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Around 3 months ago, I decided to lock in and lose some fat. Started at 22% body fat, goal was to get under 18% before the summer. Did a dexa scan few days ago - came in at 15.2%. Was a bit surprised, I was estimating low 17s-high 16s because I still got some abdominal fat and my abs are barely visible. At 6'3, I'm now officially victim weight at 155lbs. Even though I'm down 10lbs on paper (down 12.7lbs in fat, up 3lbs in lean mass), most of my upper body clothing fits tighter, which is nice. I'm really glad I went through this, learned a lot about nutrition and my body. I was eating 2000 calories, never missed a single day. While it was limiting, there wasn't a day where I felt like I was starving. However, by end of month 2 I did start feeling more tired and less motivated. Workouts would drain me hard, and I started to have to line up my carb intake with my workouts - I would just feel dead as soon as I stepped into the gym if I didn't. Workouts where I had some fast carbs beforehand vs workouts where I didn't were night and day - with carbs I was still able to push myself and continue (slow) progressive overload, while without them I was just barely holding on. And in last 2 weeks, even carb loading stopped being effective. By then, I gave up on progressive overload and just coasted through with 60-80% load.
A few interesting things: I somehow lost enough fat off my face for it to be noticeable even though I didn't have much fat there originally (or so I thought), makes me curious how I would look like at 12-14% body fat. I've always thought I had a mild case of gynecomastia on one of my titties but nope, it was just uneven fat distribution, which is now completely gone. The current trend of protein obsession in all foods is so clutch, makes hitting macros so much easier, while still letting yourself have some treats here and there.
Next goal is getting to 165lbs 15% body fat, clanker is telling me it will take 6 to 9 months. I already upped my calories to 2.3k/day, it's genuinely hard for me to consume this many carbs, I'm inhaling so much fruit daily and somehow still have some loose carbs leftover. Definitely an eye opener to how out of whack my macro intake was when I didn't track every meal like I do now.
In light of your linked comment, your proportions must be unusual that you don't look like a concentration camp survivor at this combo.
That's a BMI of 19.4? Skinny, but certainly not underweight or gaunt.
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