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Originally Posted by maskedmelonpai [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

thank you all for all the suggestions :3 i don't really need to lose weight though. im not fat, i specifically wanna lose some lean body mass. I know you can't do targeted fat loss since you body gonna draw energy from wherever it want to, but it seem to me that targeted muscle loss is a very achievable goal, since muscle use result in damage to the tissue.

my thought is, if I don't eat enough protein, it gonna break the muscle down and it won't have enough to rebuild or grow because it gonna prioritize things liek organs and stuff over skeletal muscles. of course I guess there the chance that depriving the tissue of proteins when I break it down like that maybe gimme all sorts adhesions or something, but I think the stretching maybe help with that. i also am somewhat concerned about what a protein deficit due to my skin. maybe if I just make sure to maintain a healthy collagen intake (like chicken skins), I be good? your body wont synthesize other proteins from collagen will it?

in any case, I plan to maintain a healthy caloric intake of mostly carbs and fats alongside my regular multivitamin and other supplements.

I was thinking for a routine I do something liek increasing reps with medium weights daily for several weeks with no rest day. liek maybe I do:

3x15 lateral raise 5lb
3x15 front fly 10lb
3x15 curl 10lb
3x15 oh tri 5lb

and then add 5 reps each day until I reaching exhaustion and start failing to complete sets and then maintain that maybe doing morning and night.

do you think a caloric deficit is needed for muscle loss? im not really interested in losing fat right now, liek I said I am pretty happy with my overall shape/texture. obviously caloric deficit is needed for fat loss, because your body will store all excess as fat and fat is your fuel once you deplete glycogen, but muscle is different. using it damages it and it NEED protein to repair. we not liek cows or gorillas who can synthesize proteins from grass. i think I should be able to maintain a normal caloric intake whiled doing this.

any ideas on how to just diminish daily muscle glycogen stores? liek, so I just store less? obviously less muscle do that and so do inactivity, but happy to hear other suggestions!

it also make me wonder if doing this in a protein deficit will make my body prioritize the damaged muscle and breakdown other larger muscle groups to repair it o.o that would suck. our bodies aren't that stupid are they?

I seriously can't tell if you're trolling or not. Leaning towards troll though.