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Anybody who gained muscle and lost weight(fat), how did you do it? (self.fitness)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by fastandcurious to c/fitness
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Title says it all, i want to lose weight and also build some muscle, ive have been hitting the gym and cutting my calories by 500-900cal for the past two months, while i am seeing some muscle growth, its not very substantial or something people around me will notice, ive also lost about 2kgs which is not much so i am thinking of doing a 200cal surplus for a month to see how it goes I wanted to get some advice as well as read other people’s experiences

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[–] BlackMagic 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I did was make sure I had creatine daily, high protein at least 1g per lb. Lift heavy twice a week one day for upper body, one day for lower body. Go for reps other 2 gym days.

Everyone's body is different but that worked for me.

[–] fastandcurious 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Were you on a deficit?

[–] BlackMagic 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah about 300 cals below my BMR

[–] fastandcurious 1 points 1 year ago

Did the BMR include resisitance training? If not, isnt this much deficit too much?