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post 1638281343 05-11-2021, 07:59 AM
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Can you cut on 3000kcal?

If you do how much you weigh and how active r u? I dont trust these fkin calculators. Telling me i can get shredded eating 2900kcal gtfo. I hit upper lower 6times a week and walk 15k steps a day at 6’1 190lb. Box 3 times a week.
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post 1638281523 05-11-2021, 08:02 AM
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Lol will be very hard even if you're very active imo. Unless you want to cut for a year.
post 1638281653 05-11-2021, 08:03 AM
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If you burn more calories then sure. Prepare to do a lot of cardio / physical work.
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post 1638281853 05-11-2021, 08:05 AM
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I'm dropping 1.5# a week on 2300-2500 calories, so maintenance for me would be like 3100-3200. 2900 daily would be a slow cut, but still a deficit nonetheless.
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post 1638285383 05-11-2021, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted By QuickShotSteve⏩
3K is not a cut at that body weight. Should drop it to 1900 and cut hard
Ummm no, my wife eats more!
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I used to maintain on 3.5k cals so 3k cals would have put me at a 500 cal deficit.

6'3'', 195 lbs. Very physical job + workouts.
post 1638287123 05-11-2021, 09:16 AM
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3k is maintenance for me
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post 1638287673 05-11-2021, 09:22 AM
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post 1638288293 05-11-2021, 09:29 AM
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You walk like 5 miles a day?
I bulk on 2700
Maintain on 2100
Cut on 1700-1800
I’m like a little over half ur size op
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post 1638288423 05-11-2021, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted By BulkingIsHard⏩
3k is maintenance for me
User name checks out then.
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post 1638289963 05-11-2021, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted By snailsrus⏩
You walk like 5 miles a day?
For those of us that aren't midgets that's actually like 7+ miles a day.

Sauce - Am 6'0" and currently at ~8,500/4 miles for the day and it's not even lunchtime.
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post 1638290493 05-11-2021, 09:58 AM
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that feel when officel and dont lift but burn 3500 cals a day
post 1638327693 05-11-2021, 05:28 PM
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Ate 3.2k and started feeling bad so i walked fkn 36km trip with my mate. Dat there 2k deficit on 3000kcal lmao. Feet are all kinds of fkd up.

https://imgur.com/a/KuTC9uN

To the brah that suggested 1900kc go **** yourself. Keeping it at 2400, no need to rush things.

Suggesting 300-500 decficit to everybody, at the end of the day moderate cuts give the best results. You may gain some strength and wont binge.
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post 1638327863 05-11-2021, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted By ListenHereBruh⏩
that feel when officel and dont lift but burn 3500 cals a day
Super jealous. You got a thyroid issue or some chit?
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Originally Posted By 78novacaine⏩
For those of us that aren't midgets that's actually like 7+ miles a day.

Sauce - Am 6'0" and currently at ~8,500/4 miles for the day and it's not even lunchtime.
This. Unbe phucking believable how some people wont hit 10k steps everyday with ease.
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post 1638330343 05-11-2021, 06:05 PM
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Cutting on 4k because my mantience is 5000+

Lol at all the macro guys cutting on <2000 cals
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Originally Posted By 78novacaine⏩
For those of us that aren't midgets that's actually like 7+ miles a day.

Sauce - Am 6'0" and currently at ~8,500/4 miles for the day and it's not even lunchtime.
This. Also, I've lost weight at less than your activity level on 3k cals quite easily OP (10-15k steps, lifting twice per week, boxing once). You have an insanely high activity level and should be 0% surprised you can cut on 3k.
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1800-2000 works for pretty much everybody without being too painful.
Originally Posted By mrdot⏩
Cutting on 4k because my mantience is 5000+

Lol at all the macro guys cutting on <2000 cals
Oh, I though we were talking natty cutting here.
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once knew a 150 lb twink that struggled to gain weight on 4K cals, 3K cals would be an extreme cut for him. He wasn't even very strong or muscular either, just fairly lean.

he had a very active job but still though, with his busy lifestyle and long hours he struggled to eat consistently. think he was destined to remain a twink.

My maintenance is like 2700, I start cutting from 2400 and make my way down to 1900. i've cut on 1600 cals b4 but workouts and your general life feels like complete chit. I think some people for whatever reason lift a finger and just burn alot of calories for whatever reason
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I’m 200 lb, Sometimes 210, visible abs lean at 190. 6’2. In my 40s. Maintenance is about 3250 calories, used to be about 3500 a decade ago. I lift couple of times per week, and have couple of MMA classes weekly. Other than that I just take a couple of half hour walks weekly and do little bit of jogging or sprinting during those walks.

I cut at 3000 cals. Just I definitely have to do The classic carb refeeds these days to get some results. Straight deficit ain’t cutting it anymore.
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Originally Posted By kusok⏩
I’m 200 lb, Sometimes 210, visible abs lean at 190. 6’2. In my 40s. Maintenance is about 3250 calories, used to be about 3500 a decade ago. I lift couple of times per week, and have couple of MMA classes weekly. Other than that I just take a couple of half hour walks weekly and do little bit of jogging or sprinting during those walks.

I cut at 3000 cals. Just I definitely have to do The classic carb refeeds these days to get some results. Straight deficit ain’t cutting it anymore.
Sorry what do you mean ny the classic carb refeeds? Like yout metabolism slows down too much if you wont refeed?
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I could.

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Originally Posted By sooby⏩
once knew a 150 lb twink that struggled to gain weight on 4K cals, 3K cals would be an extreme cut for him. He wasn't even very strong or muscular either, just fairly lean.

he had a very active job but still though, with his busy lifestyle and long hours he struggled to eat consistently. think he was destined to remain a twink.
I think most of these people are just delusional about how little they eat and wont count macros. Got this 1 friend who always claims he cant put on weight even tho he eats mcdonalds everyother day. But he wont eat anything else besides that thrash food and doesnt count macros. Mates tell me ”oh no man he eats like a horse, ****ing mc d and kebabs everyday. It must be a genetic thing” and im listening there like *facepalm*
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Are you running 5 miles a day?
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Originally Posted By JPF82⏩
I could.

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Jesus dude.. good luck finding a good pair of slimfit jeans.
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Originally Posted By tk217⏩
Are you running 5 miles a day?
No i walk like 12-17k steps a day.

Monday/tuesday/thursday i jump rope for give or take 20mins when boxing.
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Originally Posted By piramparam⏩
No i walk like 12-17k steps a day.

Monday/tuesday/thursday i jump rope for give or take 20mins when boxing.
Mmm.... 450 claories + 300 calories = 750 burned. You'll burn another 1100 just being alive so 1850 calories burned in this routine.

What are you doing to burn an additional 1800 calories?
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Originally Posted By piramparam⏩
Jesus dude.. good luck finding a good pair of slimfit jeans.
Dont care for slimfit, but I wear (depending on brand) 36-32 or 38-32 jeans/slacks
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