Losing weight, but waist circumference not changing

Hi Jordan,

Recently I felt a bit fluffy and decided to lose a few kilos after testing 1RMs. M / 28yo / doing time crunch legacy template because I have a newborn at home. Relevant recent numbers:

3 May 2019
BW 84kg / Waist 98cm / est. BF 25%

10 June 2019
BW 79kg / Waist 93cm / est. BF 23%

I’m happy that all the numbers have gone down. I’d like to get my waist size down further though because I still have a belly and significant ‘love handles’.

Losing more weight seems inappropriate from a strength perspective because I’ve lost 5kg in about a month. Should I lose more weight now to get leaner (a goal of mine), or maintain for a while then lose weight? Or can I maintain weight while decreasing the waist size?

Note: I have rarely done conditioning/GPP until reading the Beginner Template ebook this week, which convinced me conditioning is important. I have done daily ~6000 steps and 25 mins bicycle LISS 1x this week and plan to add HIIT in a few weeks.

Thank you. I am immensely grateful for your podcasts, templates, website and videos.

Kind regards.

Jared

Jared,

Thanks for the post and congrats on the new addition.

As far as your questions, I’m not sure that I would agree losing more weight is inappropriate from a strength perspective IF WE ALSO look big picture, e.g. your future training career, health, longevity, etc.

You’re still 0.6" higher than my upper end for allowable waist circumference so I would plan on going down to 35" or less prior to going into maintenance mode. I would wait until you can train more before adding calories as well.

-Jordan

Thanks Jordan. I really appreciate it. Nutrition has always been a bit of a maze for me!

Jared

I’m confused, wasn’t 37" / 94 cm the upper end or am I missing something?

Yea I should’ve checked my calculator. I would still advise weight loss in this case nonetheless.

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