Losing body fat percentage

JocelynDeshane
JocelynDeshane Posts: 109 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How exactly do I lose body fat percentage?

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    You say your body fat is 29% on another post. You need to do some form of resistance training while losing weight. When you get to around 24% you can switch to maintain and focus on lifting.
  • JocelynDeshane
    JocelynDeshane Posts: 109 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    You say your body fat is 29% on another post. You need to do some form of resistance training while losing weight. When you get to around 24% you can switch to maintain and focus on lifting.


    Your super smart when it comes to this stuff I want to do carb cycling what are a list of low-carb foods and high-carb foods??
  • JocelynDeshane
    JocelynDeshane Posts: 109 Member
    usmcmp wrote: »
    You say your body fat is 29% on another post. You need to do some form of resistance training while losing weight. When you get to around 24% you can switch to maintain and focus on lifting.

    Also what kind of resistance training do you recommend
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Carb cycling isn't necessary for fat loss. If you are going to do carb cycling you should look into the different methods of doing it before just jumping into randomly cutting out carbs.
  • JocelynDeshane
    JocelynDeshane Posts: 109 Member
    I'm not doing that for fat loss.
  • taylorlucas13
    taylorlucas13 Posts: 5 Member
    In order to lose body fat percentage, you need to consume less calories than you burn. In other words, you need to be in a calorie deficit. Strength training does help. More muscle mass burns more calories throughout the day. But when losing fat, diet is the number one thing you should focus on. Try researching iifym. Iifym got me down to 10% body fat. If that is too much to worry about, figure out how many calories you need to maintain your weight and decrease it by about 300-500 calories.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    JocelynDeshane wrote: »
    I'm not doing that for fat loss.

    Then why would you carb cycle? Do you understand the point behind carb cycling?
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    In order to lose body fat percentage, you need to consume less calories than you burn. In other words, you need to be in a calorie deficit. Strength training does help. More muscle mass burns more calories throughout the day. But when losing fat, diet is the number one thing you should focus on. Try researching iifym. Iifym got me down to 10% body fat. If that is too much to worry about, figure out how many calories you need to maintain your weight and decrease it by about 300-500 calories.

    Strength training is to maintain lean mass, which happens when you diet no matter how you eat. Also, 10% for a female is as low as a woman could go without serious organ damage and outside of competitive bodybuilders women just don't get that low. 10% is also unsustainable for longer than a few weeks.

    This is 10%
    female-8-9-percent-body-fat.jpg
  • taylorlucas13
    taylorlucas13 Posts: 5 Member
    I understand. I don't sit at 10% year round. More like 15%. But in order to decrease your body fat percentage, you have to decrease your body fat. Aka lose fat
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I understand. I don't sit at 10% year round. More like 15%. But in order to decrease your body fat percentage, you have to decrease your body fat. Aka lose fat

    Where do you compete. You must if you get to 10%.
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    I'm sorry BUT 10% is NOT attractive. Perhaps that's just me but...
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    pondee629 wrote: »
    I'm sorry BUT 10% is NOT attractive. Perhaps that's just me but...

    I'm not sure what this has to do with the thread.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    pondee629 wrote: »
    I'm sorry BUT 10% is NOT attractive. Perhaps that's just me but...

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  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I understand. I don't sit at 10% year round. More like 15%. But in order to decrease your body fat percentage, you have to decrease your body fat. Aka lose fat

    Then you are a competitive bodybuilder? I have competed twice and didn't get down to 10% for either show. I still placed first in heavyweight and second overall.
  • taylorlucas13
    taylorlucas13 Posts: 5 Member
    I actually compete in CrossFit. I had my body fat tested last year using the bod pod and underwater weighing and I got 10.7%. I was surprised as I don't look that lean, but the bod pod is supposed to be one of the most accurate. Also, I don't care what other think about my body. It's my body and I've worked hard for it.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I actually compete in CrossFit. I had my body fat tested last year using the bod pod and underwater weighing and I got 10.7%. I was surprised as I don't look that lean, but the bod pod is supposed to be one of the most accurate. Also, I don't care what other think about my body. It's my body and I've worked hard for it.


    Would love to see picture. To be frank, I find it hard to believe, and if you are a legit 10% would love to pick your brain on how you got there as it's pretty difficult to do so you would obviously know your stuff. What is your age/stats/routine etc?
    11z4n582c8xi.jpeg

    Also for reference.

  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I actually compete in CrossFit. I had my body fat tested last year using the bod pod and underwater weighing and I got 10.7%. I was surprised as I don't look that lean, but the bod pod is supposed to be one of the most accurate. Also, I don't care what other think about my body. It's my body and I've worked hard for it.
    Would love to see picture. To be frank, I find it hard to believe, and if you are a legit 10% would love to pick your brain on how you got there as it's pretty difficult to do so you would obviously know your stuff. What is your age/stats/routine etc?
    Age is 20 according to her profile. I'd love to know the lifting stats/routine as well.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I actually compete in CrossFit. I had my body fat tested last year using the bod pod and underwater weighing and I got 10.7%. I was surprised as I don't look that lean, but the bod pod is supposed to be one of the most accurate. Also, I don't care what other think about my body. It's my body and I've worked hard for it.
    Would love to see picture. To be frank, I find it hard to believe, and if you are a legit 10% would love to pick your brain on how you got there as it's pretty difficult to do so you would obviously know your stuff. What is your age/stats/routine etc?
    Age is 20 according to her profile. I'd love to know the lifting stats/routine as well.
    Thanks, I see the age now. Was on my phone and couldn't get it load on her profile to see. I can see now on the computadora...
  • JocelynDeshane
    JocelynDeshane Posts: 109 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I actually compete in CrossFit. I had my body fat tested last year using the bod pod and underwater weighing and I got 10.7%. I was surprised as I don't look that lean, but the bod pod is supposed to be one of the most accurate. Also, I don't care what other think about my body. It's my body and I've worked hard for it.
    Would love to see picture. To be frank, I find it hard to believe, and if you are a legit 10% would love to pick your brain on how you got there as it's pretty difficult to do so you would obviously know your stuff. What is your age/stats/routine etc?
    Age is 20 according to her profile. I'd love to know the lifting stats/routine as well.
    Thanks, I see the age now. Was on my phone and couldn't get it load on her profile to see. I can see now on the computadora...



    I would like to get to 15-20%

  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I understand. I don't sit at 10% year round. More like 15%. But in order to decrease your body fat percentage, you have to decrease your body fat. Aka lose fat

    Why om earth do you need to lose weight!! What weight? At 10 -15 % there isn't anything to take from .lol
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    I just bought a fitbit scale. I weigh 169 and Im 5'5" tall and it says my BF is 37! But when I look myself in the mirror I look more like the pictures between 30 - 35. I am in pretty good shape and I have been lifting for the last 7 months 3-4 times a week.I am not sure how the fitbit scale masure body fat and how accurate they are.
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    I think according to picture the 25 % looks good and easier to maintain.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    karintalley wrote: »
    I think according to picture the 25 % looks good and easier to maintain.

    25% is nice. It's personal preference. I'm not sure how your fitbit reads bf either. I'm sure it's not that accurate. You're probably a good judge by comparing yourself to the pics.
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    :)
  • Upstate_Dunadan
    Upstate_Dunadan Posts: 435 Member
    Bottom line answer to the question, as mentioned by a few others, is to lower your body fat % you have to 1) lose body fat or 2) add lean muscles mass, or 3) both. Body fat % (doing this fast) = fat weight/total weight x 100. So to lower it, you either need to reduce the numerator (fat), or increase the denominator (weight) without adding more fat - which means lean muscle.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    taylorlucas13 wrote: »
    I actually compete in CrossFit. I had my body fat tested last year using the bod pod and underwater weighing and I got 10.7%. I was surprised as I don't look that lean, but the bod pod is supposed to be one of the most accurate. Also, I don't care what other think about my body. It's my body and I've worked hard for it.


    Would love to see picture. To be frank, I find it hard to believe, and if you are a legit 10% would love to pick your brain on how you got there as it's pretty difficult to do so you would obviously know your stuff. What is your age/stats/routine etc?
    11z4n582c8xi.jpeg

    Also for reference.

    I'd like 30 %

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