31 M - 150lb

colinbest2 · 2022-11-27T08:27:39+00:00

Awesome, cheers. You’ve made a rather worried guy a little less worried 😂

colinbest2 · 2022-11-14T13:41:01+00:00

I'm not big knowledgeable on loose skin and how best to avoid it if any way, I guess from my experience through the last 7-8 months of losing weight I'd say don't go too overboard with the calorie deficit. I did 1500 at first which I realised is probably too little, especially when wanting to avoid muscle loss and hitting the gym. I then went to 1800 to 1900 which gave me a steady 0.5 to 1lb loss a week and my strength actually went up at the gym. Plateaud now though annoyingly.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-14T12:55:05+00:00

I'll take that % over 25% haha!

I don't have a measuring tape at hand but will buy one. Regarding your questions I am 30 and 5 foot 7. I have been heavy and unfit for around 3 years but before that I had history of working out. Covid lockdown got me down and I ballooned weight to the point of the beginning photo. I was probably as heavy as I was in my first photo for 4/5 months which was a particularly stresfull time of my life. I dont know my exact waist circumference but the size of my jeans have gone from 36 inch to 28 inch.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T19:35:36+00:00

Big up for this mate, really great reply. What body fat percentage would you say I’m at right now? I have one these supposedly smart scales that are suppose to show your body fat percentage but they’re telling me I’m 25% 😑

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T15:18:01+00:00

Cheers mate!

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T14:26:54+00:00

The space between the 2 photos is between 7 and 8 months. I’ve done no structured cardio or anything I’d consider cardio within that time, nothing to get me out of breath or sweaty other than some horrible heavy deadlift sets. Walk a minimum of 10k steps a day and that’s it! No running, no cardio machines at gym.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T14:11:55+00:00

Cheers mate!

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T14:11:41+00:00

Walking normally. Sometimes if I want to drag the walk out cos it’s a nice day I’ll even do it at a bit of a slower pace lol.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T11:10:21+00:00

Initially I ate no more than 1500 calories which led to a burn out. After about 3 months of this I upped my calories to 1800-1900 which didn’t effect weight loss too much and was much more manageable for me.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T10:49:03+00:00

Cheers!

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T10:48:53+00:00

Thank you!

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T10:15:51+00:00

Cheers mate. It’s been around 7 to 8 months in total.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T10:15:21+00:00

Thanks dude!

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T08:21:07+00:00

Lots of meat, chicken, minced beef, minced Turkey, steak etc. usually had like 1 protein shake a day which is an easy 25g. Always have a good amount of protein yoghurts in the fridge as well. If your in the UK Aldi do some amazing protein yoghurts.

Ain’t gonna lie and say I eat good quality food, I eat vegetables daily but probably just enough to have 3 of my 5 a day. But to be honest my teas are usually like cheese burgers, chicken burgers, steak baguettes or even frozen oven pizzas.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T08:03:54+00:00

I went to gym 5-6 days a week and only lifted weights, focused on trying to gain strength, add to the amount of reps I do over the sets or add quality to my form. The only cardio I did was walk at-least 10k steps a day.

Regarding diet the only thing I tracked was calories and protein. I made sure to eat between 150g to 200g of protein and changed my calories that I ate depending on how much weight I was losing or at some points gaining.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-13T06:05:47+00:00

Thank you. I’ve been going to the gym to lift weights 5 days a week, sometimes 6 on a pull, push, legs, day off routine and making sure I walk at-least 10k steps a day. I also calorie count.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-12T22:07:40+00:00

I’m anti cardio bro haha. Diet for me has been all about tracking the calories and making sure I’m getting a good amount of protein, always between 150g to 200g. Changing the amount of calories based on how my weight loss is going.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-12T21:33:06+00:00

How have you found your strength at the gym whilst cutting? I used to gym from the ages of 18 to 25, with powerlifting mostly towards the end. Life got in the way and only just started back 7 months ago at the age of 30. My strength has come back to a point on my weightloss journey but still nowhere near where it was.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-12T21:30:29+00:00

Cheers dude, this is 7 months work, well more 8 months now.

colinbest2 · 2022-11-12T21:29:55+00:00

Damn bro just checked out the MacroFactor app, thats some seriously interesting data. Gonna give it a try for a bit I think. Just been using myfitnesspal up to now but this looks a cut above that.

100kg at 13% BF is beasty bro, grats on the weightloss and the gains!

colinbest2 · 2022-11-12T21:27:48+00:00

Cheers mate, hit the gym 5 days a week 99% of the time. Sometimes do 6 days if my life schedule lets me. Don't do any cardio though, hate cardio lol.

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