Many of you will eventually get lean, but few will maintain the weight. Most will unintentionally get fluffy again, not due to seasonal bulking or cutting.
This is accidental, fueled by faulty habits.
Listen, if you actually want to stay lean…if you want cuts year-round or at least slowly bulk, the diet change must be permanent. In fact, the word diet is probably not the best way to approach things since it implies something temporary. Short term, that which will not be maintained for long periods of time which is essentially failure. You see, the real key to staying lean is sustainability.
To calculate your calories
You can use the IIFYM Calculator
If you can’t see yourself doing this in five-ten years from now, chances are there will be a rebound effect. Either by a small or a very large amount, and we see this all the time with yo-yo dieters or people who enjoy following different fads. They go from one extreme to the next, and wonder why results are sub-par.
This is also happening to guys who get shredded or decently lean.
They think they’re all good because they’ve crossed the finish line, not understanding that this isn’t permanent unless you maintain those precise habits which got you lean in the first place. Just think about it for a second, if when you were fluffer you had three cheat meals a week do you honestly think that can continue as a lean person? No, maybe you have to drop it to once a week now. Or if you’re doing the frequent cheat meals you really have to pay attention to those calories and employ IIFYM/OMAD techniques. What about all the drinking you may have done in the past? Man, you have to seriously monitor your intake. That is, true moderation aka once in a blue moon. You can’t just do whatever you want because you got the cuts, otherwise they’ll be fatty cuts real soon. Consider this, if you’ve doing cardio every single day for months and suddenly just drop it, what will happen? Lower activity level, therefore a much lower TDEE which likely means you’ll be in a caloric surplus if following the same natural appetite. So you regain the weight!
Good Luck!