How long before you lose muscle

[dooie]

Quick question, if I don't workout but eat the same (say I'm eating just maintenance cals) and still doing the same cardio
How long before I would start to lose my LBM? I feel deflated after a week off but is that just the blood?

[baseline_9]

No one can answer that question accurately... We can only say 'Use it or Loose it'

How long are you planning on taking off

[dooie]

No one can answer that question accurately... We can only say 'Use it or Loose it'

How long are you planning on taking off

I thought that! Ive been moving house and I've been to the gym twice in 2weeks! I feel like I've already lost it haha!

[JohnnyVegas]

I just took five weeks off. Both from the gym and diet. I put on some fat and felt smaller, but I stared to lift again last week and feel like I am inflating. Just getting blood into the muscles made them feel big...and so good!

[guitario]

I would guess in a few weeks it'l just be lower glycogen stores and less blood/water in the muscle that makes us feel deflated. I say this because, for example if we took 6 weeks off from the gym, we would notice weeks 1-3 in terms of loss of size, but weeks 4-6 we probably wouldn't notice much difference thereafter.