800)
Dexa scan last summer was 24% body fat. While my muscle mass is up for sure, so is my body weight so let’s keep it there for shits and giggles - by pictures - I look to be 22-24% (although I do have some excess skin still)
Sedentary job, otherwise active. 5x wk at gym with 1-2hr weight sessions (typically heavy) with additional 20-30 min cardio.
Sleep
6.5-8hrs a night
Supplements
ECY STACK (E 8, c200, y2.5) 1x day on non workout days, 2x day on workout days (added a week ago to try to get my body to react to anything)
Var 5mg 2xday
Dr prescribed;
Test cream 2mg/.25
Synthroid .025
Cytomel 2.5mcg
Sublingual b12
Folic acid
L-theanine
Ortho-adapt
I am so aggravated that I can’t seem to
Break this bloody plateau. Please help!!!!