Hi everyone!
I’m 21, 5’7 and approx 165lb.
A bit of background:
From 2020 - 2021, I lost around 50lb (205ish to 155) just from CICO. Around mid-2021, I stopped tracking calories and started focusing on prioritizing my protein intake, as I got into weightlifting.
However, my province shut down gyms & I was back to in-person school during the start of 2022 so I fell off the CICO + gym routine that I previously had. So, I ended up gaining back some weight and am just not happy with where I am right now.
Now:
I got back into the gym very recently, with the goal to weight train 3-4x a week, followed by cardio, then go on at least a 30 minute walk each day on the days that I don’t train.
My priority has never been my weight - though, I don’t mind shedding a couple more pounds. I primarily want to prioritize fat loss along with gaining muscle.
I’m stuck on what I should do in terms of eating. I understand that my goal (fat loss, muscle gain) is essentially a recomp, but I’ve never done that before and am a bit nervous to do it and not see results.
As such, would it be beneficial to start a cut, then recomp once I’m down a couple more pounds? Or, should I recomp and cut?
As well, does eating around 1500 calories with at least 100g of protein seem reasonable? I really don’t know how to measure my activity level so I’m unsure what my maintenance calories are/how large of a deficit I’m doing.
I estimated my activity level to be sedentary, putting my TDEE at around 1800.
Thank you in advance!!
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