Trying not to plateau

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static_jacket
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Trying not to plateau

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Hey guys. I'm still having problems shedding the fat. I'm 6' even at roughly 210 and I still have a long way to go until I consider myself confident. I think I have hit a plateau, and haven't made progress for a while. macros are 20/40/40 at 2000 calories, I'm kind of wondering if that isn't enough to fuel the lean mass I've gained and maybe that's holding me back? By the way, I got a new job in January that I'm not quite as active as I once was at work. I stopped doing cardio, I was convinced it releases too many stress hormones and may not help when I'm trying to maintain lean mass.

I've been considering going to keto since I'm having such a hard time shedding fat. I mean I've been working so hard for a year, granted I lost around 35-40 pounds, but I still think I'm fat and not as healthy as I could be.

Any insight would be helpful, thanks guys.
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Re: Trying not to plateau

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Personally I would say keep some cardio in an also bump up calories as you're taking in a sedentary average for men, which is fine on non-workout days, but it could be a bit higher on workout days. I'd suggest you go up by 20%-25% on calories and see how that goes.

You could keep the same macro ratios however.
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Re: Trying not to plateau

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Boss Man wrote:Personally I would say keep some cardio in an also bump up calories as you're taking in a sedentary average for men, which is fine on non-workout days, but it could be a bit higher on workout days. I'd suggest you go up by 20%-25% on calories and see how that goes.

You could keep the same macro ratios however.
Here's one thing too, I stopped eating over maintainence on workout days a few months ago because someone told me throughout the rest of the days I'm still in a caloric deficit so they said to just focus on losing fat and eating 2000 calories every day.
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