Can You Stop LBM Loss?

[Brazensol]

Sooooo..... Does anyone see an advantage to upping my calories to tdee -250/300 vs. my current tdee - 450? I see the benefit in upping my protein and cutting my carbs but should I leave the calorie deficit alone and just deal with the fact I'm gonna lose some lbm until I can reach my target of 15% or less bf?

Also, in a related question, once I get to 12% bf (my goal) can I gain lbm without going over 15% bf?

[gearbox]

Sooooo..... Does anyone see an advantage to upping my calories to tdee -250/300 vs. my current tdee - 450? I see the benefit in upping my protein and cutting my carbs but should I leave the calorie deficit alone and just deal with the fact I'm gonna lose some lbm until I can reach my target of 15% or less bf?

Also, in a related question, once I get to 12% bf (my goal) can I gain lbm without going over 15% bf?

this should be in the diet section. I am not sure how you are losing at all. cause 25 mins on a bike is like a warm up. you probably burn 100 calories. I would not do a huge deficit at all. I would use cardio as my cutting. I would probably burn 500 calories a day on stairs or elliptical.

[Brazensol]

this should be in the diet section. I am not sure how you are losing at all. cause 25 mins on a bike is like a warm up. you probably burn 100 calories. I would not do a huge deficit at all. I would use cardio as my cutting. I would probably burn 500 calories a day on stairs or elliptical.

Not sure where you got the 25 minutes of biking from? I am now typically biking 20-25 miles a day at 15+ mph. That's a tad more than 100 calories...

[Times Roman]

Not sure where you got the 25 minutes of biking from? I am now typically biking 20-25 miles a day at 15+ mph. That's a tad more than 100 calories...

on top of the calories used from this activity, anything over, say, 30 minutes per session and you ARE burning fat.

[Brazensol]

Going back over my logs I noticed I stopped eating yogurt when I started doing fasted morning cardio. No big deal there in and of itself but... when I was eating breakfast, then doing cardio, I would have a Greek yogurt immediately after my bike ride and one of the things I added to my yogurt was 10 grams of creatine! I wonder if that factors into my lbm loss? I have now added it back into my diet and we'll see how it goes.