Will 12 pounds of fat at my stat make a big difference? (with attachment)
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qkrzazzang
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I'm currently 172lb, 5"8. The last time I checked my body fat on my belly with the Accu-measure clipper was at 21% body fat. My target is to hit 160 pounds by the 2nd week of Jan, and I'm just worried if that belly fat doesn't go away as much as I want..
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12lb in 4 weeks is a very optimistic target I hate to say! Why does it have to be so quick?0
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12lb in 4 weeks is a very optimistic target I hate to say! Why does it have to be so quick?
Agreed...especially since you're not terribly overweight to begin with.
You're setting yourself up for failure with those expectations. Even if you somehow manage to lose that much scale weight, you're going to be terribly disappointed with the body composition results.0 -
So if it doesn't what are you gonna do?
Keep on going right?
Because your time target is stupid sauce
This is a journey
You have 5 weeks to lose 12 lbs ...not going to happen
And will that 12lbs come off your stomach ...nope
So what you gonna do?
You're gonna keep going
With calorie counting
With progressive resistance
Right?
Right?0 -
PS I would very much doubt that BF reading0
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »
A caliper in the hands of someone inexperienced coupled with photo ...I'm just a little doubtful that's all
Not that it matters ...it's all about the journey
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »
A caliper in the hands of someone inexperienced coupled with photo ...I'm just a little doubtful that's all
Not that it matters ...it's all about the journey
how much % would you say it is then? I guess I did miscalculate since that's what seems to be the case..0 -
maybe upper 20s or low 30s % BF. Its hard to say as genetics dictates where you store it.0
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1 twelve pounds will be a very big difference
2 trying to do so in the time frame you set is not going to happen
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I can't answer that sorry ...I probably shouldn't have commented anyway because I honestly don't think that the number matters...the progression does as does keeping on going0
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It's quite likely your belly fat won't go away as much as you like in 5 weeks, and that you won't lose 12 lb of fat. (I know how you feel -- I'd like to ditch 7 lb of fat before a race I'm doing on December 27 -- that's not happening either.)
However, why worry about it? What you can do in 5 weeks is make substantial steps toward losing that fat and have less of it than you do now, the precise number doesn't really matter so long as you are making consistent progress.0 -
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qkrzazzang wrote: »
Still ridiculously unrealistic. 5 lbs in that timeframe would be a more appropriate goal.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »It's quite likely your belly fat won't go away as much as you like in 5 weeks, and that you won't lose 12 lb of fat. (I know how you feel -- I'd like to ditch 7 lb of fat before a race I'm doing on December 27 -- that's not happening either.)
However, why worry about it? What you can do in 5 weeks is make substantial steps toward losing that fat and have less of it than you do now, the precise number doesn't really matter so long as you are making consistent progress.
I just like to have target goals for certain duration of time. That's at least my way of getting myself motivated. Not saying I will stop doing it after then, it's just that I will make another goal after.0 -
juggernaut1974 wrote: »qkrzazzang wrote: »
Still ridiculously unrealistic. 5 lbs in that timeframe would be a more appropriate goal.
I've been consistently losing about 2 pounds a week. My BMR is about 1850s. I eat about 1500kal and exercise a lot.0 -
qkrzazzang wrote: »juggernaut1974 wrote: »qkrzazzang wrote: »
Still ridiculously unrealistic. 5 lbs in that timeframe would be a more appropriate goal.
I've been consistently losing about 2 pounds a week. My BMR is about 1850s. I eat about 1500kal and exercise a lot.
Are you eating back your exercise calories?0 -
qkrzazzang wrote: »juggernaut1974 wrote: »qkrzazzang wrote: »
Still ridiculously unrealistic. 5 lbs in that timeframe would be a more appropriate goal.
I've been consistently losing about 2 pounds a week. My BMR is about 1850s. I eat about 1500kal and exercise a lot.
1500 cal gross or net?? (meaning do you also eat back exercise calories?)
What type of exercise are you doing?0 -
qkrzazzang, here is something to think about and hopefully will motivate you to keep at it. You gut is big because you probably have a lot of Visceral fat. This is fat that is in your abdominal cavity around your organs. As you lose fat you lose the fat just befind the skin but also inside your abdominal cavity as well and as a result your gut will start shrinking and your abdominal area will shrink as a whole and your stomach will start to flatten out even if your abs dont show. Dont focus on the time frame but results you want.0
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juggernaut1974 wrote: »qkrzazzang wrote: »juggernaut1974 wrote: »qkrzazzang wrote: »
Still ridiculously unrealistic. 5 lbs in that timeframe would be a more appropriate goal.
I've been consistently losing about 2 pounds a week. My BMR is about 1850s. I eat about 1500kal and exercise a lot.
1500 cal gross or net?? (meaning do you also eat back exercise calories?)
What type of exercise are you doing?
Not sure of the difference in two, but I'm guessing net is more of what I mean. 1500cal comes directly from food. Exercise wise, I jog-run for 60 minutes everyday with no rest days and additional weight training& back squats on Tues,Thurs and Sat.0
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