Body Composition Not Changing after Several Months?

Thank you very much!

While dealing with a lot of personal stuff now, I’ll try to get on track during Christmas holidays and to deal with it fully since the New Year T-ransformation challenge :slight_smile:

Being skinny most of my life, I don’t really like losing much weight, just because of “feeling small” - do you think it’s realistic to aim for both losing some fat and putting on some muscle for a few first months of improved food intake?

Also, what kind of meat and what amount would you recommend? 1-2lbs per day of lean meat as Wendler likes to recommend? Or maybe some fish?

Thank you!
I’d probably welcome more bodybuilding oriented routine overall, but I found out, that as I’m not really knowledgeable in fitness, I’m able to follow simple strength routines without much trouble and to get some progress - overtime I’d definitely like to switch to something bodybuilding oriented maybe combined with some PEDs, but that’s a looong way to go now…

Also, yes, I’ll follow the strength progress now and switch when it’s not working anymore or I’m too bored by no visual progress :smiley:

I’d also like to thank anybody in this thread - I’m going to write most of the stuff now back to my old log: Journey to Size - #59 by martin92

And just for comparison, I took some of the photos of my back now:



And compared to this January:

Like, maybe it’s only placebo, but now I’m like 3kg (~6lbs) lighter and I feel, like my lats are wider and the back definition is much better - albeit it’s maybe only better light in the photo :slight_smile:

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It will definitely get you started. Remember that gaining muscle is a SLOW process - don’t expect to add 5 pounds in a month. The fat loss can happen faster, so you’ll be able to see the muscle underneath.

For fat loss, I would recommend sticking to lean cuts - poultry without the skin, 90/10 or leaner ground meats, fish, loin cuts of beef/pork/etc. Avoid ribs, ribeye and meats with a lot of marbling. Shoot for 1-1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight. I would probably recommend starting with 1-1.2 grams/pound.

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