Originally Posted by
gbrice75
That's a fair assumption, lol. Are you doing any cardio? Either start eating more, decrease cardio, or a combo of both - but yes, you're clearly burning more than you're taking in.
Cheers, thanks brother! :)
Noted
Are you taking any digestive enzymes? Probiotics? If not, I suggest you look into both ASAP to aid your system in digesting proteins (et al) more efficiently.
I think recomp'ing is great, pretty much what I'm doing atm. Just realize it's a slow process - much slower than either bulking or cutting. Don't expect to notice any dramatic results at any given point. This can fck one's head up... as we feed off of tangible progress. You'll need to rely heavily on the scale, measurements, and 'slight' visual changes.
You can tackle it a few different ways. Recomp'ing, IMO, *has* to be geared towards either gaining or losing. Overall, it's a recomp - but slight emphasis has to be put on one or the other depending on your primary focus. In your case, it's reducing bodyfat.
I'm not clear on why you think you should reduce your training sessions from 5 to 4 though, can you explain your reasoning behind this?
If you've been eating at 3300 cals and gaining for the most part, then that's not maintenance, that's over. If you've been holding steady for the most part, then you might be in the ballpark. In any case, once you have it dialed in, you'll definitely want to continue eating at maintenance, I'd actually suggest eating above (which you may already be doing) and adding cardio (as you suggested) to work on the bodyfat. I'd personally keep carbs focused around my workout, and maybe throw in a moderate refeed ever 2 weeks (since you'll already be at 40% daily, a weekly refeed isn't necessary by any means). I'd hold off on the refeed until you're dialed in however. This way, you know what you're doing is 'working', and you can play and tweak from there. The idea is to ultimately be very slightly under maintenance (via cardio, not calorie restriction) but feeding muscle tissue to maintain and or grow in small spurts.
I hope this helps get you started, let me know if you need clarification and/or link me when you start a new thread (I expect you will?). :)