for 330 he is so weak lol and for someone who was lifting before idk how you can balloon up and stay weak as fukk at least he is losing weight a bit rofl. He needs to ditch the smith machine and use free weights lol

also need to eat less lol like at that weight you can get by eating 2k calories serious untill you reach a platue or feeling like dogchit, 2,5k-3k is what i cut at lifting 5x a week at way higher numbers than you

Gotcha. Maybe lead with that then. Because as soon as you say "recomp" I think people will get where you are coming from. My signature says I am cutting but I am basically finally counting my calories and not eating like a total fatty for the first time in my life. Feels good to be putting on muscle or at least being able to see it with the fat coming off..

Good luck with your goals bro.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?

I'm starting to think that you are choosing to maintain obese body mass because you don't have the discipline to adhere to a strict weight loss program, and you're afraid to find out.

diet and cardio diet online is usually solid, but the lifting advice is so bad that it makes me cry blood. if you ask me, you should try something like what im doing.

Breh, successful men make fast decisions and change their minds slowly... so feel free to speak your mind, I will take note.

Worst thing I could do rn is stop doing whats been working.

no, i am not doing anything of the such. i do not cheat more than one meal per week and am doing daily cardio, and i see a big difference. i have already stated that when the progress slows down like this, i will consider a new approach.

I started with the Fierce 5 Intermediate program that was suggested to me in the stickies (I know, straight to intermediate program, what an idiot. What can I say, I'm ambitious). It has regularly kicked my ass but I am making gains and seeing results. Not interested in changing until I see my results diminishing.

I think the question may be is it really working. Either way it's obvious you're planning to stick to your guns so set a goal and give it hell

It shouldn't be bro science either ...that advice and macro split is ridiculous

Nice trolling

At your weight and supposedly level of activities, eating 2500 Cal a day (if I recall correctly), you should be losing 2-3 pounds of fat a week. Your weight hasn't changed, you are claiming that this is because you're gaining muscles at an equal rate as your fat loss. No body gains 2-3 pounds of lean muscles in a week.

Numbers not adding up sweet cheeks.

Yes, clearly IF and low cals doesn't work.

Just when I think 2017 misc couldn't get any more pathetic.

It does work for getting lean, still terrible advice

Try actually lifting and dieting first before becoming an expert on it.

I do both. Anyone that's not a retard will tell you cutting on 1800 cals or whatever ridiculously low amount you said is stupid

I am losing fat....and gaining muscle....hence the weight doesnt change much.

OK assuming you are serious here op and not trolling or whatever. You do not look stupid, you are a just a big guy but a big guy with a good base under the fat and great potential imo. At this size this is going to be a long term process and I recommend NOT rushing it for two reasons. 1) With the amount you are going to lose cutting hard and fast dramatically increased the odds of lose skin whereas slower steady loss minimizes it and 2) the body adapts to the changes you make and if you make things super strict and low calorie early on you will have a harder time coaxing continual progress. I see progress between the pics so good job, you've made your start.

I recommend you measure your gut at the belly button regularly and use this as the main gauge of fat loss. You can measure more stuff but this is the essential minimum. Your goal is to knock off an inch or two and that's what you focus on until you do it then you aim for another inch or two and so on. You want to do the smallest changes possihle that will create that change so you have room to go further as you progress to break plateus and not drive yourself crazy with stress either. Diet wise (I know this is a pain but it's necessary) I want you to log everything you are eating, as you are eating now,,for a full 7 days. Just the way you are eating that brought the changes so far. Use an something like my fitness pal if you like it's pretty convenient when you get used to it. Then keep measuring your belly. As long as it is going down weekly, even a little, keep doing what you are doing. When progress stops start adjusting the diet. Drop 500 calories, keep the protein high, find tune and reevaluate in another week. Again your looking for the minimum change to create the next bit of progress. This will keep you going long term, giving you time to adopt new habits with positive reinforcement from the progress.

Training wise I'm not crazy about the routine but as long as you are striving to be progressive in your weights it'll serve it's role during you body transformation. Fight to lift more when you can but don't stress if strength regresses at times, it's natural during this phase and you'll get it all back and more when you've leaned out and are ready to lean bulk. Plus there's a good chance that when your lean your natural test levels will be much higher because higher bodyfar perecntages bring it down so don't worry about any shortbterm strength loss you will eventually be stronger and look and feel so much better.

You can do this just focus on the one step at a time and NEVER GIVE UP. Lots of people have succeeded and you can too and you are at a great age to do it.

Yes, clearly IF and low cals doesn't work.

Just when I think 2017 misc couldn't get any more pathetic.

You are morbidly obese

And this is impossible at your size ...your rate of muscle gain, and you claim to be not be a noob, will not compensate for fat loss

You are not recomping you are merely spinning your wheels as a morbidly obese person

I would be your biggest supporter if you were actually trying to do anything but troll..I have major respect and admiration for people who put in the effort and willpower and commit to change

You aren't even amusing

A guy his size eating 1800 calories a day for any extended period will risk major health consequences ...not least an over 70% chance of gallstones, liver or kidney damage ...that's not even a VLCD ...it's beyond

IF is a personal choice for diet adherence, don't have an issue with it but your IF calories for someone at 330lbs were whack and you mentioned nothing about days at maintenance

I stand by my opinion that your advice was inappropriate in this context