cutting cycle blues

[sweet t]

Hey guys what's up? i am on week 6 of a cutting cycle using test/eq/winny. at the start i was 176 lbs. at 5'5. after week 4 i weighed 163 and had not lost any muscle as far as measurements go but had lost 1 1/2 inches in my waist. i was excited. now 2 weeks later i'm still losing in my waist, but my arms went from 16" cold to 15 3/4" cold. and my legs are smaller too. i look more cut for sure, but is it common to lose a little size while cutting even while juicing? i did start using t3 about 2 weeks ago, but i thought the juice would prevent any muscle loss. What's going on?

[BWhitaker]

Well it will prevent muscle loss but there is still that point at which your calories are too low and you will lose muscle. Adding the t3 only burns more. Try upping the calories a bit until you stop losing muscle and still keep burning fat.

[sweet t]

ok i'll give that a try. thanks

[sweet t]

any other thoughts?

[Mallet]

any other thoughts?

How many calories are you consuming?...and break it down to carbs/protein and fat for us?...what dose of t3 are you taking?...what kind of test?...how much cardio are you doing?

Sorry for all the questions...but the more info you give us the better we'll be able to help!

[sweet t]

i'm getting around 2200 to 2500 calories a day. i only weight 165 so i thought that would be a good range to add lean mass while cutting. i am running test at 400mg/wk eq at 400 and winny at 50mg/day. i'm doing cardio about 5 days a week at 30min a session(usually running on the treadmill). i try to do it on an empty stomach. i have made my way up to 100mcg of t3 but i am going to start backing it down now. i am also going to bump my eq up to 600 for the last 5 weeks.

[Phillyboy1]

i'm getting around 2200 to 2500 calories a day. i only weight 165 so i thought that would be a good range to add lean mass while cutting. i am running test at 400mg/wk eq at 400 and winny at 50mg/day. i'm doing cardio about 5 days a week at 30min a session(usually running on the treadmill). i try to do it on an empty stomach. i have made my way up to 100mcg of t3 but i am going to start backing it down now. i am also going to bump my eq up to 600 for the last 5 weeks.

stop running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just walk at a slow pace and keep a good eye on your heart rate, your heart rate is probably going to high and your not buring only fat. if it gets too high youll go catabolic and burn more muscle then fat. fat is a crappy ass source of energy. so to burn only fat and not muscle you need to be walking. cut your cardio to say 3-4 days a week and walk at 2.5 - 3 mph for 60 mins. and keep your heart rate in the 125-130 range. oh yeah cut out the T3 you probably dont need it

[sweet t]

ok i'll do that. i've heard walking is better for sparing muscle mass anyway. i am cycling down off of the t3 now. i'll just be using clen by itself.

[dumblucky]

Youi could have been holding a little water from the test...