How to lose body fat?

JoHannahDenning11
JoHannahDenning11 Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi I'm trying to lower my body fat down to 15-20% I workout at least 5x a week: 3 days of strength training (35 minutes or more) 2 days of cardio (no more than 45 minutes). I eat 1300 calories a day. Can you guys give me any advice to lower my body fat? I'm at a 26% currently.

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  • denisemojica10
    denisemojica10 Posts: 2
    exactly what your doing! just stay consistent. I noticed when i cut down on cardio and lift heavy i've seen a bigger difference in my body fat percentage. Eat clean, lean, and make sure your getting enough protein
  • ab_1203
    ab_1203 Posts: 88 Member
    Might wanna up those calories on cardio day. Anyway, seems like youre doing it right, its just all about patience.
  • missylectro
    missylectro Posts: 448 Member
    Sounds like you've got it under control...
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Adherence, adjustments, and time.
  • joshuahrogers
    joshuahrogers Posts: 2
    I agree with Denise 100%.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    strength train and strength train hard. strength training for 35 minutes means nothing to me. what kind of strength training are you doing??

    also, as far as cardio goes, same question. what kind of cardio are you doing?
  • JoHannahDenning11
    JoHannahDenning11 Posts: 25 Member
    I'm doing Hiit for cardio since its too cold to run right now. I'm using dumbbells in my strength training. I do total body strength training.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    do you have access to a gym or are you working out from home?
  • JoHannahDenning11
    JoHannahDenning11 Posts: 25 Member
    I workout at home. I got my own equipment of weights and bench.
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    exactly what your doing! just stay consistent. I noticed when i cut down on cardio and lift heavy i've seen a bigger difference in my body fat percentage. Eat clean, lean, and make sure your getting enough protein
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Adherence, adjustments, and time.

    ^^This. Also, are you netting or grossing 1300?
  • JoHannahDenning11
    JoHannahDenning11 Posts: 25 Member
    I eat 1300 calories I hardly ever eat my workout calories I usually net around 800 or more calories on food depending on how much I workout.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    That doesn't sound like enough calories to me.
  • florentinovillaro
    florentinovillaro Posts: 342 Member
    More time, and I wouldn't eat back those cardio days. For me, I gained by carb cycling.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I eat 1300 calories I hardly ever eat my workout calories I usually net around 800 or more calories on food depending on how much I workout.

    This sounds like a recipe for losing a lot of body *weight*, but not necessarily body *fat*. It's also very likely that your adherence will be sketchy.

    I highly recommend that you reconsider this approach.

    ETA: To clarify, I'm not saying OP won't lose body fat also...its just she may lose more muscle mass than she would like to lose in the process. 800 net is a pretty significant deficit.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    exactly what your doing! just stay consistent. I noticed when i cut down on cardio and lift heavy i've seen a bigger difference in my body fat percentage. Eat clean, lean, and make sure your getting enough protein
    Pretty much.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    I would up your eating by 200-300 cals, but other than that everything looks great!
  • SrJoben
    SrJoben Posts: 484 Member
    Hi I'm trying to lower my body fat down to 15-20% I workout at least 5x a week: 3 days of strength training (35 minutes or more) 2 days of cardio (no more than 45 minutes). I eat 1300 calories a day. Can you guys give me any advice to lower my body fat? I'm at a 26% currently.

    If you're doing that I bet you are.

    Certainly if you're losing weight while doing that you definitely are. If you're roughly maintaining your current weight while doing that you probably are.

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