Veeky Forums I am curious to see if anyone tried to drop fat doing an extreme diet. I'm talking along the lines of 1100-1500 calories with most mainly coming from protein. I was thinking this would be run for about 2-3 weeks then taper up to maintenance over the next few weeks. Would still be lifting during this whole time frame but would drastically cut the volume and slightly cut the intensity. Also will be doing tabata/HIIT style sprints for this course as well.
I would like to try this for my own situation but I was curious if anyone knows how it will affect strength after the maintenance period?
Only thing I would recommend is to be realistic with your goals. Dieting is a marathon not a sprint. Week in week out. If you start too low you will burn out quicker. That's why it's best to cut on as many calories as possible and adjust once you hit a plateau. Also take into consideration how it fucks with your metabolism. If your your calories super low, your body will adapt and you will put on crazy weight once you make your calories to their normal levels again. Don't make drastic changes to diet. Do something you can stick to long term. Think of it as a lifestyle change not just a lose fat quick fix diet. Hope this helps.
Asher Allen
do you think by slowly tapering my calories back up I could avoid that crazy regain? Ive read of people doing diets like this and they seem to work although its hell. Im thinking if I run it for 2-3 weeks I wouldnt need to worry about dropping calories back down.
Jeremiah Wright
see lyle mcdonald rapid fat loss protocol
Nathaniel Jenkins
thank you so much, any experience with this? I plan to read it now
Owen Campbell
Why be extreme?
Its going to be winter anyways, run a 1000-500 cal deficit and take it easy.
Isaac Jackson
Yes, it works. Once you dip below 15%bf you may need to change strategy.
Jack Torres
extreme because I dont see the point in cutting for 3 months when I can get the same results in 3 weeks of hell. Look at it like this, lift while on a deficit gives maybe what 1 or two PRs per month given that its hard to recover on a deficit, so within 3 months getting to my goal weight ill barely PR. But if I cut down my volume and intensity for 3 weeks then do 3 weeks of maintenance within another month I feel ill be able to get PRs faster at a lower BF
Xavier Adams
Cool, do you know if I am going to expect any rebound weight? As in if I want to drop 10 lb of fat should I aim for 20 lb of total weight gain so I net around 10 lb at the end?
Jonathan Russell
The bigger the deficit, the faster you'll lose fat but you'll also lose more lmb, strength, and generally feel like shit.
What you're basically describing is psmf, which is really for either deathfats who need to quickly lose fat for surgery or frauds, who don't lose much lbm because of the juice. If you're one of the latter, I'd recommend a cutting compound with your test base, like Anavar or lower dose tren.
Like the other user said, you need to be realistic in your goals. Memeing aside, go and read the sticky again, and look for the part on crash dieting and instant results mindset. There's a reason most of us cut over a longer time frame with a smaller deficit.
