How many calories does it take?

[HellsMessenger]

How many calories do you guys drop to to get those abs to come out? I am currently down to 2200 calories and I have stopped losing fat around my waist (no progress this week). Next week I am going down to 2000 calories. My current weight is 174 my lean body mass is 160 lbs, I am 5'10". I do weights 3X per week for 1 hour and cardio 3x per week for 20 minutes high intensity.

Do you guys around my size drop below 2000 calories/day?

 

[Haz]

I'm about the same weight, and I usually go down to 2000-2100 calories a day when cutting.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Have you tried calorie cycling or re-feeds? You don't have too much more room for a calorie drop without those.

 

[Last_Exit]

what's your cutting diet ?

 

[HellsMessenger]

My cutting diet is currently 33/33/33 at 2000 calories a day. I seem to be making slow but steady progress. i initially was on a CKD diet but I wasn't happy with the results. My calorie level was at 2400 on the CKD diet though, so that may have been the problem. I am now incorporating 2 g of ALA into my daily diet. I think I am around 8-9% right now but I need to go get tested.