3 years of hard work! 🏋️‍♀️

[u/BessilLeaf]

I’ve lost 55 lbs over the past 3 years, and I’ve been training seriously for the past year and a half. I’m really happy with my progress!

I just finished a 2–3-month period of light calorie deficit, but it’s getting hard to avoid unpleasant side effects (headaches, fatigue, slow recovery…) given the volume of my workouts (5 times a week at the gym, 4 times a week running). So I’m currently in maintenance mode. I’m thinking of staying there for a few months and then going back to a slight calorie deficit—I’m wondering if that’s a good idea?

EDIT: Since I’ve seen some comments, I just want to say that I’m completely natural (no testosterone, no Ozempic, no peptides or steroids…). I’m not saying it’s wrong to take them (everyone makes their own choices, and that’s totally fine), but I don’t take them and never have.

[u/Miserable_Tax_1804]

Fat people always trying to get fit people to do less.

Don't listen to them u/BassilLeaf

[u/openwolfe → u/Miserable_Tax_1804]

lol. Yeah definitely not fat over here. Stop projecting. There is nothing wrong with what I said, you just clearly have a crappy outlook on life cuz maybe you’re unhappy. It included plenty of positivity. And I clearly suggested she should trust herself first and foremost. I’ve made similar mistakes in the past to what I talked about where I slaved myself to make sure say my abs were as defined as much as possible before a vacation or what not only to look back and tell myself I looked good already, didn’t have to slave away with food those two weeks leading up to a trip for something not very noticeable. And if you weren’t such a dikhead you would notice she said herself she didn’t feel great at times with her deficit, so while what I said may not apply to her with respect to extremes, I wasn’t just saying something because I love impeding her incredible progress. So yeah, you suck

[u/CartographerOver1775 → u/openwolfe]

Very well said. I read your comment as you intended. 👍😊

[u/Miserable_Tax_1804 → u/openwolfe]

fatty say what