Originally Posted by
Milo's Ghost
I see the OP posted in Jordan's forum, and he'll get infinitely better advice there than any of us could give here.
Just to reply to a couple things:
1) I never said losing weight is easy. I never said *anything* about losing weight, period. It depends ENTIRELY on the individual, his weight history, metabolism, eating habits, current body comp, genetics, stress levels, age, sex, etc. For some people it's very easy; for others it takes a seriously dedicated effort. I hav written on this board how I think fat people often get an undeserved and unfair reputation as 'lazy' - I have seen many people work very hard and with a singular obsession to lose weight and they could not do it because of bad advice, etc. I've seen people nearly starve themselves and not lose weight because they fuck up their metabolism in the process. I have also seen people who eat nothing eat whatever and whenever they choose and stay thin as a rod. It depends. Do not put words in my mouth.
2) As for me - not that it's particularly relevant, but ok - yes, on my first run at SS I gained a significant amount of weight and got a little chubbier than what I'd call ideal. I was hardly fat, but still. The second time around, with Jordan's help, I have gotten much stronger at a leaner weight. I don't know what my bf% was then or is now - the quotes you posted were my fairly ill-informed guesses - but I would consider myself lean at present. Not Jordan lean (i.e. sub-10% bf), but lean. But here's the salient fact: I eat roughly 4500 calories a day, and adding more every week as I continue my LP. When I got a little fluffy the first time around, I was eating around 6000, and not as wisely.
The idea that you can successfully do SS and gain any appreciable amount of strength - adding 15 pounds to your squat EVERY WEEK for months - eating 100g of protein and 1200 calories is ridiculous on its face. It's not even close to necessary in order to recomp. And it might even be counterproductive, in that not only will strength gains not occur for very long (if at all), but fat loss may grind to a halt as well. I do not know this - again, it's highly individual - but it's not out of the question.
I've said my piece. OP: good luck and do what Jordan says.