i want to cut but...

[dafish298]

I want to start cutting, but i am afraid about how much muscle i may lose. I have been bulking up for almost 2 months now, and have a noticable difference, but know i have added a fair share of fat as well. I want to get the fat back down, but dont want to lose ALL of the muscle i put on. Can anyone help me with advice? Does anyone know in general how much muscle is lost during cutting? I would still be getting 80-100g protein/day if i was cutting. I weigh close to 170..before i started bulking up i was 146 @ 5 % body fat. Any help would really be appreciated

[eazy_mas]

usually people cut and bulk and then the cycle goes on.

it better to go to someone like a nutriotionis they could give you some good adivce

[Nate Dogg]

I want to start cutting, but i am afraid about how much muscle i may lose. I have been bulking up for almost 2 months now, and have a noticable difference, but know i have added a fair share of fat as well. I want to get the fat back down, but dont want to lose ALL of the muscle i put on. Can anyone help me with advice? Does anyone know in general how much muscle is lost during cutting? I would still be getting 80-100g protein/day if i was cutting. I weigh close to 170..before i started bulking up i was 146 @ 5 % body fat. Any help would really be appreciated

keep a clean diet i have just finished my 10 week cut were i got down from 162ibs 16% body fat to 140ibs 9% body fat and i retained most muscle i also used couple supplements whey protien and l,glutimine the protien was for my diet too stay clean and keep lean muscle and the glutimine makes sure the weight loss doea not come from muscle

[hotbox2316]

keep a clean diet i have just finished my 10 week cut were i got down from 162ibs 16% body fat to 140ibs 9% body fat and i retained most muscle i also used couple supplements whey protien and l,glutimine the protien was for my diet too stay clean and keep lean muscle and the glutimine makes sure the weight loss doea not come from muscle

thats impressive....what was your diet like bro?

[Verstyle]

im on a calorie diet. with fruits,salad and vegetables. works wonders

[hotbox2316]

im on a calorie diet. with fruits,salad and vegetables. works wonders

any meat at all?

[dafish298]

thanks everyone for your advice. Nate dogg, do you know of any side effects of Glutamine? I researched it a good amount and everyone speaks very highly of it and say they have not found any adverse effects. It seems really great, but if it is so good why do more people not use it?

[Verstyle]

any meat at all?

alittle.not to much

[Banderivets]

Muscle mass is hard to loose.

You will always loose fat first, once that is gone you will loose muscle.

It's all a load of bull**** that you loose muscle like its nothing. You might will loose definition and such, but the muscle tissue that you build up is still there. Sure you loose it, but its a rather slow process.

[PunchDrunk]

thats impressive....what was your diet like bro?

Not so impressive if you go over his numbers:

At his initial weight of 162, his total mass of bodyfat is 26 lbs. He then loses 22 lbs., but still has a BF% of 9, at 140 lbs. That's 12.6 lbs. of fat still on him. The difference, 13.4 lbs., is the fat he's lost. Pretty good. But as far as retaining muscle mass, pretty bad. He's lost is 22-13.4 = 8.6 lbs.

I'm sorry but losing almost 9 lbs. of muscle in 10 weeks is ridiculous.

Edit: In fact, it sounds like someone pulled numbers out of their ass, without thinking it through, because losing that much muscle would be rather difficult...