I've run into a wall on my cut, which is pretty frustrating since I haven't been at it that long. I lost 5-6 pounds right off the bat, but haven't budged an inch (or a pound) in several weeks, and I've been busting my a$$. I'm 6'1, 222lbs, 31 years old.
I do 5 sessions of AM cardio a week for about 45 minutes. In the afternoons, I lift 3 times a week (conventional compound movements or kettlebell routine) and also go to 3 brazilian jiu jitsu classes a week, ranging from 1-2 hours.
I put my routine daily diet into the diet tracker, and it says I'm getting about 2100 cals a day (250g pro, 175g carb, 30g fat, roughly). I'm guessing that this is too low, and my metabolism is at a snails pace right now, but I'm having a hard time getting over the mental hurdle to eat more in order to lose weight. Should I bump my cals up and see how it goes? How many cals do you guys think I need to cut about 2-3 lbs a week?
I do 5 sessions of AM cardio a week for about 45 minutes. In the afternoons, I lift 3 times a week (conventional compound movements or kettlebell routine) and also go to 3 brazilian jiu jitsu classes a week, ranging from 1-2 hours.
I put my routine daily diet into the diet tracker, and it says I'm getting about 2100 cals a day (250g pro, 175g carb, 30g fat, roughly). I'm guessing that this is too low, and my metabolism is at a snails pace right now, but I'm having a hard time getting over the mental hurdle to eat more in order to lose weight. Should I bump my cals up and see how it goes? How many cals do you guys think I need to cut about 2-3 lbs a week?