I'm not exactly new to this. I've been a part of this sub since 2015 on my other account. Back then I was a teenager and I went from 260lbs to 190lb in 8 months doing purely CICO, at first my target was 1200cals which I did for a month or two but then stuck to 1500 cals for the rest of the time. It sucked being M/19/5'8". I didn't exercise because back then "You don't need to exercise, CICO is all that matters" and I ended up skinny fat. I probably loss a lot of muscle and fat doing this back then.
During college I picked up weightlifting and sports in general but fell off around 2021 and gain a bit of weight back.
Now I'm getting back into it and I guess do have "athletic" background now. I'm technically on the obese side at 230lbs but I recently ramped up my cardiovascular health back up since September of last year so I can do a lot of cardiovascular exercise comfortably at the moment. Currently I'm just training to being able to run a 5k, no time goals or anything just being able to do it straight without walking breaks. I'm also training my cycling so I can comfortably hold 200w for a while. I also weightlift doing a typical P/P/L split 5-6x days a week since Oct. Right now I usually lift weights for 1-1.25hrs then do 30 mins of cardio split between running and cycling, eventually I want to ramp it up to 1 hour of cardio since I'm just beginning with that stuff. I also don't have the luxury of time so I do the cardio after weightlifting. Right now all the my performance metrics are going up substantially, so my diet isn't really hindering me.
I'm eating 2300-2500 calories now 150-200g protein/250g carbs/55g fats. If I need to readjust my marcos I usually cut the fat rather than the carbs cause I need the carbs to fuel my workouts. I still eat junk foods but its usually the hour before I workout so I let myself eat a Costco Cookie, Nerds Gummies, Sour Patch kids or I just squirt 2 tbsp of honey into my mouth in the car before I go into the gym.
Doing this I'm noticing that I'm losing 3lbs a week (this isn't water weight because that would have shed that back in September/October) and from my past weight loss experience and being on this sub back in the day 1200cal is the min calories a person should be eating and 2lb loss a week should be your max weight loss. Is this that bad for me? I feel like I'm doing better than before and eating a lot more than I did the first time I lost weight which IMO was a lot more unhealthy than what I'm doing right now. I'm just resistant to adding more food to diet because I feel fine performance wise and mentally. Should I just shut up and just be happy its 3lbs a week now and it will slow down later on, but honestly I'm not really expecting it to because I will pick up tennis, outdoor cycling and running when spring comes.
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