My motivation needs some help !

June_1st · June 2012

Hi all, I'm new here !

I'm a 22 years old guy who has never been comfortable with himself. I've been training in a gym for the last 2 months and have lost 5 lbs since then. I'm not sure where they are though, as I don't see any difference when I look at me.

I initially weighted 157 lbs and I'm 5'11'' tall, with a fat percentage of 25%. As I don't really have weight to lose, my main goal is to reduce my fat percentage to 16%.

I'm currently working out 5 days a week, 1h15 per day (which includes 50 minutes of semi intense cardio and 25 minutes of musculation). I also watch the amount of calories I eat, and I usually succeed to stay under 1500 per day.

Am I doing this right ? Can I hope to see (with my eyes !!) some difference in the near future ?

Thanks

ijiiii · June 2012

At your height weighing in at 157 seems a little light for you. I don't know what you look like or how your metabolism is like so it's hard to make judgement calls on what you need to do.

Seems like to me you need to focus a lot more on strength training and less cardio. You will remain skinny/fat if you focus too much on cardio.

June_1st · June 2012

I am in fact already very light, and this is part of what scares me. I have a lot of fat to lose, especially on the thighs and stomach. I guess I would be very skinny without it, but that would be an improvement in my eyes.

June_1st · June 2012

Small bump

Is there someone in the same situation ?

antiwings · June 2012

Work on bulking up rather then loosing fat

Your fat will still go down but you'll look healthier from it.

SeaChele77 · June 2012

I agree with above - you're already on the very low end for weight for your height. You need to concentrate on bulking up and gaining muscle mass vs losing fat (weight).

Heavy weights
Lots of healthy fats and proteins

My motivation needs some help !

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