Older trainees and rebuilding

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Age:49
Current Body Weight: 198.6 lbs / 90kg as of 20170115
Current programming: Old man recovery advanced novice two-day-a-week (Roughly 3C as in The Barbell Prescription)
Caloric intake: ~2300 a day, 150g Protein, 119g fat, 150g carbs average weekly (roughly 30 P/45 F/25 C)

Sitrep
I've put on about 10-15 lbs I wasn't meaning to starting before the holidays, but I'm also running out LP again after yet another layoff. Definitely not happy with how I look overall - I don't care about cut abs at all, but feel like I'm 'doughier' than I should be.

Questions
Given the clothed pictures below, should I be concerned with the bodyfat I'm carrying? And if I should lose fat, should I maintain while on the rebuild and cut after?



[Note: I figured my question would end up here anyway]

[VNV]

I think this is more about how you feel, than what you should do.

So, in case there's room for feeling better: Can you fit a weekly metcon into your life? Start simple with something like 8 sled/prowler intervals.

[chrisd]

Is your weight currently stable, rising or falling?

You are on a 2 day program, so there might be a bit of leeway to add in some more work. Walking vigorously for an hour three times a week would alter the balance without knocking you out. Then again, if you're able to take it, you can do some kind of HIIT.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Is your weight currently stable, rising or falling?

You are on a 2 day program, so there might be a bit of leeway to add in some more work. Walking vigorously for an hour three times a week would alter the balance without knocking you out. Then again, if you're able to take it, you can do some kind of HIIT.

Weight's currently stable; I already walk about an hours a day five day a week to ans from work for about four miles a day.

[chrisd]

Weight's currently stable; I already walk about an hours a day five day a week to ans from work for about four miles a day.

Guess you're going to have to push a prowler to work and back.

If your weight is stable and your lifts are increasing satisfactorily, then it should sort itself out.

I notice from your log that you are doing seated presses. That might be omitting a bit of ab work there.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Guess you're going to have to push a prowler to work and back.

If your weight is stable and your lifts are increasing satisfactorily, then it should sort itself out.

I notice from your log that you are doing seated presses. That might be omitting a bit of ab work there.

Yea, not by choice; ceiling in the basement is far too low and there's too much hanging copper pipe to work around.

[MBasic]

Age:49
Current Body Weight: 198.6 lbs / 90kg as of 20170115
Current programming: Old man recovery advanced novice two-day-a-week (Roughly 3C as in The Barbell Prescription)
Caloric intake: ~2300 a day, 150g Protein, 119g fat, 150g carbs average weekly (roughly 30 P/45 F/25 C)

I think the Calories are a bit low;
moar protein;
switch some of the fat cals out for moar protien & carb cals (more carbs, less fat).
119 gram of fat x 9 cal = 1071 calories from fat per day? approx. half your entire daily total? don't seem right.

Build muscle. Going to need moar carbs to fuel HIIT + WeightTraining.

Do the HIIT thing, its the only thing that marginally worked (working) for me for BF loss.
I'm going thru a very slow protracted recomp...if that's the right term.
But there is progress at least.

Any kinda LISS never worked at all, for me, ever (even when I was 25 y.o.).
The walking to work ain't doing jack for fat loss IMO. Maybe useful for recovery moreso than the fat loss.


(me?: 45 yo; 215#; 5'10"; maybe 15-18% BF; real low-ish T . . . but no TRT for me, just yet)
(the struggle is real)