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quiznut1
quiznut1 Posts: 9 Member
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Hi everyone,

Joined here to keep my motivation up as I embark on part 2 of a personal fitness journey, male, 31 years old, average build. My immediate family is all overweight, and I don't have someone I can work out with.

I was as high as 207 pounds in December 2010 before my fiance' (now wife) motivated me to start taking health more seriously. Lost 36 pounds in 2 1/2 months before my wedding, and continued to lose periodically, but kind of up and down at times.

My goal is to be 160 lbs and 12% BF by May 14 (graduate school event). I was 164.3 and 19.9% BF (per Weight Watcher's scale) on January 2, and have lost 3 pounds (2.1 BF) since.

My workouts are an hour long, 3 days a week. 40 minutes cardio on a treadmill doing HIIT (3 minutes fast, 1 1/2 minutes slow), and 20-25 minutes on weight machines (focusing on all muscle groups, 2 sets each of high weights at low reps).

Diet plan has been to eat more protein, fruits, grains, veggies, and when I am hungry until contented rather than full, 4-5 times a day. Calories average about 1400-1600 a day.

Am I on the right track? I would like to have my BF lost to be proportionally higher to my overall weight, but I have been focusing on cutting first because I am over 15% BF. Once at 15% BF I planned to focus more time on weights.

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  • arabianhorselover
    arabianhorselover Posts: 1,488 Member
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    Your calories seem a little low to me. I'm a woman 5'2" and I eat 2,000.
  • quiznut1
    quiznut1 Posts: 9 Member
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    I know it may sound a bit crazy, but I am not going through the day hungry as I am spacing out my food intake and drinking plenty of water. Workouts are tough, but I am accepting that as part of the process.

    Just trying to figure out how to best lose fat tissue instead of lean/muscle tissue in the process of reaching my goal (160 pounds, 12% BF). Or do I have to accept that when you try to lose fat, that you will always lose some lean/muscle tissue in the process?
  • quiznut1
    quiznut1 Posts: 9 Member
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    Another update - weighed in today at 155.4 lbs, 17.24% BF. Total weight lost so far is 8.9 lbs, with 5.9 lbs being fat since January 2, according to my Weight Watchers scale.

    I am finding that my proportion of fat lost/weight lost is 2/3, so I am anticipating I will need to get to 148.8 lbs in order to hit that 15% BF percentage. Have been doing some intense cardio, but once I hit 15% BF I plan to focus on weight training to hit my goal of 160 lbs, 12% BF.

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