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Originally Posted by KhalynYohrk
Only you know if you are starving yourself. It's huge to get the protein and still be below maintenance. I kinda made the same point in JF's thread, that your better off putting on lbm while you can then cut and maintain. That said, I see nothing wrong with what you are doing. I don't know what your maintenance is but I think at those numbers you could be close to dropping 8lbs in a month. Obv unsustainable tho. Do what feels right. If I were you I'd prob do what your doing for another 4/6 weeks, get down to 195ish and then take a 2 week break at maintenance and lift heavyy. Then look to drop like 3/5 lbs/mo over 4/6 months, while lifting heavy, not just to maintain but to gain. Or just lift real heavy for 2 mo then cut and maintain.
Not that I don't think bolded can't be done, but I'll just quote Lyle again:
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Answer: Ok, there are really two issues at stake here. The first is that your trainer seems to be slightly clueless to the fact that gaining lots of muscle and strength is generally antithetical to the goal of getting lean. Can it be done? Sometimes. But for most people, picking one goal and then optimizing training and diet towards that goal generally works better than trying to do all things at once. Most people will simply end up spinning their wheels trying to do that.
ETA: basically, going under 25% of maintenance calories (on average) is probably not a good idea to preserve LBM. And yeah, I'm more or less directly quoting Lyle here.