Yeah I am, yeah I probably did make a post like that but I can't remember. Got a link?


Haha yeah, I see what ur seeing. I'm on a cut to lower bf%, eating clean(ish). I understand that teens should be eating more to grow. I've had 10%bf before, I'm just doing the usual cut and bulk cycle.
Thanks.

Ohhhh right, I was in the beginning stages of that, that's why I was wondering if light sugars would be adequate to prevent trash eating and save my taste buds lol.

It wasn't a bad post or anything but I remember people telling you that you could also just be a teenager instead of worrying about the right career path and all of that. Just be careful is all, someone above mentioned watching out for an eating disorder. You shouldn't be cutting as a teenager.

I've been doing OMAD for 11 months now. If you really are 16 years old like Bcl2 said I would not advise cutting at all. You will screw up your metabolism and make it impossible to gain muscle. My cutting results came after years of bulking as a natty and I'm 35. I would advise you to lift heavy and eat over maintenance for at least 3 years before considering a cut.

Ohhhh right, I know what you're saying. I figured that most of u guys would be me in like 15 years ish, best to ask questions to guys that have already done it. Yeah, so when you say be careful, what should I look out for ideally? Like, signs that my diet is ****ing me up kind of thing.

Damn, nice consistency.

Yeah I am, how would it screw up my metabolism? Like, wouldn't that be temporary?

Well, ideally I'm losing fat for 2 reasons. 1 to look good. 2 to be better at calisthenics. With the extra fat, a +60kg pull up would be harder to pull off as apose to me being lean. It's also to show off in that fashion if you get me.

When I say screw up metabolism I mean permanent damage to your endocrine system. There is a miscer who was in your same spot at your age and started chasing abs. He was 5'6" and cut all the way down to 110lbs and his metabolism is permanently screwed. He had to go on TRT at the age of 25 because his natural T levels had permanently tanked. He has the thread where he explains it all in detail in his sig.

No need to rush things man. If you feel you must cut don't go below 15% at your age under any circumstances. If you are worried about girls don't be. When I was your age I was 6'2" 160 lbs and got more ass than a toilet seat. Be funny, kind and interesting and girls will like you unless you are truly deformed. You've got the next 30 years to build the body you want so don't fall face on the starting line

Oh really? Shall I lay off omad yeah? Shall I cut below 15% without omad? Like, should I just carry on eating healthy but not in the omad style.

Haha, nah **** girls, I'm doing it for the benefit of myself lol. Honestly, being lean and strong at 16 is out of the ordinary. Where as being lean and strong at 24+ is more expected to an extent.

^not sure if were talking about the same guy but i think i remember that german kid who use to post in nutrition misc back then, in the end he had to go on TRT because of the all the diets and restrictions he's done

you shouldn't be doing all of this sht @ 16 y.o man. don't fuk up your growth/endocrine levels for aesthetics that soon. wait atleast till you're 18-21 to start any restriction diets.

eat big and mostly nutritient dense foods, do sports and most importantly have fun. you shouldn't be restricting your calories at all (unless competing in professional sports and aiming for a certain weight class and even then there are different approaches to achieve these goals at your age).

During your growth years your hormones are out of places, it's basically like riding bicycle but naturally so use that to enchance muscle/strength/performance and eat as much as you can (but wisely as said above).

I wouldn't do OMAD at your age. Just eat healthy and lift heavy making sure to get your proteins in. Once you have gotten as strong as you can through normal progression on heavy compounds, which should be years since you're still growing, then you should start to experiment with diets. Don't kid yourself either 15% with muscle looks amazing to the general publicThe guy I'm talking about is a corrections officer in California. I saw him post in some gun threads and noticed he had a thread in his sig so I clicked it. It was extremely informative and should be stickied on teen misc

good luck on your fad dieting, catabolic state 70% of the day, losing most muscle you gained over the past year, binge eating supporting, diet goals of 2020.

Theres quite a lot of science out there showing the disadvantages and harm caused to avid lifters doing an OMAD ir IF diet. They are great for people who dont lift and are just trying to increase quality of life and body composition, but terrrrrrible for muscle retention/gain.

Hmmm okay, thanks for informing me though. I'm not sure if it's a situation where I say "**** the miscers, they're halting my <4%bf". I really want it to be like that, but I think I may step back on omad and just stick to regular dieting. Perhaps a shorter fasting window idk. I'll have to check it out. But thanks.

Hmmm I'm sooo eager to get a lower bf% tho! Haha/

I don't really want to bulk, I wanted to cut before I bulk since I've already started cutting. Lol I finally convinced my parents to buy lean foods which was probably the hardest part of the cut haha. Ideally cutting whilst leaner equates to a longer bulk time. So I may cut for another few weeks then bulk forever until I get fat (not fat as **** tho).

Also, do you have links about omad affecting the endocrine system in teens?? I couldn't find one. Thanks.

But if you eat enough protein ur muscle won't deplete to 0. So what do u reckon, steroids? LOL

OMAD specifically doesn't affect your endocrine system. Eating at a caloric deficit while your still developing does. It doesn't matter what type of diet you have but if you go into a caloric deficit right now for an extended period it will effect you negatively. You aren't even done growing tall yet and if you don't eat enough you won't reach your total height potential. Please think about this and don't sacrifice long term gains for short term leanness

they wont deplete to 0 but your body can only process so much protein at a given time, usually about .2g/lb bw, so please enlighten me how you are going to get 250g protein in that is absorbed to meet total daily requirement to maintain muscle in a muscular 220lb male who lifts weights. The science on amount of protein needed for athletes is pretty clear as 1000s of studies have been done involving protein intake and athletes, so that can't be argued. Also dont bring up studies done on "people" vs "athletes" and what daily protein intake is requires as increased protein synthesis and an elevated lean body mass greatly increase those requirements as opposed to 160lb joe blow office job watches netflix every night.

op i did omad for 2 months and it was great and bad at the same time, the good part is that it kept me really lean, like even when eating above maintainance my lower back and abs were shredded and its a lot easier to stick to your diet when you only eat once because when its finally food time you'll be to hungry to think about candy or any sweets, on the bad side i was pretty much not making any gains and some days felt super weak, i still eat at maintanance now and i make strength gains so its not really the calories, maybe if i ate more i wouldve made strength gains but i had to maintain my bodyfat lower at that time, overall id recommand it you are looking to get lean while getting slower gains or even losing a little depending on calories
(btw another interesting thing while on it is that i was always semi hungry but like the hunger was a lot weaker, now im either not hungry or very hungry, while back then i had this very mild constant hunger which was actually much better because i didnt get his with intense hunger pains randomly and it was more stable)