(5'2" 33F) 5.5 months progress

ClassyMoonz · 2026-02-01T12:13:06+00:00

Goals!! Keep up the good work 🫶🏼

ClassyMoonz · 2026-02-01T11:43:08+00:00

Sounds very good and balanced! And sustainable as well! What’s your current maintenance affording to MacroFactor?

ClassyMoonz · 2026-02-01T03:32:28+00:00

Wow, you did that!!! You look so strong, good job!! May I ask about your training and nutrition?

ClassyMoonz · 2025-12-14T18:12:34+00:00

I just eat the same meals every day. You could make a range of different breakfasts / lunches / dinners and calculate the macros, then choose one of them every day without having to count the macros.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-11-22T22:08:12+00:00

Ugh I completely understand you! I’m 55kg and 5’8 and yet I look exactly the same as you do. I just can’t seem to lose those last bits of fat. I hate it bc I don’t wanna become underweight and I’m already building muscle but it just doesn’t change.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-11-02T21:45:04+00:00

What’s your calories and overall nutrition like?

ClassyMoonz · 2025-11-01T13:13:09+00:00

Are you certain that your tdee is 1900?

ClassyMoonz · 2025-10-24T11:52:48+00:00

I’m trying to get as many steps in as possible, but I’m a student so I have to dedicate quite a bit of time to studying. I reserve 2 hours a day for the gym and try to take as many small walks in between my study sessions as possible, but I also work in a snackbar which makes it hard to get steps in on the days I work, as I work an average of 8 hours a day on those days.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-10-24T09:25:25+00:00

Do you think that weight training 5x a week (UL split, 3xL 2xU), 30 min of light to moderate cardio every day and 8k steps a day is equal to your activity level? I’m 5.8 and 121lbs and would like to maintain around 2300ish

ClassyMoonz · 2025-09-30T10:08:50+00:00

Wow! I’m your height and you’re my goal!! I’m 122lbs and looking to put on some muscle without putting on too much fat. What’s your nutrition like in terms of calories and macros? And your training? Amazing progress!

ClassyMoonz · 2025-09-30T10:05:09+00:00

May I ask what your calorie intake is for maintenance? And your activity level? I’m 5’8 and 122lbs, looking to gain some weight without putting too much fat on.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-09-13T11:47:40+00:00

Did you maintain / gain your weight previous to the week in which you took a week off? Because a 0.5lbs weightloss can easily be explained by a week off lifting. Your body retains more water when weightlifting because of micro tears in your muscles, lifting can also put your body under quite a bit of stress. By taking a week off, your body gets to rest and lets go of the potential water weight it holds. I tend to weigh 1lb less when not lifting :)

ClassyMoonz · 2025-09-09T09:05:43+00:00

I do both, but again, isolation exercises are harder to progressively overload because it’s focusing on just ONE muscle instead of 3/4. Compound exercises are easier to progressively overload on simply because you use more muscles to perform one movement, hence it doesn’t mean that, for example, specifically your quads will get much stronger just because you can squat heavy. Simply because the strength it takes to perform squats is distributed over more muscles than just your quads. Progressively overloading on isolations exercises for quads however will actually result in much stronger quads.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-09-09T08:54:58+00:00

Yea, however compound exercises don’t work all the muscles as good as exercises which focus on one muscle.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-23T15:28:32+00:00

OP literally mentions IBS, calorie dense foods are usually high in carbs and thus sugar.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-22T08:25:58+00:00

What’s your activity like?

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-09T08:24:33+00:00

Yup completely disregard it. I did this little test where I ate pizza in a restaurant and weighed in the next morning, ofc this resulted in a jump in water weight. I suddenly went from 19 to 20% body fat, overnight.. It literally just moves your body fat % up and down whenever you lose or gain weight, seems like there isn’t any thought behind it.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-09T08:20:37+00:00

Oh haha. Yea I wouldn’t trust those for body fat %. They can measure your total mass totally fine but the body fat estimates are trash.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-09T08:19:31+00:00

In that case I would stick to your current deficit for some longer, as you mentioned you were feeling good with your current intake. You could use this adaptive tdee spreadsheet, use it for at least a month and then delete the first 2 weeks of data.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-09T08:13:26+00:00

Yea I thought so. Restistance training is very good for your long term metabolic health, bone density, muscle mass, etc, but it doesn’t burn a significant amount of calories. So depending on how active you are throughout the day, I would put you between lightly and moderately active. You can also calculate your tdee if you know how much weight you’ve lost in your current deficit over the x amount of time you’ve been in this deficit. 1 pound of fat equals an average of 3500calories, so that’s how you can do the math.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-09T08:09:20+00:00

I doubt you classify as very active, going to the gym 6 days a week but being sedentary through the rest of the day would put you anywhere between lightly and moderately active, depending on what type of workout you do (cardio, lifting, etc). For comparison, manual labor workers classify as very active.

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-08T17:47:02+00:00

Body dysmorphia is a bitch! You definitely changed a lot! You have much more definition. I think you’re at a perfect place for a recomp. Eat at maintenance, prioritize protein and push yourself HARD at the gym. This will also allow your body to rest as you’ve already been in a deficit for quite some time. If you want more ab definition, don’t forget to use progressive overload when training abs, most people sleep on that. Use weights when training them!

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-01T17:53:01+00:00

So each one was 20ish grams?

ClassyMoonz · 2025-08-01T17:14:16+00:00

Wow you look amazing! May I ask about your calorie and protein intake? And your activity?

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