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Thread: IS losing 8 lbs in a month during a cut good? Too fast?

post 1658214833 03-19-2022, 12:09 PM
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IS losing 8 lbs in a month during a cut good? Too fast?

Started my cut 5 weeks ago and I'm 8 lbs down. Is this too fast? I don't notice any strength losses but I think my muscles are a bit smaller.
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post 1658214873 03-19-2022, 12:10 PM
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starting weight? Calories?

No strength loss, so you're likely fine
post 1658214883 03-19-2022, 12:10 PM
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I have lost well over 20 lbs in a month before.


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post 1658215013 03-19-2022, 12:13 PM
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post 1658215713 03-19-2022, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted By Silencespeaks⏩
It’s fine in the first month because that prob includes 5 lbs water.

After the first month if you’re sustained losing 8 a month then I think that is too fast.
This currycell is right
post 1658216453 03-19-2022, 12:42 PM
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depends how much fat you're holding, the more you have the faster you can get rid of more

it's at lower levels where you have to slow down so you down lose too much muscle
post 1658216663 03-19-2022, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted By drvillain⏩
starting weight? Calories?

No strength loss, so you're likely fine
Starting weight: 190 lbs. 2K cals/day.
Originally Posted By Workout4ever⏩
depends how much fat you're holding, the more you have the faster you can get rid of more

it's at lower levels where you have to slow down so you down lose too much muscle
My friends tell me I'm around 18% bf. I can barely see my abs. Still got lots of fat around my love handles and upper arms.
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post 1658218353 03-19-2022, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted By swolefnatic⏩
Starting weight: 190 lbs. 2K cals/day.



My friends tell me I'm around 18% bf. I can barely see my abs. Still got lots of fat around my love handles and upper arms.
Its water weight
2000 is pretty aggressive at 190

Im assuming you're doing a low carb
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post 1658218783 03-19-2022, 01:34 PM
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I've been cutting about a month and have lost 8-10 pounds of fat. I'd say it's a reasonable amount at the start.

5 pounds is probably more reasonable as things go on.
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You lose a lot of strength and muscle. People say you gain it back a lot faster but it's pure cope
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post 1658219513 03-19-2022, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted By AK1615⏩
Its water weight
2000 is pretty aggressive at 190

Im assuming you're doing a low carb
Going to a music festival in a month and Vegas the week after... just trying to lose as much as possible without starving myself hence why I'm doing lots of cardio 3x/wk
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post 1658219923 03-19-2022, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted By swolefnatic⏩
Going to a music festival in a month and Vegas the week after... just trying to lose as much as possible without starving myself hence why I'm doing lots of cardio 3x/wk
You wont starve yourself.
Get a refeed day like 2 days before the festival to look shredded

Honestly with the cardio you could probably get away with 2.2-2.4k
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8 pounds is fine.

if you were already lean then its really good. if you were a bloatlord then you can lose that in a week with most of it just being water loss. either way it would be hard for 8 pounds in a month to be "too much" unless you were already very lean micromanlet and you went from 140 to 132 or something
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At 25% BF, you can double that. At 8% it's al.ost impossible to do even 6lbs per month.
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Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
I have lost well over 20 lbs in a month before.


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20lbs on a manlet? That must of been 40% of your body weight.

You use water manipulation tactics or did you look like this?

The misc is full of a bunch of simp ****ots
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