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Realistic target?

ox45
ox45 Posts: 90 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi everyone!

Was hoping to get some feedback on whether or not this goal is realistic. I've never been in the situation where I could actually target a body fat target, so this is all alien to me!

I have a target date of July 18th (First day of Jamboree in the Hills!) that I would like to do this by. Now I realize that this is only a short 14 weeks away, but that's the point of seeing if this is realistic.

As of now I am 197 with an estimated 20% body fat. I would like to get this down to around 13% by the target date.

Assuming I maintain as much lean mass as possible, this would get me down to a goal weight of 178, or about 1.4 pounds per week loss. I am eating a high protein diet (shooting for 1.2g/lb of weight) to help with the lean mass maintenance. I lift on a 3 day split, and do 20-30 minute cardio sessions on T Th Sat.

Would this be a realistic goal, or would that still be too rapid of a loss to hold onto lean mass?

Thanks in advance!
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