I've been overweight and antisocial pretty much my whole life, but half a year ago I decided that I wanted to change myself for the better and I've lost about 60 pounds so far, from 230 down to 170. However, my body fat % is still pretty high, currently 27%, and this is obviously not very good.
I'll be starting a new university this September, and I want to start this new chapter of my life feeling confident in my appearance. I basically have just 4.5 months to get as close to my ideal body as possible. I would like to get to somewhere around 16% body fat. Is this possible given the amount of time? If so, what should I be doing to ensure this? I've already bought a membership for the local gym recently and I've been going about 2-3 times a week for the past month to do cardio and weight-lifting, which I'm relatively new to. I also take long walks almost every day. My diet is average, no junk food, no soda. I'm 5'11" and 18 years old. Should I be going to the gym more often? Any tips I should know? Please help me out if you can, I'd appreciate it a bunch.
you're not going to be able to safely get to 16% bf in 5 months from where you're at.
Keep what you're doing and focus on studies instead of trying to get laid your first year. The Weed-Out classes are all Freshman year and it gets easier from there. You'll be set going into sophomore year and then you can slay the pussy
Chase Ross
Eat home cooked whole foods. Drink only water and black coffee When it comes to eating, you have to do two things, eat less food overall, and eat less frequently.
Exercise? Basic barbell lifting of any kind or calisthenics can get you where you want to go. Daily walks up to 1-4 hours are also suggested.
You can do a full on rapid fatloss type thing, intermittent fast, or just fast for 1--7 days a week and only walk for your exercise...but...that would be kind of tough.
Luke Robinson
While getting laid would be fantastic of course, that's not really what I'm aiming for. I want to feel confident in my appearance so that I can be confident in just making friends in general. I used to be "friends" with a bunch of losers who were even worse off than I was simply because I had no confidence to approach anyone better. But now my social skills have improved quite a lot and I'd like my body to match that. What % do you think I can safely reach by the deadline?
Yo listen here pal, if you’re only giving yourself 4 and a half months to get your ideal body, you’re already gonna fail. What happens when you get to college? Are you gonna stop working out? Probably not, so why sweat it?
Just make sure you sticking to your goals and don’t overtrain and burn out. With any basic routine that’s simple and not to overbearing, you’ll look way better than you do now in 5 months. Maybe not chad that slays all time, but you’ll look better, and in a year, ooof you’ll look hot bb.
What you’re going through right now is pre-post HS grad anxiety that makes you feel like your teenage years all sucked because you were fat and what’s gonna happen is you’re gonna try do a 360 for college but what you won’t realize is that regardless of the setting you cannot run away from your problems and the only way to fix things is gradually. Plus one fat year of college plus 3 really fit years is better that 4 years burnt out.
Good luck bb, have fun in college. Make sure to talk to lots of ppl, make lots of friends. Do you homework and your laundry. Just enjoy yourself.
Love, Graduating senior
Michael Morales
Well to be fair I've already been at this for 6 months working towards this same goal, I'm not just starting out now, but regardless I still appreciate what you said. I definitely agree that one fat year and 3 Jow Forums years is better than four burnt out years, but at the same time your first year is extremely important for establishing your friend groups and your place in the school community, so I don't want to fuck up this new opportunity for a fresh start. I'll just have to do my best and see what happens I guess!
Jonathan Turner
>tfw almost a year out of college and unironically wish I could do it again simply because freedom
Can I ask you why establishing a friend group and your place in the community is only limited to your first year?
Jose Reyes
You can lose about 2 lbs of fat per week without losing any muscle (I know this because it's what I'm doing since January). You need to lose around 22 lbs of fat (without losing any muscle) to be around 17%. If you do lose 2 lbs per week you'll be around 8% bf by September.
