loosing muscle when cutting?

[@coleman]

I am cutting for almost 3 weeks now. my diet has a total of 2000 kcal, 200 gr carbs, 250 gr protein, 40 gr fat. I am 193 pounds, bf=16%
I read a lot about losing muscles when cutting. But how do I know if I am losing to much muscles when cutting? My strenght is for some excersices stil the same, and for some exercises slightly less. Is this a good way to measure that I am not loosing any muscles?

 

[Suareezay]

aim for 1-2 pounds of weight loss per week, no more. and the more strength you gain/maintain, the better. With the calories you laid out you should be doing fine. you should probably add another 50g protein though.

 

[invisiblekid_uk]

Do you mean muscle mass or strength? My muscle mass increased during the first few weeks of cutting - not sure how or why - or how accurate the results were. Over the past few weeks though, my strength has been falling. Not had a BF test for a few weeks but I suspect my muscle mass has fallen recently. Coming to the end of the phase now.

I guess you could have BF% checks each week. Some gyms have electronic scales that will measure your BF, Muscle Mass amongst other things. They're not very accutrate though.

 

[Suareezay]

Do you mean muscle mass or strength? My muscle mass increased during the first few weeks of cutting - not sure how or why - or how accurate the results were. Over the past few weeks though, my strength has been falling. Not had a BF test for a few weeks but I suspect my muscle mass has fallen recently. Coming to the end of the phase now.

I guess you could have BF% checks each week. Some gyms have electronic scales that will measure your BF, Muscle Mass amongst other things. They're not very accutrate though.

you should be able to maintain strength for longer than a few weeks. When i began cutting i increased strength for months while slowly losing weight.

 

[Eat it or Beat it!!!]

Your cals are a bit too low for dieting for only 3 weeks. u need to start at maintence and slowly work down. By the time you finish ur cut ur bodys going to be in survive mode which basically means it fights to store everything u consume as fat for later use.

i would aim at starting at roughly 2500 and take out 100-200 cals per wk. take it slow and ull keep most of the muscle u have...take it to fast and ur muscle will be used as fuel...like i said above

best of luck with it