SFS & Maintenace calories

[M1968]

Successfully applying SFS but the moment I'm back to maintenance calories the little stubborn pouch around the belly bottom comes back. I'm gradually getting back to maintenance over 2 weeks. Male 48, obstacle course racing and related training, 6×/week, 7.6% body fat.

Any recommendations? Would SFS/Yohimbine prevent stubborn fat accumulation on maintenance?

[tellurium]

Originally Posted by M1968

Successfully applying SFS but the moment I'm back to maintenance calories the little stubborn pouch around the belly bottom comes back. I'm gradually getting back to maintenance over 2 weeks. Male 48, obstacle course racing and related training, 6×/week, 7.6% body fat.

Any recommendations? Would SFS/Yohimbine prevent stubborn fat accumulation on maintenance?

If you're gaining fat then you're in a surplus and your maintenance is probably lower than you've assumed.

[M1968]

Thanks. I don't think I go over maintenance as the weight gain is not noticeable on the kg/bodyfat % scale which I calibrated with a Dexa scan. It is only noticeable visually.

[tellurium]

Originally Posted by M1968

Thanks. I don't think I go over maintenance as the weight gain is not noticeable on the kg/bodyfat % scale which I calibrated with a Dexa scan. It is only noticeable visually.

If you have visually gained fat, you have gained fat. BIA scales are horrendously inaccurate for measuring BF%.

[w1cked]

What he said. You aren't gaining fat, by definition, on *maintenance* calories. By any basic gauge r&r principles, any DEXA/BIA/Bodpod/whatever is fraught with variances per reading.

[M1968]

Thanks guys.
So you all have no problems with stubborn fat pockets coming back when going back to maintenance?

I think I track well and it is a matter of days which even when wrong can't get me in a noticeable calorie plus.

[Dorich]

Originally Posted by M1968

Thanks guys.
So you all have no problems with stubborn fat pockets coming back when going back to maintenance?

?

You aren't maintaining if you're gaining.

I think I track well and it is a matter of days which even when wrong can't get me in a noticeable calorie plus.

It doesn't make sense, with all due respect. If you're gaining weight "on maintenance" then you're just overestimating your maintenance and actually unintentionally running a surplus. It is as simple as that.

[M1968]

Thanks Dorich.
As mentioned, I'm not gaining weight. I'm just getting my little pouch back.

[squat]

Well, I've experienced this, yes. With acute overeating. Just basically a product of poor partitioning in those instances.

[AmbassadorW0lfe]

Originally Posted by squat

Well, I've experienced this, yes. With acute overeating. Just basically a product of poor partitioning in those instances.

Same here. I would venture a guess at higher insulin sensitivity in fat cells at those levels of leanness impacting "undesirable partitioning effects." But that's just a hunch.