Hello. sorry if my English is bad. I have a question on losing weight. And I need to do it fast for I joined a December weight contest. so for background. I have 5 months on lifting on the gym. My weight before was 110 klg(242lbs) now it's 73klg(160lbs). I have loss that since I stop eating more, less sugar, hitting the gym and then with my active work. now my body gained muscles and can lift 550 lbs in leg press. My goal for this year until the year end is to have at least a shredded body or beach body for the weight contest. now my question is...
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* Is IF good in losing weight (I have chubby fat) and maintaining/growth for my muscles?
* how do I do IF for cutting?
**body background:**
* 73klg (160lbs)
* 5'5 height
* 24 years old
* my diet always have rice on it. since I'm from an Asian country. We love rice in my country.
* gained muscles but need diet for losing fat.
* I did dirty bulking then clean bulking for 3 months.
**Why I want to lose weight?**
* I joined a December **Body Contest**, December 24, 2022. So 4 months to go.
* My goal at least shredded, cut, or beach body.
**Why did you choose Intermittent Fasting?**
* My first choice is actually ***Macro diet*** to cut but I don't want to measure my intake because...
* **November and December** is near. And I'm a busy dude, I always go to parties especially holidays. that is why I choose IF so that I could enjoy the food during the holidays.
* And if I do **Macro diet i'll fucking ruined it** because holiday!
**Do you have experience in IF before?**
* yes! I did for 2 months. 1 month for eating a lot of clean food I cook my meal. eggs. and bought protein shake rule 1 since that what I can afford (not a mass protein).
* Then the the last month is experimenting on 20/4, 22/2, and 1 day eat 1 day fast.
* This month September 1 to 6. I want to try eating less and then fasting. man, it ruined my performance during workout. then always hungry.
**What is your goal after the contest?**
* **Bulk!** maybe clean bulk or I'll try IF again with 3000+ calorie a day. 16 fast/8 feast. after cutting.
* I need to bulk since I need to gain muscles.
**Why ask help here?**
* I want the community support and maybe I'll be a great model if I pull this off. So please help me :pray:.
* I need stranger audience I'll show my progress here.
So any question I need to entertain. pls do, I want to grow big and strong using this IF diet method. cause I fuckin love good clean food.
here's my recent pic:
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Answer
Yes, IF can be a great tool, but when we care about maintaining the muscle we spent so much effort building or have aspirations of getting really lean low body fat percentages - not just smaller, that still require some additional planning.
You can’t just ignore your nutrition because it gets a little difficult to track during the holidays or stop being consistent because you ate more than intended at a special occasion and want to fast completely to make up for it. That’s not going to lead to the results you want.
You still need to adhere to some basic muscle sparing principles if you want to get really lean. It doesn’t need to all be boiled chicken, rice, and broccoli at every meal, and IF can help facilitate some occasional food choices by pushing more of our nutrition together, but I’d encourage finding a better balance.