14 Percent Body Fat

EShealy0
EShealy0 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Any info or tips on losing the last ten pounds. So far today I've consumed around 2,000 calories and have burned around 3,000 per my Fitbit. I have a trouble area of body fat around my lower back - really trying to get really lean to unravel my lower abs. Any help?

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  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    Maintain a modest calorie deficit and lift heavy.
  • evilokc
    evilokc Posts: 263 Member
    so your calories are -1000 calories? that's not good. you daily calories should never be negative. you may be working against yourself. I agree a modest deficit will get you there. small areas like lower belly and lower back are the last places to get lean. this process takes time. give it time. also 14% bf isn't terrible. a lot of people have abs at 10%. so you are only a few % from being lean. do it the right way. you got this.
  • kavahni
    kavahni Posts: 313 Member
    I'm very curious how you are burning 3000 calories.
    BTW Fitbits and other monitoring devices are notoriously inaccurate. How does your Fitbit info stack up against figuring out your burn the old fashioned way?
  • 2plebeian
    2plebeian Posts: 16 Member
    evilokc wrote: »
    so your calories are -1000 calories? that's not good. you daily calories should never be negative. you may be working against yourself. I agree a modest deficit will get you there. small areas like lower belly and lower back are the last places to get lean. this process takes time. give it time. also 14% bf isn't terrible. a lot of people have abs at 10%. so you are only a few % from being lean. do it the right way. you got this.

    You do realize that your daily calories should in fact be negative (aka you should be in a caloric deficit) to lose body fat right? -1000 isn't that bad. Eating 2000 is plenty to sustain yourself, 3000 burned is fairly common if you're active. Usually, I eat up to get to around a -500 kcal deficit (get too hangry when I don't eat enough).
  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    kavahni wrote: »
    I'm very curious how you are burning 3000 calories.
    BTW Fitbits and other monitoring devices are notoriously inaccurate. How does your Fitbit info stack up against figuring out your burn the old fashioned way?

    This person is saying their TDEE for the day is 3000 calories, not that they burned 3000 calories on top of their BMR. Judging by the fact that this person mentions 14% bodyfat, it's seems to me they are a man. A TDEE of 3000 for a man is pretty average. I'm a 5'3", 113 pound woman and my TDEE is between 2100 and 2500 daily. I've used a Fitbit for almost two years and it's been accurate for me. They're not perfect but they're not as highly inaccurate as others claim. Many of the inaccuracies come from user error.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    The process for the last 10 isn't any different than it is for the first 50 (or however many). It will probably take a bit more patience, and the margins for error are probably smaller, but the process is the same.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    what are you doing for weight lifting? that last 10lbs is going to be slow going - maybe focus on recomp vs. weight loss
  • beanz744
    beanz744 Posts: 221 Member
    without knowing ur stats n other stuff, lowering ur food intake to 1700/1800 will be the easiest solution. our body is the same n calorie tracking is not 100% accurate. if u need to adjust the number to make it work for u, do so.

    calorie deficit = fat loss
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