Hello, this is actually my first ever post on Reddit, period. I have never used this platform until I downloaded it a week ago so I hope I’m doing this right. I’m a 25 y/o male (just turned 25 on groundhogs day, yay š) and I weigh approx. 225 lbs at 5’9. I’ve been up and down with my weight for a majority of my life. Now for the story
Back at the end of April 2020 I had a bit of a reality check. I had allowed my eating habits to get out of control and hit the highest I’ve ever been which was 252 lbs. I decided enough was enough and started tracking my caloric intake and limiting myself to 2000 calories a day with 1 day of the week being a “refeed day” where I would take in another 50% of my usual daily total calories (approx. 3k Cals total) to help make sure my metabolism didn’t get used too accustomed to the lower calorie intake during the week. I did this until the end of September dropping my weight to 219 lbs. As good as this looks and sounds on paper, I did not implement any resistance training into the equation and I felt immensely weak. So beginning October 1st I began training 3-4 times a week with an increase in my daily calories to 2600-2800. I’ve been doing that use until this point and have seemed to have good results. When I first started training at 219 lbs again beginning in October my main 1rm on Complex lifts were: Bench press of 185 Squat of 205 Deadlift of 205 Those 1 rep maxes are now Bench press of 260 Squat of 325 Deadlift of 350 All at a current weight of 227 lbs. I am an active person with training sessions 3-4 times a week and I also am a radiologic technologist (meaning my job is fairly active with having to lift patients and move a portable x-ray machine around for 8 hours, approx. 11-14,000 steps per shift) I am going to continue training as I will be doing some heavy mountain hiking in June and my goal is to try and shave off as many pounds as I safely can by that time to make life easier on my knees (my goal is to reach 205-210) I’m planning on changing my daily caloric intake to 2200 a day with at least 1.2 G protein per pound of lean body weight with one refeed day of 2800 calories. I’m hoping to hear some feedback from outside sources as I’ve been doing mostly all of this from prior knowledge I have from my athletic days.
I hope this post wasn’t too long or in the wrong place, again I’ve never used Reddit lol. Thanks to anyone who stuck through and read the whole post!
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