BGildenstern wrote:
Haha when did 9% at 175 stop getting classified as lean. I’m vascular, have a visible 6 pack and 29 inch waist. I’m good at losing weight. I have dirty bulked and subsequently cut losing 40 pounds in 4 months on multiple occasions. I have done intermittent fasting all the way down to only a 1 hour eating window and years of Keto.
Now I just eat a lot of veggies, lots of protein, lots of fruit and nuts. My diet is clean.
The point want always that if I diet/train 25hrs a week, and stopped lifting my body will not lose any muscle. Which is fine because I have never wanted it to lose muscle. The discussion was mainly how significant of an impact would losing that muscle be because if significant then I would consciously lose some muscle.
I do want to start competing for AG Champ in the next year so think getting down to 165 is the goal
If that’s your goal, lose 10 lbs and see. Do it slowly. Your health issues may be from how rapidly you lose it. Take a whole year.