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Started lifting back in November of last year. Really trying to get fit in my 30s. Anyone in a similar boat or was? Would like some tips. Been excess of 200lbs since high school and weight cycles through my 20s. Just wanting to getting strong toned and active for my family. 31 5'7" 220lbs. I know it's never too late to start but I keep reading about how it's an uphill battle after 28(sounds bullshit to me) I get I can be harder but how much difficult can it be?

Started lifting back in November of last year. Really trying to get fit in my 30s. Anyone in a similar boat or was? Would like some tips. Been excess of 200lbs since high school and weight cycles through my 20s. Just wanting to getting strong toned and active for my family. 31 5'7" 220lbs. I know it's never too late to start but I keep reading about how it's an uphill battle after 28(sounds bullshit to me) I get I can be harder but how much difficult can it be?

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1500 is crazy to me. I stay between 4-6k while bulking, 3k for maintenance, and 2-2300k while cutting.

Cheat days are great and even necessary while needing to break plateaus or stagnation in your training or body composition. You would do best to ask what you are using the cheat day for though. Is it used as a complex carb load day to restore glycogen w/ in muscle in order to lift harder or train legs the next day? Is it just an excuse to eat goyslop and processed sugars like a fat ass? Is it used as a nice meal and reward to relax and enjoy time w/ your family?

Doesn't matter what you have going on w/ cheat days brother. Just be sure to make good use of that extra boost of carb loading and hit the gym for a bit longer to burn those extra calories.

Another method that may work for you since you like CICO w/ a cheat day, will be to figure out your TDEE using an online calculator. https://tdeecalculator.org/ Then use TDEE x 7 = weekly calorie energy expenditure. As long as weekly ends up being lower than daily x 7, you will be fine. Once plateaus are reached, little adjustments can be made and there are so many more tips to weight loss I can give you or what your goals are.

t. 6ʼ3" , 246lbs, 7.83% body fat