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Originally Posted by rixatrix
I upped my calories this week to "maintenance" - and I put it in quotes because Cassandra acknowledges it's just an estimation, not a law. Upon weigh-in this morning, I found I'd gained a bit. Went from 188.4lbs last week (at 29.6% bf) to 191.2lbs this morning (still at 29.6% bf).
Okay, so, obviously I know there's a break in period when going up in calories, and people hold onto water, and I know I didn't gain three pounds of fat in a week of eating a couple hundred more calories a day. But I'm weighing my options, because I do have a lot of fat to lose.
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Okay so you didn't gain 3 lbs of fat for sure because your bf fat % remained the same. I would say that you gained some water and muscle though. That is a good thing. What you do next is really a matter of what your goals are in this program. I too have some fat to loose but am wishing to come out of this program with more muscle mass as well as fat loss. The option for me is to eat more and allow the weight to go up but keep the bf% around the same. So far I have put on more than 5 lbs and it is starting to show all over my body with my muscles. The reason it makes sense to do it this way if you want to have more muscle mass as an end result is because this new muscle will work with my body when I begin the cut and help burn the fat.
If your main focus though is on fat loss with some amount of tone then start a nice cut (lower those cals) and get it over with as soon as possble. Then you can re-evalutate your goals. If you are gaining muscle btw, it is likely the case that your cals are higher than maintenance anyway or you are understimating how much you are eating.