HELP! Body fat percentage goal

Jacquie_Ramos
Jacquie_Ramos Posts: 4
in Fitness and Exercise
I am 125 pounds with 28% body fat (which means that I have 35 pounds of fat on my body as of today). In order to reach my body fat percentage goal of 15% (which I think means I should only have 19 pounds of body fat on my body when i reach my goal). Would i be correct in saying that I have to loose 19 pounds of body fat but technically gain 19 pounds of muscle at the same time?

I need to figure out a way to do this right. In my head I'm thinking I need to loose an additional 19 pounds (which would leave me at 106) but then gain 19 pounds of muscle (to put me back at 125)? But that doesn't sound like the right way to do it. LOL How can I loose that body fat by turning that into muscle without actually gaining weight? So confused.

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  • stt43
    stt43 Posts: 487
    Your confusion is confusing me, lol.
    When you lose body fat your body fat percentage will decrease. You don't have to put on more muscle unless you want to.
    For example, I want to drop down from around 23% body fat to 15% body fat, which will involve me trying to burn off as much fat as possible but keep as much muscle as possible. I won't be putting on any additional muscle during this process however.
    If you were to put on muscle it would add weight to your body, but it is unlikely you will able to put on much muscle if you are trying to lose fat, and you may even lose some of the muscle you already have.
  • j6o4
    j6o4 Posts: 871 Member
    If you want to be at 15% from 28%, you need to lose 13% of your bodyfat. 125 x 0.13 = 16.25lbs, so you need to lose 16.25lbs of pure fat to get down to 15%. If you lose 16.25lbs of pure fat and then gain that weight back in the form of pure muscle, your bodyfat percentage will be even lower, around 7%.

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