Hi,

I've been doing the RR for almost a few months now. I have remained relatively the same weight the entire time, but I have gotten a lot stronger and leaned out a lot. My arms and legs have probably built the most muscle. According to my scale, I've dropped around 2% BF since I started. Right now, I'm probably sitting around 140 lbs @ 18% BF.

I'm really satisfied with my current diet, but I'm constantly wondering whether or not it is sufficient. My current diet is simply eating 2 meals a day where all my meals are cooked using whole foods. I place a big emphasis on eating a wide variety of leafy greens and fruits. I don't count calories and I eat just before I feel comfortably full.

I would like to keep this diet because my stomach and gut are both really sensitive. I feel terrible whenever I make changes to my diet and this affects my overall mood. This has happened in the past whenever I tried to intentionally bulk or eat "enough" protein.

So back to the titular question: is this diet is sustainable? Will I be able to continue to build muscle/strength without counting calories or force feeding myself? I want clarify that I'm not looking for the most optimal muscle gain, but rather a simple, consistent diet that still enables muscle and strength gains. I don't want to be counting calories for the rest of my life and I don't want to be constantly cycling between cutting and bulking. Those philosophies don't align with the lifestyle I'm trying to live.

In my mind this should be possible based on my own experience. I used to do competitive weightlifting in high school and college but my coaches never told me that I needed to bulk. However, there might've been some days where we would lift extra heavy and those days I would eat more because I felt hungrier. I still built a lot of muscle during this time. Sure maybe I was in a caloric surplus, but this would've came from listening to my own body, rather than trying to hit a specific calorie threshold. To put it simply, I only ate when I was hungry.