Weight Loss Nutrition
Hey everyone, I'm struggling a little bit to understand what is gonna be best for me for my caloric intake. I've been doing really well at the gym for the past two months, and I'm feeling good with my routine and that it's fairly dialed in. The part I have been struggling with is my diet. I've used MyFitnessPal in the past and am used to weighing and tracking my macros, and feel comfortable doing so with anything I make at home. I recently started using MacroFactor and caloric intake. It had me feel low, but doable for a short period, but not long-term.
I am currently about 6 lbs down, @ 318 lbs, 6'3". My watch says I'm at around 40% body fat, but I think that might be lower, imo.
Current plan: 1950 calories M-F + 2100 calories Sat-Sun. Workouts are currently 5 days a week, but I've added a 6th on weeks when I just wasn't satisfied with a workout. Averaging around 7-10k steps a day. My best guess on current expenditure has been around 3700-4100 calories, but that could be off; that's just from an online calculator.
My Goals: Ideal weight is ~230 lbs and sub-20% body fat or lower. I would like to retain/gain muscle as best I can, but I'm unsure how to approach it from the nutrition side. I know I can cut super hard, and I've done it in the past, going from 270 down to 200 in 4 months (it was not healthy) about 10 years ago, but I want to approach this less from an extreme angle and instead try to make more of a lifestyle change and not go back to where I was.
I would really love any advice. If you need any more information, just ask!
Thank you!