Current stats: 23 years old, 5ft 9, 157lb
Hello all. I've already posted this in the 'Losing Fat' forum but hope it's okay that I've posted it here as well as I've noticed different people seem to lurk in this forum.
Apologies in advance for the long post but I thought the context may be important.
I've recently got back into lifting and have now been slowly bulking for around 6 months.
As you can see, I hold quite a bit of fat around my stomach and hips, but I've had this for as long as I can remember. I was severely obese in my teen years (around 210lb at my highest) so I don't think it's going away any time soon.
For reference, I've also included a picture from September 2017 when I was in full skeleton mode at under 130lb to show I still had a bit of a gut even then. This was taken after emergency bowel surgery (hence the scar) which lead to a significant amount of weight loss due to surgery complications.
The good news is I'm all healed up and enjoying lifting again, but I'm not really sure when I should end my bulk.
My reservation about cutting at the moment is that I'm not sure how much muscle I actually have to cut down to, and I'd rather look a little chubby than go skelly mode again.
Cheers in advance.
Hello all. I've already posted this in the 'Losing Fat' forum but hope it's okay that I've posted it here as well as I've noticed different people seem to lurk in this forum.
Apologies in advance for the long post but I thought the context may be important.
I've recently got back into lifting and have now been slowly bulking for around 6 months.
As you can see, I hold quite a bit of fat around my stomach and hips, but I've had this for as long as I can remember. I was severely obese in my teen years (around 210lb at my highest) so I don't think it's going away any time soon.
For reference, I've also included a picture from September 2017 when I was in full skeleton mode at under 130lb to show I still had a bit of a gut even then. This was taken after emergency bowel surgery (hence the scar) which lead to a significant amount of weight loss due to surgery complications.
The good news is I'm all healed up and enjoying lifting again, but I'm not really sure when I should end my bulk.
My reservation about cutting at the moment is that I'm not sure how much muscle I actually have to cut down to, and I'd rather look a little chubby than go skelly mode again.
Cheers in advance.
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