I look like picrel and it is fricking killing me.
I'm down almost 50 pounds, starting around 230. my goal is maybe 155/165. yet I look identical to when I started
is lipo my only option here? I just wanna wear nonbaggy clothes and a tucked shirt. why has god done this to me
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my fricking fatass italian genes just put 100% of my bodyweight in my ass and legs for no reason. fricking why
Nah just keep going. All the stubborn areas will start reducing. You just gotta keep going and then maintain.
I'm 6'2, do you think 155/165 is reachable or even where I should go to ? I'm about 180-185 this month.
thank you for the encouragement
are you trying to look anorexic?
No problem. Trying to make this board a better place.
Do you lift yet? I think you’re mainly concerned about the fat areas that need to go. What you’re looking for is a more balanced physique.
You can keep cutting down. However 155-165 is pretty low for a guy at your height. I could be wrong. You can also try lifting if you’re not already. Look up recomp. The areas like love handles and from abdomen may not completely go away but the appearance will be reduced and with more muscles, that will most likely improve those areas as well.
So whatever it is you do, the answer is to get leaner.
been lifting / gym for about 11 months, I mainly do push pull. I think I still have only noob muscles but I'm not giving up. not trying to be an olympian just wanna not be a fat moron anymore.
schizophrenia. not giving the chinese more info about myself that easily
Alright, well just keep going. As you can see in the chart, I was wrong in my last post. You can actually cut down to 155-165. Usually your shape doesn’t improve until you lose the last bit of weight.
thats super reassuring. Hopefully a few more months and I can just maintain a healthy diet and exercise like you said. even eat a bit more would be s ick. I hate being a foodie
155 to 165 was my weight at 6 foot 2 when I was just exiting puberty and spent it doing long distance, endurance cardio. I'm talking 4 to 9 hour long weekend group rides, going 100 miles in a day at events and 50 miles on a weekend training ride. That was absolutely not peak aesthetics. If you are 180 to 185 right now, you are at the correct weight for otter mode aesthetics. If you have too much unsightly fat at this weight, you have too little muscle. Your plan from here should be the same as any skinny fat noob. I'm not sure what IST tells people to do in that position, but what I would recommend is a high protein diet (1 g per lb of desired lean body mass. E.g. If you want to be 10 percent bf, target 170 g protein per day). Don't go crazy low on fat or carbs in order to not detrimentally affect hormones. If you have been cutting already, ease up on any liss cardio for 6 weeks and only do hiit and lifting. Lift for strength and not for size if you are a novice (have not lifted consistently before or are in the first 18 months of consistent lifting). Starting as a novice lifter, my best size gains were starting strength and stronglifts 5x5. I don't think I'm special in that regard, I think people who don't get size gains from those types of programs as novice lifters are the outliers. If you are not a novice lifter you'll already know what is working for your lifting goals and you should ignore my lifting advice, but the diet stuff still applies.
Oh and once your 6 week metabolism reset is done you can resume a caloric deficit, but I'd say cut for 8-16 weeks at a time and then take at least 2 weeks to eat at maintenance or slightly higher that to help prevent metabolism from slowing down
I appreciate all of that info. I genuinley do not think I have a metabolism at all, I estimate my ''cut'' to be 1800 calories a day. I also sit all day for a living, I try not to snack all day. I do a maybe 2 miles a day around 5am, then work until 5pm, and 3 days a week hit the gym around 530pm until 6 or so.
For breakfast, I eat 1 or 2 eggs, with 2/3cup of eggwhites which I estimate to be 140to210 calories depending. A cup of berries, water, and a scoop of protein powder for a smoothie, and for lunch 1/4cup of brown rice and about 4oz of baked chicken breast. My dinner is usually up in the air. I also bought some Costco brand Kirkland protein bars for an afternoon snake to tide me over. Alot of coffee too.
Basically am I even onthe right track? Its been years of being a fat moron and I am so fricking sick of wearing huge clothes to hide myself basically. enough is enough.
Yeah I’d say that’s on the right track. I’m the bmi chart anon. Your diet is really good. I guess if you want to follow the other guy’s advice (which is great advice), eating more chicken would be beneficial when you want to eat a bit more. Also I’m not sure about the effects of lots of coffee. Might be something you want to look into. I ate like you’re doing for a while with great results but without the coffee.
I figure making a coffee at work (black with a bit of creamer, dont judge) is better than bags of chips and shit like that
Ah a bit of creamer probably isn’t a problem. I don’t know if coffee is detrimental. If you’re making progress, then don’t worry about it heh.
Godspeed anon. We’re all gonna make it.
Too much coffee can be a problem imo. It can interfere with deeply sleep, which is a problem. Don't drink it 8 hours before bed.
Is that 2 miles a day a run 5 days a week? You might not be getting the most benefit from that particular habit if you have been cutting for a while. You could switch it to walking to burn the same amount of calories, could reduce cortisol. Check out the shorts on the mind pump YouTube channel as well and see if they have anything to say to someone in a similar position. Usually they'll recommend a reverse diet, meaning a period of eating above maintenance and lifting focused exercise routine to build muscle, to help reset metabolism, and to make your next cut easier. If you have been cutting at 1800 kcal per day for longer than 3 months, I think a period of maintenance or slight surplus eating for a month or so will make a difference. If you eat at maintenance or slightly higher for a month, cut for three, maintain or slight surplus for a month, and cut for three, I would expect better results at the end of that 8 months from now than if you continue to cut from now till then.
I do it 6-7 days a week around 5am. Usually 32 mins walk on treadmill until I hit 2 miles.
I'll definitely check out that channel and info I appreciate it.
Why didn’t you just post a picture of yourself and not include face? Why go to the effort of drawing that autistic drawing?
Also in answer to your question just lift
Lots of stress and Cortisol in your blood causes weight to gain and stay around your mid section.