Lifting through the loss - todays session check-in

Trying to hold onto muscle while the weight comes off. What does your current routine look like?

Upper body twice a week here, mostly rows and presses, and my grip is what tanked first, not my actual strength

Still doing my two lifting days a week even though the scale is barely moving, and honestly the bar felt heavier today so who knows

What are you doing for protein on days when food sounds gross? Thats my sticking point right now, i can hit the gym fine but eating after is a chore

What's your split look like right now? I've been running three full body days since dropping the weight and honestly the pull volume is what I've had to cut back on most.

Mine's just two full-body days a week and whatever lifts don't feel miserable that morning. Curious whether you're tracking anything besides the scale to see if the muscle's actually holding.

What does your split actually look like right now? I've been winging mine and keep skipping legs when the appetite is low, which is probably backwards

Legs twice a week is the one I refuse to drop too. Curious whether you're eating before those sessions or training fasted

What does your split look like on the weeks when appetite is lowest? Im still figuring out whether to keep my usual 4 days or drop to 3 and just eat more on the ones i keep

What are you doing for the press days specifically? Im down 22 and my overhead work is the first thing to fall apart when i barely eat, so im curious if you swap movements or just cut volume

My presses stalled out way before my pulls did, so i stopped chasing bench numbers and just kept the movement in. Curious whether your grip work has held up better than the big lifts

How many days a week are you lifting right now? I'm still figuring out my split at this stage and curious what volume others are holding onto while the scale moves.

Bench dipped for me well before 15 and never really came back, but I stopped chasing the old number and just kept the movement in. Curious whether yours felt like a slow slide or a sudden drop one week.

Bench held on for me until the mid 30s then slid, so I think it varies more than people admit. Curious whether you're eating enough protein on lifting days, that's the part I keep second guessing.

Pulls held fine for me but my press stalled right around where yours is now. Did you keep the same bench weight and just chase reps, or drop the load and build back?

Rows held steady for me too while pressing went backwards. Curious whether you're still going heavy on bench or dropped the weight to keep the reps clean

Curious how you're handling rest between sets now that you're lighter, my usual 90 seconds feels way too long lately

My squats actually got deeper once the weight came off, belt fit different. Curious whether your pull work is holding up as well as the bench

Fasted lifting fell apart for me too, so now I just eat something small before heading to the rack.

I keep a lighter volume day in besides the heavy one, mostly because my squat felt rusty whenever i skipped it two weeks straight