Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below I've definetly lost weight and inches doing the carb restriction diet. I've gone from 39 inch waist to just under 37 inches now. I'm satisfied with my look everywhere now but my stomach and love handles. I know the rule of first on last off when talking about body fat storage. When I flex my abs I can see my top four pretty well now, but the bottoms are still buried under fat. The fat I have is right on my belly button area and stretches clear around my body to my love handles like your standard spare tire area. It doesn't look that terrible but I want it all gone. Must I just keep restricting carbs and calories and doing HIIT until it all leaves. I'm worried about losing to much muscle but I know to keep protein levels high and continue doing compound heavy lifts in order to maintain as much lean mass as possible. It's just hard to see the weight lose happening and not be sure that it's just fat and not lean muscle. I'd just like some motivation or encouragement that complete fat lose is possible as long as you stick with a good diet plan and keep lifting hard.
Another annoying ab / sixpack thread, do I need to cut more carbs?
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Some more info that I forgot to mention. I started my diet at 230 pounds. My goal was to reach 5% bodyfat and still weigh 210 or more, that way I would be over 200 pounds lean mass. As I mentioned before my fear is that I'll lose to much lean mass and go below 210 trying to get to 5%. Now 5% isn't an absolute must, most importantly is for me to lose almost all fat storage around my stomach and love handle areas. If that all looks good and I'm only 7 or 8 then fine. Should I have my bodyfat checked every couple weeks or month to make sure I'm not losing to much lean mass. How concerned should I be about losing lean mass during my cutting cycle if I'm lifting hard still and keeping protein intake very high, 300 plus grams a day. I have layed off the legs and deads since I'm doing HIIT three times a week, will that cause me to lose lean mass? Should I be so concerned or just wait and be patient, since it's only the middle of the third week of dieting. Finally how strict must one be to achieve low bodyfat goals. Can I eat out junk food at all or is once a week not that bad.
gettinlarger
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Dude, 3 weeks? Be patient ...
I know, I'm a very impatient person. I'm just concerned about dropping below my target weight and still not being at 5%. I feel that at the rate I'm going that I still have a considerable amount of fat to lose and not much available weight. I'm at 224 now and that only leaves fourteen pounds of fat, I can't tell if once that fourteen pounds of fat is gone whether I'll be where I want to be. I can't visualize if the fat around my waist area is equal to or close to fourteen pounds. Also about the high protein post. I'm trying to stay between 2800 and 3000 calories right now. I'm creating a caloric deficit, and that's the impotant part. I'm also restricting my carbs so at the calories I need and the ratio of 45 protein/ 35 fat /20 carbs, I can't reduce my protein without throwing all the other ratios and calories off. Am I calculating my nutrition wrong? I'm working towards a low calorie diet but instead of going from a normal carb diet to like 20 or less grams a day I started at 150 grams of carbs and plan to drop to 100 and then 50 and then less than 20. I figure a tapering effect is better than going straight to 20 grams. Finally is it at all possible to put on lean mass while cutting and eating a reduced carb diet? If it is what must be done to make this happen?
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